Payment terms
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ADVCNCE PAYMENT
CASH AGAINST DOCUMENTS (CAD)
TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER (T/T+ date limit)
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FREE ON BOARD (FOB)
COST INSURANCE FRIEGHT (CIF)
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GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALES, DELIVERY AND PAYMENT
SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS
Article 1: Scope of these terms and conditions
1.1. These terms and conditions apply to every offer and every agreement between SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS INDUSTRIES hereinafter referred to as: "SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS" and a buyer to whom SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS has declared these terms and conditions to be applicable insofar as the parties have not expressly provided otherwise in writing.
1.2. In the present terms and conditions, the term “buyer” also means "customer" or "commissioning party".
1.3. The term offer in these terms and conditions also means the quotes and/or discounts in the price lists, circulars, order confirmations, letters, etc., made by SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS.
1.4. The terms of trade/terms and conditions of delivery used in this document, such as CIF, are terms of the trade and are defined in Inco terms, the last version before the date of the contract, unless the term has no meaning under the Inco terms and another term of the trade is used, such as "free domicile".
Article 2: Offers
2.1. The offers made by SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS are without obligation unless they contain a period for acceptance. If an offer contains an offer without obligation and this is accepted by the buyer, SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS has the right to retract its offer within two working days after its acceptance.
2.2. The prices in an offer are exclusive of VAT (VALUE ADDED TAX) unless stated otherwise.
2.3. All offers are based on performance under normal circumstances and during SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS'S normal working hours.
2.4. SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS'S employers and/or salespersons and/or agents are not authorized to enter into contracts unless the buyer has been confirmed the contrary in writing.
2.5. Any order made by a buyer with whom SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS has not yet done business is still accepted under the suspensive condition that the creditworthiness of the buyer has can be established from the information provided.
2.6. A delivery or a service order, including the acceptance of an offer, must be in writing and include the information and documentation that SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS needs to start preparing the order and complete it adequately. The information needed includes the buyer's specific quality requirements, such as the buyer's intended use of the goods of which SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS would not reasonably be expected to know the quality requirements. If such information is not provided to SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS, the suitability of the goods in terms of these requirements is at the buyer's risk.
2.7. All amounts and/or other details of all goods and the services that are directly connected with the delivery of these goods that are the subject of an agreement will be done with due care, however, SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS cannot guarantee that there will be no departures from these. The samples, drawings, photographs or models shown are only an indication. SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS may also involve other suppliers than originally agreed in the production or part of the production of the goods.
2.8. The buyer is not authorized to terminate a contract unless he or she also issues an irrevocable offer to pay the agreed purchase price. Any termination will be considered to imply such an offer. Such an offer is considered to be accepted if SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS does not reject the offer immediately. Termination must be effected in writing and with mention of the date. The buyer may not derive any rights from an oral termination.
Article 3: Delivery and term of delivery
3.1. If delivery will be done in parts, every delivery will be considered an independent delivery to which all of the provisions of the contract and these general terms and conditions apply in full. SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS reserves the right to invoice each partial delivery separately.
3.2. If the buyer, for whatever reason, does not accept or calls off delivery or of the goods on the agreed date, SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS has the right to:
- Either has the goods put into storage at the buyer's own risk and expense.
All of the expenses entailed, including increases in duty and fees and premiums will be at the buyer's expense;
- Or consider the contract to be dissolved without judicial intervention, without prejudice to its right to compensation for damages in addition to the statutory interest on the amount as of the day of dissolution.
3.3. Notwithstanding the buyer not accepting the goods on the date agreed, SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS has the right to charge the buyer the purchase price.
3.4. The agreed date of delivery is not a deadline unless explicitly agreed otherwise. If delivery is not on time, the buyer shall give SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS written notice of default.
3.5. The term within which the goods must be delivered or the services must be performed first starts when the agreement has come into effect, all of the details needed for performance are in SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS`S possession and the buyer has fulfilled its obligations up to that moment.
Article 4: Price, price increase
4.1. All prices specified by SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS are based on the current cost prices at the time of the offer.
4.2. Even if SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS agrees a certain price with the buyer, SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS has nevertheless the right to increase the price. SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS may charge the price on its current price list at the moment of delivery. If the price increase is over 10%, the buyer has the right to terminate the agreement by means of a written statement. The termination must be effected immediately after the buyer has been informed of the price increase.
