GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALES AND DELIVERY OF EXQUISITE HOLDING BV
(MOBII)
Exquisite Holding BV is a Dutch limited liability
company, with the Trade Name MOBII, having
its registered office at Eindhoven and its
principal place of business at Eindhoven. It has
been entered in the Trade Register of the
Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the
district of Oost-Brabant under number
17083578.
Article 1 – Definitions
1.1 For the purposes of these General
Terms and Conditions, Exquisite Holding BV is
also referred to as ‘The Seller’.
1.2 The natural person or legal entity to
whom The Seller’s offer is addressed or with
whom an agreement is concluded shall be
referred to as ‘The Buyer’.
Article 2 – Applicability
2.1 These General Terms and Conditions
shall govern any offer made by and agreement
concluded with The Seller. Contrary terms
shall be applicable only if The Seller has
accepted them in writing. Where The Buyer
has its own general terms, they shall not be
applicable to offers made by and agreements
concluded with The Seller.
2.2 Where it appears that one or more of
the provisions set forth in these General
Terms and Conditions are null and void or
subject to annulment, the other provisions
remain in full force and effect. The Seller and
The Buyer undertake action to enter into
consultations with each other in order to
replace the void or annulled provisions of the
General Terms and Conditions by provisions
that will as closely as possible follow the
purpose and effect of the void or annulled
provisions.
Article 3 – Offer and agreement
3.1 Any offer made by The Seller shall be
without engagement and The Seller may
revoke, withdraw or alter such offer up to and
including the third working day after The
Seller became aware of the acceptance of its
offer.
3.2 Any errors and omissions in an offer
made by The Seller do not bind The Seller.
3.3.a If The Seller has made an offer, an
agreement between The Seller and The Buyer
shall be concluded only after the
unconditional acceptance by The Buyer of The
Seller’s offer and the expiry of at least three
working days after notification of acceptance,
unless The Seller has already commenced,
after acceptance, carrying out the accepted
offer. If acceptance by and/or order of The
Buyer should deviate from The Seller’s offer,
The Seller’s offer shall be decisive.
3.3.b If The Seller has not made an offer, an
agreement shall be concluded only after The
Seller’s written acceptance of The Buyer’s
order. If the written acceptance should
deviate from the order, The Seller’s
acceptance shall be decisive.
3.4 Alterations of and/or additions to the
agreement shall be valid only after such
alterations and/or additions have been agreed
by The Seller and The Buyer in writing.
3.5 The Seller has the right to have the
agreement carried out by third parties.
3.6 The Buyer shall only have the right to
cancel the agreement if such right has
expressly been set forth in the agreement. If
The Buyer cancels the agreement with legal
validity, The Buyer shall be under the
obligation to reimburse the costs incurred by
The Seller in connection with making the offer
and the conclusion of the agreement, and to
compensate The Seller for the damage that is
consequent upon the cancellation.
3.7 The Seller has the right to terminate
the agreement, whether in its entirety or in
part, unilaterally and with immediate effect
and/or to suspend, whether in its entirety or
in part and with immediate effect, the
performance of obligations arising under the
agreement if, but not limited to:
a. The Buyer imputably failed in the performance of one or more obligations arising under the agreement and is thus in default in respect thereof; b. a petition for the granting of (temporary) suspension of payment or a petition in bankruptcy has been filed with respect to The Buyer or The Buyer is under receivership or liquidation; c. The Buyer’s property in the hands of The Seller has been attached under a warrant of execution or garnishment; d. a resolution has been passed to the effect that The Buyer will be dissolved and/or wound-up; e. The Buyer has died or has been replaced under guardianship; f. one or more shares in The Buyer has/have been transferred to other parties than the parties that were shareholder(s) upon the conclusion of payment; g. the business operated by The Buyer has been transferred in its entirety of in part to one or more other parties. 3.8 On account of termination of the agreement and/or suspension of the obligations arising under the agreement for, but not limited to the reasons set forth under 3.7 (a) up to (g) inclusive, The Seller shall never owe any damages to The Buyer. 3.9 The Buyer shall not have the right to dissolve the agreement if The Buyer itself should be in default. 3.10 If the agreement has been dissolved, the performance already received by The Buyer in the carrying out of the agreement and the related payment obligations shall not fall under the obligation to undo, unless The Seller is in default with regard to such performance. Amounts invoiced on account of any performance provided by The Seller shall be payable immediately after dissolution of the agreement.
