General Terms & Conditions of Delivery for WheelAir B2B Partners
Terms and conditions published: 01 December 2021.
WheelAir International B.V.
1. INTERPRETATION
1.1 In these Conditions;
“Buyer” means the person who accepts a quotation of the Seller for the sale of Goods or Services or whose order for the Goods or Services is accepted by the Seller.
“Goods” means the goods (including any instalment of goods or any parts for them) which the Seller is to supply in accordance with these Conditions.
“Seller” means WheelAir International B.V. (registered in the Netherlands under number 77189167)
“Conditions” means the standard terms and conditions agreed in writing between the Buyer and the Seller.
“Contract” means the contract for the purchase and sale of the Goods.
“Writing” includes letter, email, facsimile transmission and the comparable means of communication.
“Scheduled Delivery” means delivery of the Goods by two or more instalments.
“Special Terms” means non-stock items. Goods being offered for sale at below the Sellers current price list and Goods requested by the Buyer to meet the Buyer’s specific requirements.
1.2 Any reference in these Conditions to any provision of a statute shall be construed as a reference to that provision as amended, re- enacted or extended at the relevant time.
1.3 The heading in these Conditions are for convenience only and shall not affect their interpretation.
2. BASIS OF THE SALE
2.1 The Seller shall sell and the Buyer shall purchase the Goods in accordance with any written quotation of the Seller which is accepted by the buyer, or any written order of the Buyer which is accepted by the Seller, subject in either case to these Conditions, whichshallgoverntheContracttotheexclusionofanyothertermsandconditionssubjecttowhichanysuchquotationisacceptedor purported to be accepted, or any such order is made or purported to be made, by the Buyer.
2.2 No variation to these Conditions shall be binding unless agreed in Writing between the authorised representatives of the Buyer and the Seller.
2.3 The Seller’s employees or agents are not authorised to make any representations concerning the Goods unless confirmed by the Seller in Writing. In entering into the Contract the Buyer acknowledges that is does not rely on, and waives any claim for breach of any such representations which are not so confirmed.
2.4 Any advice or recommendation given by the Seller or its employees or agents to the Buyer or its employees or agents as to the storage, application or use of the Goods, which is not confirmed in Writing by the Seller, is followed or acted upon entirely at the Buyer’s own risk, and accordingly the Seller shall not be liable for any such advice or recommendation which is not confirmed.
2.5 Any typographical, clerical or other error or omission in any sales literature, quotation, price list, acceptance of offer, invoice or other document or information issued by the Seller shall be subject to correction without any liability on the part of the Seller.
3. ORDERS AND SPECIFICATIONS
3.1 No order submitted by the Buyer shall be deemed to be accepted by the Seller unless and until confirmed in Writing by the Seller’s authorised representative.
3.2 The Buyer shall be responsible to the Seller for ensuring the accuracy of the terms of any order (including any applicable specification) submitted by the Buyer, and for giving the Seller any necessary information relating to the goods within a sufficient time to enable the Seller to perform the contract in accordance with its terms.
3.3. The quantity and description of the Goods shall be those set out in the Seller’s Acknowledgement (if accepted by the Buyer).
3.3.1 The quality and any specification for the Goods shall be those set out in the Seller’s specification current at the date of the contract;
3.3.2 Minimum order quantities per line item are specified by the Seller.
3.4 If the Goods are to be manufactured or any process is to be applied to the Goods by the Seller in accordance with a specification submitted by the Buyer, the Buyer shall indemnify the Seller against all loss, damages, costs and expenses awarded against or incurred by the Seller in connection with or paid or agreed to be paid by the Seller in settlement of any claim for infringement of any patent, copyright, design, trade mark of other industrial or intellectual property rights of any other person which results from the Seller’s use of the Buyer’s specification.
3.5 The Seller reserves the right to make any changes in the specification of the Goods which are required to conform with any applicable safety or other statutory requirements or, where the Goods are to be supplied to the Seller’s specification, which do not materially affect their quality of performance.
