General Terms and Conditions

Terms of sale, deli­very and pay­ment

Unless other­wi­se express­ly agreed in wri­ting, all con­tracts con­cluded by Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH are sub­ject to the fol­lo­wing terms and con­di­ti­ons. The con­di­ti­ons are part of the con­tract in this form. Additions, amend­ments or dele­ti­ons must be made in wri­ting.

I. Scope of deli­veries and ser­vices

1. Initial offers for the crea­ti­on of instal­la­ti­ons and sys­tems are non-bin­ding.
2. A bin­ding offer from Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH can only be accept­ed within a peri­od of 30 days.
3. The scope of deli­veries and ser­vices shall be deter­mi­ned by the writ­ten decla­ra­ti­ons of both par­ties.
4. Subsidiary agree­ments are only bin­ding if they are con­firm­ed in wri­ting.
5. All sub­se­quent chan­ges to the con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on or scope of the deli­very item must be made in wri­ting and appro­ved by Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH.
6. All engi­nee­ring ser­vices pro­vi­ded for the pre­pa­ra­ti­on of a quo­ta­ti­on shall be pro­vi­ded against pay­ment in the event that deli­very does not take place.
7. Maintenance and spa­re parts are gene­ral­ly not sup­pli­ed and must be orde­red sepa­ra­te­ly.
8. Protective devices are sup­pli­ed inso­far as this is pre­scri­bed by law or express­ly agreed.

II Prices, pack­a­ging, insu­rance

1. All pri­ces are exclu­si­ve of VAT. Imported goods will be char­ged at the appli­ca­ble rate of duty. Other duties that are curr­ent­ly or in the future impo­sed by law on the ser­vices, pro­ducts offe­red by Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH or on the manu­fac­tu­re, sale, deli­very, import or export of such pro­ducts or ser­vices may be char­ged retro­s­pec­tively.
2. All pri­ces are EXW accor­ding to INCOTERMS 2000.
3. Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH reser­ves the right to cor­rect obvious inac­cu­ra­ci­es and cal­cu­la­ti­on errors.
4. Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH reser­ves the right to make par­ti­al deli­veries. If, at the customer’s request, deli­very is made later than agreed, the cos­ts incur­red for this may be invoi­ced.
5. After con­clu­si­on of the con­tract, chan­ges to the sub­ject mat­ter of the con­tract regu­lar­ly result in pri­ce chan­ges.
6. The agreed pri­ces are valid for a peri­od of 4 months.
7. The purcha­ser must arran­ge insu­rance for the deli­very item; other­wi­se Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH is entit­led to insu­re the deli­very item at the purchaser’s expen­se.

III Retention of title

1. Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH reta­ins owner­ship of the deli­ver­ed goods until all claims against the purcha­ser have been sett­led. This also appli­es if pay­ments are made for spe­ci­al­ly desi­gna­ted claims. The goods may neither be pled­ged nor trans­fer­red to third par­ties as secu­ri­ty befo­re all claims have been sett­led.
2. The goods may only be resold by resel­lers to their cus­to­mers in the ordi­na­ry cour­se of their busi­ness, pro­vi­ded that the cla­im ari­sing from the resa­le has been assi­gned. In the event of resa­le, the resel­ler her­eby assigns to Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH all claims ari­sing the­r­e­f­rom. The right to resell expi­res in the event of sus­pen­si­on of pay­ment by the purcha­ser. In the event of resa­le, the goods remain the pro­per­ty of Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH until the third par­ty purcha­ser has paid. In this respect, the resel­ler must safe­guard the rights of Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH. Upon request, he must pro­vi­de Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH with the neces­sa­ry infor­ma­ti­on for coll­ec­tion, hand over docu­ments, inform the deb­tors of the assign­ment and issue Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH with publicly cer­ti­fied docu­ments on the assign­ment of the claims at his own expen­se. Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH is aut­ho­ri­zed to inform the third par­ty deb­tor of the assign­ment of claims on behalf of the purcha­ser.
3. The rules of exten­ded reten­ti­on of title extend to instal­la­ti­on in other sys­tems. The owner­ship of Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH is not lost in the­se cases, as long as the Fresenius Umwelttechnik devices are not an essen­ti­al part of other sys­tems.
4. The purcha­ser must inform Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH imme­dia­te­ly in the event of sei­zu­re or other inter­ven­ti­ons by third par­ties.

