| DELIVERY AND PAYMENT TERMS AND
CONDITIONS
1. APPLICABILITY
1.1 All our quotations, deliveries, and services are
provided exclusively on the basis of these delivery
and payment terms and conditions. These terms and conditions
are part of all contracts for deliveries or services
we close with our contract partners. All previous business
terms and conditions are hereby declared invalid.
1.2 We do not accept any terms and conditions of the
customer that oppose our general delivery and payment
terms and conditions or differ from them, unless their
applicability is expressly approved in writing. This
applies especially if the opposing terms and conditions
are merely communicated in a form.
1.3 The general delivery and payment terms and conditions
also apply to all future quotations, deliveries, and
services provided to the customer, even if they are
not specifically agreed.
2. QUOTATIONS AND PRICES
2.1 Quotations and prices are provided without any engagement
and only become binding by means of our written order
confirmation. We are entitled to accept the contract
offer implied by the order within 2 weeks from the receipt.
If the customer feels that the order confirmation deviates
from his order, he shall report the alleged deviations
in writing without delay upon receipt, at the latest
within one week from the date of our order confirmation.
If the customer fails to review the order confirmation
and does not report any deviations without delay, our
order confirmation will be deemed correct and binding
for both parties.
2.2 To be valid, any side agreements made prior to or
at the execution of the contract require our written
approval.
2.3 Any late changes (changes after the release for
print) on request of the customer as well as the resulting
production stop will be charged to the customer.
2.4 All our information, dimensions, weights, illustrations,
descriptions, and drawings in price lists, catalogues,
and other printed material have been determined only
approximately, though to the best of our abilities;
however, they are not binding for us. They do not represent
any guaranteed properties, but merely descriptions of
our deliveries or services. We reserve the right to
changes in the range of products and changes of the
technical and visual design.
2.5 Our prices are quoted ex works in USD, subject to
the applicable VAT at the time of the delivery, unless
specified otherwise. Packaging, freight, and insurance
are not included in the price and will be charged additionally.
2.6 We reserve the right to adjust individual prices
if necessary due to changes in the currency exchange
rates and/or the commodity prices at the time of the
execution of the order. Should the material costs or
our internal labour costs increase after the order confirmation,
we shall be entitled to increase the prices according
to the incurred cost increase. The customer shall be
entitled to cancel the order in case the increase amounts
to more than 15% of the agreed price. In this case,
the customer shall reimburse the material and labour
costs we incurred until then.
3. PAYMENT TERMS
3.1 Full amount advanced payment requested if the order
amount is less than USD10000.00.
3.2 we’re entitled to request 30% of total amount
deposit if the order amount exceed USD10000, balance
(70%) should be paid before delivery.
3.3 The invoice will be issued on the date of the delivery
of the goods. New customers will be supplied against
immediate cash payment, cash on delivery, or advance
payment, as we may determine at our own discretion.
3.3 The customer shall pay the postage, freight, and
packaging costs immediately upon receipt of the invoice
without any deductions.
3.4 Payment by bill of exchange is subject to prior
agreement. In any case, bills of exchange or cheques
will only be accepted as conditional payment and can
be returned at any time. Cheques and bills of exchange
will only be considered as payment when cashed. The
bank discount and collection fees for received bills
of exchange will be charged. They are due immediately.
3.5 If the financial situation of the customer deteriorates
to an extent that there are doubts regarding his solvency,
we shall be entitled to withdraw from the contract or
to withhold our deliveries and services and grant the
customer a reasonable period to make advance payment
or to provide collateral, as we may decide. Upon expiry
of this period, we shall be entitled to withdraw from
the contract.
3.6 If the customer fails to fulfil his payment obligations,
especially if a cheque or bill of exchange cannot be
cashed or if there is evidence that enforcement measures
have failed, that the customer has discontinued his
payments, or that insolvency proceedings have been filed,
we shall be entitled to set due the entire remaining
debt from the contract, even if we accepted a bill of
exchange or a cheque. In this case, we will also be
entitled to request advance payment or collateral for
all other contracts.
3.7 The customer may only offset his counterclaims if
the receivables are undisputed or legally established.
The assertion of a right of retention by the customer
is excluded, unless these claims are based on the same
contractual relationship.
