General Terms and Conditions (GTC) of the supplier for wholesale distribution (B2B)

1. scope and subject matter of the contract

The­se Gene­ral Terms and Con­di­ti­ons (GTC) app­ly to all busi­ness rela­ti­onships bet­ween the sup­pli­er (her­ein­af­ter “Sup­pli­er”) and the cus­to­mer (her­ein­af­ter “Cus­to­mer”), inso­far as the Cus­to­mer is an entre­pre­neur within the mea­ning of Sec­tion 14 of the Ger­man Civil Code (BGB).
The sub­ject of the agree­ment is the pro­vi­si­on of a pro­duct cata­log with offers from various manu­fac­tu­r­ers by the Sup­pli­er. This cata­log is used exclu­si­ve­ly for busi­ness tran­sac­tions via the Sup­pli­er.

2. confidentiality

The cus­to­mer under­ta­kes to tre­at all infor­ma­ti­on con­tai­ned in the pro­duct cata­log — in par­ti­cu­lar manu­fac­tu­rer data, pro­duct desi­gna­ti­ons, pri­ces and sources of sup­p­ly — as strict­ly con­fi­den­ti­al. Dis­clo­sure to third par­ties is express­ly pro­hi­bi­ted. This obli­ga­ti­on shall app­ly for a peri­od of two years after the end of the con­tract.

3. ban on direct contact

The cus­to­mer is pro­hi­bi­ted from cont­ac­ting, nego­tia­ting or doing busi­ness direct­ly with the manu­fac­tu­r­ers named in the cata­log wit­hout the pri­or writ­ten con­sent of the sup­pli­er.

4. exclusive ordering method

The cus­to­mer under­ta­kes to pro­cess all orders for pro­ducts and ser­vices offe­red in the cata­log exclu­si­ve­ly via the sup­pli­er. Direct orders from the manu­fac­tu­r­ers are pro­hi­bi­ted.

5. contractual penalty

For each cul­pa­ble breach of the pro­vi­si­ons of Clau­ses 2 to 4, the cus­to­mer under­ta­kes to pay the sup­pli­er a con­trac­tu­al penal­ty of €50,000.
We express­ly reser­ve the right to cla­im fur­ther dama­ges.

6 Prices and terms of payment

Unless express­ly agreed other­wi­se, the pri­ces sta­ted in the cata­log are sub­ject to sta­tu­to­ry VAT. Invoices are due imme­dia­te­ly and paya­ble wit­hout deduc­tion within 14 days of the invoice date.

7. liability

The sup­pli­er shall only be lia­ble for dama­ges cau­sed by simp­le negli­gence in the event of a breach of essen­ti­al con­trac­tu­al obli­ga­ti­ons (car­di­nal obli­ga­ti­ons), wher­eby lia­bi­li­ty in such cases shall be limi­t­ed to the fore­seeable dama­ge typi­cal for the con­tract.
Lia­bi­li­ty for loss of pro­fit is excluded. Lia­bi­li­ty under the Pro­duct Lia­bi­li­ty Act and for dama­ges resul­ting from inju­ry to life, limb or health shall remain unaf­fec­ted.

8 Term and termination

This agree­ment is con­cluded for an inde­fi­ni­te peri­od and can be ter­mi­na­ted in wri­ting by eit­her par­ty with three months’ noti­ce to the end of the month.
The right to ter­mi­na­te wit­hout noti­ce for good cau­se remains unaf­fec­ted.

9. final provisions

Amend­ments and sup­ple­ments to this agree­ment must be made in wri­ting. This also appli­es to the wai­ver of the writ­ten form requi­re­ment.
Should any pro­vi­si­on of the­se GTC be or beco­me inva­lid in who­le or in part, this shall not affect the vali­di­ty of the remai­ning pro­vi­si­ons. The par­ties under­ta­ke to replace the inva­lid pro­vi­si­on with a pro­vi­si­on that comes clo­sest to the eco­no­mic pur­po­se of the inva­lid pro­vi­si­on.

10 Place of jurisdiction and applicable law

The place of juris­dic­tion for all dis­pu­tes ari­sing from and in con­nec­tion with this con­tract shall be the Sup­pli­er’s regis­tered office, pro­vi­ded that the Cus­to­mer is a mer­chant, a legal enti­ty under public law or a spe­cial fund under public law.
The law of the Fede­ral Repu­blic of Ger­ma­ny shall app­ly exclu­si­ve­ly, to the exclu­si­on of the UN Con­ven­ti­on on Con­tracts for the Inter­na­tio­nal Sale of Goods.