1. Introduction
The following conditions apply in connection with any agreement between FARUSA, hereinafter referred to as ´seller´ and any buyer or buyer of seller’s products, unless there is another written agreement.
2. Offer and prices
All offers are free-standing, and the stated prices are exclusive VAT and any other expenses.
If a buyer requires the delivery to be postponed in relation to the agreed delivery deadline, the seller has the right to adjust the price in relation to the list prices applicable at the changed delivery time, without this entitling the buyer to cancel the order.
3. Delivery and the transfer of risk
EXW Farum is always the delivery terms, however DDP in Denmark for total purchases of more than DKK 17.500 or EUR 2.350 unless there is another written agreement. (All sellers deliveries are made in accordance with Incoterms 2000)
4. Delay in delivery of the goods
The buyer may not invoke a delay as a cancel reasoned circumstance for withdrawal or as a justified reason for damages, unless he can document, that the delay is due to errors and negligence on the part of the seller personally.
5. Buyers delay in receipt
If the buyer fails to receive the goods, even though the seller has made these available to the buyer, the buyer agrees that the seller is entitled to either:
a) to sell the goods and collect from the buyer the difference in the price and expense or,
b) to maintain the purchase towards the buyer, in which case the buyer must be liable for the invoicing price of the goods as well as any expense incurred by the seller for storage and transportation costs.
The risk of the destruction of the goods passes to the buyer from the time when the buyers circumstances mean that delivery cannot take place. The buyer furthermore agrees that the seller can not be held responsible for any errors and defects that occurs with the goods at the time of the buyer’s non-receipt.
6. Seller’s delivery obligation
The seller is in accordance with the agreement entered into obliged in accordance with good trading practice to strive as far as possible to fulfil the agreement at the agreed time and in the agreed quantity cf. Point 4.
However, the seller has the right to cancel the order in whole or in part or to postpone the delivery, if the delivery must be considered excluded due to force majeure or conditions that must be equated with this, including war, natural disasters, pandemic, strike, lockout, fire, operational disruption, raw material shortage, defect on labor, government interference of any kind, import and export bans, and transportation difficulties, without the seller being obliged to prove its influence on the execution of the order.
7. Deviations in quantity
Seller reserves the right to over- or under deliver with 20% regardless of quantity.
8. Seller’s responsibility for defects in the item
The buyer can only invoke a defect in the goods as a cancel reasoned circumstance for withdrawal if the buyer has expressly stipulated that the goods should have certain properties and the buyer is able to document that these properties are significantly and substantially deficient.
In particular, it is noted that the seller does not give any guarantee regarding the suitability of the product for any particular purpose, as the buyers use of the product is beyond the seller’s control. Buyer has no right to request a proportionate reduction in price from seller.
9. Complaint
Complaints regarding any claims of any kind must be made in writing to the seller within 5 working days after the delivery has taken place.
10. Payment
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, payment, calculated from the invoice date, is made within 14 days. If payment is not made on time, interest is calculated from the invoice price with 2% pr. commenced month.
11. Handling fee
A handling fee of DKK 100 is added for all purchases less than DKK 2.500 or EUR 13,50 for all purchases less than EUR 335.
12. Seller’s responsibility in general
To the extent that nothing else follow from mandatory Danish legal provisions, the following applies regarding the seller’s product liability.
The seller is only liable for the damage caused by the sold item if it can be documented that the damage is due to an error committed by the seller or by one of his people.
The seller’s liability for damage to property cannot exceed DKK 10,000,000 or EUR 1.340,000.
The buyer is obliged to sue in the same court, which hears claims for damages against the seller in connection with the goods sold. Notwithstanding the above provisions regarding delayed delivery, defect liability or product liability, that seller is never liable for operating loss, loss of time, profit loss or other indirect loss.
13. Insurance
Molds, raw materials, products, etc. provided by the buyer must be insured by the buyer.
14. Jurisdiction
All disputes between seller and buyer must be settled by the “Københavns Byret” or “Østre Landsret” at the seller’s discretion. Danish law must be applied in the decision of any dispute and the present terms of sale and delivery are the basis for the decision of the court.
The validity of the other provisions in these sales and delivery conditions are not affected by the fact that a single provision may had to be declared inapplicable or invalid by the court.
15. Clichés, stamps and molds
Costs regarding the above-mentioned effects are paid by the buyer. The mentioned effects remain the property of the seller, unless otherwise is agreed upon in writing.