Article 4 – Delivery
4.1 Delivery of goods shall be made at the
location of The Seller’s business operations.
Only when contrary arrangements have been
set forth in writing shall delivery be effected at
another location. The Seller shall not be
obliged to deliver at the same time quantities
of goods ordered. The Seller has the right to
effect partial deliveries.
4.2 The Buyer shall inspect the goods
upon receipt and shall notify defects or
missing parts, if any, within 2 working days at
the latest, otherwise the goods are deemed
approved.
4.3 Any and all costs connected with
delivery, including the costs of transport,
dispatch, import, export, storage and
insurance of goods to be delivered by The
Seller to The Buyer shall be at The Buyer’s
expense, irrespective of other notifications on
transport, dispatch, import, export, storage
and/or insurance certificates.
4.4 Unless contrary arrangements have
been made in writing, The Seller shall deliver
only to The Buyer who has paid to The Seller
the amounts payable with respect to the
goods to be delivered.
4.5 Where The Seller has made any
statements with regard to delivery periods,
such statements have been made on the basis
of the information available at the time of
such statements. The Seller shall make every
effort to observe such delivery periods to the
bests of its ability. Delivery periods do not
belong to the essentials of the agreement. The
Seller shall not be in default by the mere
expiry of a delivery period stated by it, and
The Buyer may not derive the authority to
dissolve the agreement in its entirety or in
part from the mere exceeding of the delivery
period stated by The Seller. If The Seller
expects to exceed a delivery period, The Seller
shall enter in consultations with The Buyer as
soon as possible. The Seller shall not be bound
by delivery periods that cannot be observed on account of circumstances beyond The
Seller’s control that occurred after conclusion
of the agreement.
4.6 The Buyer cannot derive any rights
from the deviation of goods delivered by The
Seller as compared to pictures, drawings
and/or samples provided by The Seller with an
offer, which are consequent upon their quality
as example of pictures, drawings and/or
samples provided with the offer.
Article 5 – Taking delivery
5.1 The Buyer shall be under the
obligation to take delivery of the goods to be
delivered by The Seller on call within the
agreed periods of call. If no periods of call
have been agreed on, The Buyer shall be
obliged to take delivery of all goods to be
delivered on call by no later than three
months after the conclusion of the agreement.
5.2 Without prejudicing the provisions set
forth in the Articles 4.3 and 7, the goods
delivered by The Seller shall be at The Buyer’s
risk as of the moment on which The Buyer or a
person involved by The Buyer in the
performance has the actual power of disposal
over such goods.
5.3 The Seller shall not be obliged to take
back goods returned by The Buyer without
prior written permission with exception of the
cases referred to in Article 7 of these Terms.
When The Seller accepts the goods that are
returned nevertheless, such acceptance shall
not include The Seller’s acknowledgement of
the reason for returning the goods. Goods
returned to The Seller shall remain at The
Buyer’s risk. The amounts payable on account
of the delivery shall remain payable until The
Seller has credited The Buyer for delivery of
these goods. The Buyer is deemed to
reimburse to The Seller the costs incurred by
The Seller with respect to goods returned
otherwise than pursuant to Article 7.
5.4 Unless agreed otherwise, The Buyer
shall bear all freight charges for any goods which are returned for whatever reason.
5.5 Goods from The Seller that have been
accepted by The Buyer and subsequently been
used, finished, processed, or re-delivered to
other parties, shall be considered as having
complied with the agreement, even in case of
The Buyer’s prior objection.
5.6 The Buyer has the right to sell the
goods in the ordinary course of business on
condition that The Buyer meets its (payment)
obligations, otherwise The Seller is entitled to
claim return of the goods and to dispose of
them.
