AMPERE UK - TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE
The buyer's attention is in particular drawn to the provisions of condition 11.4.
1 INTERPRETATION
1.1 The definitions and rules of interpretation in this condition apply in these conditions.
Buyer: the firm or company who purchases the Goods from the Company. Our products are exclusively intended for professionals who acknowledge they have full knowledge of the risk inherent to their use.
Company: A.M.P.E.R.E. UK LTD, a company registered in the United Kingdom with company number 6382060 whose registered office is 11 Old Jewry – 8th Floor South - London EC2R 8DU.
Contract: any contract between the Company and the Buyer for the sale and purchase of the Goods, incorporating these conditions.
Delivery Point: the place where delivery of the Goods is to take place under condition 4.
Goods: any goods agreed in the Contract to be supplied to the Buyer by the Company (including any part or parts of them).
2 APPLICATION OF TERMS
2.1 Subject to any variation under condition 2.2 the Contract shall be on these conditions to the exclusion of all other terms and conditions (including any terms or conditions which the Buyer purports to apply under any purchase order, confirmation of order, specification or other document).
2.2 These conditions apply to all the Company's sales and any variation to these conditions and any representations about the Goods shall have no effect unless expressly agreed in writing and signed by a director of the Company. The Buyer acknowledges that it has not relied on any statement, promise or representation made or given by or on behalf of the Company which is not set out in the Contract. Nothing in this condition shall exclude or limit the Company's liability for fraudulent misrepresentation.
2.3 Each order or acceptance of a quotation for Goods by the Buyer from the Company shall be deemed to be an offer by the Buyer to buy Goods subject to these conditions.
2.4 No order placed by the Buyer shall be deemed to be accepted by the Company until a written acknowledgement of order is issued by the Company or (if earlier) the Company delivers the Goods to the Buyer.
3 DESCRIPTION
3.1 The quantity and description of the Goods shall be as set out in the Company's quotation or acknowledgement of order.
3.2 All samples, drawings, descriptive matter, specifications and advertising issued by the Company and any descriptions or illustrations contained in the Company's catalogues or brochures are issued or published for the sole purpose of giving an approximate idea of the Goods described in them. They shall not form part of the Contract, and this is not a sale by sample.
4 DELIVERY
4.1 Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Company, delivery of the Goods shall take place at the Company's place of business.
4.2 The Buyer shall take delivery of the Goods within five days of the Company giving it notice that the Goods are ready for delivery.
4.3 Any dates specified by the Company for delivery of the Goods are intended to be an estimate, and time for delivery shall not be made of the essence by notice. If no dates are so specified, delivery shall be within a reasonable time.
4.4 If for any reason the Buyer fails to accept delivery of any of the Goods when they are ready for delivery, or the Company is unable to deliver the Goods on time because the Buyer has not provided appropriate instructions, documents, licences or authorisations:
4.4.1 risk in the Goods shall pass to the Buyer (including for loss or damage caused by the Company's negligence);
4.4.2 the Goods shall be deemed to have been delivered; and
4.4.3 the Company may store the Goods until delivery, whereupon the Buyer shall be liable for all related costs and expenses (including, without limitation, storage and insurance).
4.5 If the Company delivers to the Buyer a quantity of Goods of up to 10% more or less than the quantity accepted by the Company, the Buyer shall not be entitled to object to or reject the Goods or any of them by reason of the surplus or shortfall and shall pay for such goods at the pro rata Contract rate.
4.6 The Company may deliver the Goods by separate instalments. Each separate instalment shall be invoiced and paid for in accordance with the provisions of the Contract.
4.7 Each instalment shall be a separate Contract, and no cancellation or termination of any one Contract relating to an instalment shall entitle the Buyer to repudiate or cancel any other Contract or instalment.
5 NON-DELIVERY
5.1 The quantity of any consignment of Goods as recorded by the Company on despatch from the Company's place of business shall be conclusive evidence of the quantity received by the Buyer on delivery unless the Buyer can provide conclusive evidence proving the contrary.
5.2 The Company shall not be liable for any non-delivery of Goods (even if caused by the Company's negligence) unless the Buyer gives written notice to the Company of the non-delivery within five days of the date when the Goods would in the ordinary course of events have been received.
5.3 Any liability of the Company for non-delivery of the Goods shall be limited to replacing the Goods within a reasonable time or issuing a credit note at the pro rata Contract rate against any invoice raised for such Goods.
