A. Liabilities concerning general terms
of delivery :
- The delivery is carried out in
compliance with the following conditions, which are considered to be accepted
during the order placement and are obligatory for the supplier and customer. For
actions determined by differed agreements a confirmation letter is required. Installation
of the supplied items is carried out in compliance with the construction
conditions of Austrian Union of Machine Industry and Steelwork and Iron
Structures.
B. Prices and terms of payment:
- The prices are based on the cost
effective at the moment of price setting. In case the changes in prices occur
before the delivery, they are made in favour of or not in favour of the
customer.
- When concluding the contract with
unspecified prices, the prices are calculated in accordance with the effective
transfer price as of the day of delivery.
- The prices are ex-works prices
excluding package unless otherwise agreed. The package is standard at the
customer’s cost and is resumed only by agreement.
- In case the time limits and payment
were not agreed in the written confirmation, 50% of the amount shall be paid
with the order and the rest of the amount with the announcement of the
readiness for shipping.
C. Dimensions,
weight and quantity:
Images, drawings, copies, dimensions and weight
data in catalogues, offers, advertising publications, booklets, etc. are
approximate, i.e. the changes may occur. The schemes, drafts, other technical
documents, samples, catalogues. booklets, images, and other materials remain
the intellectual property of the supplier and are protected in accordance with
the correspondent legislative instruments concerning distribution and business
rivalry.
D. Fulfillment:
- The accepted order is
fulfilled by the supplier:
- a) for delivery from the
works after the announcement of the readiness for shipping;
b) for delivery due to
agreed terms of payment:
1) in case payment is made
by the customer with the shipping of goods from the
sullying-factory;
2) in case the payment is
made by the customer with the delivery of the goods to the agreed place;
c) for the delivery and
installation of the items after the construction is completed.
- In case shipping form
the supplying-factory or the construction is delayed not due to supplier’s
fault, the announcement of the readiness for shipping is considered the date of
order fulfillment.
E. Transfer
of risk:
The supplier bears the risk for delivered goods
only on the territory of the supplying-factory. When the goods leave the
supplying-factory the risks are transferred to the customer excluding the fate
of order fulfillment (paragraph D). The customer shall provide appropriate
protection and unless otherwise agreed shall also provide the insurance
protection at its own discretion and expense. The supplier provides the
insurance protection only if there is a written confirmation concerning this
matter.
F. Delivery time:
- Delivery time is considered to be
approximate and is set after the final approval of the technical, commercial
and financial matters of the delivery. The customer shall accept the supplier’s
services before the expiration of the delivery time.
- Delivery time compliance depends on
the performance of the obligations under the contract by the customer.
- Force-majeure circumstances and
other encumbrances during production or delivery that cannot be predicted or
influenced by supplier or its contractor increase the delivery time without any
claims form the customer.
- In case the delivery delay is due to
the supplier’s fault, the customer has the right to claim the fulfillment of
the order or the termination of the contract with setting the proportionate
delivery time. The contract is terminated only in case the customer did not use
the set respite. Other claims filed under other pretexts are excluded. The termination
of the contract at the customer’s initiative in case purpose-made equipment was
manufactured is also excluded.
G. Supplier’s
responsibilities for defective products:
- The supplier is responsible for
defective products in case the customer is not bound by the obligation to
appeal them at once in compliance with the law. The supplier shall at the
customer’s option either remedy the defects or deliver new hardware form the
factory which became wasted within six months from the date of fulfillment
(paragraph D) due to poor-quality construction or operation deficiency.
- The information about these defects
shall be submitted to the supplier in written form. The corresponding hardware
at its request are also sent to the supplier at the customer’s cost.
- The supplier is not liable for
damage due to wear, improper servicing, beyond the normal operating conditions.
- In case the customer eliminates the
defect within the warranty period, the supplier covers the expenses if it was
agreed upon.
- In case of delivery with
installation, the supplier is liable only if the breaking-in and putting into
service processes are carried out by its own experts after finishing the
installation. If the delivery is delayed without the supplier’s fault, see
paragraph D2 for liability terms for defective products.
- The customer is liable in accordance
with the abovementioned terms. In case the products for delivery are
manufactured by the supplier on the basis of data, drawings and models provided
by the customer, the customer is liable to the supplier for all the damages and
legal consequences concerning patent law. In such cases the supplier is liable
not for the accuracy of the construction, but for the compliance with the data
provided by the customer.
- Liability of the supplier applies
only the elimination of the defects due to the supplier’s fault and excludes
all other customer claims including those concerning consequential damage.
- The supplier does not provide a
warranty for repair works or modification or remodeling of all (and external)
machines.
H. Retention of title clause:
Before the complete repayment of financial
liabilities by the customer, the supplier reserves the property rights
concerning the ordered object. The customer agrees to enter this clause in the
registry book before the shipping date. In case of seizure of property or other
restriction of rights the customer shall use the supplier’s property right and
promptly inform the supplier about this.
In case the ordered object under the retention
of title clause is operated by the supplier or is connected with another
object, common share ownership of the supplier and customer is applied to this
object. Thus the newly formed object cannot be realized by the customer without
sanction of the owner with the property right. In case the object under the
retention of title clause is sold by the customer, the customer shall point out
the right of property of the supplier and the fact that a retention of the
title clause in favour of the latter. The second customer takes the possession
of the ordered object only in case it pays the purchase price share for the
object to the supplier.
I. Delay in payment:
- In case the customer permits the
delay in the agreed payment or any other payments, it shall pay a fine for the
delay at a rate set by top Austrian banks for interests and expenses for blank
credits.
- At the same time the supplier has
the right to announce the delay in payment for the unpaid balance with granting
of indulgence in case the goods are already delivered, and call for payment of
the rest amount or call for return of goods and compensation, which comprises
compensation for price decline and breakup fee in the amount of 10% of the
transfer price and which is calculated based on the repayable amount received
from the customer.
- In case the goods are not delivered,
the supplier has the right to announce the termination of the contract instead
of calling for fine. If the goods are tradable, the supplier receives the
termination fee in the amount of 10% of the termination fee with the received
payment; if goods are non-tradable, the additional reimbursement of the
manufacturing expenses is received by the supplier, while the half-finished
items are shipped to the customer.
J. Location and court jurisdiction:
The delivery and payment location is the legal
address of the supplier. All the questions at issue concerning the contract are
subject to the jurisdiction of the court in Kufstein. The supplier has the
right to file a lawsuit at the domicile of the customer. For the benefit of the
customer and supplier the provisions of the Austrian civil law are in force, in
case they are not regulated in the above-mentioned terms of delivery or
differed written agreements were not made.