General conditions of sale

§ 1
General - Scope

(1) Our conditions of sale apply exclusively; We do not recognize any conditions of the customer that conflict with or deviate from our terms of sale, unless we have expressly agreed to their validity in writing. Our conditions of sale shall apply even if we carry out the delivery to the customer unconditionally in the knowledge of conflicting or deviating conditions of the customer.
(2) All agreements made between us and the customer for the purpose of executing this contract are set out in writing in this contract.
(3) Our conditions of sale apply only to companies in the sense of § 310 Abs. 1 BGB.

§ 2
Offer - Offer documents

(1) If the order qualifies as an offer according to § 145 BGB, we can accept it within two weeks.
(2) All our offers are non-binding. Agreements concluded by their acceptance become binding for us only upon our written confirmation.
(3) We, or our subcontractors, reserve the right of ownership and copyrights to illustrations, drawings, calculations, tools, printing documents, templates, samples and other documents, even if the costs for the preparation of these documents and tools continue to be charged to the customer. This also applies to written documents that are designated as "confidential". Before being passed on to third parties, the customer requires our express written consent.

§ 3
Prices - Terms of payment

(1) Unless otherwise stated in the order confirmation, our prices apply "ex works" excluding packaging, freight, postage, insurance and other shipping costs; these will be invoiced separately.
(2) We reserve the right to change our prices accordingly if cost increases occur after the conclusion of the contract, in particular due to changes in customs duties, exchange rates or insurance premiums. In the same way, we are obliged to handle cost reductions. Both cost reductions and cost increases, as and when they occur, will be reported to the customer on request and taken into account in cost increases and cost reductions.
(3) VAT is not included in our prices; it will be shown separately in the invoice at the statutory rate on the day of the invoice.
(4) The deduction of discount requires special written agreement.
(5) Initial transactions are only carried out in advance. Otherwise, unless otherwise stated in the order confirmation, the purchase price is due net (without deduction) within 30 days of the invoice date.
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