3.8 Any errors in our invoices must be reported within
7 days after the receipt of the invoice. If the invoicee
remains silent for a longer period, this will be considered
an implicit acknowledgement of the correctness of the
invoice.
4. RETENTION OF TITLE
4.1 All goods delivered by us remain our property until
full payment is made and all claims from the business
relationship are satisfied. Goods subject to retention
of title may only be sold in the course of the normal
business if it is made sure that the right to the receivable
from the resale is transferred to us and the customer
passes the retention of title on to his own customers.
If the realizable value of all collateral provided to
us exceeds the collateralized receivables by more than
20%, we will release the collateral to this extent at
our own discretion on request of the customer. The customer
transfers his receivables from the resale or other utilization
of the goods, together with all associated rights, to
us in advance. The resale authorization may be revoked
at any time. On request, the customer shall name the
buyer of the goods subject to retention of title in
writing to us.
4.2 Any physical or legal access to the goods subject
to retention of title or their damage or loss shall
be communicated to us in writing without delay; in the
event of seizure, the seizure report or writ of seizure
shall be submitted to us. In the event of third-party
access, the customer shall bear all costs required for
the removal of the access, especially within the scope
of third-party action against execution, and for the
reprocurement of the goods.
4.3 The customer transfers all receivables resulting
from the resale or other legal reasons in connection
with the goods subject to retention of title (including
all balance receivables from the account current) to
us as collateral in advance. Subject to revocation,
we authorize the customer to collect the receivables
transferred to us for his account on his own behalf.
This authorization can be revoked if and as long as
the customer is in default of payment of a collateralized
receivable, if he is insolvent, or if insolvency proceedings
have been applied for over his assets.
4.4 Processing or alteration of the goods subject to
retention of title does not render them property of
the customer. If the delivered goods are connected,
processed, or mixed with other items, this takes place
by our order; however, this does not establish any obligation.
4.5 In the event of default in connection with the delivery
of tools, we shall also have the copyright to the manufactured
items that are still our property or the right to sell
the goods until the debt is covered. Furthermore, we
shall be authorized to complete the duplication, if
this is necessary. On request, the customer shall promptly
obtain any required third-party approval.
4.6 As a general rule, tools, also for items subject
to intellectual property rights of the customer, remain
our sole property. This applies even if the customer
paid cost allowances, tool cost shares, or other amounts
for the tools or if these cost shares are included in
the item price. Upon termination of the collaboration,
the customer shall not have any right to reimbursement
of the costs for the tools, equipment, or parts thereof.
However, we bear the costs for the maintenance and repair
of the tools, even for custom-made products. If the
customer has fully or partly paid for the tool, he shall
merely have the right to order batches of at least reaching
our MOQ at any time.
4.7 All raw material of any kind handed over by the
customer are subject to retention for the purpose of
collateralizing all our current and future receivables
from goods deliveries.
5. DELIVERY
5.1 Delivery dates and periods are only valid if expressly
confirmed by us. Delivery periods begin with the date
of our order confirmation, but not before the full clarification
of all details of the order and not before the receipt
of the documents to be provided by the customer and
not before the receipt of the advance payment, in case
such was agreed.
5.2 If a delivery time determined by certain periods
is agreed instead of delivery dates, the delivery time
shall begin on the date of release. Soft proofs, hard
proofs, etc. provided by the customer are considered
as approximate. Should the customer require changes
to the order affecting the production time after the
order confirmation, a new delivery period shall begin
after the confirmation of the changes.
5.3 The delivery time ends on the date on which the
goods leave the delivery plant or are stored in the
warehouse if delivery is not possible.
5.4 Blanket orders are considered as fixed orders and
shall be purchased with binding effect within 3 months,
unless agreed otherwise.
5.5 The delivery takes place for the account and at
the risk of the customer, also for prepaid deliveries;
the risk passes to the customer as soon as the shipment
is submitted to the person performing the transport.
If the submission or the shipment is delayed due to
a reason for which the customer is responsible, the
risk shall pass to the customer on the day the goods
are ready for delivery.
5.6 We reserve the right to select a suitable delivery
type and method, unless agreed otherwise in the respective
order. Transport insurance will only be taken out on
special request and at the expense of the customer.
