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GENERAL DELIVERY AND
SALES CONDITIONS OF Maxximap BV
registered with the Registry of the District Court in ALKMAAR on 16.11.01
under number 224/01.
ARTICLE 1
Paragraph 1: The conditions below shall apply to all purchasing and sales
agreements concluded with Maxximap unless otherwise expressly agreed
by the parties in writing.
Paragraph 2: Authorised agreements shall be concluded on behalf of Maxximap
as long as these have been named as such at the Chamber of Commerce in
Hoorn and as long as these have been authorised in writing by those certified
as competent. This authorisation shall apply only to the agreements referred
to in it.
Paragraph 3: Deviations from these conditions and orders accepted by representatives,
travellers and other intermediates and/or retailers shall be binding only
if they are confirmed in writing by the management. Any purchasing conditions
shall not be binding on us unless the management has stated otherwise
in writing.
ARTICLE 2
Paragraph 1: All quotations shall be without obligation unless otherwise
expressly stated in writing. Binding agreements shall come into force
only with the written confirmation of the order by Maxximap. Price quotations
shall exclude VAT.
Paragraph 2: If the purchaser does not inform Maxximap in writing within
eight days of the date of the order confirmation that the order confirmation
deviates from their order, they shall be deemed to agree to the content
of this and the purchaser shall be bound by the agreement.
Paragraph 3: Every agreement, such as established in the previous paragraphs,
shall be on the one hand entered into under the suspensive condition that
the purchaser is – in our opinion only – sufficiently creditworthy
to be able to financially comply with the agreement.
Paragraph 4: Maxximap shall at all times be entitled, before delivery
or continuing with delivery, to request a security from the purchaser
regarding compliance with the payment obligations, even if other payment
conditions have already been agreed. If this security is not provided,
Maxximap shall be entitled to declare the agreement annulled right away
and without being obliged to pay any damages.
ARTICLE 3
Paragraph 1: Price quotations shall always be made on the basis of the
prices valid at the time of the order.
Paragraph 2: If there are price increases later for the final delivery,
for example as a result of duties and/or excise taxes, manufacturer’s
prices, currency fluctuations, etc., Maxximap shall be entitled to pass
on this price difference to the purchaser.
Paragraph 3: However, the purchaser shall be entitled, if the price increase
is more than 10% of the agreed price, to cancel the agreement concluded
and/or to revoke the order placed within five days of being informed of
the price increase.
Paragraph 4: The cancellation or the revoking of the order shall be done
by registered post. If the order is cancelled or revoked, this client
shall be obliged to pay Maxximap for that which it has already produced,
in accordance with the agreed price pro rata.
ARTICLE 4
Paragraph 1: The delivery deadline shall be stated as accurately as possible.
If the deadline is exceeded – other than wilfully – there
shall be no entitlement to damages, cancellation of the order or a right
to refuse goods on receipt.
Paragraph 2: If the goods have not been purchased after the deadline has
expired, the goods shall be stored at the disposal of the client at the
client’s account and risk.
Paragraph 3: The delivery time shall be taken to mean the time at which
the products leave our warehouse, store or other stock area, while the
purchaser shall be responsible immediately after delivery for all direct
or indirect damage that might occur to or as a result of these products
for the purchaser or for third parties.
Paragraph 4: The delivery deadline shall run from the date on which the
vendor confirms the order in writing.
Paragraph 5: Delivery shall be made postage-paid to the address in the
Netherlands given by the principal. For consignments of less than a nett
invoice amount of EUR 450 excluding VAT Maxximap shall be entitled to
charge for the costs of packaging, dispatch and administration.
Paragraph 6: Small deviations in quality, quantity, colour, size, finish
and the like that are deemed to be permissible in business or that are
unavoidable from a technical point of view shall never give the client
the right to refuse any delivery. As regards quantity there shall be a
tolerance either above or below the agreed quantity of 10%.
Paragraph 7: Dispatch shall at all times be for the risk of the purchaser,
even if the transport agreement of the haulier states otherwise.
Paragraph 8: If the delivery is delayed for more than three months, the
purchaser shall be entitled to cancel the agreement after serving notice
on Maxximap and allowing a reasonable postponement.
Paragraph 9: Unless otherwise agreed, the costs of the items required
for the implementation of the agreement shall be for the account of the
purchaser.
a. the purchaser shall provide an accurate list of formats, qualities,
texts and images to be printed. The vendor shall be informed of any changes
required by the purchaser to a proof and/or design produced at his/her
request and of his/her approval of these.
b. the purchaser shall bear the risk of misunderstandings regarding the
content or implementation of the agreement, if the cause of these is inaccurate
or incomplete specifications, texts, images, and/or digital information
or other communication provided by the purchaser as referred to in the
previous paragraph.
c. written confirmation by the vendor to the purchaser of communications
received by the vendor from the purchaser regarding required changes to
and/or approval of proof or design in any way other than referred to in
the previous paragraph, second clause, shall be deemed to be a written
confirmation by the purchaser and shall be binding on the parties, unless
the purchaser lodges an objection to this with the vendor in writing within
seven days of receipt.
d. if the purchaser, having been declared liable by registered post, does
not meet the obligation referred to in the previous paragraph under ‘a’
fully or in part, the purchaser shall immediately owe a penalty, in accordance
with the stipulations set out in article 6:91 of the Civil Code, in the
amount of 40% of the agreed price of the items ordered, while the agreement
shall be legally annulled as a result simply of the deadline of the notice
served being exceeded.
