I. Gene­ral pro­vi­si­ons

All offers, deli­veries, ser­vices and resul­ting con­tracts addres­sed to KuG are exclu­si­ve­ly based on the­se Gene­ral Terms and Con­di­ti­ons of Purcha­se (GTCP). The con­trac­tu­al part­ners (her­ein­af­ter refer­red to as sup­pli­ers) are bound by the­se GCP of KuG. Devia­ting and/or sup­ple­men­ta­ry con­di­ti­ons of the sup­pli­ers are not bin­ding for KuG, unless KuG has agreed to them in wri­ting. Howe­ver, such pos­si­ble indi­vi­du­al devia­ting agree­ments have no effect on future tran­sac­tions. Con­flic­ting terms and con­di­ti­ons of sale on the part of the sup­pli­ers do not app­ly even if KuG does not object to them in indi­vi­du­al cases. With the accep­tance of orders by KuG or the con­clu­si­on of sup­p­ly con­tracts, the sup­pli­ers reco­gni­ze the­se GTP of KuG as bin­ding.

II Order pla­ce­ment / order accep­tance

Orders of KuG must be made in wri­ting or elec­tro­ni­cal­ly (fax or e‑mail) to be effec­ti­ve, all offers of the sup­pli­ers should cor­re­spond to the exact inqui­ries and requi­re­ments of KuG and are free of char­ge and non-bin­ding. If an order of KuG is incom­ple­te or incor­rect, the sup­pli­er must inform KuG imme­dia­te­ly after dis­co­very. Devia­ti­ons from KuG’s order must be cle­ar­ly mark­ed by the sup­pli­er with the accep­tance of the order and, in case of doubt, are con­side­red a new offer from the sup­pli­er to KuG, wher­eby a sup­p­ly con­tract is then only con­cluded with KuG’s writ­ten con­fir­ma­ti­on of this offer from the sup­pli­er. KuG is entit­led to revo­ke orders in wri­ting free of char­ge if the sup­pli­ers do not con­firm them in wri­ting within 5 working days. Deli­very call-offs beco­me bin­ding if the sup­pli­er does not object imme­dia­te­ly.

III Pri­ces / Pay­ment

The pri­ces sta­ted in KuG’s orders are bin­ding. Addi­tio­nal cos­ts or sub­se­quent­ly incur­red cos­ts and increased pri­ces shall only beco­me effec­ti­ve if KuG express­ly agrees to them in wri­ting. The sup­pli­ers are obli­ged to indi­ca­te the order num­ber, the artic­le num­ber of KuG and the desi­gna­ti­on of the artic­le in the deli­veries, wher­eby the pay­ments of KuG are made by bank trans­fer and after com­ple­te deli­very and receipt of invoice within the agreed pay­ment terms, but at the latest after 60 days. KuG is entit­led to set-off and reten­ti­on rights against pay­ment claims of the sup­pli­ers to the ext­ent per­mit­ted by law.

IV. Deli­very / Deli­very peri­od / Delay

The dead­lines for deli­veries agreed in the order are bin­ding. In the event of delays, the sup­pli­er must noti­fy KuG imme­dia­te­ly. If the sup­pli­er is in default with agreed deli­very dates, KuG is entit­led to the sta­tu­to­ry war­ran­ty rights, which, in addi­ti­on to the right to ter­mi­na­te the con­tract and cla­im dama­ges, also pro­vi­de for the pos­si­bi­li­ty of sub­sti­tu­te per­for­mance at the expen­se of the sup­pli­er. If the sup­pli­er is in default with the deli­very in who­le or in part, KuG is entit­led to demand a con­trac­tu­al penal­ty of 0.2 % of the deli­very value per working day of delay, but not more than 5%. The­se rights of KuG exist regard­less of the fault of the sup­pli­er.

V. Dis­patch / Trans­fer of risk

Sub­ject to indi­vi­du­al devia­ting regu­la­ti­ons con­cluded bet­ween KuG and the sup­pli­er, KuG reser­ves the right to deter­mi­ne the type of dis­patch and pack­a­ging as well as the choice of means of trans­port for the deli­very, wher­eby the sup­pli­er must bear the dis­patch and pack­a­ging cos­ts and must also ensu­re the free ver­si­on June 2020, GPC Page 2 of 3 return and recy­cling of the trans­port pack­a­ging. Until accep­tance of the deli­very by KuG at the place of desti­na­ti­on, the sup­pli­er bears the risk of acci­den­tal loss.