4.3. The price does not include turnover tax (VAT) unless otherwise stated in writing.
4.4. The prices are all given in Euros OR dollar’s unless a different currency is given on the invoice.
Article 5: Payment
5.1. Payment must be effected by the agreed due date without qualifying for suspension or setoff and without deduction of costs or discounts, for which the buyer does not yet have a credit note or written agreement at the time of giving or issuing a payment document of at the time of the buyer's payment. The net agreed price must be paid into SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS`s account in its entirety. Costs, such as bank costs, bill charges, collection charges, etc. to effectuate payment must be paid by the buyer and not by SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS. If the buyer exceeds the agreed term of payment, any entitlement it may have to a discount for cash payment. If it is exceeded by over fourteen days, SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS has the right to charge the buyer default interest from the agreed date of payment to the day payment is effectuated. The interest rate will be the current statutory interest as referred to in Article 119a, Book 6 of the Dutch Civil Code (rate was 8% on 1 January 2010) plus a 2% surcharge.
5.2. In case of winding-up, bankruptcy or moratorium on the buyer's part, the obligations towards SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS will become immediately due and payable.
5.3. The buyer can only request set-off if its claim is acknowledged in writing by SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS. Any authorization to set off the amount will then be explicitly relinquished by the buyer.
5.4. Before starting to or continuing to execute the agreement, SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS has the right to require the buyer to provide adequate security for the fulfillment of its obligations.
Article 6: Collection charges
6.1. If the buyer does not fulfill one or more of its obligations, all costs within reason for obtaining payment out of court are for the buyer. SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS has the right to charge at least all of the judicial and extrajudicial collection costs to the buyer by virtue of the court-approved scale of costs in accordance with the Voor-Werk II Report of the Dutch Association for the Judiciary. If SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS can prove that it has incurred more expenses, and they were necessary within reason, these will also be payable. In this case, the extrajudicial collection costs will be at least 15% of the overdue principal with a €500 minimum.
Article 7: Force Majeure
7.1. The term force majeure is taken to mean: any circumstance beyond SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS`s control that temporarily or permanently impedes its performance of the agreement, and, insofar as not already implied among these, war, threat of war, riot, obstructing measures taken by any government, import and export bans, loss or damage during transport, interruptions in the energy supply, natural disasters, strikes, exclusion of workers, transport problems, fire, theft, accident and/or any other serious disturbances in SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS`s or its suppliers companies.
7.2. If the performance is delayed longer than five weeks, all parties are, with the exclusion of further rights, authorized to terminate the agreement in accordance with the law, without SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS`s being liable for any compensation for damage or loss incurred by the buyer or any third party.
7.3. SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS also has the right to invoke force majeure if the circumstance that impedes (future) performance begins after the supplier was supposed to fulfill its obligation.
7.4. If, when the force majeure takes place, SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS has already fulfilled its obligations in part or in full, or can only fulfill its obligations in part, it has the right to invoice for the already delivered or deliverable part separately and the buyer is required to pay this invoice as if it were a separate agreement. However, this is not applicable if the already delivered or deliverable part does not have an independent value.
Article 8: Complaints
8.1. The buyer is required to check its goods immediately after receipt. Complaints must be submitted in writing within seven days of delivery of the goods together with proof. In this case and unless parties have agreed otherwise in writing, SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS will request either a neutral expert to write an inspection report or an officially certified laboratory that is familiar with the goods to have the quality analyses. The results of the above will be binding for both parties. If the reports show that the complaint or complaints is/are not founded, the costs of the investigation will be for the buyer.
8.2. Complaints do not preclude the buyer's payment obligations.
8.3. Small differences in quality, composition or color, which cannot be prevented from a technical point of view or which are customarily accepted cannot be grounds for complaints.
8.4. Complaints concerning goods that are processed or treated in any way or form after delivery are not accepted; SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS is not liable for the results of such processing or treatment.
8.5. Return shipments of goods without prior consultation with SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS are not permitted. If this does occur nevertheless, both the shipment and storage of the goods after arrival are at the buyer's own risk and expense.
Article 9: Retention of title
9.1. The goods delivered by SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS remain property of SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS until the buyer has fulfilled all of the following obligations ensuing from the agreement entered into with SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS:
The consideration(s) for the delivered or to be delivered goods themselves;
The consideration(s) for the services performed or to be performed by SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS under the agreement;
Any claims ensuing from non-performance on the buyer's part of one or more agreements.
