ARTICLE 1: APPLICABILITY
1. These terms and conditions shall apply to all offers from and to all agreements of purchase and
sale with and the execution of work or supply of services by VB-Airsuspension B.V., having its
principle place of business in Varsseveld, to be referred to hereinafter as “VB-Airsuspension”.
2. The principal or buyer shall be referred to hereinafter as “the other party”.
3. Stipulations to the contrary shall only be part of the agreement concluded between the parties, if
and to the extent that both parties have expressly agreed thus.
4. Acceptance and keeping a quotation or order confirmation in which these conditions have been
referred to shall be considered to be consent with the application thereof.
5. If (part of) a stipulation of these general terms and conditions should not be applicable, this shall
leave the applicability of the other stipulations intact.
ARTICLE 2: OFFERS
1. All offers, quotations, price lists, delivery times, etc. of VB-Airsuspension shall be without
commitment, unless they include a term for acceptance. If a quotation or offer includes an offer
without commitment and this offer is accepted by the other party, VB-Airsuspension shall be
entitled to withdraw the offer within two (2) working days after receipt of the acceptance.
2. Brochures, drawings, models, statements of capacities and other descriptions showed and/or
provided shall be as exact as possible, but shall only be considered to be an indication. No rights
shall be derived from this, unless the parties have expressly agreed otherwise in writing.
3. The prices stated in quotations/offers shall be exclusive of:
- VAT and/or other governmental levies;
- Costs of transport and insurance;
- Costs of assembly, service, inspection work, preparing goods for transport;
- Costs of repair;
unless expressly agreed otherwise in writing.
4. A. If between the date of conclusion of the agreement and the execution of the agreement
changes are made by the authorities and/or trade organizations in wages, work conditions,
social insurance and the like, VB-Airsuspension shall be entitled to charge the increases to the
other party. If between the above-mentioned dates a new price list is issued by VBAirsuspension
and has come into force, VB-Airsuspension shall be entitled to charge the
prices stated therein to the other party.
B. If the other party is a natural person who does not act in the performance of a profession
or business, price increases shall be surcharged or charged to the other party in the
meaning referred to, three (3) months after the conclusion of the agreement. In the event
of price increases as mentioned before in this article, within a period of less than three
months, the other party shall be entitled to dissolve the agreement.
ARTICLE 3: AGREEMENTS
1. Agreements may be concluded both in writing and orally and shall be binding according to their
nature and/or scope after written confirmation by VB-Airsuspension. Agreements of small
(financial) scope shall be binding after an oral order from the other party.
2. Additions or changes to the general terms and conditions or changes or additions to the
agreement otherwise shall only be binding after written confirmation by VB-Airsuspension.
ARTICLE 4: ENGAGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES
VB-Airsuspension shall be entitled to engage third parties for the execution of what has been agreed.
ARTICLE 5: DELIVERY / WORK DONE AND PERIODS
1. Delivery shall not be made carriage paid, unless the parties have expressly agreed otherwise in
writing.
2. The periods stated within which goods must have been delivered or work must have been
executed shall never be considered firm dates, unless expressly agreed otherwise. In the event of
late delivery or completion of the work, VB-Airsuspension must therefore be given written notice of
default.
3. In case of partial deliveries, each phase shall be considered to be a separate transaction.
4. The risk of goods that are under the trust of VB-Airsuspension with a view to the work to be
executed shall remain with the other party. The other party shall be obliged to insure the goods
adequately and to keep them ensured during the time that the goods are under the trust of VBAirsuspension.
5. If it proves impossible to deliver the goods to the other party or to execute the work that should be
done, due to a cause for which the other party is to blame, VB-Airsuspension shall reserve the
right to store the goods at the expense and risk of the other party. VB-Airsuspension shall notify
the other party in writing of the storage and/or the obstacle in the execution of the work that is to
be done and, at the same time, shall state a reasonable period within which the other party should
enable VB-Airsuspension to resume the work and/or to supply the goods.
6. If, even after expiry of the reasonable period stated by VB-Airsuspension, as stipulated in the
previous paragraph of this article, the other party fails to fulfil its obligations, merely due to the
expiry of one (1) month following the date of storage or obstacle in the execution of the work that
is to be done, the other party shall be in default and VB-Airsuspension shall be entitled to dissolve
the agreement in its entirety or partially, in writing and with immediate effect, without prior or
further notice of default, without judicial intervention and without being obliged to pay costs and
interest.
7. The previous shall not prejudice the obligation of the other party to pay the agreed or negotiated or
due price, as well as any storage costs and/or other costs.
8. Unless otherwise agreed by the parties in writing, delivery of the goods shall take place in one
time at an address given by the other party, even though the goods ordered may be destined for
distribution over various addresses.
9. The other party shall guarantee good accessibility of the place of destination / of discharge and
shall be responsible for the discharge /unloading.