VI Reten­ti­on of title

In prin­ci­ple, the sup­pli­er can only assert a simp­le reten­ti­on of title, unless KuG has accept­ed fur­ther rights in favor of the sup­pli­er in wri­ting. In favor of KuG, the exten­ded reten­ti­on of title appli­es to mate­ri­al pro­vi­ded to the sup­pli­er, i.e. even if the pro­vi­ded reser­ved goods are pro­ces­sed or mixed with other items not belon­ging to KuG, KuG imme­dia­te­ly acqui­res co-owner­ship of the new­ly pro­du­ced item in the ratio of the value of the pro­vi­ded reser­ved goods to the pro­ces­sed and/or mixed items at the time of processing/mixing.

VII Sanc­tions and trade rest­ric­tions

The sup­pli­er con­firms that all goods, ser­vices or tech­no­lo­gies deli­ver­ed or pro­vi­ded under this con­tract com­ply with the appli­ca­ble EU sanc­tions and regu­la­ti­ons regar­ding Rus­sia, in par­ti­cu­lar Regu­la­ti­on (EU) No. 833/2014. The sup­pli­er assu­res that no pro­ducts, tech­no­lo­gies or ser­vices are pro­vi­ded that vio­la­te the pro­hi­bi­ti­ons of this regu­la­ti­on, in par­ti­cu­lar:

• Arma­ments and dual-use goods that could be used for mili­ta­ry or civi­li­an pur­po­ses, pro­vi­ded they do not ori­gi­na­te from Rus­sia,
• spe­cial ener­gy-rela­ted goods for use in the Rus­si­an ener­gy indus­try, pro­vi­ded they do not ori­gi­na­te from Rus­sia,
• Ser­vices rela­ting to audi­ting, tax con­sul­tancy or manage­ment con­sul­tancy that could ser­ve to sup­port Rus­si­an com­pa­nies,
• Invest­ments or finan­cing that could direct­ly or indi­rect­ly bene­fit the Rus­si­an eco­no­my, as defi­ned in Artic­le 3g of the Regu­la­ti­on.

The Sup­pli­er under­ta­kes to docu­ment and main­tain all neces­sa­ry per­mits and licen­ses. Should a deli­very or ser­vice be affec­ted by EU sanc­tions, the sup­pli­er shall inform the purcha­ser imme­dia­te­ly. The con­trac­tu­al rela­ti­onship shall remain unaf­fec­ted by this, but any claims for dama­ges shall remain reser­ved.

VIII Right of ter­mi­na­ti­on

Should the Sup­pli­er vio­la­te the abo­ve pro­vi­si­ons, the Buy­er reser­ves the right to ter­mi­na­te the con­tract wit­hout noti­ce and to assert claims for dama­ges.

IX. Sec­re­cy

The sup­pli­er is obli­ged to main­tain com­pre­hen­si­ve and strict con­fi­den­tia­li­ty. The sup­pli­er may only pass on docu­ments or other infor­ma­ti­on (in par­ti­cu­lar illus­tra­ti­ons, dra­wings, inter­nal infor­ma­ti­on about KuG, etc.) to third par­ties after pri­or writ­ten con­fir­ma­ti­on by KuG. The obli­ga­ti­on of con­fi­den­tia­li­ty also con­ti­nues after the end of the con­trac­tu­al rela­ti­onship with the sup­pli­er. The sup­pli­er is obli­ged to enforce the con­fi­den­tia­li­ty in favor of KuG in the same way with pos­si­ble sub­con­trac­tors con­sul­ted by him. Pro­duc­tion equip­ment, samples and con­fi­den­ti­al infor­ma­ti­on of any kind that KuG makes available to the sup­pli­er may only be pas­sed on to third par­ties with the pri­or writ­ten per­mis­si­on of KuG.