3.6 No order which has been accepted by the Seller may be cancelled by the Buyer except with the agreement in Writing of the Seller and on terms that the Buyer shall indemnify the Seller in full against all loss (including loss of profit) costs (including the cost of all labour and materials used), damages, charges and expenses incurred by the Seller as a result of cancellation.
4 PRICE OF THE GOODS
4.1 The price of the Goods shall be the Seller’s quoted price or, where no price has been quoted (or a quoted price is no longer valid), the price on the Seller’s price list current at the date of acceptance of the order. Where the Goods are supplied for export from the Netherlands, the Seller’s quoted price shall apply. All prices quoted are valid for 14 days only or until earlier accepted by the buyer, after which time they may be altered by the Seller without giving notice to the Buyer.
4.2 The Seller reserves the right by giving notice to the Buyer at any time before delivery to increase: the price of the Goods to reflect any increase in the cost to the Seller which is due to any factor beyond the control of the Seller (such as without limitation, any foreign exchange fluctuation, currency regulation, alteration, alteration of duties, significant increase in the costs of labour, materials or other costs of manufacture) any change in delivery dates, quantities or specifications for the Goods which is requested by the Buyer, or any delay caused by any instructions of the Buyer of failure of the buyer to give the Seller adequate information or instructions.
4.3 Except as otherwise stated under the terms of any quotation or in any price list of the Seller, and unless otherwise agreed in Writing between the Buyer and the Seller, all prices are given by the Seller on an ex works basis, and where the Seller agrees to deliver the Goods the Buyer shall be liable to pay the Seller’s charges for transport and packaging.
4.4 The price is exclusive of any applicable value added tax, which the Buyer shall be additionally liable to pay to the Seller when not paid to the local authorities or transport service in country of destination of the goods.
5 TERMS OF PAYMENT
5.1 Subject to any special terms agreed in Writing between the Buyer and the Seller, the Seller shall be entitled to invoice the buyer for the price of the Goods on or at any time after delivery of the Goods, unless the Goods are to be collected by the Buyer or the buyer wrongfully fails to take delivery of the Goods, in which event the Seller shall be entitled to invoice the Buyer for the price at any time after the Seller has notified the Buyer that the Goods are ready for collection or (as the case may be the Seller has tendered delivery of the Goods).
5.2 The Buyer shall pay the price of the Goods (without any deduction) on the last working day of the month following the date of the Seller’s invoice, not withstanding that delivery may not have taken place and the property in the Goods has not passed to the Buyer. The time of payment of the price shall be of the essence of the Contract. Receipts for payment will be issued only upon request.
5.3 All purchases need to be paid by electronic withdrawal via our bank account. Details and conditions of payment are on the invoice of purchase.
5.4 If the Buyer fails to make any payment on the due date then, without prejudice to any other right or remedy available to the Seller, the Seller shall be entitled to:
5.4.1 Cancel the contract or suspend any further deliveries to the Buyer
5.4.2 Appropriate any payment made to the Buyer to such of the Goods (or the goods supplied under any other contract between the Buyer and the Seller) as the Seller may think fit (notwithstanding any purported appropriation by the Buyer) and
5.4.3 Charge the Buyer interest (both before and after any judgement) on the amount unpaid, at the rate of 2% per annum above ING Bank base rate from time to time, until payment in full is made (a part of a month being treated as a full month for the purpose of calculation interest).
6 DELIVERY
6.1 Delivery of the Goods will be affected by the Seller or its carrier delivering the Goods to the Buyer’s address as notified at time of order; or at the discretion of the Seller, delivery of the Goods may be made by the Buyer collecting the Goods at the Seller’s premises at any time after the Seller has notified the Buyer that the Goods are ready for collection.
6.2 Any dates quoted for delivery of the Goods are approximate only and the seller shall not be liable for any delay in delivery of the Goods how so ever caused. Time for delivery shall not be of the essence unless previously agreed by the seller in writing. The Goods may be delivered by the Seller in advance of the quoted delivery date.
6.3 Where delivery of the Goods is to be made by the Seller in bulk, the Seller reserves the right to deliver the products across all the boxes of the consignment to ensure shipping costs are as low as possible.