10. VB-Airsuspension shall be entitled to demand advance payment or security from the other party
with respect to its fulfilment of its financial obligations, prior to making delivery.
ARTICLE 6: PROGRESS, EXECUTION OF WORK
1. If the deliveries or the work cannot take place normally or without interruption due to causes for
which VB-Airsuspension is not to blame, VB-Airsuspension shall be entitled to charge the
additional costs resulting from this, including call-out charges, to the other party.
2. If it appears impossible to execute the work that is to be done, either due to circumstances
unknown to VB-Airsuspension , or due to whatever force majeure, VB-Airsuspension shall be
entitled to demand that the instruction given to VB-Airsuspension is changed in such a way that
the execution of the work will be possible, unless, due to unknown circumstances or force
majeure, this will never be possible. In that case, VB-Airsuspension shall be entitled to full
compensation for the work already carried out by VB-Airsuspension or the costs incurred.
3. All the expenses made by VB-Airsuspension at the request of the other party shall be fully borne
by the latter, unless otherwise agreed in writing.
ARTICLE 7: TRANSPORT
1. Forwarding of the goods ordered shall be done in a manner to be determined by VBAirsuspension,
but at the expense and risk of the other party, unless expressly agreed otherwise
by the parties in writing.
2. VB-Airsuspension shall not be liable for damage, of whatever kind and in whatever shape,
connected with the transport, whether or not suffered by the goods.
3. The other party shall be obliged to take out adequate insurance with respect to the beforementioned
risks.
4. Unaccepted orders or deliveries shall be stored by VB-Airsuspension, at the expense and risk of
the other party, all this pursuant to the stipulated in article 5.
ARTICLE 8: CLAIMS/RETURN CONSIGNMENTS
1. The other party shall be obliged to inspect the goods upon receipt. If visible defects are
established, this shall be noted down in the repair list and be immediately advised to VBAirsuspension,
or the other party shall inform VB-Airsuspension of this within 24 hours after
receipt, followed by immediate written confirmation thereof to VB-Airsuspension.
2. Other claims, also those with respect to work done, shall be reported to VB-Airsuspension in
writing and within 8 days after receipt of the goods or execution of the work.
3. If the above-mentioned claim should not be advised to VB-Airsuspension within the terms referred
to there, the goods shall be considered to have been received in good condition or the work
executed shall be considered to have been done well.
4. Claims do not suspend the payment obligation of the other party.
5. VB-Airsuspension must be given an opportunity to examine the complaint.
6. If return consignment of the goods supplied proves necessary, this shall only be at the expense
and risk of VB-Airsuspension, if the latter has expressly agreed with this beforehand in writing.
7. If the return consignment is connected with a claim as referred to above, the return consignment
shall only be at the expense and risk of VB-Airsuspension, if it had declared the claim founded. In
such cases, the return consignment shall take place in a manner to be determined by VBAirsuspension.
8. In the event of justified claims, the damage shall be settled pursuant to the stipulated in article 9.
9. Small repairs and/or complaints shall be dealt with at payment of material and other repair costs,
increased by € 50,= examination and assessment costs.
ARTICLE 9: LIABILITY/GUARANTEE
1. VB-Airsuspension shall fulfil its task as may be expected of a company in its line of business, but
shall not accept any liability for damage, including consequential damage, resulting from its
actions or lack of actions in the widest sense of the word, except to the extent that it should be due
to its gross negligence and/or intent, or if should arise otherwise from legal stipulations of
mandatory law, in particular product liability. A same limitation shall apply with respect to
personnel and/or third parties used by VB-Airsuspension in the performance of its work.
2. Without prejudice to the stipulated in the other paragraphs of this article, the liability of VBAirsuspension
- for whatever reason - shall be limited to the amount of the net price of the goods
supplied or the work executed. Fulfilment of this provision shall be considered to be the only and
full compensation.
3. Without prejudice to the stipulated in the previous paragraph of this article, VB-Airsuspension shall
never be liable to pay damages in excess of the amount insured, in so far as the damage is
covered by an insurance taken out by VB-Airsuspension.
4. If there are visible defects, imperfections and/or faults in the goods supplied, that are supposed to
have been there at the moment of delivery, VB-Airsuspension shall undertake to replace these
goods at no cost. VB-Airsuspension guarantees the usual normal quality and durability of the
goods supplied; the actual life thereof can never be guaranteed.
5. The goods made by VB-Airsuspension (as manufacturer) are guaranteed by VB-Airsuspension for
a period of two (2) years or as sooner as an absolute maximum of 150.000 km VB-Airsuspension
guarantee.
6. If goods supplied by VB-Airsuspension - purchased from third parties - carry a guarantee from the
manufacturer, that guarantee shall apply in the same way between the parties.
