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Contracts are made together !Eric Backhuis BV
is further named as user
Article 1. Definitions
1.1. In the absence of explicit statement to the
contrary, the terms used in these general terms and conditions are
defined as follows.
User: PMC Eric Backhuis BV.
Client: The user's counterparty.
Contract: The contract for the rendering of services.
Article 2: General
2.1. These conditions are applicable to all offers, quotations
and all contracts between the
user and a client to which the user has stated that these conditions
are applicable, in so far as the parties have not made any specific
written agreements to the contrary.
2.2. These terms and conditions are further applicable to all
contracts with the user that are
executed with the assistance of third-parties.
2.3. Departures from these general terms and conditions are valid
exclusively if expressly
agreed in writing.
2.4. The applicability of any purchasing or other conditions of the
client is expressly rejected.
2.5. If one or more of the provisions of these general terms and
conditions or of the
accompanying contract are invalid or set aside, the remaining
provisions of these general terms and conditions and the contract
shall remain applicable in full. The user and the client will in
that case enter into consultation with a view to making agreement on
the substitution of the invalid provisions with new ones that
approach as closely as possible the purpose and the tenor of the
original provisions.
Article 3: Offers and quotations
3.1. All offers are subject to contract unless the offer contains an
express written statement
to the contrary.
3.2. In the absence of statement to the contrary, the prices stated
in the aforementioned
offers and quotations are exclusive of VAT and other governmental
levies as well as the costs incurred in relation to the contract,
including forwarding and administration expenses.
3.3. If the acceptance differs (on minor points) to the offer set
out in the quotation, the user is
not bound to those differing points. In the absence of statement to
the contrary by the user, the contract will in that case not be
formed in keeping with those different points.
3.4. A composite price statement does not oblige the user to perform
part of an order at a
corresponding proportion of the stated price.
3.5. Offers and quotations are not automatically applicable to
future orders.
Article 4: Execution of the contract, information and resources
4.1 The user will execute the contract to the best of his knowledge
and ability and in accordance with high standards and in keeping
with the expertise the client can reasonably expect of the user. The
user does not however guarantee that any intended result will be
achieved.
4.2. The user will determine how and by whom the order is carried
out, but will act in
accordance with the client's indicated wishes wherever possible. If
and in so far as required for the correct execution of the contract,
the user reserves the right to have the work carried out by
third-parties.
4.3. The client shall that the user is provided in full and in good
time with all information, as
well as amendments thereto, in the form and manner that the user
indicates is necessary for the performance of the contract or which
the client could reasonably expected to understand is required both
on commencement and during the execution of the contract. If the
information required for the execution of the contract is not issued
to the user on time or in full, the user reserves the right to
suspend execution of the contract and/or to charge the client with
extra costs incurred as a result of the delay at the current market
rates.
4.4. The client shall ensure that the user is provided in good time
with all resources and
facilities that the user indicates are necessary and which the
consumer could reasonably be expected to realise are necessary to
the execution of the contract and to ensure that they are available
and correctly functioning at all times. If sufficient resources
required for the execution of the contract are not issued to the
user, the user reserves the right to suspend execution of the
contract and/or to charge the client with extra costs incurred as a
result of the delay at the current market rates.
4.5. The client guarantees the correctness, completeness and
reliability of the information,
resources and facilities he issues or has issued to the user. The
user cannot be held liable for losses of any nature whatsoever
caused by the user's use of incorrect and/or incomplete information
provided by the client, unless the user should have been aware of
that inaccuracy or incompleteness.
4.6. The client is obliged to inform the user without delay of
changes to the issued
information and other facts and circumstances that could be
important to execution of the contract.
4.7. If it has been agreed that the contract will be executed in
stages, the user reserves the
right to suspend execution of the components forming part of a
subsequent stage until the client has approved the results of the
preceding stage in writing.
4.8. If the user or third-parties engaged by the user in the context
of the order carry out work
at the client's location or a location indicated by the client, the
client shall provide those employees, free of charge, with the
facilities that can reasonably be required by those employees.
On each agreement between user and client is governed by the laws of
the Netherlands