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General terms and conditions of sale

General terms and conditions of sale

 

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Sec­tion 1 - Ge­ne­ral, area of ap­p­lica­bi­li­ty

1.

The ge­ne­ral terms and con­di­ti­ons of sa­le of SAH shall ap­p­ly ex­clu­si­ve­ly; any con­flic­ting terms and con­di­ti­ons of the Cust­o­m­er or terms and con­di­ti­ons which de­via­te from the terms and con­di­ti­ons of sa­le of SAH shall not be re­co­gnis­ed by SAH, un­less SAH has ex­press­ly agreed in wri­ting to their ap­p­lica­bi­li­ty. Even if SAH car­ri­es out the de­li­very to the Cust­o­m­er wi­thout re­ser­va­ti­on in the know­ledge of terms and con­di­ti­ons of the Cust­o­m­er which con­flict with or de­via­te from the terms and con­di­ti­ons of sa­le of SAH, the ge­ne­ral terms and con­di­ti­ons of sa­le of SAH shall al­so still ap­p­ly in such a ca­se.

 

2.

All agree­ments which are con­clu­ded bet­ween SAH and the Cust­o­m­er for the pur­po­se of per­for­mance of the contract shall be re­cor­ded in this contract in wri­ting.

 

3.

The­se terms and con­di­ti­ons of sa­le shall on­ly ap­p­ly in re­la­ti­on to en­tre­pre­neurs, le­gal per­sons un­der pu­blic law and spe­cial funds un­der pu­blic law.

 

4.

The ge­ne­ral terms and con­di­ti­ons of sa­le of SAH shall al­so ap­p­ly to all fu­ture tran­sac­tions with its cust­o­m­ers.


Sec­tion 2 - Of­fer, of­fer do­cu­ments

1.

Should the or­der qua­li­fy as a le­gal­ly ef­fec­tive of­fer, SAH shall be able to ac­cept this wi­t­hin two weeks.

 

2.

SAH shall re­tain its ow­nership and co­py­right in re­spect of images, drawings, cal­cu­la­ti­ons and other do­cu­ments. This shall al­so ap­p­ly in re­spect of such writ­ten do­cu­ments which are iden­ti­fied as "con­fi­den­ti­al". Pri­or to for­war­ding the­se to third par­ties, the Cust­o­m­er shall re­qui­re the ex­press writ­ten agree­ment of SAH.


Sec­tion 3 - Pri­ces, pay­ment terms

1.

Un­less other­wi­se sta­ted in the or­der con­fir­ma­ti­on, the pri­ces of SAH shall ap­p­ly "ex fac­to­ry", ex­clu­si­ve of pa­cka­ging. This shall be char­ged se­pa­ra­te­ly.

 

2.

The sta­tu­to­ry va­lue ad­ded tax is not in­clu­ded in the pri­ces. This shall be char­ged se­pa­ra­te­ly to the sta­tu­to­ry amount on the day of in­voi­cing.

 

3.

The de­duc­tion of dis­counts shall re­qui­re a se­pa­ra­te writ­ten agree­ment.

 

4.

Un­less other­wi­se sta­ted in the or­der con­fir­ma­ti­on, the net purcha­se pri­ce (wi­thout de­duc­tion) shall be due for pay­ment wi­t­hin 30 days of the day of in­voi­cing.

 

5.

The Cust­o­m­er shall on­ly be en­t­it­led to rights of set-off if its coun­ter­claims ha­ve be­en le­gal­ly re­co­gnis­ed, are un­dis­pu­ted or ha­ve be­en ack­now­led­ged by SAH. Other­wi­se, the Cust­o­m­er shall on­ly be en­t­it­led to as­sert its right of re­ten­ti­on if its coun­ter­claim re­fers to the sa­me contrac­tu­al re­la­ti­ons­hip.


Sec­tion 4 - De­li­very ti­me

1.

The com­men­ce­ment of the de­li­very date sta­ted by SAH shall be sub­ject to the cla­ri­fi­ca­ti­on of all tech­ni­cal ques­ti­ons.

 

2.

The com­p­li­an­ce with the de­li­very ob­li­ga­ti­on of SAH shall al­so re­qui­re the ti­me­ly and pro­per ful­fil­ment of the ob­li­ga­ti­ons in­cum­bent on the Cust­o­m­er. The plea of non-per­for­mance of the contract shall be re­ser­ved.

 

3.

Should the Cust­o­m­er en­ter ac­cep­tan­ce de­fault or should it cul­pa­b­ly breach other co-ope­ra­ti­on ob­li­ga­ti­ons, SAH shall be en­t­it­led to de­mand com­pen­sa­ti­on for the los­ses in­cur­red by it to this extent, in­clu­ding any ad­di­tio­nal ex­pen­ses. Fur­ther claims or rights shall re­main re­ser­ved.

 

4.