5.7 We are entitled to make partial deliveries, which
will be due for payment under our payment terms.
5.8 In the event of force majeure or other unforeseeable
circumstances or other circumstances for which we are
not responsible, such as procurement bottlenecks, labour
disputes, operational malfunction, vandalism, government
intervention, energy shortcuts, no matter whether these
take place at our plant or at one of our suppliers,
which hinder us from duly fulfilling our delivery commitments,
the delivery period shall be extended by the duration
of the hindrance and under consideration of a reasonable
start-up time. If the hindrance is not expected to end
within a reasonable time period, we shall be entitled
to withdraw partly or entirely without any obligation
to deliver later or to pay compensation for damages.
Such withdrawal does not affect our claims from any
partial deliveries that have already taken place.
5.9 In the event of default of delivery and after the
expiry of a reasonable grace period of which the customer
shall provide due evidence, we will pay a compensation
of 0.5% for every completed week of default, up to a
maximum of 5% of the shipment affected by the default.
5.10 Both damage claims of the customer due to late
delivery as well as damage claims instead of the service
which exceed the limits specified in 5.8 are excluded
in all cases of late delivery, even after the expiry
of a grace period granted to us. This does not apply
if liability is mandatory in the case of intentional
acts, gross negligence, or due to injury to life, body,
or health. Within the scope of legal provisions, the
customer may only withdraw from the contract if we are
responsible for the delay of the delivery. The aforesaid
regulations do not involve a change of the burden of
proof to the disadvantage of the customer.
5.11 On request, the customer is under the obligation
to inform us within a reasonable period whether he withdraws
from the contract due to the delay of the delivery or
still insists on the delivery.
5.12 If, on request of the customer, the shipment or
delivery is delayed by more than 1 month after the notification
that the goods are ready for shipment, we may bill the
customer for storage fees amounting to 0.5% of the price
of the items of the delivery for every started month,
up to a maximum of 5%. This does not affect the right
of the contract parties to provide evidence of higher
or lower storage costs.
6. DEFAULT OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE CUSTOMER
6.1 If the customer is in default of acceptance or debtor's
default, the risk of incidental loss or incidental deterioration
of the goods shall pass to the customer as soon as he
is in default of acceptance. In this case, we shall
be entitled to set a reasonable grace period at the
expiry of which we may store the goods at our warehouse
and charge storage fees pursuant to Section 5.11 or
store the goods at a forwarder. This does not affect
our right to withdraw from the contract and claim compensation
for damages.
6.2 Within the scope of a damage claim, we may request
30% of the agreed price as compensation without providing
evidence, unless the customer provides evidence that
he did not incur any damage or his damage was much lesser
than the lump-sum compensation.
7. WARRANTY
7.1 Immediately upon delivery, the contract partner
shall inspect the goods for any defects. The contract
partner shall submit complaints due to goods that are
obviously defective or whose properties obviously deviate
or due to delivery of goods that are obviously different
from the ones ordered; the complaint shall be submitted
without delay in writing, at the latest within 3 days
from the delivery or, if the defect was not identifiable
during the immediate inspection, within 1 week from
the detection of the defect. The warranty will expire
if defects are not duly reported.
7.2 The maximum warranty term is 1 year from the delivery
of the goods.
7.3 Minor deviations from the agreed properties or minor
impairment of the usability do not justify defect claims.
Trade and industry-typical tolerances do not justify
complaints due to defects. The customer shall accept
short and surplus deliveries in the range of up to 10%.
As a relatively small amount of defective goods cannot
be avoided during the production of plastic items and
similar goods, a share of up to 5% of the total quantity
shall not be objected to, no matter whether the defect
was caused by the processing or the printing.
7.4 Defects in a part of a shipment do not justify the
rejection of the entire shipment.
7.5 In the event of a justified, duly submitted notice
of defects, we reserve the right to rectify the defect
at our own discretion, i.e. by eliminating the defect
or by replacing the defective goods the customer returns
to us with new goods in accordance with the contract
(replacement delivery) free of charge. Only if the rectification
fails twice, the customer may withdraw from the agreement
or request a discount on the price.
7.6 Damage claims are regulated in Section 8. Further
claims of the customer or claims other than those regulated
in Section 7 against us and our agents due to defects
are excluded.
