General terms and conditions

Our general terms and conditions apply to deliveries and services provided to entrepreneurs and legal entities under public law. You can view and download them here as a PDF:

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Table of contents

The terms and conditions govern, among other things (as of March 2020):

Scope
Terms of sale in commercial business transactions
Conclusion of contract
Binding nature of orders from order confirmation onwards
Long-term and call-off contracts
Notice periods, price adjustment, target quantities
Confidentiality
Protection of documents and knowledge, for 36 months after the end of the business relationship
Samples & production tooling
Costs, safekeeping, return periods
Prices & payment
Prices plus VAT, packaging and freight; default provisions
Delivery & transfer of risk
Delivery ex works, partial deliveries, transfer of risk
Retention of title
until all claims have been satisfied
Material defects
including in accordance with DIN 6930 (stamped parts), DIN 6935 (cold bending), DIN EN ISO 13920 (welded constructions)
Liability
Limitations with the statutory exceptions (intent, gross negligence, product liability, life/body/health)
Place of jurisdiction & applicable law
Place of performance and place of jurisdiction Köln, German law, exclusion of the CISG

Only the complete wording of the terms and conditions in the PDF is authoritative.