Should the re­qui­re­ments of Pa­ra­graph 3 be pre­sent, the risk of pos­si­ble de­struc­tion or pos­si­ble de­te­rio­ra­ti­on of the ob­ject of purcha­se shall be trans­fer­red to the Cust­o­m­er at the ti­me when it en­t­e­red ac­cep­tan­ce de­fault or debtor's de­lay.

 

5.

SAH shall in­cur lia­bi­li­ty in ac­cor­dance with the sta­tu­to­ry pro­vi­si­ons should the un­der­ly­ing sa­les agree­ment be a fi­xed date tran­sac­tion. SAH shall al­so in­cur lia­bi­li­ty in ac­cor­dance with the sta­tu­to­ry pro­vi­si­ons should the Cust­o­m­er be en­t­it­led to as­sert, as a re­sult of a de­li­very de­lay for which SAH is re­s­pon­si­ble, that its in­te­rest in con­ti­nued per­for­mance of the contract has cea­sed.

 

6.

SAH shall al­so in­cur lia­bi­li­ty in ac­cor­dance with the sta­tu­to­ry pro­vi­si­ons should the de­li­very de­lay be due to an in­ten­tio­nal or gross ne­gli­gent breach of contract for which SAH is re­s­pon­si­ble; any cul­pa­bi­li­ty on the part of re­pre­sen­ta­ti­ves or vi­ca­rious agents of SAH shall be at­tri­bu­ted to SAH. Should the de­li­very de­lay be due to a gross ne­gli­gent breach of contract for which SAS is re­s­pon­si­ble, the lia­bi­li­ty to pay da­mages on the part of SAH shall be li­mi­ted to the los­ses which are fo­re­see­able and ty­pi­cal.

 

7.

SAH shall al­so in­cur lia­bi­li­ty in ac­cor­dance with the sta­tu­to­ry pro­vi­si­ons if the de­li­very de­lay is due to cul­pa­ble breach of a si­gni­fi­cant contrac­tu­al ob­li­ga­ti­on. In such a ca­se, the lia­bi­li­ty to pay da­mages shall, howe­ver, be li­mi­ted to the los­ses which are fo­re­see­able and ty­pi­cal.


Sec­tion 5 - Trans­fer of risk, pa­cka­ging costs

1.

Un­less other­wi­se sta­ted in the or­der con­fir­ma­ti­on, the de­li­very shall be agreed as being "ex-fac­to­ry".

 

2.

Se­pa­ra­te agree­ments shall ap­p­ly in re­spect of the ta­king back of pa­cka­ging.

 

3.

Should the Cust­o­m­er so wish, SAH will co­ver the de­li­very by trans­por­ta­ti­on in­suran­ce. The costs in this re­spect shall be bor­ne by the Cust­o­m­er.


Sec­tion 6 - Lia­bi­li­ty for de­fects

1.

De­fect claims of the Cust­o­m­er shall re­qui­re that the Cust­o­m­er has com­plied with its in­spec­tion and com­plaint ob­li­ga­ti­ons pre­scri­bed by com­mer­ci­al law. De­via­ti­ons in terms of di­men­si­on, weight and qua­li­ty shall be per­mit­ted in ac­cor­dance with the ap­p­lica­ble norms (for ex­amp­le EN, ASTM, API, JIS etc) or the ap­p­lica­ble prac­tice and shall not re­pre­sent any de­fect. The weights shall be de­ter­mi­ned on in­dus­tri­al sca­les and shall then be bin­ding for in­voi­cing.

 

2.

Should a de­fect in the ob­ject of purcha­se be pre­sent, the Cust­o­m­er shall, ac­cor­ding to its choice, be en­t­it­led eit­her to sup­ple­men­ta­ry per­for­mance in the form of cor­rec­tion of the de­fect or the de­li­very of a new, de­fect-free item. In ca­se of the cor­rec­tion of de­fects or a re­pla­ce­ment de­li­very, SAH shall be ob­li­ged to be­ar all costs which are ne­cessa­ry for the pur­po­se of sup­ple­men­ta­ry per­for­mance, in par­ti­cu­lar trans­por­ta­ti­on, road, work and ma­te­ri­al costs, as long as the­se are not in­crea­sed by the fact that the de­li­ver­ed goods we­re brought to a lo­ca­ti­on other than the place of per­for­mance.

 

3.

Should the sup­ple­men­ta­ry per­for­mance fail, the Cust­o­m­er shall, ac­cor­ding to its choice, be en­t­it­led to re­scind the contract or de­mand a re­duc­tion.

 

4.

SAH shall in­cur lia­bi­li­ty in ac­cor­dance with the ge­ne­ral pro­vi­si­ons, should the Cust­o­m­er as­sert da­mages claims which are due to in­tent or gross ne­gli­gence, in­clu­ding in­tent or gross ne­gli­gence on the part of re­pre­sen­ta­ti­ves or vi­ca­rious agents of SAH. Un­less in­ten­tio­nal breach of contract is at­tri­bu­ted to SAH, the lia­bi­li­ty to pay da­mages shall be li­mi­ted to los­ses which are fo­re­see­able and ty­pi­cal.