6.4.1 The Seller reserves the right to deliver in bulk if in its reasonable opinion the quantity or value of the Goods is uneconomical. 6.5 If the Seller fails to deliver the Goods for any reason other than any cause beyond the seller’s reasonable control or the Buyer’s fault, and the Seller is accordingly liable to the Buyer, the Seller’s liability shall be limited to the excess (if any) of the cost to the Buyer (in the cheapest available market) of similar goods to replace those not delivered over the price of the Goods.
6.6 If the Buyer fails to take delivery of the Goods or fails to give the Seller adequate delivery instructions on or before the time stated for delivery (otherwise than by reason of any clause beyond the Buyer’s reasonable control or by reason of the Seller’s Fault) then, without prejudice to any other right or remedy available to the Seller, the Seller may:
6.6.1 Store the Goods until Actual delivery and charge the Buyer for the reasonable costs (including insurance) of storage: or
6.6.2 Sell the Goods at the best price readily obtainable and (after deducting all reasonable storage and the selling expenses) account to the Buyer for the excess over the price under the Contract or charge the Buyer for any shortfall below the price under the Contract.
6.7 The Seller may in its sole discretion vary the dates of delivery if so requested to do so by the Buyer provided that the Buyer makes such a request in Writing at least 60 days before the due date of delivery and the revised delivery date is not more than one calender month after the due date of delivery.
7 RISK AND PROPERTY
7.1 Risk of damage to or loss of the goods shall pass to the Buyer:
7.1.1 In the case of Goods to be delivered at the Seller’s premises, at the time when the Seller notifies the Buyer that the Goods are available for collection; or
7.1.2 In the case of Goods to be delivered otherwise than at the Seller’s premises, at the time delivery or, if the Buyer wrongfully fails to take delivery of the Goods, the time when the seller has tendered delivery of the Goods.
7.2 Notwithstanding delivery and the passing of risk in the Goods, or any other provision of these Conditions, the property in the Goods shall not pass to the Buyer until the Seller has received in cash or cleared funds payment in full of the price of the Goods and all other goods agreed to be sold to the Buyer for which payment is then due.
7.3 Until such time as the property in the Goods passes to the Buyer, the Buyer shall hold the Goods as the Seller’s fiduciary agent and bailee, and shall keep the goods separate from those of the Buyer and third parties and properly stored, protected and insured and identified as the Seller’s property. Until that time the Buyer shall be entitled to resell or use the Goods in the ordinary course of its business.
7.4 Until such time as the property in the Goods passes to the Buyer (and provided the Goods are still in existence and have not been resold) the Seller shall be entitled at any time to require the Buyer to deliver up the Goods to the Seller and, if the Buyer fails to do so forthwith, to enter upon any premises of the Buyer or any third party where the Goods are stored and repossess the Goods.
7.5 The Buyer shall not be entitled to pledge or in any way charge by way of security for any indebtedness any of the Goods which remain the property of the Seller, but if the Buyer does so all moneys owing by the Buyer to the Seller shall (without prejudice to any other right or remedy of the Seller) forthwith become due and payable.
7.6 Subject to the prior agreement of and at the sole discretion of the Seller the Goods other than Special Sales may be returned within fourteen days of Delivery provided they are in their original packaging and subject to payment of a cancellation charge equal to 30% of the net invoice value with a minimum of 10.00 euro/GBP. Such goods as the Seller agrees to accept shall be delivered to it at its premises at the buyers cost.
8. WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY
8.1 Subject to the conditions set out below the Seller warrants that the Goods will correspond with their specification at the time of delivery and will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of 12 months from the date of their delivery.
8.2 The above warranty is given by the Seller subject to the following conditions:-
8.2.1 The Seller shall be under no liability in respect of any defect in the Goods arising from any drawing, design or specification supplied by the Buyer;
8.2.2 The Seller 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 the Seller’s instructions (whether oral or inwriting), misuse or alteration or repair of the Goods without the Seller’s approval;
8.2.3 The Seller 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.
8.2.4 The above warranty does not extend to parts, materials or equipment not manufactured by the Seller in respect of which the Buyer shall only be entitled to the benefit of any such warranty or guarantee as is given by the manufacturer to the Seller;
8.2.5 Unless otherwise expressly confirmed in writing by the Seller, nothing in any literature issued by the Seller shall be treated as a representation as to the source of origin manufacture or production of the Goods or any part thereof.