7.7 If the customer objects to the shipment or parts
thereof, he may not consume, process, or resell any
of the goods objected to. If he does nevertheless, the
objection shall be void.
8. COPYRIGHT
8.1 All copyrighted utilization rights on own drawings
and designs, originals, films, etc. in all procedures
and for all utilization purposes remain with us, unless
expressly agreed otherwise.
8.2 Production material such as films, lithographic
prints, printing plates, artwork, screens, punches,
and tools remain our property in any case. Making these
available to third parties, duplication, or further
use is subject to our approval. Drafts are subject to
intellectual property rights. The customer bears the
sole responsibility for making sure that he is authorized
to duplicate printed material. The customer shall be
exclusively liable if the execution of his order violates
rights, especially third-party copyrights. The customer
shall indemnify us against all third-party claims due
to such violations of rights. The customer shall make
a reasonable advance payment on any costs we may incur
for legal action in this connection.
9. PROOFS/PRINT ORDERS
9.1 The customer shall review soft proofs and hard proofs
for any typesetting errors and other errors and resubmit
them to us, indicating that they are ready for printing.
We do not assume any liability for errors overlooked
by the customer. Corrections and changes communicated
by phone must be confirmed in writing.
9.2 If, after submission of the soft proof, extensive
changes, new typesetting, or other corrections of the
draft submitted by the customer are required in excess
of the normal scope, the incurred working time and material
consumption will be billed. If the customer does not
request a soft proof, the liability for typesetting
errors shall be limited to grossly intentional acts.
The typesetting and hard proof charges will be billed
even if an order is withdrawn.
9.3 In the event of major deviations of the properties
of the plastic, paper, and other material procured by
us, we shall only be liable up to the amount of our
own claims against our suppliers. In such a case, we
shall be relieved of our liability if we transfer our
claims against our suppliers to the customer.
9.4 Our liability for lightfastness, variability and
deviation of the material and print colours, and the
properties of rubber coating, varnish coating, waterproofing,
etc. is limited to the extent that the defects of the
material would have been identifiable had they been
duly inspected prior to use. For colour reproduction
in all printing methods, minor colour deviations among
the printed copies and between the hard proof and the
production print may occur and do not constitute a justified
reason for complaint.
10. LEGAL NOTICE
We reserve the right to affix our company name at the
back or another suitable spot on the items delivered
by us. We also reserve the right to continue to use
any items manufactured by order of our customers as
samples or for advertising purposes.
11. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE, PLACE OF JURISDICTION,
APPLICABLE LAW, MISCELLANEOUS
11.1 The place of performance for all obligations from
the contract relationship is Xiamen, China.
11.2 The exclusive place of jurisdiction for all current
and future claims from the business relationship with
merchants, including bill of exchange and cheque claims,
is Xiamen, China.
11.3 The legal relations between the contract parties
shall be governed exclusively by the CONTRACT LAW OF
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA . 12.4 Should any of
these provisions be invalid, this shall not affect the
validity of the other provisions of our delivery and
payment terms and conditions.
SALES TERMS
QUOTATIONS/ORDERS: All quotations without obligation.
Every orders is carried out in accordance with these
sales terms only. Any exception there of must be confirmed
in writing. PRICES: All prices are given in USD only,
they are valid without discounts on the day of shipment.
SHIPMENTS: All deliveries and shipments are effected
ex factory only at the buyer´s risk. TIME OF DELIVERY:
Any delivery time is given good faith but indicates
an approximate shipping date only. Possible exceedings
do not qualify claims for compensation. Delivery is
not considered delayed in cases of FORCE MAJEURE and/or
other similar unforeseeable events. PAYMENTS: Full payment
should be received before delivery unless additional
agreement in contract. RESERVATION OF PROPERTY: All
goods sold and shipped remain our property until receipt
of full invoice value. CLAIMS: Any claim on damage or
loss must be announced in writing within eight days
(8) upon receipt of goods. TOLERANCES / SPECIAL / MANUFACTURE:
Tolerances with colours and/or measurements are permitted
within the range of usage. In case of special manufacture
and/or exclusive tolling we are allowed to exceed or
fall short every individual order by up to 10 percent.
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