 

5.

SAH shall in­cur lia­bi­li­ty in ac­cor­dance with the sta­tu­to­ry pro­vi­si­ons should it cul­pa­b­ly breach a si­gni­fi­cant contrac­tu­al ob­li­ga­ti­on. Al­so in such ca­ses, the lia­bi­li­ty to pay da­mages shall, howe­ver, be li­mi­ted to los­ses which are fo­re­see­able and ty­pi­cal. A si­gni­fi­cant contrac­tu­al ob­li­ga­ti­on shall be pre­sent if the breach of du­ty re­fers to an ob­li­ga­ti­on on who­se ful­fil­ment the Cust­o­m­er has re­li­ed and may al­so re­ly.

 

6.

Other­wi­se, should the Cust­o­m­er be en­t­it­led to claim da­mages in lieu of per­for­mance due to a ne­gli­gent breach of ob­li­ga­ti­on, the lia­bi­li­ty of SAH shall be li­mi­ted to reim­bur­se­ment of the loss which is fo­re­see­able and ty­pi­cal.

 

7.

The lia­bi­li­ty due to cul­pa­ble in­ju­ry to life, bo­dy and health shall re­main un­af­fec­ted. The sa­me shall ap­p­ly in re­spect of the man­da­to­ry lia­bi­li­ty in ac­cor­dance with the Ger­man Pro­duct Lia­bi­li­ty Act (Pro­dukt­haf­tungs­ge­setz).

 

8.

Un­less other­wi­se re­gu­la­ted above, lia­bi­li­ty shall be ex­clu­ded.

 

9.

The li­mi­ta­ti­on pe­ri­od for de­fect claims shall be twel­ve months, cal­cu­la­ted from the ti­me of trans­fer of risk. This shall not ap­p­ly should the ob­ject of purcha­se be nor­mal­ly used in a buil­ding and ha­ve cau­sed the de­fect.


Sec­tion 7 - To­tal lia­bi­li­ty

1.

Ad­di­tio­nal lia­bi­li­ty to pay da­mages other than that sta­ted in Sec­tion 6 shall be ex­clu­ded, re­gard­less of the le­gal na­tu­re of the as­ser­ted claim. In par­ti­cu­lar, this shall ap­p­ly in re­spect of da­mages claims due to fault at the ti­me of con­clu­si­on of the contract, other bre­aches of ob­li­ga­ti­ons or due to ac­tions in tort for the reim­bur­se­ment of pro­per­ty da­ma­ge due to un­aut­ho­ri­sed acts.

 

2.

The li­mi­ta­ti­on in ac­cor­dance with Pa­ra­graph 1 shall al­so ap­p­ly should the Cust­o­m­er, ins­tead of a claim for com­pen­sa­ti­on, de­mand the re­pla­ce­ment of was­ted ex­pen­ses in place of per­for­mance.

 

3.

Should the lia­bi­li­ty to pay da­mages in re­la­ti­on to SAH be ex­clu­ded or re­stric­ted, this shall al­so ap­p­ly in re­spect of the per­so­nal lia­bi­li­ty of the workers, em­ployees, col­le­agues, re­pre­sen­ta­ti­ves and vi­ca­rious agents of SAH.


Sec­tion 8 - Se­cu­ri­ty of re­ser­va­ti­on of ow­nership

1.

SAH shall re­tain ow­nership of the ob­ject of purcha­se un­til re­ce­ipt of all pay­ments un­der the de­li­very contract. In ca­se of be­ha­viour on the part of the Cust­o­m­er which is in breach of contract, in par­ti­cu­lar in ca­se of pay­ment de­fault, SAH shall be en­t­it­led to re­ta­ke pos­ses­si­on of the ob­ject of purcha­se. Should SAH re­ta­ke pos­ses­si­on of the ob­ject of purcha­se, this shall re­pre­sent a re­scis­si­on of the contract. Fol­lo­wing the re­ta­king of pos­ses­si­on of the ob­ject of purcha­se, SAH shall be en­t­it­led to uti­li­se it. The pro­ceeds from the uti­li­sa­ti­on shall be set off against the lia­bi­li­ties of the Cust­o­m­er, mi­nus re­a­sonable uti­li­sa­ti­on costs.

 

2.

The Cust­o­m­er shall be ob­li­ged to tre­at the ob­ject of purcha­se with ca­re. In par­ti­cu­lar, it shall be ob­li­ged to suf­fi­ci­ent­ly in­su­re it against fi­re and wa­ter da­ma­ge and theft to its ori­gi­nal va­lue.

 

3.

