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what is TERMS AND CONDIITIONS in company air filter ?
1.1 The following conditions of delivery and payment together with the "Incoterms 2000" set down by the International Chamber of Commerce shall be exclusively binding for business relations with our customers when deliveries of our products are made. They shall be considered as accepted by the purchaser unless immediately repudiated by him in writing. No alterations to the terms of this contract shall be binding upon the seller unless, and until, confirmed by him in writing. Verbal agreements shall only be binding for both parties if they are confirmed in writing.
2.1 Conditions of purchase contained on the Customer's order
forms and any other conditions which the Customer may seek to
impose which are at variance with or additional to these Conditions
are not binding upon Airfilter Engineering unless specifically
accepted in writing.
2.2 The employees or agents of Airfilter Engineering are not
authorised to make any representations concerning the Goods unless
confirmed by Airfilter Engineering in writing. In entering into the
Contract the Customer acknowledges that it does not rely on, and
waives any claim for breach of, any such representations which are
not so confirmed.
2.3 No order which has been accepted by Airfilter Engineering may
be cancelled by the Customer except with the agreement in writing
of Airfilter Engineering and on terms that the Customer shall
indemnify Airfilter Engineering in full against all loss as a
result of cancellation.
3.1 On delivery, the invoice shall contain the prices and currencies stipulated in the respective contract.
4.1 Time not of essence. Although given in good faith, times
quoted for the delivery of Goods are intended as estimates only and
are not therefore to be treated as the essence of the Contract.
Accordingly Airfilter Engineering shall not be liable in any way
for any direct or indirect loss damage or expense (including loss
of profits and liability to third parties) which may be suffered by
the Customer in consequence of late despatch or delivery from
whatever cause.
4.2 Force Majeure. Airfilter Engineering shall not be liable for
failure to deliver Goods or to do so promptly if such failure is
caused by strikes, riots, lock-outs or other labour trouble, war,
fire, accident, mechanical failure, non-availability or delay in
delivery to Airfilter Engineering of supplies of goods or parts or
materials, government action, legalisation or regulation of any
kind Act of God or any circumstances whatsoever outside our
reasonable control and such delay or failure to deliver such Goods
shall not affect the obligations of the Customer to pay for Goods
already delivered.
4.3 Instalments. Airfilter Engineering reserves the right to
deliver the Goods in partial shipments and each delivery shall
constitute a separate contract. Failure by Airfilter Engineering to
deliver any one or more instalment in accordance with these
Conditions or any claim by the Customer in respect of any one or
more instalment shall not entitle the Customer to treat the
Contract as a whole as repudiated.
4.4 Storage. If the Customer does not supply adequate delivery
instructions within 14 days after notification that the Goods are
ready for dispatch Airfilter Engineering shall be entitled to
arrange storage either at our own works or elsewhere and all
reasonable charges for storage, insurance or demurrage shall be
payable by the Customer. PROVIDED THAT nothing in this condition
shall operate to relieve the Customer from making payment for the
Goods ordered.
4.5 No claim for damage in transit, shortage of delivery or loss of
goods will be entertained unless in such case, a separate notice in
writing is given to the carrier concerned and to the seller
promptly but latest within 3 days of the receipt of goods, followed
by a complete claim in writing within 7 days of receipt of goods.
Where goods are accepted from the carrier concerned without being
checked, the delivery book of the carrier concerned must be signed,
"not examined". Depending upon the terms of delivery, claims must
be directed either to the carriers, the insurers or Airfilter
Engineering.
5.1 Airfilter Engineering may agree with the customer on different delivery terms. The standard delivery terms shall be ex-factory Airfilter Engineering unless otherwise stated and agreed upon. Risk to the goods shall pass to the customer according to the delivery terms applied.
6.1 Airfilter Engineering warrants that the Goods will
correspond with the current Specification (including any
tolerances) for the Goods published by Airfilter Engineering at the
time of dispatch and will be free from defect in material and
workmanship.