IV. Payment moda­li­ties

1. If the Buyer’s cre­dit­wort­hi­ness is satis­fac­to­ry, all pay­ments shall be due net wit­hout deduc­tion within 14 days of the invoice date in the con­tract cur­ren­cy.
2. For pay­ments made within 8 days of the invoice date, the Buyer may cla­im a 2% dis­count. Service invoices are paya­ble imme­dia­te­ly wit­hout dis­count (see § VIII/4).
3. As far as claims are defer­red, they beco­me due imme­dia­te­ly wit­hout deduc­tion, if the buy­er Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH is in arre­ars with a pay­ment or if Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH beco­mes awa­re of a signi­fi­cant dete­rio­ra­ti­on of his assets or finan­cial situa­ti­on. In this case Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH can demand secu­ri­ty and make it due imme­dia­te­ly with the con­se­quence of imme­dia­te pay­ment.
4. a) For con­tracts with a net value of EUR 20,000.00 or more, the fol­lo­wing terms of pay­ment shall app­ly:
   1. a. 50% after receipt of the order con­fir­ma­ti­on (con­clu­si­on of con­tract),
   2. b. 50% 14 days after the invoice date.
5. b) For con­tracts with a net value of EUR 50,000.00 or more, the fol­lo­wing terms of pay­ment shall app­ly:
   1. a. 30% after receipt of the order con­fir­ma­ti­on (con­clu­si­on of con­tract),
   2. b. 40% after receipt of the noti­fi­ca­ti­on of rea­di­ness for ship­ment,
   3. c. 30 % 14 days after the invoice date.
6. If the term of pay­ment is excee­ded, cus­to­ma­ry bank inte­rest of at least 4% abo­ve the respec­ti­ve dis­count rate of the Deutsche Bundesbank shall be char­ged, wit­hout pre­ju­di­ce to fur­ther rights.
7. The purcha­ser is only entit­led to with­hold pay­ments or to off­set them against any coun­ter­claims if the­se are reco­gni­zed by Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH or have been legal­ly estab­lished.
8. Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH deli­vers to buy­ers with whom Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH does not have an ongo­ing busi­ness rela­ti­onship or who­se cre­dit­wort­hi­ness is ques­tionable against advan­ce pay­ment of the invoice amount.

V. Delivery and ship­ment

1. The goods are ship­ped ex works at the risk of the purcha­ser. This also appli­es if and inso­far as the goods are ship­ped using Fresenius Umwelttechnik’s own means of trans­por­ta­ti­on.
2. Containers and pal­lets are to be retur­ned to Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH free of char­ge; woo­den cra­tes will be char­ged at cost pri­ce and will not be taken back. Costs for ship­ping and pack­a­ging shall be bor­ne by the purcha­ser.
3. All deli­very dates quo­ted by Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH are esti­ma­tes. Although Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH will endea­vor to meet the sta­ted deli­very dates, no claims for dama­ges can be made by the purcha­ser due to non-com­pli­ance with the deli­very date. Binding deli­very dates are sub­ject to inputs of all neces­sa­ry tech­ni­cal and/or com­mer­cial infor­ma­ti­on by Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH at a time spe­ci­fied by Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH.
4. If ship­ment is delay­ed at the ins­ti­ga­ti­on of the purcha­ser, the risk shall pass to the purcha­ser upon noti­fi­ca­ti­on of rea­di­ness for ship­ment. Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH is entit­led to char­ge the purcha­ser the cos­ts incur­red by the deli­very in its fac­to­ry, but at least 0.5% of the invoice amount for each com­ple­ted month, limi­t­ed howe­ver to 5% of the invoice amount, unless Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH can actual­ly pro­ve hig­her cos­ts. If neces­sa­ry, Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH can other­wi­se dis­po­se of the deli­very item after set­ting and fruit­less expiry of a reasonable dead­line. The buy­er who is in default of accep­tance can be sup­pli­ed with a reason­ab­ly exten­ded dead­line. In this case, Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH can also with­draw from the con­tract if it can no lon­ger be reason­ab­ly expec­ted to ful­fill the con­tract.
5. If the deli­very dead­line can­not be met due to force majeu­re or other unfo­re­seeable or con­troll­able cir­cum­s­tances, it shall be exten­ded accor­din­gly.
6. If the deli­very date is excee­ded for other reasons, the Buyer’s rights shall be gover­ned by para­graph VII.
7. Deliveries must be inspec­ted by the buy­er for visi­ble trans­port dama­ge imme­dia­te­ly upon receipt and in the pre­sence of the carrier’s repre­sen­ta­ti­ve. The con­fir­ma­ti­on of receipt issued to the trans­por­ta­ti­on com­pa­ny must con­tain the note “Contents of ship­ment not inspec­ted for hid­den trans­por­ta­ti­on dama­ge“. Hidden trans­port dama­ge must be repor­ted to Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH or to the trans­port com­pa­ny within the fol­lo­wing dead­lines after receipt of the ship­ment:

– for ship­pers (oce­an-going ves­sels) 3 days after deli­very

– for for­war­ding agents and warehouse kee­pers 6 days after accep­tance

– at the post office 24 hours after accep­tance

– for all other trans­port com­pa­nies 7 days after accep­tance

Vl. war­ran­ty and other lia­bi­li­ty

1. The fol­lo­wing regu­la­ti­ons app­ly to war­ran­ty and other lia­bi­li­ty for defects in deli­very or per­for­mance, inclu­ding incor­rect deli­veries or ser­vices. These also app­ly if the con­trac­tu­al ser­vice of Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH includes assem­bly or com­mis­sio­ning or if it is an inde­pen­dent repair order or other con­trac­tu­al ser­vices.
2. Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH war­rants accor­ding to the respec­ti­ve sta­te of the art. Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH is only lia­ble for the cor­rect­ness and accu­ra­cy of the mea­su­re­ment results – if the deli­ver­ed goods have been instal­led accor­ding to the ins­truc­tions and – if the che­mi­cal com­po­si­ti­on and the phy­si­cal pro­per­ties of the sam­ple are within the spe­ci­fi­ca­ti­ons sta­ted by the purcha­ser in his order.
3. If the goods deli­ver­ed by Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH do not have the war­ran­ted cha­rac­te­ristics, Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH may, at its dis­cre­ti­on, repair, modi­fy, replace or take back the goods and refund the purcha­se pri­ce to the purcha­ser.
4. Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH shall not be lia­ble for the fail­ure of the goods or for the devia­ti­on of the mea­su­re­ment results if the goods react dif­fer­ent­ly in the buyer’s pro­cess stream than in pre­vious labo­ra­to­ry mea­su­re­ments and/or as spe­ci­fied in the buyer’s order. General chan­ges to the design or exe­cu­ti­on pri­or to deli­very of the goods, which ser­ve tech­ni­cal pro­gress, do not jus­ti­fy any com­plaint.
5. Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH is other­wi­se lia­ble as fol­lows:

a) A war­ran­ty shall only be pro­vi­ded if the goods are unusable or their usa­bi­li­ty is signi­fi­cant­ly impai­red as a result of a cir­cum­s­tance pri­or to the trans­fer of risk, in par­ti­cu­lar due to faul­ty design, poor mate­ri­al or defec­ti­ve work­man­ship.

b) The war­ran­ty peri­od is 12 months from the trans­fer of risk. The asser­ti­on of war­ran­ty or other claims shall have no influence on pay­ment obli­ga­ti­ons and peri­ods.

c) Recognized defects must be repor­ted to Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH in wri­ting within 8 days. Warranty claims shall lap­se in the event of late noti­fi­ca­ti­on.

d) The return of the goods for repair must be agreed by the purcha­ser with Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH in advan­ce so that Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH can pro­vi­de the purcha­ser with the neces­sa­ry pack­ing and ship­ping ins­truc­tions. All defec­ti­ve parts or assem­blies repla­ced during the war­ran­ty peri­od beco­me the pro­per­ty of Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH.

