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I. Application of the International Conditions of Sale
1. These International Conditions of Sale apply to all customers of Bartscher GmbH - hereinafter referred to as Bartscher -
whose relevant place of business is not in Germany. For customers whose place of business is in Germany, the General Conditions of Sale of Bartscher apply, which will be forwarded on request. In each case, the relevant place of business is the one which concludes the contract in its own name. 2. These International Conditions of Sale apply to all contracts made on or after 1 September 2011 whose preponderant
object is the supply of goods to customers. Additional obligations assumed by Bartscher do not affect the application of these International Conditions of Sale. 3. Conflicting or differing terms of business of the customer do not bind Bartscher, even if Bartscher does not object to
them or even if Bartscher unconditionally renders performance or accepts the customer's performance. The provisions
of this paragraph equally apply insofar as the terms of business of the customer, irrespective of the contents of these
International Conditions of Sale, deviate from statutory provisions.
4. These International Conditions of Sale do not apply, if the customer buys the goods for personal, family or
household use and if Bartscher knew or should have known that at the conclusion of the contract.
II. Formation of the Contract
1. The customer is under an obligation to give written notice to Bartscher prior to the formation of a contract if the goods
to be delivered are to be fit not only for normal use or will be used in circumstances which are unusual or which present
a particular risk to health, safety or the environment, or which require a more demanding use or if there is a risk of
atypical damages or unusual amounts of loss of which the customer is or ought to have been aware.
2. Orders of the customer are to be put in writing. If the customer's order deviates from the proposal or the tender
submitted by Bartscher, the customer will emphasize the differences as such. Illustrations and drawings just like
the measures and weight indications featuring in Bartscher´s proposals or offers are only there as guidelines.
3. All orders, in particular also those received by employees of Bartscher, will take effect exclusively if followed by a
written acknowledgement of the order by Bartscher. The actual deliveryofthe goods ordered, any other conduct of
Bartscher or silence on the part of Bartscher does not allow the customer to assume the formation of the contract.
Bartscher can dispatch such written acknowledgement of the order up to and including fourteen (14) calendar days
after the customer's order has been received by Bartscher. Until this time, the customer's order is irrevocable.
4. The written acknowledgement of the order by Bartscher shall be received in time, if it is received by the customer
within fourteen (14) calendar days after its date of issue. The customer will inform Bartscher without delay, if the written
acknowledgement of the order is received with some delay.
5. The written acknowledgement of the order by Bartscher sets out all the terms of the contract and brings the contract
into effect even if - except for the price for the goods and the quantity to be delivered - the written acknowledgement is
not consistent with the declarations of the customer in every respect, especially with reference to the exclusive application
of these International Conditions of Sale. Particular wishes of the customer, namely warranties or guarantees with reference
to the goods or the performance of the contract therefore require express written confirmation by Bartscher in every case.
The contract will only fail to come into existence if the customer objects in writing that the acknowledgement of the order
by Bartscher is not completely consistent with the declarations of the customer, the customer specifies the deviations in
writingand if the objection is received by Bartscher within a short time, at the latest seven (7) calendar days, after receipt of
the written acknowledgement of the order by the customer.
6. Confirmations produced by the customer are of no effect without any objection by Bartscher being necessary. In particular,
neither the actual delivery of the goods, any other conduct of Bartscher or silence on the part of Bartscher shall give rise
to any belief by the customer in the relevance of his confirmation.
7. Bartscher´s employees, commercial agents or other sales intermediaries are not authorized to dispense with the requirement
of a written acknowledgement of the order by Bartscher or to make promises which differ from its content or guarantees.
If and to what extent such persons are authorized to make or receive declarations with effect for or against Bartscher, is to be
determined according to German law.
8. Amendments to the concluded contract always require written confirmation by Bartscher.
III. Obligations of Bartscher
1. Subject to an exemption according to section VII.-1. b) Bartscher must deliver the goods specified in the written
acknowledgement of the order and transfer the property in the goods. Bartscher is not obliged to perform obligations
not stated in the written acknowledgment of the order by Bartscher or in these International Conditions of Sale, in particular
Bartscher is under no obligation under no obligation to render planning-services, to supply documents, to furnish
information or to deliver accessories not explicitly agreed upon in writing, to install additional safety devices, to carry out
assemblies or to advise the customer.