In ca­se of sei­zu­res and other third par­ty at­tacks, the Cust­o­m­er must pro­vi­de im­me­dia­te writ­ten no­ti­fi­ca­ti­on to SAH, so that SAH can bring a third par­ty ac­tion against exe­cu­ti­on. Should the third par­ty not be in the po­si­ti­on of being able to reim­bur­se SAH in re­spect of the court costs and out-of-court costs of a third par­ty ac­tion against exe­cu­ti­on, the Cust­o­m­er shall in­cur lia­bi­li­ty in re­la­ti­on to SAH for the loss in­cur­red by the lat­ter.

 

4.

The Cust­o­m­er shall be en­t­it­led to sell on the ob­ject of purcha­se in the cour­se of pro­per busi­ness dea­lings. Howe­ver, it shall now as­sign, to SAH, all claims to the extent of the fi­nal in­voice amount (in­clu­ding va­lue ad­ded tax) of the claim which are ac­crued to it against its con­su­mers or third par­ties as a re­sult of the sel­ling on, re­gard­less of whe­ther the ob­ject of purcha­se is sold on wi­thout pro­ces­sing or fol­lo­wing pro­ces­sing. The Cust­o­m­er shall al­so re­main aut­ho­ri­sed to collect the claim fol­lo­wing the as­si­gn­ment. The aut­ho­ri­ty of SAH to collect the claim its­elf shall not be af­fec­ted. Howe­ver, SAH shall be ob­li­ged not to collect the claim pro­vi­ded that the Cust­o­m­er com­plies with its pay­ment ob­li­ga­ti­ons in con­nec­tion with the re­ve­nues re­cei­ved, does not en­ter pay­ment de­fault and, in par­ti­cu­lar, no ap­p­li­ca­ti­on is sub­mit­ted for the opening of sett­le­ment of in­sol­vency pro­cee­dings and no sus­pen­si­on of pay­ments is pre­sent. Howe­ver, should this be the ca­se, SAH shall be able to de­mand that the Cust­o­m­er pro­vi­des no­ti­fi­ca­ti­on of the as­si­gned claims and their debtors, pro­vi­des all ne­cessa­ry in­for­ma­ti­on for their collec­tion, hands over the as­so­cia­ted do­cu­ments and no­ti­fies the debtors (third par­ties) of the as­si­gn­ment.

 

5.

The pro­ces­sing or re­mo­del­ling of the ob­ject of purcha­se by the Cust­o­m­er shall al­ways be car­ri­ed out for SAH. Should the ob­ject of purcha­se be pro­ces­sed with other ob­jects which do not be­long to SAH, SAH shall ac­qui­re co-ow­nership in the new item to the re­la­ti­ons­hip of the va­lue of the ob­ject of purcha­se (fi­nal in­voice amount in­clu­ding va­lue ad­ded tax) to the other pro­ces­sed ob­jects at the ti­me of pro­ces­sing. Other­wi­se, the sa­me shall ap­p­ly to the ob­ject crea­ted by the pro­ces­sing as to the ob­ject of purcha­se which is de­li­ver­ed un­der re­ser­va­ti­on.

 

6.

Should the ob­ject of purcha­se be ins­e­pa­ra­b­ly mi­xed with other ob­jects which do not be­long to SAH, SAH shall ac­qui­re co-ow­nership in the new item to the re­la­ti­ons­hip of the va­lue of the ob­ject of purcha­se (fi­nal in­voice amount in­clu­ding va­lue ad­ded tax) to the other mi­xed ob­jects at the ti­me of mi­xing. Should the mi­xing ta­ke place in such a way that the item of the Cust­o­m­er is to be con­side­red as the prin­ciple item, it is her­e­by agreed that the Cust­o­m­er shall trans­fer pro­por­tio­nal ow­nership to SAH. The Cust­o­m­er shall keep the so­le ow­nership or co-ow­nership which oc­cur­red in such a way safe for SAH.

 

7.

The Cust­o­m­er shall al­so as­sign, to SAH, the claims for the se­cu­ring of claims of SAH against it which are ac­crued against a third par­ty due to the com­bi­na­ti­on of the ob­ject of purcha­se with land.

 

8.

SAH shall be ob­li­ged, on the re­quest of the Cust­o­m­er to re­lease the se­cu­ri­ties to which it is en­t­it­led if the rea­li­sa­ble va­lue of the se­cu­ri­ties of SAH ex­ceeds the claim to be se­cu­red by mo­re than 10%. SAH shall be re­s­pon­si­ble for choo­sing the se­cu­ri­ties to be re­leased.


Sec­tion 9 - Place of ju­ris­dic­tion, ap­p­lica­ble law, place of per­for­mance, par­ti­al in­va­li­di­ty

1.

