STANDARD
BUSINESS TERMS
biocon
Medizintechnik GmbH, Triebweg 1-3, 63933 Mönchberg, Germany
- Our deliverable and
performance are exclusively based on the following terms, unless anything
different has explicitly been agreed in writing.
- Conflicting
purchasing terms of the customer will only become an integral part of the
contract if expressly agreed in writing from our part.
§ 2
Quotations,
Contract Conclusion, Pricing
- Our
quotations are subject to change. Any orders or agreements, whether in written
form or verbal, only become effective and binding once confirmed by us in
writing. The same applies for any verbal side-agreements and assurances. In the
event of immediate delivery, however, our invoice would replace an order
confirmation.
- Our
deliverable and performance are based on the price-lists ruling at any one time or individual quotations.
If price changes have occurred after order placement, we are entitled to charge
the buyer the new prices at the moment goods are delivered or services are
rendered.
- Should
the customer’s financial circumstances and/or solvency worsen essentially,
following contract conclusion, or should such circumstances have existed at the
time of contract conclusion, yet have come to knowledge subsequently, we are
entitled to withdraw from the contract or to demand advance payment.
- Our
prices are to be understood net, ex works or warehouse, plus the currently
ruling value-added tax, where applicable.
- We
reserve absolute rights of property and proprietary exploitation concerning
cost estimates, drawings and any other documents, which have been placed at the
customer’s disposal. They may not be passed on to third parties without
previous agreement from us in writing.
- Documents
provided in conjunction with a bid procedure, such as illustrations, drawings,
etc., containing indications of weights and measurements, as well as
descriptions of quality and characteristics, are only approximate and not to be
regarded as guaranteed. Only those characteristics, which have been confirmed
in writing, are warranted. Any reference to standards constitutes only a rough
product assessment without any warranty for characteristics as defined by those
standards, unless such warranty has been declared in writing.
- Information given on
the scope of use and application concerning our products, technical advices and
any other indications, are provided to the best of our knowledge, yet without
commitment, referring also to any possible property rights of third parties, and
do not exempt the customer from testing the goods properly as to their
suitability for the intended purposes.
§ 3
Delivery,
Packaging, Transfer of Perils
- Goods
are delivered ex works or warehouse. Shipping costs are to be covered by the
customer. Dispatch route and means of transport are left to our discretion,
unless specially agreed otherwise. Cost of packaging is only charged in cases
of particular packaging requirements causing additional expenditure.
- Unless
otherwise agreed, goods are shipped without insurance coverage from our part. Transfer
of perils occurs at the moment goods are delivered to a forwarding agent or freight
carrier, yet no later than at the time when the goods leave either warehouse or
supplier works.
- Once
readiness for dispatch has been announced, goods must be called off without undue
delay. Should this not be done, we are entitled, at our own discretion, to
either ship or store the goods at the buyer’s risk and expense, and to issue a
respective invoice right away. Transfer of perils occurs once the goods are
ready for shipment and are placed at the customer’s disposal.
- Disposable
packages cannot be returned. In cases of commission processing, no packaging
material can be returned, whatsoever.
§ 4
Periods
for Delivery, Conditional Order Acceptance
- Periods
for delivery and fixed dates have only approximate validity, unless agreed in
writing to be binding. Periods for delivery begin one week after receipt of
order, yet in case of an explicit order confirmation, the period for deliver
begins at the moment the customer has received the order confirmation.
- We
reserve the right to withdraw totally or partly from the contract, in the event
of incorrect or delayed delivery from the part of our sub-supplier. The
customer is not allowed to refuse acceptance of partial deliveries.
- In
cases of force majeure, acts of labour disputes, official intervention, plus
business disturbances through no fault of our own, we are entitled to postpone
the delivery by an equal amount of time as the delay caused by such effects, or
to withdraw totally or partly from the contract. We will inform the customer
immediately as to the reason for the hindrance.