6 RISK / TITLE
6.1 The Goods are at the risk of the Buyer from the time of delivery. We exclude any responsibility as regards the suitability of our products for the specific use. The Buyer bears the risks resulting from the use of our products alone or in combination with others.
6.2 Ownership of the Goods shall not pass to the Buyer until the Company has received in full (in cash or cleared funds) all sums due to it in respect of:
6.2.1 the Goods; and
6.2.2 all other sums which are or which become due to the Company from the Buyer on any account.
6.3 Until ownership of the Goods has passed to the Buyer, the Buyer shall:
6.3.1 hold the Goods on a fiduciary basis as the Company's bailee;
6.3.2 store the Goods (at no cost to the Company) separately from all other goods of the Buyer or any third party in such a way that they remain readily identifiable as the Company's property;
6.3.3 not destroy, deface or obscure any identifying mark or packaging on or relating to the Goods; and
6.3.4 maintain the Goods in satisfactory condition and keep them insured on the Company's behalf for their full price against all risks to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company. On request the Buyer shall produce the policy of insurance to the Company.
6.4 The Buyer's right to possession of the Goods shall terminate immediately if the Buyer becomes insolvent or if the Buyer encumbers or in any way charges any of the Goods.
6.5 The Company shall be entitled to recover payment for the Goods notwithstanding that ownership of any of the Goods has not passed from the Company.
6.6 The Buyer grants the Company, its agents and employees an irrevocable licence at any time to enter any premises where the Goods are or may be stored in order to inspect them, or, where the Buyer's right to possession has terminated, to recover them.
6.7 Where the Company is unable to determine whether any Goods are the goods in respect of which the Buyer's right to possession has terminated, the Buyer shall be deemed to have sold all goods of the kind sold by the Company to the Buyer in the order in which they were invoiced to the Buyer.
6.8 On termination of the Contract, howsoever caused, the Company's (but not the Buyer's) rights contained in this condition 6 shall remain in effect.
7 LABELLING AND SAFETY DATA SHEETS
7.1- Recommendation
The Buyer undertakes to refer to and observe European regulations relating to the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction for chemical substances (EC Regulation 1907/2006 issued dated December 18, 2006 – hereinafter “REACH regulations”).
7.2- Labelling
All our products shall be labelled and packaged in compliance with European regulations in force applicable to sales to professionals. Consequently, acceptance of any offer on the part of our company shall be deemed to constitute acknowledgement by the Buyer of our observance of these regulations, particularly if the Buyer wishes to repackage the products. To optimise safety and security, the Buyer undertakes to preserve labelling until the time of use. In the assumption the Buyer wishes to resell our products to the general public, it is up to it to check if this is possible, on account of their compositions and to put them in conformity with applicable regulations, in particular for labelling, packaging and marking. The Buyer shall protect the Vendor against any actions or claims in this respect.
7.3- Safety data sheets (hereinafter “SDS”)
In accordance with the REACH regulations, the SDS are forwarded to the Buyer. It undertakes to observe all recommendations set out in said SDS (Safety Data Sheets). It takes into account the risk connected with products.
8 PRICE
8.1 The Buyer transmits to the Vendor a VAT Identification Number and guarantees its validity.
8.2 Unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, the price for the Goods shall be the price set out in the Company's price list published on the date of delivery or deemed delivery.
8.3 The price for the Goods shall be exclusive of any value added tax and all costs or charges in relation to packaging, loading, unloading, carriage and insurance, all of which amounts the Buyer shall pay in addition when it is due to pay for the Goods.
9 PAYMENT
9.1 Subject to condition 9.3, payment of the price for the Goods is due in pounds sterling no longer than the date of delivery or deemed delivery as defined in condition 4 whether or not the Goods have arrived at their destination at this time.
9.2 Time for payment shall be of the essence.
9.3 All payments payable to the Company under the Contract shall become due immediately on its termination despite any other provision.
9.4 If the Buyer fails to pay the Company any sum due pursuant to the Contract, the Buyer shall be liable to pay interest to the Company on such sum from the due date for payment at the annual rate of 8% above the base lending rate from time to time of Bank of England accruing on a daily basis until payment is made, whether before or after any judgment. The Company reserves the right to claim interest under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 2013.
10 QUALITY
10.1 Where the Company is not the manufacturer of the Goods, the Company shall endeavor to transfer to the Buyer the benefit of any warranty or guarantee given to the Company.
