Mekitec Terms and Conditions
MASTER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE (Revision October 29, 2021)
UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY AGREED IN WRITING, ALL SALES ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS. THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS TAKE PRECEDENCE
OVER ANY OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT APPEAR IN THE BODY OF PURCHASE ORDERS.
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1. CONTRACT FORMATION; DELIVERABLES
Parties. The terms govern agreements under which Mekitec Ltd or an
affiliate thereof (the “Seller”) agrees to provide products or services
(the “Products” and “Services”, respectively) to Buyer identified in
the enclosed order form, order confirmation, purchase order, or the
agreement between the parties (in each case, the “Order Form”).
Contract formation. Seller’s offers are not binding upon Seller. A
valid contract for the sale of Products or Services (the “Contract”) is
formed upon Seller and Buyer both signing Seller’s relevant Order
Form. These terms and conditions shall be considered an integral part
of the Contract. Any additional general or specific terms offered by
Buyer shall be without effect unless they are expressly incorporated
into or referred to in the Order Form. Once a Contract for an order
has been agreed on, Buyer is bound to it.
Deliverables. Seller shall provide Buyer the Products and Services
agreed on in the Order Form. The Products may be either tangible
physical goods or software and shall conform to (i) Seller’s standard
specifications for such Products made available to Buyer and (ii) any
specific additional specifications identified in the Order Form. The
Services may be either one-off services or ongoing services (including
online services) and shall be provided using all such endeavours
that would be made by a reasonable company of the same kind in the
same circumstances, using all due professional skill and care to reach
the envisioned result (below referred to as “best endeavours”) stated
in the Order Form.
Deviating Orders. If the Products or Services are of a type, size or
quality not normally produced by Seller, or the specifications of the
Products or Services are specifically agreed to deviate from Seller’s
standard specifications, or if the deliverables are specifically designed
for Buyer, Seller will use best endeavours to provide the Product
or Service. If this proves impossible, impracticable or uneconomical,
Seller reserves the right to terminate the Contract for convenience,
in which event Buyer shall only be liable for paying for the part
Products or Services actually delivered or performed.
2. DELIVERY
Delivery time. Unless agreed otherwise in the Order Form, stated
times for delivery of Products or performance of Services are estimates
only. Unless otherwise stated in the Order Form, time is not of
the essence for the Contract.
Delivery term. Unless agreed otherwise in the Order Form, Products
shall be delivered EXW INCOTERMS 2020 at a site defined by
Seller. If Seller arranges or undertakes carriage, freight, insurance, or
any other transport from that point onwards, the costs shall be for
Buyer’s account and shall not affect the passing of risk. Seller shall
not accept any responsibility for any damage or loss in transit.
Buyer’s Inspection. Buyer shall inspect the delivered Products and
Services for any defects and promptly give notice of any issues to
Seller. Seller shall have not liability for any defects not promptly notified
to Seller.
Commissioning. Seller shall be liable for the commissioning of Products
solely to the extent, and as, specified in the Order Form. Seller
shall not be liable for the installation of a Product into Buyer’s operating
environment.
Excusable delays. Seller shall not in any event be liable for delays in
delivery or failure to perform due to direct or indirect causes beyond
Seller’s reasonable control, nor shall Seller be liable for inabilities
due to causes beyond Seller’s reasonable control to timely obtain necessary
or proper materials, components, facilities, energy, fuel, transportation,
governmental authorizations or instructions, material or information
required by Buyer (each an “Excusable Delay”). The foregoing
shall apply even though any of such causes exists at the time of
the order. Further, if an Excusable Delay occurs after Seller’s non-
Excusable Delay, Seller shall be liable only for the portion of the non-
Excusable Delay so long as Seller reasonably proves such Excusable
Delay. Seller shall notify Buyer of any Excusable Delay and shall
specify the revised delivery date as soon as practicable.
Termination or rescheduling due to Excusable Delay. If an Excusable
Delay extends for more than 180 days and Seller and Buyer have not
agreed upon a revised plan for continuing the work at the end of the
delay or failure (including, without limitation, adjustment of the
price), then Buyer may terminate for convenience the relevant Contract
with respect to any undelivered Products or unperformed Services,
whereupon Seller shall promptly reimburse Buyer all payments
made up to that date relating to any undelivered Products or unperformed
Services. In the event of an Excusable Delay, Seller reserves
the right to terminate the order or to reschedule the shipment within
a reasonable period of time, and Buyer will not be entitled to refuse
delivery or otherwise be relieved of any obligations as the result of
such delay.