7. At any rate, the period in which VB-Airsuspension may be held liable to pay compensation for
damage, shall be limited to one (1) years or so much earlier with an absolute maximum of 75,000
km.
8. The other party shall lose its rights towards VB-Airsuspension, shall be liable for any damage and
shall hold VB-Airsuspension harmless against any claims from third parties with respect to
compensation of damage if and to the extent that:
A. the before-mentioned damage has come about due to incompetent use and/or use
contrary to instructions from VB-Airsuspension and/or incompetent storage by the other
party of the goods supplied;
B. the above-mentioned damage has come about due to the fact that the other party has not
acted in accordance with the instructions and/or advice given by the seller;
C. the above-mentioned damage has come about due to errors/inaccuracies in data,
materials, information carriers, etc. that have been provided and/or prescribed to VBAirsuspension
by or on behalf of the other party;
D. the above-mentioned damage has come about due to the fact that the other party itself or
a third party commissioned by the other party has carried out work to the goods supplied,
without prior written permission from VB-Airsuspension.
E. the above-mentioned damage has come about due to the fact that and after emergency
repairs were made.
ARTICLE 10: PAYMENT
1. Payment shall be effected within 14 days after the invoice date, even if no delivery can be made in
accordance with article 5, unless expressly otherwise agreed between the parties in writing.
2. If, after expiry of the period referred to in paragraph 1, an invoice is not fully paid:
A. the other party shall owe VB-Airsuspension interest for overdue payment to the amount of
2% per month to be calculated cumulatively on the principal sum. Parts of a month shall be
considered to be full months for this purpose.
B. after having been requested thus by VB-Airsuspension, the other party shall owe, with
respect to extrajudicial costs, at least 15% of the sum of the principal sum and the interest
for overdue payment with an absolute minimum of € 135,=.
C. VB-Airsuspension shall be entitled, for each payment reminder, request for payment, etc.
sent to the other party, to charge an amount of at least € 20,= for administrative costs. VBAirsuspension
shall state this in the agreement or in the invoice.
3. In the before-mentioned or corresponding circumstances, at VB-Airsuspension's choice, the
agreement may be dissolved in its entirety or partially, whether or not combined with a claim for
damages, without further notice of default or judicial interference.
4. If the other party has not fulfilled its payment obligations on time, VB-Airsuspension shall be
entitled to suspend the fulfilment of the obligations undertaken towards the other party for delivery
or execution of work, until payment has been effected or adequate security has been furnished.
The same shall already apply before the moment of being in default, if VB-Airsuspension
supposes in reasonableness that there are reasons to doubt the creditworthiness of the other
party.
5. Payments effected by the other party shall always be used for settlement of all the interests and
costs owed and, subsequently, of payable invoices that have been longest overdue, even if the
other party should state that the settlement relates to a later invoice.
A. If the other party, for whatever reason, has, or will acquire, one or more claims against VBAirsuspension,
the other party shall waive the right of settlement with respect to these
claim(s). This above-mentioned waiver of the right of settlement, shall also apply if the
other party files for (provisional) suspension of payment or is declared bankrupt.
B. The stipulated under A of this paragraph shall not apply if the other party is a natural
person who does not act in the performance of a profession or company.
ARTICLE 11: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
1. VB-Airsuspension is the holder of all rights of industrial and intellectual property with respect to the
contents and shape of drawings, designs, constructions, products, descriptions / advice and the
like.
2. The exercise of the rights stated in the previous paragraph - including making data of transfer of
data - shall be expressly and exclusively reserved to VB-Airsuspension both during and after the
execution of the order.
3. Only after payment of the amount owed to VB-Airsuspension under a concluded agreement, the
other party shall be entitled to a right of use.
ARTICLE 12: RETENTION OF TITLE
1. VB-Airsuspension shall retain the title of goods supplied and to be supplied until the time that the
other party has fulfilled its payment obligations in this respect. Those payment obligations shall
consist of payment of the purchase sum, increased by claims for work done with respect to this
delivery, as well as claims for damages, if any, on the ground of default in the fulfilment of
obligations on the side of the other party.
2. If VB-Airsuspension invokes the retention of title, the agreement concluded in this respect shall be
considered dissolved, without prejudice to the right of VB-Airsuspension to claim compensation for
damage, loss of profits and interest.
3. The other party shall be obliged to inform VB-Airsuspension immediately in writing of the fact that
third parties lay claim upon goods on which retention of title rests by virtue of this article.
ARTICLE 13: PLEDGE/"WARRANTAGE"
Until the time that the other party has fulfilled all its payment obligations in this respect towards VBAirsuspension, the other party shall not be entitled to give the supplied goods as security to third
parties and/or establish a non-possessory pledge on them, and/or give the good for storage in the
actual control of one or more financiers (warrantage), because this shall be considered to be an
attributable failure to perform on its side. VB-Airsuspension shall then be entitled to suspend its
obligations under the agreement, immediately, without a notice of default being required, or to dissolve
the agreement, without prejudice to the right of VB-Airsuspension to compensation for damage, loss of
profits and interest.