e) The unli­mi­t­ed war­ran­ty only appli­es to parts manu­fac­tu­red by Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH. In the case of parts manu­fac­tu­red by third par­ties, the war­ran­ty is limi­t­ed to the manufacturer’s war­ran­ty.

f) Unauthorized modi­fi­ca­ti­ons or repairs by the purcha­ser or a third par­ty shall exclude any war­ran­ty claims. This appli­es in par­ti­cu­lar to dama­ge cau­sed by soi­ling and des­truc­tion of opti­cal com­pon­ents, seals, pla­s­tic parts, hea­ting ele­ments, insu­la­ti­on, bat­te­ries, etc., regard­less of the ope­ra­ting time. Also excluded are dama­ges cau­sed by extra­or­di­na­ry stress, unsui­ta­ble ope­ra­ting mate­ri­als, faul­ty con­s­truc­tion and phy­si­cal or che­mi­cal influen­ces for which Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH is not respon­si­ble or which were not fore­seeable at the time the con­tract was con­cluded.

g) Only in urgent cases of dan­ger to ope­ra­tio­nal safe­ty and to pre­vent dis­pro­por­tio­na­te­ly lar­ge dama­ge can the purcha­ser reme­dy the defect at his own expen­se after agree­ment with Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH. Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH will reim­bur­se the­se cos­ts to the ext­ent that they would have been incur­red by Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH its­elf if the defect had been rec­ti­fied.

h) Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH’s lia­bi­li­ty is limi­t­ed to the amount cover­ed by the lia­bi­li­ty insu­rance.

i) Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH shall only be lia­ble for con­sul­tancy ser­vices if a spe­cial fee has been agreed in wri­ting.

j) The expiry of the war­ran­ty peri­od shall be sus­pen­ded for the peri­od of inter­rup­ti­on of ope­ra­ti­on that occurs as a result of the repair, repla­ce­ment deli­very or repla­ce­ment ser­vice. This shall only app­ly to tho­se parts of the sys­tem that can­not be ope­ra­ted due to the inter­rup­ti­on.

VII General limi­ta­ti­on of lia­bi­li­ty

1. The lia­bi­li­ty of Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH is based on the agree­ments made in Section VI abo­ve.
2. Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH is not lia­ble for dama­ge to the deli­very item cau­sed by natu­ral phe­no­me­na, fire, nor­mal wear and tear, unsui­ta­ble or impro­per use, incor­rect or negli­gent hand­ling, ope­ra­ti­on, instal­la­ti­on or com­mis­sio­ning. In the­se cases Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH is also not lia­ble for con­se­quen­ti­al dama­ges.
3. Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH is also not lia­ble for con­se­quen­ti­al dama­ges of any kind if dama­ge to the goods was cau­sed by negli­gence or care­less­ness on the part of Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH or one of its vica­rious agents.
4. Claims for dama­ges by the purcha­ser due to cul­pa­ble breach of con­trac­tu­al obli­ga­ti­ons are only valid in the case of intent or gross negli­gence on the part of Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH or one of its vica­rious agents.
5. These claims for dama­ges expi­re 6 months after deli­very.

VIII Repairs

1. If a cost esti­ma­te is reques­ted befo­re repairs are car­ri­ed out, this must be express­ly sta­ted. The cos­ts of the esti­ma­te shall be reim­bur­sed if the repair is not com­mis­sio­ned.
2. It is at the dis­cre­ti­on of Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH whe­ther a repair is car­ri­ed out in its own work­shop or at the place of use of the goods or in a third-par­ty work­shop.
3. We will char­ge you a hand­ling fee of €95 for non-repai­ra­ble device returns.
4. We char­ge an expen­se allo­wan­ce of €35 for appli­ances that we scrap on behalf of cus­to­mers.
5. The war­ran­ty peri­od for repai­red or repla­ced parts is 6 months.
6. Repair invoices are due imme­dia­te­ly and can­not be dis­coun­ted.