6.2 The above warranty is given by Airfilter Engineering subject to
the following conditions:
6.2.1 Airfilter Engineering shall be under no liability in respect
of any defect arising from any drawing, design or specification
supplied by the Customer.
6.2.2 Airfilter Engineering shall be under no liability in respect
of any defect arising from fair wear and tear, wilful damage,
negligence, abnormal working conditions, failure to follow our
instructions (whether oral or in writing), misuse or alteration or
repair of the Goods without our approval.
6.2.3 Airfilter Engineering shall be under no liability under the
above warranty (or any other warranty, condition or guarantee) if
the total price for the Goods has not been paid by the due date for
payment.
6.3 Any claim by the Customer which is based on any defect in the
quality or condition of the Goods or their failure to correspond
with specification shall be notified to Airfilter Engineering
within 7 days from the date of delivery or (where the defect or
failure was not apparent on reasonable inspection) within a
reasonable time after discovery of the defect or failure.
6.4 Where any valid claim in respect of any of the Goods which is
based on any defect in the quality or condition of the Goods or
their failure to meet specification is notified to Airfilter
Engineering in accordance with these Conditions, Airfilter
Engineering shall be entitled to replace the Goods (or the part in
question) free of charge, or, at Airfilter Engineering's sole
discretion, refund to the Customer the price of the Goods (or a
proportionate part of the price), but Airfilter Engineering shall
have no further liability to the Customer. If it should be found
necessary with Airfilter Engineering's agreement in writing to
effect any repair or replacement using labour and materials other
than Airfilter Engineering's own, then Airfilter Engineering's
responsibility shall be limited to the costs and expenses which
would have been incurred if the work had been carried out at
Airfilter Engineering's works.
7.1 The Customer acknowledges that drawings and other documents and information furnished by Airfilter Engineering are disclosed in confidence and that the copyright and property in the same is and shall remain the property of Airfilter Engineering (or that of the Airfilter Engineering supplier as the case may be) and the Customer shall not without prior written consent (and where appropriate, that of the copyright owner) alter such drawings or information in any way, make further copies of such drawings or information for any purpose other than that for which they are provided. The Customer agrees that such drawings, documents and information shall be returned to Airfilter Engineering forthwith upon request.
8.1 Payment of the price shall be made in accordance with the
payment conditions. Interest at the rate of 1% per month on overdue
account shall be charged to the purchaser and such charge shall not
be construed as the seller having granted an extension of time for
payments to the purchaser.
8.2 In the event that the Customer fails to make payment for the
Goods on the due date or otherwise commits a breach of these
conditions Airfilter Engineering may in its absolute discretion and
without prejudice to any other rights which Airfilter Engineering
may have:
8.2.1 Suspend all future deliveries to the Customer under the
contract or under any other contract and/or terminate any such
contract without liability upon our part.
8.2.2 Require payment in advance for any future deliveries.
9.1 The goods supplied shall remain the seller's property until
all outstanding claims have been settled. This right of property
shall also apply to resold goods. The purchaser shall be entitled
to dispose of the goods within the ordinary course of business. All
other dispositions, especially bailments, disposals, security bills
or transfers by exchange shall not be allowed. Attachments made by
third parties shall be reported immediately.
9.2 If the purchaser shall default or commit a breach of the
contract or of any other of his obligations to the seller, or if
any distress or execution shall be levied upon the purchaser's
property or assets, or if the purchaser shall make or offer to make
any arrangement or composition with creditors, or commit any act of
bankruptcy, or if any petition or receiving order in bankruptcy
shall be presented or made against him, or if the purchaser is a
limited company and any resolution or petition to wind up such
company's business (other than for the purpose of amalgamation or
reconstruction) shall be passed or presented, or if a receiver of
such company's undertaking, property or assets or any part thereof
shall be appointed, the seller shall have the right forthwith to
determine any contract then subsisting and upon written notice of
such determination being posted to the purchaser's last known
address any subsisting contracts shall be deemed to have been
determined without prejudice to any claim or right the seller may
otherwise make or exercise