GENERAL CONDITIONS OF SALES « FILIGRANE »

 

 

1-      VALIDITY

 

These conditions are integrated of any sale contract made by our firm. Except otherwise stipulated the placement of an order by any mean implies that the buyer accepts them.

Consequently, the purchase conditions stipulated by the buyer will not be accepted as far as they do not match the present sales conditions.

 

 

2-      OFFERS

 

A general offer of our products is made by way of catalogues and price lists. Catalogues have a maximum validity of six months from their date of issuance. Except special circumstances mentioned at point 5, hereunder, price-lists generally have a maximum validity of three months. The prices figuring in the lists are quoted Ex-Works, conform to the Incoterms 2000 of the I.C.C.

 

Special offers or agreements can negotiated directly between the buyer and our firm and derogate to general offers. They are binding only after written confirmation to the buyer.

 

Except otherwise stipulated, all our prices and conditions are always expressed in EURO.

 

 

3-      ORDER

 

¨ Notification of the order

Due to particularities of the Training Companies Network, orders can be confirmed by the seller by way of an e-mail message within 10 days from the receipt of the message.

 

Any purchase order must include the following information: 

a-      Reference to an eventual previous offer, agreement, tariff,

b-      Reference number of the article from our catalogue or the offer together with the description of it (type, trade mark),

c-      Quantities and packaging,

d-     Grammage of the paper,

e-      Agreed price and Incoterm,

f-       Delivery term and place,

g-      Agreed payment conditions.

 

¨Confirmation of the order

In case of price increase, the buyer has the right  within a maximum period of five days after the announcement of the increase, to cancel the part of the order that has not been delivered yet.

 

 

4-      DELIVERY

 

The buyer must specify the date he considers to be the extreme limit for delivery. If no such day is mentioned in the order, we are supposed to be allowed to settle the transport as best as we can. In case of multiple orders received from the same buyer for the same destination, we are authorized to regroup the transports in order to reduce the costs.

 

Delivery slips must be signed by the buyer for acceptance of the goods and immediately returned to us. Any claim concerning the nature and/or condition of the goods or the delivered quantities must be signified to the seller by mentioning “under reserve” on the delivery slip and confirmed by mail within the five days from the receipt.

 

Except for deliveries made within the limits of the Belgian territory, repartition of the expenses, risks, cost, transportation, custom formalities is determined by the I.C.C. Incoterm version 2000 agreed between both at the time of the order.

 

 

5-      PRICES AND PAYMENT

 

Under special circumstances, the prices indicated in the lists can be subject to variations due to unpredictable sudden increase of raw materials, fabrication costs, currency course. In this case the buyer is given the opportunity to cancel whole or part of this order.

 

Except special agreement, all our invoices must be paid without discount on our bank account within two weeks from their date of issue. In case of delay we have the right, after due summons to calculate and bill the buyer an interest at the annual rate of 8 %. In case of persisting delay of payment, we can submit any new delivery of goods to anticipated payment and issuance of a bank guarantee or a letter of credit.

 

 

6-      FORCE MAJEURE

 

In case of force majeure, the seller has right to suspend the execution of the contract, to terminate it or to adjust it to circumstance.

 

 

7-      INTERPRETATIONS AND JURIDICTION

 

The original text of these conditions has been written in French. Would any contest raise from the translated versions, the French original version will supplant them.

 

This sale transaction is construed under the laws of Belgium. In case of contest, it will be brought in front of the organism in charge of the settlement of disputes in the European Network of Training Companies.