Should the Cust­o­m­er be a busi­ness­man, a le­gal per­son un­der pu­blic law or a spe­cial fund un­der pu­blic law, the place of busi­ness of SAH shall be the place of ju­ris­dic­tion. Howe­ver, SAH shall al­so be en­t­it­led to bring a law­su­it against the Cust­o­m­er at the court of its place of do­mi­ci­le.

 

2.

The law of the Fe­deral Re­pu­blic of Ger­ma­ny shall ap­p­ly to the­se ge­ne­ral terms and con­di­ti­ons of sa­le, as well as to tho­se contracts which are con­clu­ded bet­ween SAH and the Cust­o­m­er and to which the­se ge­ne­ral terms and con­di­ti­ons of sa­le ap­p­ly. The ap­p­lica­bi­li­ty of the United Na­ti­ons Con­ven­ti­on con­cerning the In­ter­na­tio­nal Sa­le of Goods shall be ex­clu­ded.

 

3.

Un­less other­wi­se sta­ted in the or­der con­fir­ma­ti­on, the place of busi­ness of SAH shall be the place of per­for­mance.

 

4.

Should any in­di­vi­du­al clau­ses of the­se ge­ne­ral terms and con­di­ti­ons of sa­le be in­ef­fec­tive, the re­ma­in­der of the contract shall re­main ef­fec­tive.


As of: De­cem­ber 2014.

General terms and conditions of purchase

General terms and conditions of purchase

 

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Sec­tion 1 - Area of ap­p­lica­bi­li­ty

1.
The ge­ne­ral terms and con­di­ti­ons of purcha­se of SAH shall ap­p­ly ex­clu­si­ve­ly. Terms and con­di­ti­ons of the Sup­p­lier which con­flict with or de­via­te from tho­se of SAH shall not be re­co­gnis­ed by SAH, un­less SAH has ex­press­ly agreed to their ap­p­lica­bi­li­ty in wri­ting.
The terms and con­di­ti­ons of purcha­se of SAH shall al­so ap­p­ly if the de­li­very of the Sup­p­lier is ac­cep­ted by SAH wi­thout re­ser­va­ti­on in the know­ledge of terms and con­di­ti­ons of the Sup­p­lier which con­flict with or de­via­te from tho­se of SAH.

2.
All agree­ments which are con­clu­ded bet­ween SAH and the Sup­p­lier for the pur­po­se of per­for­mance of the contract shall be set out in this contract in wri­ting.

3.
The terms and con­di­ti­ons of purcha­se of SAH shall on­ly ap­p­ly in re­la­ti­on to en­tre­pre­neurs, le­gal per­sons un­der pu­blic law or spe­cial funds un­der pu­blic law.

4.
The ge­ne­ral terms and con­di­ti­ons of purcha­se of SAH shall al­so ap­p­ly to all fu­ture tran­sac­tions with its sup­p­liers.

Sec­tion 2 - Of­fer - of­fer do­cu­ments

1.
The Sup­p­lier shall be ob­li­ged to ac­cept the or­ders of SAH wi­t­hin a dead­line of two weeks.

2.
SAH shall re­ser­ve ow­nership rights and co­py­right in re­spect of images, drawings, cal­cu­la­ti­ons and other do­cu­ments. The­se may not be ma­de ac­ces­si­ble to third par­ties wi­thout the ex­press writ­ten agree­ment of SAH.
The above-men­tio­ned da­ta and do­cu­ments may on­ly be used for ma­nu­fac­tu­ring on the ba­sis of the or­der of SAH. Fol­lo­wing com­ple­ti­on of the or­der, the­se must be re­tur­ned to SAH, wi­thout the need for a re­quest to be is­sued.
The said do­cu­ments must be kept con­fi­den­ti­al in re­la­ti­on to third par­ties. The re­gu­la­ti­on in Sec­tion 9 Num­ber 5 of the­se ge­ne­ral terms and con­di­ti­ons of purcha­se shall ap­p­ly ad­di­tio­nal­ly.

Sec­tion 3 - Pri­ces, terms and con­di­ti­ons of pay­ment

1.
The pri­ce sta­ted in the or­der shall be bin­ding. Un­less writ­ten agree­ments to the con­tra­ry exist, the pri­ce shall in­clu­de de­li­very free to the buy­er's ad­dress, in­clu­ding pa­cka­ging. The re­turn of the pa­cka­ging shall re­qui­re a se­pa­ra­te agree­ment.

2.
The purcha­se pri­ce sta­ted by SAH shall be net, plus the re­spec­tive sta­tu­to­ry va­lue ad­ded tax.

3.
In­voices can on­ly be pro­ces­sed by SAH if the or­der num­ber sta­ted in the or­der is sta­ted, in ac­cor­dance with the or­der gui­de­li­nes. The Sup­p­lier shall be re­s­pon­si­ble for all con­se­quen­ces due to non-com­p­li­an­ce with this ob­li­ga­ti­on, un­less it pro­vi­des pro­of that it is not re­s­pon­si­ble for the said non-com­p­li­an­ce.