IX. Rental con­di­ti­ons for equip­ment and access­ories

The ren­tal of our equip­ment is sub­ject exclu­si­ve­ly to the­se terms and con­di­ti­ons, which are also reco­gni­zed as bin­ding by the hirer and ren­tal com­pa­ny for all future busi­ness rela­ti­onships.

1. Our order con­fir­ma­ti­on is decisi­ve for the con­clu­si­on and con­tent of the con­tract; offers are sub­ject to chan­ge.
2. The mini­mum ren­tal peri­od for self-coll­ec­tion is one day and beg­ins on the day on which the device lea­ves the lessor’s warehouse. In the case of ship­ment by a for­war­ding agent, the mini­mum ren­tal peri­od is 2 days and beg­ins on the next working day fol­lo­wing the day of ship­ment and ends upon arri­val at the warehouse in Herten.
3. The device is ship­ped:

a. By a ship­ping com­pa­ny com­mis­sio­ned by us. All trans­por­ta­ti­on cos­ts shall be bor­ne by the

b. In accordance with the ship­ping ins­truc­tions issued by the hirer. The trans­por­ta­ti­on cos­ts shall be bor­ne by the hirer.

c. By coll­ec­tion. The trans­por­ta­ti­on cos­ts shall be bor­ne by the hirer.

