General Terms and Conditions Samandar NV
(free translation from official Dutch version)
Article 1
Save as in otherwise stating, explicit and written conditions, set beforehand by agreement, the following terms and conditions are applicable at all times with SAMANDAR NV, and its counterparts, ordering parties or purchasers declare to know and accept them. Our agents or representatives are not authorized to commit the company
Article 2
In all disputes concerning these general terms and conditions and the contracts in which they are applicable, only the courts of justice of the juridical district (“arrondissement”) of Antwerp are competent. Only Belgian jurisdiction is applicable to them.
Article 3
All offers are strictly informative and cannot be considered committing.
Article 4
All goods travel fully and always at the own risk of the purchaser, counterpart or client, even when shipped FOP.
Article 5
All complaints are to be sent to the headquarters of SAMANDAR, by registered mail, within 8 days after receipt or performance.
Article 6
All payments are to be done at the headquarters of SAMANDAR, net and without rebates on the expiry date mentioned on the invoice. Our agents or representatives cannot give a valid discharge for any received sums or values.
Article 7
Invoices or bills not paid on the mentioned and/or agreed expiry date, are automatically due, without prior notice, to a default interest as high as 1 (one) percent per month
Article 8
Upon non-payment of the invoice on the agreed expiry date, an extra coast of 15% of the main amount, with a minimum of 50 EUR, undiminished interests, will be added to the principal amount as a compensation for the extra-juridical collection of the debt claim (e.g. staff costs, management costs). This amount is due on top of abidance interests and, if applicable, demanded procedure costs, without prior notice. If invoices are not paid in time, Samandar has the right to postpone all support, be it determined by contract or not, until all invoices are paid
Article 9
Upon lack of payment of one of our invoices on the expiry date, all our debt claims to this client become payable at once and, to our willing, the execution of running contracts can be postponed or be considered as fully or partly void.
Article 10
The acceptance of bills of exchange or other documents of payment will never be considered as debt renewal. Bank costs are to be paid by the client
Article 11
All goods remain propriety of SAMANDAR until after full payment of delivered goods, services, and invoices.
Article 12
Time of delivery and performance always count as approximate and don’t commit the society. SAMANDAR reserves the right to perform replacements and modifications in the specifications of goods, albeit that such replacements and modifications will not deeply alter the operation
Article 13
Prices and wages are calculated based on the current tariffs in our line of work at the moment of ordering. They are, however, subject to revision.
Article 14
The client can only claim we have finally and fully accepted the works after receipt of an order confirmation, issued and sent by us .
Article 15
Upon cancellation by the client of the order or agreement, the client will pay a fixed amount of 30 EUR
Article 16
In case the contractor detects one or more failures, he is committed to deliver proof in order to allow correction. In the event of useless checks, improvements, or replacements caused by incorrect use of the devices and/or non-compliance with the program instructions for its use or operation, the supplementary work will be added to the current tariff. The warranty offered by SAMANDAR can never be valid for more than 1 year
Article 17
Every representation of ideas (design, construction details, discoveries, inventions or patent rights) remain to all extent in the hands of Samandar.