ARTICLE 5
Paragraph 1: Mention of order numbers or manufacturer’s numbers
in a quotation, order confirmation or exchange of correspondence shall
be just references for the office staff. The purchaser shall not be able
to derive from these any right or claim at all in any form whatsoever.
ARTICLE 6
Paragraph 1: Any complaints shall be dealt with only if they are brought
to Maxximap’s attention within ten days of the delivery of the
goods by registered post. If this deadline is not met, the right to complain
shall no longer be valid.
ARTICLE 7
Paragraph 1: Unless otherwise agreed, payment shall be made within thirty
days of the invoice date.
Paragraph 2: Any complaints shall not suspend the payment obligation.
Paragraph 3: If the payment deadline is exceeded, the purchaser shall,
without any further notice or proof of default, owe the statutory interest
in accordance with article 1286 of the Civil Code and the collection costs,
both legal and non-legal.
Paragraph 4: Extrajudicial collection costs shall be deemed to be 15%
of the sale amount, with a minimum of EUR 250.
Paragraph 5: Only if payment is made within eight days of the invoice
date to one of our accounts may 2% discount of the nett amount for the
goods (exc. VAT) be made, unless otherwise stipulated in writing by Maxximap.
Paragraph 6: If delivery in parts on various dates is agreed, Maxximap
shall be entitled to suspend its delivery obligation for as long as the
purchaser remains in default of payment.
Paragraph 7: Every invoice that has not been paid by the due date shall
be legally increased by 10% without any prior notice being served by way
of fixed compensation, with a minimum of EUR 150. It shall also be legally
increased, without any prior notice being served, by a standard interest
of 2% a month from the due date of the invoice. A part-month shall be
considered as and calculated as a full month.
Paragraph 8: The purchaser shall never be entitled to deduct debt payments.
Paragraph 9: Payment shall be made at Maxximap’s office or to the
bank account or giro account designated by Maxximap.
ARTICLE 8
Paragraph 1: In the case of orders made by telegraph, telephone, in digital
form or by courier the receipt of these and the costs associated with
these shall be for the account and risk of the purchaser.
ARTICLE 9
Paragraph 1: Ownership of the goods sold and delivered shall be transferred
only after the full settlement of the amounts owed by the purchaser to
Maxximap, these being the gross invoice amount, increased by interest
and extrajudicial costs as stipulated above, in addition to, if Maxximap
demands statutory interest in legal compliance with the purchase agreement,
the costs settled in the judgement that relate to the enforcement of the
judgement.
Paragraph 2: The purchaser shall therefore not be entitled, for as long
as the goods are still the property of Maxximap, to transfer these, to
pawn them or to mortgage them or in any other way to dispose of them,
unless he/she as a retailer runs a business the purpose of which is to
sell goods as supplied by Maxximap. In this case the customer shall be
entitled to sell the goods.
ARTICLE 10
Paragraph 1: Maxximap shall be exclusively liable for damage caused directly
intentionally or a result of gross negligence by Maxximap.
Paragraph 2: However, in no case shall Maxximap’s liability cover
indirect and consequential loss.
Paragraph 3: The purchaser shall indemnify Maxximap from any right to
recourse if the risks associated with the agreed deliveries are covered
by an insurance.
ARTICLE 11
Paragraph 1: If during the implementation of the agreement circumstances
arise that result in force majeure, Maxximap shall be entitled to terminate
the agreement, to suspend the delivery deadline or as a result of this
not to deliver goods, to replace these by similar goods, with the additional
costs of these goods being for the account of the purchaser. If these
additional costs are more than 10% of the price agreed for these goods,
the purchaser shall be entitled to annul the agreement.
Paragraph 2: Annulment of the agreement shall not affect the obligation
to pay pro rata for that which has already been produced.
Paragraph 3: Circumstances that count as force majeure include war, strikes,
non-delivery (on time) by Maxximap suppliers, above-average illness absence
by personnel or a personnel shortage in general, breakdowns during execution,
operational problems in whatever form, changes to import duties and taxes,
and the closing of borders.
ARTICLE 12
Paragraph 1: The purchaser shall indemnify the vendor against all the
consequences, of whatever kind, of claims that might be made by the purchaser’s
customer against the purchaser relating to the goods purchased.
ARTICLE 13
Paragraph 1: All the agreements to which these conditions have been declared
to apply shall be subject to Dutch law.
Paragraph 2: All disputes arising from or associated with the agreement
shall be submitted for conciliation exclusively to the competent judge
within the district of Alkmaar, unless Maxximap opts for another competent
judge.
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