4.
Un­less other­wi­se agreed in wri­ting, SAH shall pay the purcha­se pri­ce wi­t­hin 30 days with a 2% dis­count, cal­cu­la­ted from the ti­me of de­li­very and re­ce­ipt of the in­voice, or wi­t­hin 60 days net from the ti­me of re­ce­ipt of the in­voice.

5.
SAH shall be en­t­it­led to rights of set off and rights of re­ten­ti­on to the extent pre­scri­bed by law.

6.
In­te­rest af­ter the due date can­not be de­man­ded. The ra­te of de­fault in­te­rest shall be 5 per­cen­ta­ge points above the re­spec­tive ba­se ra­te of in­te­rest. SAH shall be en­t­it­led to pro­vi­de pro­of of de­fault in­te­rest which is lo­wer than that de­man­ded by the Sup­p­lier.

Sec­tion 4 - De­li­very ti­me

1.
The de­li­very ti­me sta­ted in the or­der shall be bin­ding.

2.
The Sup­p­lier shall be ob­li­ged to im­me­dia­te­ly in­form SAH in wri­ting should cir­cum­stan­ces ari­se or be­co­me known to it, due to which the agreed de­li­very ti­me can­not be com­plied with.

3.
In ca­se of de­li­very de­lay, SAH shall be en­t­it­led to the sta­tu­to­ry claim. In par­ti­cu­lar, SAH shall be en­t­it­led to de­mand da­mages in lieu of per­for­mance and to re­scind the contract, fol­lo­wing the fruit­less ex­pi­ry of a re­a­sonable dead­line.
Should SAH de­mand da­mages, the Sup­p­lier shall ha­ve the right to pro­vi­de pro­of to SAH that it is not re­s­pon­si­ble for the breach of ob­li­ga­ti­on.

Sec­tion 5 - Trans­fer of risk, do­cu­ments

1.
Un­less other­wi­se agreed in wri­ting, the de­li­very shall ta­ke place free to the place of do­mi­ci­le.

2.
The Sup­p­lier shall be ob­li­ged to sta­te the ex­act or­der num­bers of SAH on all dis­patch pa­pers and de­li­very no­tes. Should it fail to do so, SAH shall not be re­s­pon­si­ble for any pro­ces­sing de­lays cau­sed as a re­sult.

Sec­tion 6 - Lia­bi­li­ty for de­fects, de­fect in­spec­tion

1.
SAH shall be ob­li­ged to check the goods for any qua­li­ty and quan­ti­ty de­via­ti­ons wi­t­hin a re­a­sonable dead­line. The com­plaint shall be de­emed to ha­ve be­en ma­de on ti­me if it is re­cei­ved by the Sup­p­lier wi­t­hin a dead­line of 5 working days, cal­cu­la­ted from the ti­me of re­ce­ipt of the goods, or, in ca­se of hi­d­den de­fects, from the ti­me of dis­co­very.

2.
SAH shall be ful­ly en­t­it­led to the sta­tu­to­ry de­fect claims. In all ca­ses, SAH shall be en­t­it­led, ac­cor­ding to its choice, to de­mand cor­rec­tion of the de­fect or de­li­very of a new item by the Sup­p­lier. The right of da­mages, in par­ti­cu­lar the right to da­mages in lieu of per­for­mance, shall re­main ex­press­ly re­ser­ved.

3.
SAH shall be en­t­it­led to car­ry out the cor­rec­tion of the de­fects by its­elf at the ex­pen­se of the Sup­p­lier, should the Sup­p­lier be in de­fault con­cerning sub­se­quent per­for­mance.

4.
The li­mi­ta­ti­on pe­ri­od shall be 36 months, cal­cu­la­ted from the ti­me of trans­fer of risk.

Sec­tion 7 - Pro­duct lia­bi­li­ty, re­lease, lia­bi­li­ty in­suran­ce pro­tec­tion

1.
Should the Sup­p­lier be re­s­pon­si­ble for da­ma­ge cau­sed by a pro­duct, it shall be ob­li­ged to re­lease SAH from any third par­ty da­mages claims on first re­quest, to the extent that the cau­se lies in its area of con­trol and or­ga­ni­sa­ti­on and to the extent that it is its­elf lia­ble vis a vis third par­ties.

2.
Wi­t­hin the frame­work of its own lia­bi­li­ty in ca­ses of da­ma­ge in the pa­ra­graph above, the Sup­p­lier shall al­so be ob­li­ged to reim­bur­se the ex­pen­ses which SAH con­siders ne­cessa­ry in the cir­cum­stan­ces, as well as tho­se which cor­re­spon­ded to the ac­tu­al or pre­su­med in­te­rest of the Sup­p­lier, which are in­cur­red un­der or in con­nec­tion with a la­w­ful­ly car­ri­ed out re­call ac­tion by SAH. The sa­me shall ap­p­ly should mo­re than one par­ty ha­ve cau­sed the loss and the­re­fo­re would in­cur joint lia­bi­li­ty. To the extent that is pos­si­ble and re­a­sonable, SAH shall in­form the Sup­p­lier in a ti­me­ly man­ner in ad­van­ce of the con­tent and scope of such a re­call mea­su­re and pro­vi­de the Sup­p­lier with the op­por­tu­ni­ty to ma­ke a state­ment.