8.3 Subject as expressly provided in these Conditions, and except where the Goods are sold to a person dealing as a consumer (within the meaning of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977) all warranties, condition or other terms implied by statute or common law are excluded to the fullest extend permitted by our law.
8.4 Where the Goods are sold under a consumer transaction (as defined by the Consumer Transactions (Restrictions on Statements) Order 1976) the statutory rights of the Buyer are not affected by these Conditions.
8.5 Any claim by the buyer which is based on shortage or non-delivery or any defect in the quality or condition of the Goods or their failure to correspond with specification shall (whether or not delivery is refused by the Buyer) be notified to the Seller within 7 days from the date of delivery or due date for delivery or (where the defect or failure was not apparent on reasonable inspection) within a reasonable time after discovery of the defect or failure. If delivery is not refused, and the Buyer does not notify the Seller accordingly, the Buyer shall not be entitled to reject the Goods and the Seller shall have no liability for such defect or failure, and the Buyer shall be bound to pay the price as if the Goods had been delivered in accordance with the contract.
8.6 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 noted to the Seller in accordance with these Conditions, the Seller shall be entitled to replace the Goods (or the part in question) free of charge or, at the Seller’s sole discretion, issue a credit note to the Buyer to the value of the price of the Goods (or a proportionate part of the price) but the Seller shall have no further liability to the Buyer.
8.7 Except in respect of death or personal injury caused by the Seller’s negligence, the Seller shall not be liable to the Buyer by reason of any representation, or any implied warranty, condition or other term, or duty at common law, or under the express terms of the Contract, for any consequential loss or damage (whether for loss of profit or otherwise), costs expenses or other claims for consequential compensation whatsoever (and whether caused by the negligence of the Seller its employees or agents or otherwise) which arise out of or in connection with the supply of the Goods or their use or resale by the Buyer except as expressly provided in these Conditions.
8.8 The Seller shall not be liable to the Buyer or be deemed to be in breach of the Contract by reason of any delay in performing, or any failure to perform, any of the Seller’s obligation in relation to the Goods. If the delay or failure was due to any cause beyond the Seller’s reasonable control. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the following shall be regarded as causes beyond the Seller’s reasonable control;
8.8.1 Act of God, explosion, flood, tempest fire or accident;
8.8.2 War or threat of war, sabotage, insurrection, civil disturbance or requisition;
8.8.3 Acts, restrictions, regulations, bye-laws, prohibitions or measures of any kind on the part of any governmental parliamentary
or local authority;
8.8.4 Import or export regulations or embargoes;
8.8.5 Strikes, lock-outs or other industrial actions or trade disputes (whether involving employees of the Seller or of a third party); 8.8.6 Difficulties in obtaining raw materials, labour, fuel, parts or machinery;
8.8.7 Power failure or breakdown in machinery;
8.8.8 The inability of the Seller’s suppliers to supply the Goods within such reasonable time as the Seller shall in its absolute discretion determine.
9 INDEMNITY
9.1 If any claim is made against the Buyer that the Goods infringe or that their use or resale infringes the patent, copyright, design, trademark or other industrial or intellectual property rights of any other person, the Seller shall indemnify the Buyer against all loss, damages, costs and expenses awarded against or incurred by the Buyer in connection with the claim, or paid or agreed to be paid by the Buyer in settlement of the claim, provided that:
9.1.1 The Seller is given full control of any proceedings or negotiations in connection with any such claim;
9.1.2 The Buyer shall give the Seller all reasonable assistance for the purposes of any such proceedings or negotiations:
9.1.3 Except pursuant to a final award the Buyer shall not pay or except any such claim, or compromise any such proceedings without such consent of the Seller (which shall not be unreasonably withheld);
9.1.4 The Buyer shall do nothing which would or might vitiate any policy of insurance, of insurance cover which the buyer may ave in relation to such infringement, and this indemnity shall not apply to the extent that the Buyer recovers any sums under any such policy or cover (which the buyer shall use its best endeavours to do);
9.1.5 The Seller shall be entitled to the benefit of, and the Buyer shall accordingly account to the Seller for all damages and costs (if any) awarded in favour of the Buyer which are payable by or agreed with the consent of the Buyer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) to be paid by any other party in respect of any such claim; and
9.1.6 Without prejudice to any duty of the Buyer at common law, the Seller shall be entitled to require the Buyer to take such steps as the Seller may reasonably require to mitigate or reduce any such loss, damages, costs or expenses for which the Seller is liable to indemnify the Buyer under this clause.