Delays due to Buyer. In the event delivery of a Product or performance
of a Service is delayed due to any cause within Buyer’s control,
the relevant Products, or parts for any Services, may be placed in storage
by Seller at Buyer’s risk and expense and for Buyer’s account.
Risk in the Products shall be deemed to have passed to the Buyer once
Seller has performed its own obligations in respect of the delivery.
3. EXPORT CONTROL
Export control. Buyer shall be responsible at its own expense for obtaining
any license and complying with any import and export regulations
to take delivery of Products or Services. Seller reserves the
right not to supply certain customers or countries and to enquire of
Buyer full details of the end use and final destination of the Products
or Services (or results thereof).
4. PRICES
Prices. Buyer shall pay the prices for the Products and Services agreed
in the Order Form. If no price has been agreed in the Order Form,
Buyer shall pay the prices specified in Seller’s offer or quotation. If
no price has been specified or quoted, Buyer shall pay Seller’s standard
prices as in effect when the Contract was concluded.
Shipping costs. Unless otherwise specifically agreed in writing by
Seller, the shipping costs payable by Buyer shall be the prices defined
in Seller’s valid quotations and price list in force from time to time. If
no shipping cost has been specified or quoted, it will be Seller's price
in effect at the time of shipment. Unless otherwise expressed in writing
Buyer shall also be responsible for and pay all packing, shipping,
freight and insurance charges and costs, which charges and costs
Seller may require Buyer to pay in advance.
Taxes and charges. Where required, Seller will add applicable value
added taxes to its invoice. All amounts payable under the Contract are
otherwise exclusive of all sales, use, value added, withholding, and
other taxes and duties. Buyer shall be responsible for and pay all taxes
and duties in connection with the Contract and its performance, by
any authority, except for taxes payable on Seller’s net income. Seller
shall be promptly reimbursed by Buyer for any and all taxes or duties
that Seller may be required to pay in connection with the Contract or
its performance and which are payable by Buyer under the terms
herein.
Currency. Seller may invoice in EUR or USD. In the event of specifications
or quotations in other currencies, these are based on the exchange
rate at the time of quoting, and Seller reserves the right without
prior notice to adjust the prices at Seller’s discretion in certain circumstances
including, but not limited to, changes in exchange rates prior
to the date of invoicing Buyer.
5. TERMS OF PAYMENT; LATE PAYMENT
Invoicing. Prices hereunder are payable against an invoice issued by
Seller. Unless the parties have agreed otherwise, Seller may use its
standard invoicing procedures for, e.g., electronic delivery of the invoice.
The invoices shall be paid by wire transfer to the IBAN bank
account number designated by Seller unless the parties in the Order
Form have specified otherwise. All payments shall be made without
set-off or deduction.
Payment term. The payment term of the invoices shall be net 14 days
of the date of the invoice, unless the parties have agreed otherwise, or
Seller has granted Buyer credit.
Late-payment interest. In case of Buyer’s failure to pay an invoice as
provided for in the payment term, Seller shall also have the right to
charge, and the Buyer shall be under an obligation to pay an interest
of 8% per annum on any overdue account.
Interruption of performance due to late payment. In case Buyer’s payment
is overdue more than 60 days, Seller may stop further shipments
or deliveries of Products, cease providing any Services to Buyer and
interrupt any ongoing Services until such time that the invoice has
been paid in full.
Repossession of Products. In case of Buyer’s failure to pay an invoice
as provided for in the payment term, Seller shall be entitled to the
immediate return of all Products delivered to Buyer the title to which
has not passed to Buyer.
Additional security. Where Seller has reasonable doubts as to Buyer’s
financial position, Seller reserves the right to require payment of an
advance security for future fees before delivering Products or performing
Services.
6. TITLE TO GOODS
Retention of title. Title and ownership to the Products, whether separate
and identifiable or incorporated with any other goods, shall, to the
extent permitted under mandatory law, remain with Seller until the
Products have been paid in full. Buyer shall keep the goods separately
and identifiable as the property of Seller until the title to the Products
passes to Buyer in accordance with the above. The Products shall be
deemed sold or used by Buyer in the order that they are delivered to
Buyer.