ARTICLE 14: BANKRUPTCY, POWER TO DISPOSE OF PROPERTY and the like
Without prejudice to the stipulated in the other articles of these terms and conditions, the agreement
concluded between the other party and VB-Airsuspension shall be dissolved without judicial
interference and without a notice of default being required, at the time that the other party is declared
bankrupt, (provisional) suspension of payment has been petitioned, an attachment is enforced, the
other party is placed under guardianship or otherwise loses its power to dispose of its capital or parts
thereof or its legal capacity with respect to its capital or parts thereof, unless the trustee in the
bankruptcy or the administrator for the (provisional) suspension of payment recognizes the obligations
under the agreement as claim against the estate.
ARTICLE 15: FORCE MAJEURE
1. In case fulfilment of the obligations of VB-Airsuspension under the agreement concluded with the
other party is not possible and this is due to a nonattributable failure on the side of VBAirsuspension,
or on the side of third parties or suppliers engaged by VB-Airsuspension for the
execution of the agreement, or in case there is another serious reason on the side of VBAirsuspension,
VB-Airsuspension shall be entitled to dissolve the agreement concluded between
the parties, or to suspend the fulfilment of its obligations towards the other party for a reasonable
period to be determined by it, without obligation to pay any damages. If the situation referred
above occurs after the agreement has been executed partially, the other party shall be obliged to
fulfil its obligations towards VB-Airsuspension until that moment.
2. By circumstances in which there is a question of nonattributable failure shall be understood,
among other things: war, riots, mobilisation, civil commotion in this country and abroad,
governmental measures, strikes and exclusion by workers or a threat thereto and similar
circumstances; disturbance of the currency relations existing at the time of the conclusion of the
agreement; interruption of operation due to fire, accident or other incidents and natural
phenomena, all this irrespective of whether the non-fulfilment or late fulfilment occurs at VBAirsuspension,
its suppliers or third parties engaged by it for the execution of the agreement.
3. In case the other party should continue failing to fulfil its obligations towards VB-Airsuspension
promptly, in case of suspension of payment, a petition to a (provisional) suspension of payment,
bankruptcy, enforced attachment, assignment of the estate or liquidation of the company of the
other party, all that is owed to VB-Airsuspension under any contract shall be immediately fully due
and payable.
ARTICLE 16: CANCELLATION AND DISSOLUTION
1. A. The other party shall relinquish all rights of dissolution of the agreement pursuant to
section 6:265 and following Dutch Civil Code or other legal stipulations, unless cancellation
has been agreed on by virtue of this article.
B. The stipulated under A of this paragraphs shall not apply in case the other party is a
natural person who does not act in the performance of a profession or business.
2. Cancellation by the other party shall only be possible if VB-Airsuspension agrees with it. In such a
case, in addition to payment of at least 30% of the purchase sum or agreed price, the other party
shall be obliged to purchase the goods already ordered that are not further manufactured or
processed at the time, at payment of cost price. The other party shall be liable towards third
parties for the consequences of the cancellation and shall indemnify VB-Airsuspension in this
respect.
3. Amounts already paid by the other party shall not be repaid.
ARTICLE 17: APPLICABLE LAW/COMPETENT COURT
1. To commercial transactions between VB-Airsuspension and another party that has its main office
within the European Union, the following arrangement shall apply:
A. To the agreement(s) concluded between VB-Airsuspension and the other party, only Dutch
law shall be applicable. The disputes arising form these agreement(s) shall also be brought
before a Dutch Court.
B. Any disputes shall be brought before the competent Dutch Court, while, however, VBAirsuspension
shall be entitled to submit the case to the competent Court in the place of
residence or business of VB-Airsuspension, unless the Subdistrict Court is competent in this
respect.
C. In case the other party is a natural person who does not act in the performance of a profession
or business, within one month after VB-Airsuspension notified the other party that the case
would be brought before the Court, the other party shall be entitled to advise that it chooses
for settlement of the dispute by the legally competent Court.
2. To commercial transactions between VB-Airsuspension and another party that has its main office
outside of the European Union, the following arrangement shall apply:
A. To the agreement(s) concluded between VB-Airsuspension and the other party, only the law
shall be applicable of the country or the state where the other party has his main place of
business and/or office.
B. Any disputes arising from the agreement(s) shall be settled by the competent Court of the
country or state concerned.
C. Contrary to the stipulated in the previous subparagraphs of this paragraph, VB-Airsuspension
shall be entitled to submit a dispute to the competent Court in the Netherlands, if and to the
extent that it is not possible, on whatever grounds, to settle a dispute in accordance with the
stipulated in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article.