10 INSOLVENCY OF BUYER
10.1 The clause applies if;
10.1.1 The Buyer makes any voluntary arrangement with its creditors or becomes subject to an administration order or (being an
10.1.2 An encumbrancer takes possession, or a receiver is appointed, of any of the property or assets of the Buyer; or
10.1.3 The Buyer ceases, or threatens to cease, to carry on business; or
10.1.4 The Seller reasonably apprehends that any of the events mentioned above is about to occur in relation to the Buyer and notifies the buyer accordingly.
10.2 If this clause applies then, without prejudice to any other right of remedy available to the Seller the Seller shall be entitled to cancel the contract or suspend any further deliveries under the Contract without any liability to the Buyer, and if the Goods have been delivered but not paid for, the price will become immediately due and payable notwithstanding any previous agreement or arrangement to the contrary.
11 EXPORT TERMS
11.1 In these Conditions “Incoterms” means the international rules for the interpretation of trade terms of the International Chamber of Commerce as in force at the date when the Contract is made. Unless the context otherwise requires, any term, or expression with is designed in or a particular meaning by the provisions of Incoterms shall have the same meaning in these Conditions, but if there is any conflict between these provisions of Incoterms and these Conditions, the later shall prevail.
11.2 Where the Goods are supplied for export from the Netherlands, the provision of this clause 11 shall (subject to to any special terms agreed in writing between the Buyer and the Seller) apply notwithstanding any other provision of these Conditions.
11.3 The Buyer shall be responsible for complying with any legislation or regulations governing the importation of the Goods into the country of destination and for the payment of any duties thereon.
11.4 Unless otherwise agreed in Writing between the Buyer and the Seller, the Goods shall be delivered to the air or sea port of shipment and the Seller shall be under no obligation to give notice under Section 32 (3) of the Sale of Goods Act 1979.
11.5 The Buyer shall be responsible for arranging for testing and inspection of the Goods at the Seller’s premises before shipment. The Seller shall have no liability for any claim in respect of any defect in the Goods which would be apparent on inspection and which is made after shipment, or in respect of any damage during transit.
11.6 Payment of all amounts due to the Seller shall be made electronically by telegraphic bank transfer or by bankers order drawn on a bank in the Netherlands or a pay platform indicated on the invoice, acceptable to the Seller prior to Delivery.
11.7 The Buyer under takes not to offer the Goods for resale inside or outside agreed Territory notified in the distribution agreement with the Seller. If the Buyer in respect of a country/territory which the Buyer knows or ought to have known the sale of the Goods is restricted by the manufacturers or the government of such country at or before the time the Buyer’s order is placed, or to sell the Goods to any company or person if the Buyer knows or has reason to believe that that person or company intends to resell the Goods in any such country or territory.
12. GENERAL
12.1 If the Seller is a member of a group of companies the Seller may perform any of its obligations or exercise any of its rights hereunder by itself or through any other member of its group, provided that any act or omission of any such other member shall be deemed to be the act or omission of the Seller.
12.2 Any notice required or permitted to be given by either party to the other under these Conditions shall be in Writing addressed to that other party at its registered office or principal place of business or such other address as may at the relevant time have been notified pursuant to this provision to the party giving notice.
12.3 No waiver by the Seller of any breach of the Contract by the Buyer shall be considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision.
12.4 If any provision of these Conditions is held by any competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part the validity of the other provisions of these Conditions and the remainder of the provision in question shall not be affected thereby.
12.5 The Contract shall be governed by the Laws of the Netherlands.