X. Lia­bi­li­ty for defects

Accep­tance of the goods is sub­ject to inspec­tion for com­ple­ten­ess, cor­rect­ness and com­pli­ance with the war­ran­ted cha­rac­te­ristics and free­dom from defects. Defects, regard­less of the time of detec­tion, will be repor­ted by KuG prompt­ly after dis­co­very, wher­eby the sup­pli­er wai­ves the objec­tion of delay­ed noti­fi­ca­ti­on of defects. The sup­pli­er is lia­ble accor­ding to the legal regu­la­ti­ons. KuG then has the right to choo­se bet­ween imme­dia­te rec­ti­fi­ca­ti­on or sub­se­quent deli­very of the defec­ti­ve goods by the sup­pli­er or with­dra­wal from the con­tract and the asser­ti­on of claims for dama­ges. Under no cir­cum­s­tances shall pay­ments made by KuG to the sup­pli­er be con­strued as accep­tance or ack­now­led­ge­ment of defects. In the event of the asser­ti­on of claims for mate­ri­al defects and defects of title by third par­ties with regard to the supplier’s deli­veries, the sup­pli­er shall indem­ni­fy KuG in full against such claims. In the case of hid­den defects, the sup­pli­er is obli­ged to reim­bur­se the use­l­ess expen­ses or mate­ri­al cos­ts incur­red. The cos­ts and risk of the return ship­ment are to be bor­ne by the sup­pli­er. Any fur­ther cul­pa­ble brea­ches of duty on the part of the sup­pli­er entit­le KuG to cla­im con­se­quen­ti­al dama­ges (i.e. dama­ges suf­fe­r­ed by KuG due to the defec­ti­ve deli­very to other legal inte­rests). The sup­pli­er under­ta­kes to main­tain a pro­duct lia­bi­li­ty insu­rance with a sum insu­red of at least EUR 3,000,000.00 per per­so­nal injury/property dama­ge — lump sum — for the enti­re dura­ti­on of the con­trac­tu­al rela­ti­onship.

XI Indus­tri­al pro­per­ty rights

The sup­pli­er is lia­ble for claims ari­sing from the inf­rin­ge­ment of pro­per­ty rights and pro­per­ty right appli­ca­ti­ons when using the deli­ver­ed goods, wher­eby the pro­per­ty right is published eit­her in the supplier’s home coun­try or by the Euro­pean Patent Office, Gre­at Bri­tain or the USA. In addi­ti­on, KuG and KuG’s end cus­to­mers shall be indem­ni­fied against all claims ari­sing from the use of such pro­per­ty rights.

XII. Force majeu­re

Force majeu­re, labor dis­pu­tes or unrest, offi­ci­al mea­su­res as well as other unfo­re­seeable and uncon­troll­able serious events release KuG from the obli­ga­ti­on to per­form in full for the dura­ti­on of the dis­rup­ti­ve event, wher­eby this also appli­es if KuG is alre­a­dy in default. In such a case, KuG is obli­ged to inform the sup­pli­er about the dis­rup­ti­ve event.

XIII Final pro­vi­si­ons

For all dis­pu­tes in con­nec­tion with the deli­very of goods by sup­pli­ers, the regis­tered office of KuG shall be the com­pe­tent place of juris­dic­tion. Howe­ver, KuG is also entit­led to assert its claims at the supplier’s regis­tered office. Unless other­wi­se agreed in wri­ting, the regis­tered office of KuG is also the place of per­for­mance. In the event of legal inva­li­di­ty of indi­vi­du­al pro­vi­si­ons of the­se GPC, the vali­di­ty of the remai­ning parts of the GPC shall not be affec­ted. Such a pos­si­ble inef­fec­ti­ve pro­vi­si­on as well as a pos­si­ble loopho­le within the GTCP of KuG shall be repla­ced by a pro­vi­si­on that comes clo­sest to the inten­ded eco­no­mic pur­po­se of KuG. The DDP app­ly to all com­mer­cial clau­ses. At the begin­ning of each coope­ra­ti­on with a sup­pli­er, KuG will hand over its GPC to the sup­pli­er once in writ­ten form, which can other­wi­se be view­ed at any time on KuG’s web­site (www.kug-ems.de).

Sta­tus: 08.11.2024