7. BUYER’S OBLIGATION TO CO-OPERATE
Necessary information. Buyer is responsible to provide all necessary
documents, drawings, plans, and other information to Seller for Seller
to fulfil its contractual obligations under these terms and the Contract.
Access to facilities. Buyer is responsible to organize and prepare the
installation or work location, and access thereto, including but not
limited to, space, support, fixing, electrical, pneumatics, ventilation,
entry and exit conveyors, for proper and timely installation and operation
of the Products or performance of the Services. In case the Products
include parts, which are connected to Buyer’s existing structures,
such as rejecters or barcode readers and alike, Buyer is responsible for
any and all modifications to Buyer’s structures for a successful fixing/
mounting of the Products. When applicable, Buyer agrees to assist
Seller and to cover its own costs from unloading of the Products at
Buyer´s site, storing and hauling the Products to the installation location
according to Seller’s instructions.
Delays. In case of a delay or interruption to the originally planned
commissioning schedule, Seller shall be entitled to charge Buyer
separately for the actual costs caused by the delay (e.g., extra travel
costs).
8. WARRANTIES
Standard warranty for new entire-system Products. Seller warrants,
for a period of 24 months from their delivery, that the Products substantially
will conform to the requirements set out in section 1 when
subjected to normal, proper, and intended usage, in accordance with
any instructions provided by Seller, by properly trained personnel and
that the Products are free from defects in material and workmanship.
For new entire-system Products’ X-ray generators, however, the warranty
term is 24 months or 15,000 hours of use, whichever comes first.
Standard warranty for refurbished Products and parts. Where Product
or part sold is refurbished, the above warranty shall apply with the
modification that the warranty term is 12 months except for refurbished
X-ray generators for which the warranty term is 12 months or
7,500 hours of use, whichever comes first.
Standard warranty for spare parts. Where the Product or part sold is a
spare part, the above warranty shall apply with the modification that
the warranty term is 18 months except for new spare part X-ray generators
for which the warranty term is 18 months or 11,250 hours of
use, whichever comes first.
Extended warranty in new entire-system Products. If agreed on in the
Order Form, Seller may also, by way of extended warranty, warrant
for a period of an additional 24 months (in addition to the standard
warranty, for a total of 48 months) or for a total of 30,000 hours of
usage, whichever comes first, that new entire-system Products´ X-ray
generators will conform to the requirements set out in section 1 when
subjected to normal, proper, and intended usage by properly trained
personnel and subject to Buyer’s full compliance with Seller’s environmental,
electrical, and general maintenance instructions. Generators
replaced under this extended warranty will be covered by this
warranty for an additional 6 months or until the expiry of the original
extended warranty period, whichever comes last.
Start of warranty term for spare part X-ray generators. Unlike other
warranties, for any spare part X-ray generators the warranty term
starts from when the part is installed into a Product. Buyer shall record
the relevant installation date and shall, upon request, be able to prove
the date (including providing Seller the related service report.) Buyer
shall also comply with all instructions on the proper installation, usage
and seasoning.
Repair or replacement of Product under warranty. In the event a Product
does not conform to the above warranties, Seller shall, at its discretion,
either repair or replace the relevant Product (or part thereof).
Seller shall use its best endeavours to perform the repair or replacement
within reasonable time. In the event of a replacement, Buyer
shall, at its cost, return the defective Product (or part thereof) without
undue delay after having been provided the replacement observing
any return requirements set out by Seller (e.g., on biohazard decontamination
procedures and other product-specific handling instructions).
Replacement parts may be new or refurbished, at the election
of Seller. Returned Products or parts shall be deemed Seller’s property.
Replacement Products or parts are provided on the delivery term set
out in “Delivery term” above. The above standard warranty for Products
shall apply to the repaired or replaced Product or part, with the
modification that the warranty term shall instead be 6 months of the
replacement Product or part having been delivered to Buyer or until
the end of the original warranty term, whichever comes last.
Standard warranty for one-off Services. For Services that are provided
on a one-off basis (such as a specific modification or repair, even if
provided as part of an ongoing service contract), Seller warrants that
the Services substantially will be performed in the manner set out in
section 1. In the event Seller has not performed such a one-off service
in conformity with this warranty, Seller shall be required to reperform
the Service in a manner that conforms to these terms and the relevant
Order Form. Seller shall use its best endeavours (as defined above) to
re-perform the Service within reasonable time. The terms stated in
“Notice of Defect” apply to the Standard warranty for one-off Services.