5.7 When re-selling, The Buyer is deemed
to have assigned to The Seller all receivables
from The Buyer’s customer resulting from the
re-sale. The Buyer is authorized to collect
these receivables; however, at any time after
a default has been made by The Buyer, The
Seller shall be entitled to require The Buyer to
notify The Seller of the amount of such
receivables as well as the names of The
Buyer’s customers. In such case The Seller is
authorized to notify the assignment of
receivables to the customers of The Buyer and
to collect these receivables.
Article 6 – Prices and additional costs
6.1 Any and all prices stated by The Seller
are exclusive of turnover tax and other
charges imposed by the government, and
exclusive Value Added Tax and Duty where
legally applicable. Only prices stated in a
written offer made to a Buyer identified by
name, shall be binding on The Seller.
6.2 The Seller shall have power to adjust
the agreed prices and rates – with immediate
effect – on the basis of the average change of
the cost price of goods to be delivered and/or
services to be rendered by The Seller. Such
adjustment of agreed prices and rates shall
not otherwise affect the agreement.
6.3 If The Buyer should require alterations
after The Seller’s acceptance of the order, the
costs connected with such alteration shall be payable by The Buyer. Where any problems
should occur during the carrying out of the
agreement that were not anticipated at the
time the agreement was concluded, the
resultant costs shall be payable by The Buyer.
If The Seller has paid for these resultant costs,
The Buyer will reimburse The Seller in full.
Article 7 – Payment
7.1 The Seller’s invoices must be paid in
accordance with the payment terms stated on
The Seller’s offer, its acceptance, its invoice or
these General Terms and Conditions.
Unless agreed otherwise, all invoices are
payable in advance or upon receipt.
7.2 If The Buyer fails to pay the amounts
owed within the term set therefore, The Buyer
shall be in default as of the due date and it
shall owe as of such due date an interest on
account of overdue payment of 5% above the
Dutch interest rate published by the Federal
Bank per year on the amount outstanding. If
The Buyer remains in default with the
payment of the amounts owed after the first
reminder, The Buyer shall owe to The Seller
the amount of the costs to be incurred by The
Seller for legal assistance both in and out of
court, including the non-liquidated litigation
costs.
7.3 Irrespective of The Buyer’s contrary
statements, The Seller has the right to use
payments first for settlement of debt not
arising under the agreement and of claims
arising from The Buyer’s failure to fulfill any
obligation arising under the agreement.
7.4 The Buyer does not have the authority
to suspend its payment obligation towards
The Seller and/or to set such obligation off
against any (payment) obligation of The Seller
towards The Buyer. The Buyer does not have
the authority to dissolve the agreement with
The Seller, if The Buyer is in default.
7.5 Where The Buyer fails to fulfill, in its
entirety or in part, its payment obligations
towards The Seller or fails to fulfill them within the applicable payment term, The
Seller has the right to suspend its obligations
towards The Buyer in full and/or not to fulfill
them.
7.6 The Buyer shall be under the
obligation to ensure at The Seller’s first
demand the payment of The Seller’s claims
resulting from the agreement and to maintain
such insurance. Where The Buyer
nevertheless should fail to sufficiently ensure
payment of The Seller’s claims and/or fails to
maintain such insurance, The Seller shall have
the right to fully suspend and/or cease to
fulfill its obligations vis-à-vis The Buyer.
Article 8 – Reservation of title and rights
8.1 Any goods delivered by The Seller
to The Buyer shall remain The Seller’s
property until The Buyer has paid any and all
amounts due to The Seller. Such amount shall
include any amount payable under Article 7.2
and amounts payable on account of defective
performance of the agreement. In case of
payment by cheque against bill of exchange,
full title of ownership remains with The Seller
until payment of the bill of exchange by The
Buyer.
8.2 The Buyer shall not have power of
disposal with respect to goods that are subject
to the reservation of title as specified in the
previous sentence and it shall notify the
parties concerned, including the intended
successors in title.