3.
The ne­cessa­ry in­for­ming of the re­spec­tive com­pe­tent aut­ho­ri­ties in ac­cor­dance with the Ger­man Pro­duct Safe­ty Act (Pro­dukt­si­cher­heits­ge­setz) shall be un­der­ta­ken by SAH in agree­ment with the Sup­p­lier.

4.
The Sup­p­lier shall be ob­li­ged to main­tain a pro­duct lia­bi­li­ty in­suran­ce po­li­cy with a fi­xed sum in­su­red of 10 mil­li­on eu­ros per in­ci­dence of per­so­nal in­ju­ry/da­ma­ge to pro­per­ty. Should SAH be en­t­it­led to fur­ther da­mages claims, the­se shall not be af­fec­ted.

Sec­tion 8 - Pro­per­ty rights

1.
The Sup­p­lier her­e­by gua­ran­tees that no third par­ty rights are being in­frin­ged in the Fe­deral Re­pu­blic of Ger­ma­ny in con­nec­tion with its de­li­very.

2.
Should a claim be brought against SAH due to in­frin­ge­ment of a third par­ty right, the Sup­p­lier shall be ob­li­ged to re­lease SAH from the said claims on first writ­ten re­quest. In ca­se of third par­ty da­mages claims, the Sup­p­lier shall re­tain the right to pro­vi­de pro­of that it is not re­s­pon­si­ble for the in­frin­ge­ment of the third par­ty rights.

3.
SAH shall not be en­t­it­led to con­clu­de any agree­ments, in par­ti­cu­lar the con­clu­si­on of a sett­le­ment, with the third par­ty wi­thout the agree­ment of the Sup­p­lier.

4.
The re­lease ob­li­ga­ti­on of the Sup­p­lier shall ex­tend to all ex­pen­ses which are ne­ces­sa­ri­ly in­cur­red by SAH un­der or in con­nec­tion with the brin­ging of a claim by the third par­ty.

5.
The li­mi­ta­ti­on pe­ri­od shall be 36 months, cal­cu­la­ted from the ti­me of trans­fer of risk.

Sec­tion 9 - Re­ser­va­ti­on of ow­nership, sup­p­ly, work tools, se­crecy

1.
Should SAH pro­vi­de parts to the Sup­p­lier, SAH shall re­ser­ve ow­nership in re­spect of such. Pro­ces­sing or al­te­ra­ti­ons by the Sup­p­lier shall be un­der­ta­ken for SAH. Should the goods of SAH which are sub­ject to re­ser­va­ti­on be pro­ces­sed with other items which do not be­long to SAH, SAH shall ac­qui­re co-ow­nership in the new item to the re­la­ti­ons­hip of the va­lue of the item of SAH (purcha­se pri­ce plus sta­tu­to­ry va­lue ad­ded tax) to the other pro­ces­sed items at the ti­me of pro­ces­sing.

2.
Should the item pro­vi­ded by SAH be ins­e­pa­ra­b­ly mi­xed with other items which do not be­long to SAH, SAH shall ac­qui­re co-ow­nership in the new item to the re­la­ti­ons­hip of the va­lue of the item which is sub­ject to re­ser­va­ti­on (purcha­se pri­ce plus sta­tu­to­ry va­lue ad­ded tax) to the other mi­xed items at the ti­me of mi­xing.
Should the mi­xing ta­ke place in such a way that the item of the Sup­p­lier is to be con­side­red the prin­ci­pal ob­ject, it is her­e­by de­emed to be agreed that the Sup­p­lier will as­sign pro-ra­ta co-ow­nership to SAH. The Sup­p­lier shall keep the so­le ow­nership or co-ow­nership safe for SAH.

3.
SAH shall re­ser­ve ow­nership in re­spect of work tools. The Sup­p­lier shall al­so be ob­li­ged to on­ly use the work tools for the ma­nu­fac­tu­re of the goods pro­vi­ded by SAH. The Sup­p­lier shall be ob­li­ged to in­su­re the work tools pro­vi­ded by SAH to the re­pla­ce­ment va­lue against fi­re and wa­ter da­ma­ge and theft at its own ex­pen­se.
At the sa­me ti­me, the Sup­p­lier her­e­by now as­signs to SAH all com­pen­sa­ti­on claims un­der the said in­suran­ce. SAH her­e­by ac­cepts the said as­si­gn­ment. The Sup­p­lier shall be ob­li­ged to car­ry out all ne­cessa­ry main­ten­an­ce and in­spec­tion work, as well as all up­keep and re­pair work in re­spect of the tools of SAH in good ti­me and at its own ex­pen­se. The Sup­p­lier must im­me­dia­te­ly in­form SAH of any break­downs. Should the Sup­p­lier cul­pa­b­ly fail to do so, da­mages claims shall re­main re­ser­ved.

