Table of Contents
1. Scope of Application
2. Conclusion of the
Contract
3. Right to Cancel
4. Prices and Payment
Conditions
5. Shipment and
Delivery Conditions
6. Reservation of
Proprietary Rights
7. Warranty
8. Special Conditions
for the Processing of Goods According to Client's Specification
9. Applicable Law
10. Alternative dispute
resolution
1) Scope of Application
1.1 These
General Terms and Conditions (hereinafter referred to as "GTC") of
the company AMARE TRADING GMBH (hereinafter referred to as "Seller”) shall
apply to all contracts concluded between a consumer or a trader (hereinafter
referred to as "Client”) and the Seller relating to all goods and/or
services presented in the Seller's online shop. The inclusion of the Client’s
own conditions is herewith objected to, unless other terms have been
stipulated.
1.2 A
consumer pursuant to these GTC is any natural person concluding a legal
transaction for a purpose attributed neither to a mainly commercial nor a
self-employed occupational activity.
1.3 A
trader pursuant to these GTC is a natural or legal person or a partnership with
legal capacity who, when concluding a legal transaction, acts in the exercise
of his commercial or independent professional activity.
2) Conclusion of the Contract
2.1 The
product descriptions in the Seller’s online shop do not constitute binding
offers on the part of the Seller, but merely serve the purpose of submitting a
binding offer by the Client.
2.2 The
Client may submit the offer via the online order form integrated into the
Seller's online shop. In doing so, after having placed the selected goods
and/or services in the virtual basket and passed through the ordering process,
and by clicking the button finalizing the order process, the Client submits a
legally binding offer of contract regarding the goods and/or services contained
in the shopping cart. The Client may also submit his offer to the Seller by
e-mail or telephone.
2.3 The
Seller may accept the Client’s offer within seven days,
- by transferring a written order confirmation or an order confirmation in
written form (fax or e-mail); insofar receipt of order confirmation by the
Client is decisive, or
- by delivering ordered goods to the Client; insofar receipt of goods by the
Client is decisive, or
- by requesting the Client to pay after he placed his order.
Provided
that several of the alternatives apply, the contract shall be concluded at the
time when one of the alternatives firstly occurs. Should the Seller not accept
the Client’s offer within the aforementioned period, this shall be deemed as
rejecting the offer with the effect that the Client is no longer bound by his
statement of intent.
2.4 When
submitting an offer via the Seller's online order form, the text of the
contract is stored by the Seller after the contract has been concluded and
transmitted to the Client in text form (e.g. e-mail, fax or letter) after the
order has been sent. The Seller shall not make the contract text accessible
beyond this. If the Client has set up a user account in the Seller's online
shop prior to sending his order, the order data shall be stored on the Seller's
website and can be accessed by the Client free of charge via his
password-protected user account by specifying the corresponding login data.
2.5 Prior
to submitting a binding order via the Seller’s online order form, the Client
may recognize input errors by reading attentively the information displayed on
the screen. The enlargement function of the browser to enlarge the display on
the screen may be an effective method for better recognizing input errors.
The Client can correct all the data entered via the usual keyboard and mouse
function during the electronic ordering process, until he clicks the button
finalizing the ordering process.
2.6 The
English language is exclusively available for the conclusion of the contract.
2.7 Order
processing and contacting usually takes place via e-mail and automated order
processing. It is the Client’s responsibility to ensure that the e-mail address
he provides for the order processing is accurate so that e-mails sent by the
Seller can be received at this address. It is the Client`s responsibility, if
SPAM filters are used, to ensure that all e-mails sent by the Seller or by
third parties commissioned by the Seller with the order processing can be
delivered.
3) Right to Cancel
3.1 Consumers
are entitled to the right to cancel.
3.2 Detailed
information about the right to cancel are provided in the Seller’s instruction
on cancellation.
3.3 The
right to cancel does not apply to consumers, who are no nationals of a member
state of the European Union at the time of concluding the contract und whose
exclusive domicile and delivery address were located outside of the European
Union at the time of concluding the contract.
4) Prices and Payment Conditions
4.1 Unless
otherwise stated in the Seller’s product description, prices indicated are
total prices including the statutory sales tax. Delivery costs, where
appropriate, will be indicated separately in the respective product description.
4.2 Payment
can be made using one of the methods mentioned in the Seller’s online shop.