10.2 The Company warrants that (subject to the other provisions of these conditions) on delivery the Goods shall be of satisfactory quality within the meaning of the Sale of Goods Act 1979.
10.3 The Company shall not be liable for a breach of the warranty in condition 10.2 unless:
10.3.1 the Buyer gives written notice of the defect to the Company, and, if the defect is as a result of damage in transit to the carrier, within five days of the time when the Buyer discovers or ought to have discovered the defect; and
10.3.2 the Company is given a reasonable opportunity after receiving the notice of examining such Goods and the Buyer (if asked to do so by the Company) returns such Goods to the Company's place of business for the examination to take place there.
10.4 The Company shall not be liable for a breach of the warranty in condition 10.2 if:
10.4.1 the Buyer makes any further use of such Goods after giving such notice; or
10.4.2 the defect arises because the Buyer failed to follow the Company's oral or written instructions as to the storage, installation, commissioning, use or maintenance of the Goods or (if there are none) good trade practice; or
10.4.3 the Buyer alters or repairs such Goods without the written consent of the Company.
10.5 Subject to condition 10.3 and condition 10.4, if any of the Goods do not conform with the warranty in condition 10.2 the Company shall at its option repair or replace such Goods (or the defective part) or refund the price of such Goods at the pro rata Contract rate provided that, if the Company so requests, the Buyer shall, at the Company's expense, return the Goods or the part of such Goods which is defective to the Company.
10.6 If the Company complies with condition 10.5 it shall have no further liability for a breach of the warranty in condition 10.2 in respect of such Goods.
11 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
11.1 Subject to condition 4, condition 5 and condition 10, the following provisions set out the entire financial liability of the Company (including any liability for the acts or omissions of its employees, agents and sub-contractors) to the Buyer in respect of:
11.1.1 any breach of these conditions;
11.1.2 any use made or resale by the Buyer of any of the Goods, or of any product incorporating any of the Goods; and
11.1.3 any representation, statement or tortious act or omission including negligence arising under or in connection with the Contract.
11.2 All warranties, conditions and other terms implied by statute or common law (save for the conditions implied by section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979) are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from the Contract.
11.3 Nothing in these conditions excludes or limits the liability of the Company:
11.3.1 for death or personal injury caused by the Company's negligence; or
11.3.2 for any matter which it would be illegal for the Company to exclude or attempt to exclude its liability; or
11.3.3 for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
11.4 Subject to condition 11.2 and condition 11.3:
11.4.1 the Company's total liability in contract, tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty), misrepresentation, restitution or otherwise, arising in connection with the performance or contemplated performance of the Contract shall be limited to the Contract price; and
11.4.2 the Company shall not be liable to the Buyer for loss of profit, loss of business, or depletion of goodwill in each case whether direct, indirect or consequential, or any claims for consequential compensation whatsoever (howsoever caused) which arise out of or in connection with the Contract.
12 FORCE MAJEURE
The Company reserves the right to defer the date of delivery or to cancel the Contract or reduce the volume of the Goods ordered by the Buyer (without liability to the Buyer) if it is prevented from or delayed in the carrying on of its business due to circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the Company including, without limitation, acts of God, governmental actions, war or national emergency, acts of terrorism, protests, fire, explosion, flood, lockouts, strikes or other labour disputes (whether or not relating to either party's workforce), or restraints or delays affecting carriers or inability or delay in obtaining supplies of adequate or suitable materials, provided that, if the event in question continues for a continuous period in excess of 180 days, the Buyer shall be entitled to give notice in writing to the Company to terminate the Contract.
13 GENERAL
13.1 Each right or remedy of the Company under the Contract is without prejudice to any other right or remedy of the Company whether under the Contract or not.
13.2 If any provision of the Contract is found by any court, tribunal or administrative body of competent jurisdiction to be wholly or partly illegal, invalid, void, voidable, unenforceable or unreasonable it shall to the extent of such illegality, invalidity, voidness, voidability, unenforceability or unreasonableness be deemed severable and the remaining provisions of the Contract and the remainder of such provision shall continue in full force and effect.
13.3 Failure or delay by the Company in enforcing or partially enforcing any provision of the Contract shall not be construed as a waiver of any of its rights under the Contract.
13.4 The parties to the Contract do not intend that any term of the Contract shall be enforceable by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 2010 by any person that is not a party to it.
13.5 The formation, existence, construction, performance, validity and all aspects of the Contract shall be governed by English law and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.