4.
Should the se­cu­ri­ty rights to which SAH is en­t­it­led in ac­cor­dance with Pa­ra­graph 1 and/or Pa­ra­graph 2 ex­ceed the purcha­se pri­ce of all SAH goods which are sub­ject to re­ser­va­ti­on of tit­le which ha­ve not yet be­en paid by 10%, on re­quest of the Sup­p­lier, SAH shall be ob­li­ged to re­lease the se­cu­ri­ty rights in ac­cor­dance with the choice of the lat­ter.

5.
The Sup­p­lier shall be ob­li­ged to main­tain strict se­crecy in re­spect of all images, drawings, cal­cu­la­ti­ons and other do­cu­ments/in­for­ma­ti­on which it re­cei­ves.
The above items may on­ly be dis­clo­sed to third par­ties with the ex­press agree­ment of SAH. The se­crecy ob­li­ga­ti­on shall al­so ap­p­ly fol­lo­wing per­for­mance of the contract. Howe­ver, it shall lap­se if and to the extent that the ma­nu­fac­tu­ring know­ledge con­tai­ned in the trans­fer­red images, drawings, cal­cu­la­ti­ons and other do­cu­ments has be­co­me ge­ne­ral­ly known or can be pro­ven to ha­ve al­re­a­dy be­en known to the Sup­p­lier at the ti­me of no­ti­fi­ca­ti­on as set out in Sen­tence 1.

Sec­tion 10 - Qua­li­ty, en­vi­ron­ment, en­er­gy

The Sup­p­lier must set up and main­tain a sui­ta­ble do­cu­men­ted qua­li­ty and en­vi­ron­men­tal ma­nage­ment sys­tem which is sui­ta­ble ac­cor­ding to ty­pe and scope and which cor­re­sponds to the sta­te of tech­no­lo­gy. The Sup­p­lier shall crea­te re­cor­ds, in par­ti­cu­lar con­cerning its qua­li­ty in­spec­tions, and ma­ke the­se avail­able to SAH on re­quest. The Sup­p­lier her­e­by agrees to an eva­lua­ti­on of the ef­fec­tiven­ess of its qua­li­ty and en­vi­ron­men­tal ma­nage­ment sys­tem by SAH or a par­ty aut­ho­ri­sed by it wi­t­hin the frame­work of qua­li­ty and en­vi­ron­men­tal au­dits. The Sup­p­lier shall be re­s­pon­si­ble for en­su­ring all sta­tu­to­ry and safe­ty re­la­ted cons­traints for re­stric­ted dan­ge­rous sub­stan­ces and par­ti­cu­lar­ly ha­zar­dous ma­te­ri­als in ac­cor­dance with the Che­mi­cal Pro­hi­bi­ti­on Or­di­nan­ce (Che­mi­ka­li­en-Ver­bots­ord­nung) in the ma­nu­fac­tu­ring and ac­cep­tan­ce coun­tries. The Sup­p­lier has be­en ma­de awa­re of the en­vi­ron­men­tal and en­er­gy po­li­cies of SAH and shall ob­ser­ve the­se in the frame­work of the contrac­tu­al re­la­ti­ons­hips. SAH her­e­by points out that the en­er­gy per­for­mance and en­er­gy ef­fi­ci­en­cy class (if avail­able) will be con­sul­ted as a selec­tion cri­te­ria for goods of any kind.

Sec­tion 11 - Ap­p­lica­ble law, place of ju­ris­dic­tion, place of per­for­mance

1.
The law of the Fe­deral Re­pu­blic of Ger­ma­ny shall ap­p­ly to each in­di­vi­du­al contract to be con­clu­ded to which the­se ge­ne­ral terms and con­di­ti­ons of purcha­se ap­p­ly. The ap­p­lica­bi­li­ty of the United Na­ti­ons Con­ven­ti­on con­cerning the In­ter­na­tio­nal Sa­le of Goods is her­e­by ex­press­ly ex­clu­ded.

2.
Should the Sup­p­lier be a busi­ness­man, the place of busi­ness of SAH shall be the place of ju­ris­dic­tion. Howe­ver, SAH shall be en­t­it­led to al­so bring a law­su­it at the court of the place of do­mi­ci­le of the Sup­p­lier.

3.

Un­less other­wi­se sta­ted in the or­der, the com­pa­ny head­quar­ters of SAH shall be the place of per­for­mance.

 

As of: De­cem­ber 2014

 

 

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