4.3 In
case of delivery to countries outside the European Union, additional costs may
incur in individual cases for which the Seller is not responsible, and which must
be borne by the Client. This includes for example transfer fees charged by
banking institutes (transfer charges, exchange fees) or import duties or taxes
(customs). Such costs regarding money transfer may also incur, if delivery is
not made in a country outside the European Union and the Client carries out the
payment from a country outside the European Union.
4.4 If
prepayment by bank transfer has been agreed upon, payment is due immediately
after conclusion of the contract, unless the parties have arranged a later
maturity date.
5) Shipment and Delivery Conditions
5.1 If
the Seller offers to ship the goods, delivery shall be made within the delivery
area specified by the Seller to the delivery address specified by the Client
unless otherwise agreed. When processing the transaction, the delivery address
specified in the Seller's order processing shall be decisive.
5.2 Should
the assigned transport company return the goods to the Seller, because delivery
to the Client was not possible, the Client bears the costs for the unsuccessful
dispatch. This shall not apply, if the Client exercises his right to cancel
effectively, if the delivery cannot be made due to circumstances beyond the
Client's control or if he has been temporarily impeded to receive the offered
service, unless the Seller has notified the Client about the service for a
reasonable time in advance.
5.3 Personal
collection is not possible for logistical reasons.
5.4 The
Seller reserves the right to withdraw from the contract in the event of
incorrect or improper self-supply. This only applies if the Seller is not responsible
for the non-supply and if he has concluded a concrete hedging transaction with
the supplier. The Seller shall make all reasonable efforts to obtain the goods.
In case of non-availability or partial availability of the goods he shall
inform the Client and grant him immediately counter performance.
6) Reservation of Proprietary Rights
If the
Seller provides advance deliveries, he retains title of ownership to the
delivered goods, until the purchase price owed has been paid in full.
7) Warranty
7.1 Unless
otherwise stipulated, the provisions of the statutory liability for defects
shall apply. Deviating therefrom, the following shall apply to contracts for
the delivery of goods:
7.2 If
the Client acts as trader.
7.3 The
above-mentioned limitations of liability and shortening of the period of
limitation do not apply.
7.4 Furthermore,
for traders, the statutory limitation periods for any statutory right of
recourse that may exist shall remain unaffected.
7.5 If
the Client acts as a consumer, the forwarding agent must be immediately
notified of any obvious transport damages and the Seller must be informed
accordingly. Should the Client fail to comply therewith, this shall not affect
his statutory or contractual claims for defects.
8) Special Conditions for the Processing of Goods
According to Client's Specification
8.1 If,
according to the terms of the contract, the Seller owes the delivery of the
goods as well as the processing of the goods according to certain
specifications of the Client, the Client shall make available to the operator
all contents required for processing such as texts, images or graphics in the
file formats, formatting, image and file sizes specified by the operator and
shall grant the operator the necessary rights of use. The Client is solely responsible
for the procurement and acquisition of rights for such content. The Client
declares and assumes responsibility that he has the right to use the content
provided to the Seller. In particular, he shall ensure that no third-party
rights are infringed thereby, copyrights, trademark rights and personal rights.
8.2 The
Client shall indemnify the Seller from claims of third parties asserted against
the Seller in connection with a violation of their rights by the Seller’s
contractual use of the Client’s content. The Client shall also bear the
reasonable costs required for the necessary legal defense, including all court
and lawyer's fees according to the statutory rate. This shall not apply if the
Client is not responsible for the infringement. In the event of claims by third
parties, the Client shall be obliged to provide the Seller promptly,
truthfully, and completely with all information that is necessary for the
verification of the claims asserted for a corresponding defense.
8.3 The
Seller reserves the right to refuse processing orders, if the content provided
by the Client for this purpose violates legal or official prohibitions or
morality. This shall apply to the provision of content that is
anti-constitutional, racist, xenophobic, discriminatory, offensive, or
youth-endangering, and/or if it glorifies violence.
9) Applicable Law
The
law of the Swiss Confederation shall apply to all legal relationships between
the parties under exclusion of the laws governing the international purchase of
movable goods. For consumers, this choice of law only applies to the extent
that the granted protection is not withdrawn by mandatory provisions of the law
of the country, in which the consumer has his habitual residence.
10) Alternative dispute resolution
10.1 The
EU Commission provides on its website the following link to the ODR
platform: https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr.
This
platform shall be a point of entry for out-of-court resolutions of disputes arising
from online sales and service contracts concluded between consumers and
traders.
10.2 The Seller is neither obliged nor prepared to attend a dispute settlement procedure before an alternative dispute resolution entity.