- Should we be behind
schedule, the customer is entitled to define an adequate period of grace and, should
delivery not be effected within the period of grace, to withdraw from the
contract. Indemnity claims are excluded, unless deliberate intention or
culpable negligence on our part or on the part of any auxiliary person can be
proven.
§ 5
Notification
of Deficiencies, Warranty
- Any
deficiencies, including the lack of warranted characteristics, must be claimed
for immediately in writing, yet no later than within a preclusion period of
seven days from receipt of goods. This applies in particular, although not
exclusively, to the terms of sterility and expiry. After the preclusion period
of seven days, claims for deficiencies, which became evident by thorough
examination, can no longer be brought forward.
- In
the event of any claim for deficiencies, we are entitled to visually control
and inspect the objected goods.
- We
accept deficient goods to be returned against compensation delivery. Alternatively,
we would pay compensation for the reduced value.
- Should
a compensation delivery fail, or prove impossible within an adequate term, the
customer has the option to withdraw from the contract.
- In
cases of custom-made products and procurement of special products, any return
consignments are excluded.
- All
further claims, whatsoever, in particular compensation for damages,
irrespective of legal basis, are excluded, unless we are liable due to
imperative statutory provisions in cases of deliberate intention or culpable
negligence.
§ 6
Exclusion
and Limitation of Liability
- Insofar
as the clauses mentioned above do not contain any specific provisions, a
customer claim for damages is excluded, irrespective of legal basis (e.g. non-compliance,
impossibility of performance, positive contract violation, violation of
contract and duties during contractual negotiations, unlawful act, settlement
between joint debtors, etc.), unless we are liable due to imperative statutory
provisions in cases of deliberate intention or culpable negligence.
- In
the event culpable negligence by any one of our auxiliary persons can be
proven, our liability to pay damages is limited to the damage which was
foreseeable for us as a possible consequence of a contract violation, based on
the circumstances existing or cognoscible at the time of contract conclusion.
- Sales and distribution outside of the scope of
the EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR) (EU) 2017/745 requires explicit written
approval by biocon Medizintechnik GmbH. Sales and distribution within the scope
of FDA requirements are prohibited.
- In
case of international sales and distribution, the customer engages to inform
biocon about local, country-specific requirements. Otherwise, such information cannot
be factored into the products and exhibits no fault on the part of biocon Medizintechnik
GmbH.
- All
claims against us, irrespective of legal basis, lapse one year after transfer
of perils to the customer, at the latest.
§ 7
Observation
and Reporting System for Medical Devices
- The
customer undertakes to report all complaints, objections, incidents, suspected
incidents and non-conformities (including suspected cases) to biocon without
delay in accordance with the EU Medical Device
Regulation (MDR) (EU) 2017/745 and the German Medical Devices
User Reporting and Information Ordinance (MPAMIV) so that biocon can fulfil the
relevant applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
§ 8
Obligations of distributors
according to MDR
- If
the customer acts as a distributor in accordance with Art. 2 MDR, he shall be
obliged to demonstrably fulfil the general obligations of the distributor in
accordance with Art. 14 MDR.
- If a distributor carries
out activities as of
the manufacturer according to Art. 16 MDR, it he must inform biocon about these activities and have
a quality management system in place.
- The obligations shall continue to apply for the
period after termination of the business relationship.
- When purchasing CE marked medical devices, the
customer is obliged to
document and, if necessary, disclose a complete batch traceability for all
products sold and distributed free of charge for his area of responsibility up
to the end user (if necessary also via other trade organizations), so that in
the event of a recall action his end users can be addressed and the
corresponding medical device can be removed from the market.
- Should the customer not comply with this
obligation, he will have to bear all costs associated with a product recall.
- Unless
anything different has been agreed explicitly, the following payment terms
apply for every invoice within 10 days, net.
The payment term is counted from the date of invoice, which is issued on the
day of dispatch or placement of goods at the customer’s disposal, ready for
shipment.
- Neither offsetting against
contested counter claims, nor withhol-ding any due payments of invoices are
admissible.