Article 9 – Intellectual property rights
9.1. Any intellectual property right to
any works produced and/or provided by The
Seller under and/or within the scope of the
agreement, including software,
documentation, topographies and data files,
distinguishing marks, inventions, drawings,
models and other material shall exclusively be
vested in The Seller or its licensors. The Buyer
shall be prohibited from publishing and/or
reproducing, in their entirety or in part, any
works produced and/or provided by The Seller
Article 9 – Intellectual property rights
9.1. Any intellectual property right to
any works produced and/or provided by The
Seller under and/or within the scope of the
agreement, including software,
documentation, topographies and data files,
distinguishing marks, inventions, drawings,
models and other material shall exclusively be
vested in The Seller or its licensors. The Buyer
shall be prohibited from publishing and/or
reproducing, in their entirety or in part, any
works produced and/or provided by The Seller or to act as the maker and/or party entitled
thereto in any other manner. The rights
granted to The Buyer by The Seller with
respect to works, distinguishing marks,
inventions, drawings, models and other
material shall include only the non-exclusive
rights granted expressly to The Buyer under
the agreement, which shall expire with
immediate effect following the use of the
works, distinguishing marks, inventions,
drawings and/or other material in breach of
the rights of The Seller or its licensors, the
provisions set forth in the agreement and/or
these General Terms and Conditions and/or
the applicable statutory provisions. Rights
granted to The Buyer shall be transferable
without prejudicing The Buyer’s authority
arising, subject to Article 5, under the
agreement to sell and deliver to users the
goods purchased from The Seller within the
scope of The Buyer’s normal business
activities.
9.2 The Buyer shall not be permitted
to remove or alter any indications of
intellectual property and of the confidential
character of information originating from and
of designs produced and/or provided by The
Seller with respect to works, distinguishing
marks, inventions, drawings, models and other
material.
9.3 The Buyer shall not be permitted
to alter or have altered any designs produced
and/or provided by The Seller with respect to
works, distinguishing marks, inventions,
drawings, models and other material.
9.4 If and insofar as The Seller delivers
or otherwise provides software and other
third party material to The Buyer, the terms
used by third parties relating to such software
and other material shall be applicable in lieu
of the deviating conditions set forth in these
General Terms and Conditions. The Buyer
hereby accepts such third party terms, of
which The Buyer could have taken cognizance
by The Seller’s making them available for inspection upon the former’s request.
9.5 The Buyer shall indemnify The
Seller against any third party claim on the
basis of the argument that The Seller, by using
material provided by The Buyer, infringes the
intellectual property rights of third parties and
fulfill any obligations arising for The Seller
under such claims as its own obligations, and
compensate The Seller for any damage
sustained as a consequence of such claims.
Article 10 – Guarantee
10.1 The Seller guarantees that goods
delivered shall, at the time of delivery, comply
with the technical specifications and it
guarantees, for the period stated on the
agreement, that the goods delivered will be
free from defects in the material and
manufacturing. Such guarantee shall impose
upon The Seller, at The Seller’s option, only
the obligation to:
a. repair defects or to deliver
replacement of the goods or any parts thereof
by and at the expense of The Seller; or
b. effect replacement by The Seller
to The Buyer of the current price for the
defective goods or defective parts thereof if
repair of the defect or delivery of replacement
of the goods or defective parts thereof by The
Seller is not possible.
10.2 The guarantee in Article 10.1 shall
not apply with respect to:
a. goods that have been used or
processed incorrectly, carelessly, inexpertly
and/or under abnormal circumstances;
b. goods that have been repaired,
maintained and/or modified by other parties
than The Seller;
c. defects in goods that are the
consequence of external causes;
d. goods with respect to which the
price has not or not fully been paid to The
Seller by The Buyer.
10.3 The guarantee set forth in this
Article 10 shall apply only if The Buyer has notified The Seller within 2 working days after
delivery or, in the event of a defect not
observable at the delivery, within 5 working
days after detection of the defect in
accordance with The Seller’s applicable Return
Materials Authorization (RMA) procedure and
only insofar as The Buyer has otherwise acted
in accordance with this RMA procedure. Upon
The Buyer’s request a copy of this RMA
procedure shall be provided at no costs.