1. The device – inclu­ding access­ories and ope­ra­ting ins­truc­tions – must be retur­ned to Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH in the ori­gi­nal pack­a­ging, unbre­aka­ble. The cos­ts for the return trans­port shall be bor­ne by the hirer. The ren­ter bears the risk of the ren­ted items from the time they lea­ve the Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH warehouse until they are retur­ned the­re.
2. The ren­tal fee is sta­ted in the order con­fir­ma­ti­on. It is based on our list pri­ces; VAT is added. The ren­tal peri­od spe­ci­fied by the cus­to­mer is cal­cu­la­ted on a dai­ly, weekly or month­ly basis. Rental peri­ods in excess of this will be invoi­ced on a dai­ly basis at the end of the month. The ren­tal fees, ancil­la­ry cos­ts and VAT are paya­ble net within 14 days of the invoice date. In the event of late pay­ment, inte­rest shall be char­ged on the out­stan­ding amount at 5% abo­ve the Bundesbank dis­count rate, but at least 9%. In addi­ti­on, the Lessor shall be entit­led to demand the imme­dia­te return of the equip­ment or to retrie­ve it at the Lessee’s expen­se. If the hirer is in arre­ars with a pay­ment or if the les­sor beco­mes awa­re of cir­cum­s­tances which call the cre­dit­wort­hi­ness into ques­ti­on, all claims shall beco­me due imme­dia­te­ly. The reten­ti­on of pay­ments or off­set­ting against any coun­ter­claims of the hirer is excluded, unless the coun­ter­claims are undis­pu­ted, have been legal­ly estab­lished or are based on inten­tio­nal acts by the les­sor.
3. The Hirer shall only allow the equip­ment to be used by qua­li­fied per­son­nel in accordance with the manufacturer’s ope­ra­ting ins­truc­tions and in the man­ner inten­ded by the Rental Firm. The hirer must strict­ly obser­ve all ins­truc­tions of the manu­fac­tu­rer or les­sor, as well as the lessor’s tech­ni­cal ins­truc­tions. The hirer is respon­si­ble for any dama­ge cau­sed by fail­ure to com­ply with the regulations/instructions. The les­sor is entit­led to have the ren­tal object inspec­ted at the place of use at any time.
4. The les­see must lea­ve the device in his pos­ses­si­on; sub­let­ting requi­res the writ­ten con­sent of the les­sor. It is not per­mit­ted to take the device out­side the Federal Republic of Germany and use it the­re wit­hout the Lessor’s per­mis­si­on. The Lessee shall be lia­ble to the Lessor for all dama­ge or eco­no­mic dis­ad­van­ta­ges incur­red by the Lessor as a result of a breach of the­se pro­vi­si­ons. The embar­go regu­la­ti­ons must be obser­ved.
5. The hirer must keep the appli­ance in good con­di­ti­on and use it in accordance with the ope­ra­ting ins­truc­tions. In the event of loss of or dama­ge to the appli­ance, apart from nor­mal wear and tear, the hirer must com­pen­sa­te the les­sor at repla­ce­ment value.
6. In the event of faults, mal­func­tions and dama­ge to the ren­tal item, the Lessee must noti­fy the Lessor imme­dia­te­ly and await the Lessor’s ins­truc­tions. The hirer is not entit­led to make any chan­ges, altera­ti­ons or adjus­t­ments or to car­ry out or attempt to car­ry out repairs to the equip­ment unless the les­sor has aut­ho­ri­zed him to do so in wri­ting. If the Hirer is not respon­si­ble for faults, mal­func­tions and dama­ge to the ren­ted item, he shall be entit­led to a new deli­very or imme­dia­te repair of the appli­ance at the dis­cre­ti­on of the Rental Firm. Further claims for dama­ges are excluded, unless they are based on inten­tio­nal or gross­ly negli­gent beha­vi­or on the part of the les­sor or his vica­rious agents.
7. Company logos and iden­ti­fi­ca­ti­on num­bers of the manu­fac­tu­rer or les­sor, stan­dard labels, cali­bra­ti­on cables and other desi­gna­ti­ons must be left unch­an­ged on the device; any modi­fi­ca­ti­on to the ren­tal item is not per­mit­ted.
8. Packaging, ope­ra­ting ins­truc­tions and access­ories are part of the ren­tal item and are the pro­per­ty of the les­sor. All parts must be trea­ted with care and retur­ned com­ple­te.
9. Consumables are purcha­sed by the ten­ant. The invoice amount is due imme­dia­te­ly. The les­sor allows 14 days for pay­ment. If unu­sed mate­ri­al is retur­ned in its ori­gi­nal pack­a­ging at the end of the ren­tal peri­od, the les­sor will issue a pro rata cre­dit note.
10. Software that is sup­pli­ed may only be used in accordance with the known con­di­ti­ons of the licen­se hol­der. The les­see is respon­si­ble for ensu­ring that any use of the soft­ware in breach of the con­tract by him or his vica­rious agents is excluded. The les­see is awa­re that misu­se may result in claims for dama­ges in an unli­mi­t­ed amount by the licen­se hol­der. In this respect, he shall indem­ni­fy the les­sor against all claims.
11. If the appli­ance is sei­zed, the Lessee must send the sei­zu­re pro­to­col to the Lessor wit­hout delay. The same appli­es if a third par­ty (pro­per­ty owner, mor­tga­gee, etc.) asserts rights to the ren­ted item.
12. If indi­vi­du­al pro­vi­si­ons of the­se ren­tal con­di­ti­ons are inva­lid, this shall not affect the vali­di­ty of the remai­ning pro­vi­si­ons.
13. The place of ful­fill­ment and juris­dic­tion for all dis­pu­tes ari­sing from the­se ren­tal con­di­ti­ons is Recklinghausen.
14. With the publi­ca­ti­on of the­se ren­tal con­di­ti­ons, all pre­vious ren­tal con­di­ti­ons beco­me inva­lid.

X. Ancillary agree­ments

Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH reser­ves the unrest­ric­ted right of owner­ship and copy­right to dra­wings and other docu­ments; they may not be made acces­si­ble to third par­ties. Drawings and other docu­ments belon­ging to offers are to be retur­ned imme­dia­te­ly upon request if the order is not pla­ced with Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH. Documents of the purcha­ser may be made acces­si­ble to third par­ties to whom Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH has per­mis­si­bly trans­fer­red deli­veries and ser­vices.

XI. Place of ful­fill­ment and juris­dic­tion

The place of per­for­mance and juris­dic­tion is Gelsenkirchen.

XII. Effectiveness

Should any of the­se con­di­ti­ons – for wha­te­ver reason – not app­ly, this shall not affect the vali­di­ty of the remai­ning con­di­ti­ons.

XIII Data pro­tec­tion

The data rela­ting to the pro­ces­sing of busi­ness tran­sac­tions are pro­ces­sed and stored by Fresenius Umwelttechnik GmbH in com­pli­ance with the sta­tu­to­ry pro­vi­si­ons.