9.2. If the goods delivered by SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS are made into a constituent element or mixed with one or more other movable items, SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS becomes co-owner of the new goods, each of a part proportionate to the value of the goods.
9.3. The goods delivered by SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS, which fall under the retention of title clause pursuant to paragraph 1, can only be sold on within the context of normal business operations. Moreover, the buyer is not authorized to pledge the goods or claim these as it is own.
9.4. If the buyer does not fulfill its obligations or there is a founded reason to think it will not do so, SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS has the right to remove or have removed the delivered goods to which the retention of title referred to in paragraph 1 applies from the buyer or a third party who is keeping the goods for the buyer. The buyer is required to cooperate entirely under penalty of a fine of 10% of the amount owed by it.
9.5. If a third party wants to claim or exercise its rights to the goods delivered under the retention of title clause, the buyer is required to inform SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS as quickly as can be expected.
9.6. The buyer undertakes to:
Insure the goods delivered under the retention of title clause keep insured against fire, explosion and water damage and against theft and to give the policy to SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS for inspection
To mark the goods delivered under the retention of title clause as property of SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS;
to cooperate in other ways at SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS's first request with all the reasonable measures that SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS wants to take with regard to its right of ownership of the goods and not unreasonably impede the buyer in the performance of its normal business operations.
Article 10: Liability
10.1. SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS is not liable for any damage or loss incurred by the buyer or third parties of any nature or scope what so ever that is connected with or ensues from the performance of the agreement or remaining in default thereof, unless this can be attributed to intent or gross negligence on the part of SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS or its executive staff.
10.2. Neither is SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS liable for intent or (gross) negligence of (non-executive) employees or others whom it has engaged within the context of the performance of the agreement.
10.3. The buyer releases SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS from liability for the delivered goods and services if and insofar as the damage is caused by negligence of the buyer, its employees or others whom the buyer has used within the context of an agreement entered into with a third party or parties. The buyer also releases SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS from all liability if and insofar as the damage or loss is caused by an infringement of a patent, license or other rights of third parties resulting from the use of, by or due to the information provided by the buyer.
10.4. If SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS is held liable by a third party for any damage for which it is not liable under the agreement with the buyer or these terms and conditions, the buyer will release it from all liability.
10.5. If and insofar as SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS is found to be liable towards the buyer, on any basis whatsoever, this liability is limited per claim/incident to the amount that SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS`s insurer pays in this matter on the basis of the policy terms and conditions. A series of connected cases/incidents are considered to be a single claim/incident. If T SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS is not in the possession of such an insurance policy, the liability as referred to in this paragraph is limited to the amount of the consideration for the agreed goods or services as stated on the invoice (exclusive of VAT).
Article 11: Termination of the agreement
11.1. SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS's claims on the buyer are payable immediately in the following cases: - if, after entering into the agreement, SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS comes to know of circumstances that give SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS reason to believe that the buyer will not fulfill its obligations; - if, when entering into the agreement, SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS requested the buyer to provide to pledge the claims that the buyers acquires from its customers when selling on the goods delivered by the SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS to pledge to SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS all of the buyer's and insurer's claims to the goods delivered under the law.
To mark the goods delivered under the retention of title clause as property of SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS;
To cooperate in other ways at SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS's first request with all the reasonable measures that SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS wants to take with regard to its right of ownership of the goods and not unreasonably impede the buyer in the performance of its normal business operations.
Article 12: Transport insurance
12.1. Unless under the applicable terms and conditions of delivery, the transport is at the buyer’s risk, the costs of insuring the transport risks are paid by SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS. SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS is not obligated to insure the goods to be transported for more than the net invoiced amount and consequently not for extraordinary risks such as threat of war or willful damage.
12.2. In case of loss or damage during transport, SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS will put in a claim with the insurer after receiving a bill of transport which clearly states the flaw or damage. SURGIAGE INSTRUMENTS will settle the amount with the buyer after receiving payment from the insurer.
Article 13: Currency
13.1. If payment is to be made in a currency other than Euros & Dollar`s, the buyer is required, if payment is overdue, to compensate the deficit between the amount that should have been paid on the contractual due date and the amount that was paid on the actual date of payment, calculated based on the official exchange rate of the currency at Bank - as well as the other losses caused by this overdue payment.
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