Article 11 – Liability and compensation of
damage
11.1 Without prejudicing the contents
of Article 10, The Seller’s liability and statutory
obligations to compensate damage shall be
restricted by the provisions set forth in this
Article. This Article shall apply correspondingly
to claims lodged by The Buyer on account of
The Seller’s wrongful act.
11.2 The Seller shall only be liable in
the event of The Seller’s failures being
attributable to The Seller’s intent or gross
negligence. Under no circumstance shall The
Seller be liable for the conduct of persons
involved by it in the performance and the use
of auxiliary material.
11.3 Liability of The Seller may occur
only after The Buyer has properly declared
The Seller in default immediately after
delivery or, in the event of a defect not
observable upon delivery, within 5 working
days after detection of the defect by means of
a registered letter and has enabled The Seller
to remedy the defect within a reasonable
period of time.
11.4 The Seller’s obligation to
compensate damage shall be restricted to
compensation of direct damage up to at most
the amount of the agreed price exclusive of
turnover tax and other charged imposed by
the government. If the agreement is
principally a continuing performance contract
with a term in excess of one year, the agreed
shall be fixed at the total amount of the prices agreed on for one year, exclusive turnover tax
and other charges imposed by the
government. Under no circumstance shall the
compensation payable by The Seller on
account of direct damage exceed the
maximum amount covered by The Seller’s
insurance. Under no circumstance shall The
Seller be obliged to compensate any
nonmaterial and indirect damage, such as
inter alia, consequential damage, trading loss
and damage on account of loss of time and/or
profit. The Seller’s obligation to compensate
damage on account of physical injure or
material damage to property shall never
exceed the maximum amount covered by The
Seller’s insurance, whereby a series of
connected events shall be considered as one
event.
11.5 The Buyer shall indemnify The
Seller for claims lodged by third parties –
including employees and (other) parties
involved in the performance – arising under
and/or connected with goods delivered
and/or work carried out by The Seller under
the agreement.
11.6 The Buyer cannot derive any rights
vis-à-vis The Seller from rights and standards
applicable outside the Netherlands, and rights
relating to the export from goods delivered by
The Seller from the Netherlands and import
from goods delivered by The Seller outside the
Netherlands. The Buyer shall indemnify The
Seller against third party claims lodged as a
result of rights and standards applicable
outside the Netherlands and rights on account
of the export of goods delivered by The Seller
from the Netherlands and import of goods
delivered by The Seller outside the
Netherlands.
Article 12 – Force majeure
12.1 Where The Seller would
temporarily be prevented from performing
the agreement due to circumstances beyond
its control, The Seller will be entitled to suspend the performance of the agreement
for as long as such circumstances continue.
Where The Seller would permanently be
prevented from performing the agreement
due to circumstances beyond its control, The
Seller has the right to terminate the
agreement with immediate effect.
Circumstances beyond The Seller’s control
shall include, inter alia, failures by The Seller
and/or (other) persons involved in the
performance, interruption in the production,
strikes and excessive absenteeism due to
illness of employees, government measures
and weather conditions.
12.2 Where The Seller would,
temporarily or permanently be prevented
from performing the agreement due to
circumstances beyond its control, The Buyer
cannot claim from The Seller performance of
the agreement dissolution of the agreement
or compensation of damage.
Article 13 – General
13.1 The law of the Netherlands shall,
exclusively govern offers from and
agreements with The Seller. The United
Nations Convention on Contracts for the
International Sale of Goods of 11 April 1980
shall not apply to offers made by and
agreements concluded with The Seller.
13.2 The court having subject matter
jurisdiction within the district of ‘s-
Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, shall be
exclusively competent to take cognizance of
disputes arising directly or indirectly from the
agreement, including claims arising out of
cheques or bills of exchange.
13.3 If any of these provisions shall be
invalid, the remaining provisions shall not be
effected thereby.
Eindhoven, 1 September 2016.