Standard warranty for ongoing Services. For Services that are performed
on an ongoing basis (e.g., access to an online service), Seller
warrants that the Services, during the agreed duration of the Service,
substantially will be performed in the manner set out in section 1
(and/or be available in that form, as applicable). In the event an ongoing
Service does not conform to this warranty, Seller shall repair or
otherwise remove this non-conformity from the Service so that the
ongoing Service going forward will comply with the warranty. Seller
shall use its best endeavours to repair or otherwise remove the nonconformity
from the Service within reasonable time.
Consumables. The aforesaid standard warranties do not apply to consumable
items such as, e.g., belts, protective curtains, and air filters.
For certain consumables, Seller may have agreed to provide a separate
warranty, in which case the terms of that warranty apply.
Sole remedy. The above obligations to repair or replace defective
Products, or to re-perform defective Services, shall be the sole remedy
of Buyer in the event of a defective Product or Service. Except as expressly
provided in the above warranties, Seller disclaims all other
warranties, whether express or implied, oral, or written, with respect
to the Products or Services, including without limitation all implied
warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose.
Wear and tear. In no event do the above warranties create any liability
for (i) normal wear and tear, (ii) consumption as part of normal
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operations, (iii) any kind of misuse or detrimental exposure, accident,
disaster or force majeure, (iii) fault or negligence of Buyer, (iv) use
of Products or Services in a manner for which they were not designed,
(v) causes external to the Products or Services such as, but not limited
to, power failure or electrical power surges, (vi) improper storage and
handling of Products or (vii) use of Products in combination with
equipment or software not supplied by Seller.
Extended warranties. Seller may also offer extended warranties for
Products or Services, or consumables. In the event the parties have
agreed on such extended warranties, and on the price to be paid therefor,
the terms of the extended warranties shall take precedence over
the above standard warranties.
Notice of defect. Buyer shall in any event promptly upon discovery
of a defect, and in any event no later than within one month thereof,
give written notice to Seller. Seller shall have no liability for any defect
or non-conformity in any Product or Services for which Buyer
fails to meet this obligation.
Third party products. The above warranties do not apply to thirdparty
products that are not part of Seller’s normal offering, unless the
parties have agreed otherwise.
9. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Definition of IP. For the purposes of these terms and the Contract,
“intellectual property” means all copyrights, including database
rights and other neighbouring rights, and all industrial property rights,
such as patents, utility models, design rights, trademarks, in all relevant
cases whether registered or not, and in all cases irrespective of
the jurisdiction in which the intellectual property exists.
IP in Products and Services. Seller (or, where applicable, its licensors)
shall retain all intellectual property rights in any Products or Services,
including to any modifications made thereto.
IP in data. Intellectual property rights in Buyer-specific data generated
by a Product will vest in Buyer. Buyer, however, grants Seller
the right to use such data, e.g., collected as part of, diagnostics or the
provision of ongoing Services, to create aggregate data from which
Buyer may no longer be specifically identified. Any intellectual property
rights in such aggregate data shall vest exclusively in Seller.
Software licensed, not sold. With respect to any Product that is or
incorporates software, Seller and Buyer intend and agree that such
software is licensed and not sold, and that the words “purchase”, “sell”
or similar or derivative words are understood and agreed to mean “license”,
and that the word " Buyer" or similar or derivative words are
understood and agreed to mean "licensee". Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained herein, Seller or its licensor, as the
case may be, retains all rights and interest in software provided hereunder.
Licence to software. Seller hereby grants to Buyer a royalty-free, nonexclusive,
non-transferable license, without power to sublicense, to
use the software (whether as a standalone Product or as incorporated
in a tangible Product) provided hereunder solely for Buyer's own internal
business purposes on the hardware Products provided hereunder.
This license terminates when Buyer's lawful possession of the
hardware products provided hereunder ceases, unless earlier terminated
as provided herein. Buyer agrees to hold in confidence and not
to sell, transfer, license, loan or otherwise make available in any form
to third parties the software products and related documentation provided
hereunder. Buyer agrees, upon termination of this license, immediately
to return to Seller all software products and related documentation
provided hereunder and all copies and portions thereof.
IP notices. Buyer shall not delete or in any manner alter the trademarks
or any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices
of Seller or its licensors affixed on or in any Product (including software)
or Service.
Reverse engineering. Buyer shall not reverse engineer, copy, disassemble,
decompile, translate, or adapt any Product (including software)
or Service, save as expressly permitted by applicable mandatory
laws.