§ 11
Default
Interest, Late Payments
- If
the payment term of 10 days maximum from date of invoice as granted in § 10,
clause 1, is being exceeded, default interest becomes due immediately. The
interest rate to be applied is calculated from the ruling interest rate of the
European Central Bank, plus seven percentage points (Directive 2000/35/EC dated
June 29, 2000).
The right for assertion of a higher default damage remains unaffected.
- We
are not bound to effect any further shipments contractually agreed, as long as due
invoices, default interest charges and possible additional expenses have not
been paid in full.
- Should
the customer be in default with a due payment, or should circumstances become
known which cast the customer’s credit-worthiness into doubt, we may declare
all open accounts to be due immediately, including those which had been
deferred, or for which securities have been given or bills of exchange have
been issued. In this case we are also entitled to effect pending deliveries
only upon prepayment, to demand securities, or to withdraw from the contract
after an adequate period of grace, without prejudice to any further legal
rights.
Expenses for collection and legal proceedings, including all related measures
necessary (e.g. obtaining information, appointing a debt collecting agency)
will be charged to the customer.
- We
reserve the proprietary rights on the goods delivered until all due debt claims
resulting from the business relationship have been fully settled, including
default interest, plus possible costs and expenses. In the event of current
account, the reserved proprietary rights hold good for security of our balance
claim.
- The
customer may sell the goods that are subject to the retention of title only in
the usual course of business. The customer assigns to us all receivables,
including possible securities, resulting from the selling-on, up to the value
of our claims for past-due payments. In the event that the retained goods are
sold together with other goods not belonging to us, assignment of claims from the
selling-on applies to the value of retained goods. If the customer sells
retained goods, which have been processed with other goods not belonging to us,
the assignment applies to the value amount of our co-ownership share.
- The
customer is entitled to collect receivables from the selling-on until our
revocation, which is admissible at any time. Upon our request, the customer is
bound to inform his buyers about the retention of title existing in our favour
and to provide us with disclosure and documents needed for the collection of
outstanding debts. We ourselves are likewise entitled to disclose the
assignment vis-à-vis the customer’s buyers, at the expense of the customer. The
assertion of the retention of title will only become effective as withdrawal
from the contract if explicitly declared by us in writing.
- Bailment
of retained goods or transfer of ownership to third parties, are excluded. In
the event of bailment, the customer must expressly disclose the existing
retention of title and must inform us immediately.
- By
means of contract conclusion, the customer grants us irrevocable admission to
his business premises and warehouse, en-abling us to assess the existing
inventory of unpaid goods under our proprietary rights.
- If
the value of securities due to us exceeds the total of receivables with the customer
by more than 20 %, we are obliged to release securities, at our discretion, in
an adequate proportion, upon request by the customer.
§ 13
Place
of Performance, Place of Jurisdiction, Applicable Law
- Place
of performance for all obligations resulting from this contract is our
company’s place of business.
- Place
of jurisdiction for all disputes related to this contract, including actions on
bills or cheques, is Obernburg (Germany), if the customer is a registered
trader, a corporate body under public law, special property under public law,
or has no general place of jurisdiction in domestic Germany. We are also free, at
our option, to bring an action against the customer at the court of his general
place of jurisdiction,
- The
contractual relations are exclusively subject to German law. The pertinent laws
on the international purchase of moveable objects and on the conclusion of such
purchase contracts do not apply.
§ 14
Data
Protection Clause
- We
process customer data we receive, regarding or in accordance with the business relation,
no matter if originated from the customer himself or from a third person, in
compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation and to the German
Federal Data Protection Act.
- Should
any of the provisions of these business terms be, or become, ineffective, or
should any uncovered aspect emerge from a contract concluded on the basis of
these business terms, the effectiveness of the other provisions will not be
affected. In this respect, a provision shall rather prevail, which comes
closest to what the contracting parties had intended, or would have intended by
spirit and purpose of the contract, if they had considered this aspect in the
first place.
Date of issue: October 2021