Seller’s liability for IP. In addition to the other warranties set out
herein, Seller warrants that the Products or Services made by it, when
used by Buyer and subject to normal, proper, and intended usage by
properly trained personnel, will not infringe any intellectual property
right held by a third party and valid in the country of intended usage
as specified in the Order Form. Seller agrees to indemnify, defend
and hold harmless Buyer from and against any and all damages, liabilities,
actions, causes of action, suits, claims, demands, losses, costs
and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorney’s fees
and disbursement court costs) (“Indemnified Items”) arising out a
breach of this non-infringement warranty provided, however, Seller
shall have no liability for such issues to the extent any such Indemnified
Items are caused by either (i) the negligence or wilful misconduct
of Buyer, its employees, agents or representatives or contractors, (ii)
by any third party, (iii) use of a Product or Service in combination
with equipment or software not supplied by Seller where the Product
would not itself be infringing, (iv) compliance with Buyer’s designs,
specifications or instructions, (v) use of the Product in an application
or environment for which it was not designed or (vi) modifications of
the Product by anyone other than Seller without Seller's prior written
approval. Buyer shall provide Seller prompt written notice of any
third-party claim covered by Seller’s above indemnification obligation.
Seller shall have the right to assume exclusive control of the
defence of such claim or, at the option of Seller, to settle the same.
Buyer agrees to cooperate reasonably with Seller in connection with
the performance by Seller of its indemnification obligations. If the
continued use of the Products for the purpose intended is prohibited
by any court of competent jurisdiction, Seller shall take one or more
of the following actions, at Seller’s option, and Seller’s infringement
related indemnification obligations shall be extinguished and relieved
if Seller, at its discretion and at its own expense (a) procures for Buyer
the right, at no additional expense to Buyer, to continue using the
Product or Service; (b) replaces or modifies the Product or Service so
that it becomes non-infringing, provided that the modification or replacement,
remain in all material aspects in compliance with the
agreed technical specifications of the Product or Service; or (c) in the
event (a) and (b) are not practical, refund to Buyer the amortized
amounts paid by Buyer with respect thereto. The foregoing indemnification
provision states Seller’s entire liability to Buyer for the claims
related to the infringement of third-party rights.
Third-party products. The above intellectual property warranty and
indemnification obligations shall not apply in respect of any part of
any Product furnished hereunder that is not manufactured by Seller.
10. PERSONAL DATA
Independent data controllers. Unless the parties have agreed otherwise,
Seller and Buyer will both be deemed independently responsible data
controllers for the personal data they may collect as part of providing
the Products or Services hereunder. Seller is thus the data controller
for, e.g., its own customer database, and Buyer is the data controller
for any personal data collected or processed in or by the Products.
Certain services. For certain services, Seller may, however, instead be
a data processor acting on behalf of Buyer (e.g., certain ongoing hosting
services). In these cases, the parties will execute a separate data
processing agreement where legally required.
11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Limitation of liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein or in any Contract between the Parties and to the fullest extent
permitted by law, in no event will Seller be liable to Buyer for any
lost profits, lost savings or incidental, indirect, special or consequential
damages arising out of Buyer´s use or inability to use the Products
or Services, or the breach of the Contract, even if advised of the possibility
of such damages. Seller’s total liability to Buyer whether in
contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise will in any event (a)
in respect of a Product, be limited to the purchase price of the relevant
Product and (b) in respect of a Service, be limited to the payments
actually received from Buyer under the Contract and in respect of the
Services at issue during the twelve months that immediately preceded
the event giving rise to such Seller’s liability. Any limitation of liability
herein shall not limit liability for loss caused through wilful misconduct,
gross negligence or for such liability for which liability cannot
be limited under applicable mandatory laws.
Exclusions. Buyer shall be responsible for ensuring the fitness of purpose
of the deliverables for Buyer’s needs and applications.
Force majeure. Seller shall not be liable for any failure to perform any
of its obligations under these terms or the Contract due to an event of
force majeure. Events of force majeure are events beyond the control
of Seller and include, without limitation, war, civil unrest, strikes,
lock-outs and other labour disputes, acts of government, extreme
weather, natural disasters, accidents or some other unusual event with
equally drastic effects.
12. CONFIDENTIALITY
Confidentiality. Each party shall keep confidential any such information
or materials that it receives from the other that is either marked
confidential or which must reasonably be understood to be confidential.
Without limiting the generality of this, information on Seller’s
pricing, discounts, commercial terms, as well as technical information
on the Products and Services provided to Buyer, shall be deemed
Seller’s confidential information.
Exceptions to confidentiality. This confidentiality undertaking shall
not apply in respect of (a) information or materials that are generally
available or otherwise public, (b) information or materials that the relevant
party has received from a third party without any obligation of
confidentiality, (c) information or materials that the relevant party has
developed independently without using information or materials from
the other party, (d) disclosures of information or materials that are
required under mandatory legal obligation applicable to the relevant
party, and (e) disclosures of information or materials to professional
advisors, or as part of audits, or the like, provided that the recipient is
under a general duty of confidentiality is respect of information or
materials received as part of their engagement.
Right of reference. Seller shall be entitled to use Buyer as a reference
customer, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Parties.
13. TERMINATION
Seller’s right to terminate. Seller shall have the right to terminate the
Contract for cause and with immediate effect by giving Buyer a written
notice in the event that:
(i) Buyer commits a breach of these terms or the Contract and
fails to remedy such breach within thirty (30) days after having
been given written notice of the breach by Seller,
(ii) Buyer suffers financial or operational distress, becomes, voluntarily
or involuntarily, a subject of a petition for bankruptcy
or any proceeding relating to insolvency, liquidation, or composition
for the benefit of creditors,
(iii) Buyer ceases to do business for any reason.
Buyer’s right to terminate. Buyer shall have the right to terminate the
Contract for cause in the event that Seller commits a breach of these
terms or the Contract and fails to remedy such breach within thirty
(30) days after having been given written notice of the breach by
Buyer.
Effect of Termination. Upon termination or expiration of the Contract:
(i) All unshipped orders are automatically cancelled,
(ii) All outstanding invoices become due and payable on the effective
date of termination,
(iii) All rights granted to Buyer under the Contract shall expire.
No Residual Rights. Seller shall not be liable to Buyer for damages of
any kind because of termination or expiration of the Contract in accordance
with these terms. Seller shall not be liable to Buyer for damages
of any kind on account of termination or expiration of the Contract.
Non-exclusive remedy. Termination of the Contract shall be without
prejudice to the rights and obligations of Seller, which have accrued
up to the date of termination, and the exercise by Seller of its rights
under this section shall be without prejudice to its other remedies under
these terms.
Surviving terms. Such provisions of these terms and the Contract that
by their nature are intended to survive the termination or expiry of the
Contract, shall survive such termination or expiry irrespective of this
reason therefor.
14. NON-SOLICITATION
Non-solicitation. Buyer agrees that it shall not, directly or indirectly,
solicit the services of any of the employees of Seller during the term
of the Contract and for a period of one (1) year following the termination
or end of the performance of the Contract.
15. MISCELLANEOUS
Entire agreement. These terms and the Order Form constitute the entire
agreement between the parties in respect of the relevant subjectmatter.
Waivers and amendments. Waiver, amendment, or modification of
any provision of these terms or the Contract, or any right or remedy
hereunder, shall not be effective unless in writing and signed by both
Parties. Any failure or delay to exercise any right or remedy hereunder
shall not operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any such failure or delay
prevent any further or other exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right or remedy.
Partial invalidity. If, at any time, any provision hereunder is or becomes
illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the law
of any relevant jurisdiction, such provision shall be modified to reflect
the legally enforceable intent of the Parties, and the remaining provisions
of these terms and the Contract shall remain in full force and
effect.
Notices. Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder
shall be in writing and may be delivered by email to a contact
person designated by the recipient party.
No assignment. Buyer shall not be entitled to assign or transfer any of
its rights, benefits, or obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of Seller.
16. APPLICABLE LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Governing law. These terms and the Contract are governed by and
shall be construed in accordance with the laws of Finland, excluding
its choice of law provisions and the application of the U.N. Convention
on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1980).
Dispute resolution. Any and all disputes that may arise between the
parties under or in connection with these terms or the Contract shall
be finally settled in arbitration in accordance with the Rules of Arbitration
of the Finnish Central Chamber of Commerce. Arbitration
shall be conducted in Helsinki, Finland, in the English language. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Seller shall, at its own discretion, have
the right to initiate legal proceedings against Buyer in any competent
court of law for the purpose of collecting unpaid fees or other payments
under these terms or the Contract.