2. Bartscher’s obligations under the contract made with the customer are owed only to the customer. Third parties not involved
in the conclusion of the contract, in particular the customer's clients, are not entitled to request delivery to be made to them
or to bring any other contractual claim against Bartscher. The customer's responsibility to take delivery continues to exist even
if he assigns rights to third parties. The customer gives Bartscher an unlimited indemnity against all claims made by third
parties against Bartscher out of the contract made with the customer.
3. Bartscher undertakes to deliver goods of average kind and quality taking account of the tolerances customary in trade
concerning the kind, quantity and quality. If the goods cannot be delivered in the condition offered at the time of the formation
of the contract because technical improvements to goods of series production were made, Bartscher is entitled to deliver
the goods with the technical improvements. Bartscher is entitled to make part deliveries and to invoice them separately.
4. If further specification is required in relation to the goods to be delivered, Bartscher will carry this out having regard to his own
interests and to the identifiable and legitimate interests of the customer. A request to the customer to specify the goods, or to
participate in the specification, is not required. Bartscher does not undertake to inform the customer of the specification he has
made or to give the customer the option of a differing specification.
5. Bartscher undertakes to place the goods packaged according to Bartscher’s standard at disposal for collection by
the customer FCA (Incoterms 2010) at the place of delivery indicated in the written acknowledgement of the order or
by way of precaution at his premises in Salzkotten/Germany at the agreed time of delivery. Previous separation or
marking of the goods or notification to the customer of the goods being placed at disposal is not required. Under no
circumstances, not even when other Incoterms are agreed Bartscher is obliged to inform the customer of the delivery,
to examine the goods with respect to their conformity with the contract on the occasion of delivery, to arrange for
the shipment of the goods or to insure the goods. The agreement of other Incoterms or of clauses such as
"delivery free......." or similar ones merely involve a variation of the provisions as to the transportation and
the transportation costs; besides that, the provisions laid down in these International Conditions of Sale remain
applicable.
6. Agreed delivery time periods or delivery dates are subject to the customer's procuring any required documents,
releases, permits, approvals, licences or any other authorizations or consents in sufficient time, opening letters of
credit and/or making down-payments as agreed and performing all other obligations incumbent upon him properly
and in good time. Moreover, agreed delivery time-periods begin on the date of the written acknowledgement of
the order by Bartscher. Bartscher is entitled to deliver earlier than at the agreed delivery time or to select the date
of delivery within the period for delivery.
7. Without prejudice to his continuing legal rights, Bartscher is entitled to fulfil his obligations after the delivery time
agreed upon, if the customer is informed that Bartscher will exceed the delivery time limit and of the time period
for late performance. Subject to the aforesaid conditions, Bartscher is entitled to make repeated attempts at late
performance. The customer can object to late performance within reasonable time, if the late performance is
unreasonable. An objection is only effective, if it is received by Bartscher before commencing late performance.
Bartscher will reimburse necessary additional expenditure, proven and incurred by the customer as a result of
exceeding the delivery time to the extent that Bartscher is liable for this under the provisions laid down in section VII.
8. Risks as to price and performance even in relation to goods which are not clearly identifiable to the contract and
without it being necessary for Bartscher to give notice, pass to the customer at the latest as soon as the loading of
the goods has begun or as soon as the customer does not take delivery in accordance with the contract or title to
the goods has passed to the customer. The loading of the goods is part of the customer`s obligations. The agreement
of other Incoterms or of clauses such as "delivery free......." or similar ones merely involve a variation of the provisions
as to the transportation and the transportation costs; besides that, the provisions laid down in these International
Conditions of Sale remain applicable.
9. Bartscher is not obliged to procure documents or certificates not expressly agreed, to obtain any licences,
authorizations or other documents necessary for the export, transit or import, or to provide security, export,
transit, import or customs clearance. The agreement of other Incoterms or of clauses such as "delivery free......."
or similar ones merely involve a variation of the provisions as to the transportation and the transportation costs;
besides that, the provisions laid down in these International Conditions of Sale remain applicable.
10. Bartscher is in no case liable to perform duties associated with the putting of the goods into circulation
outside Germany, to bear levies, duties and charges accruing outside Germany, to comply with weight
and measuring systems, packaging, labelling or marking requirements or registration or certification obligations
applicable outside Germany or to comply with any other legal provisions applicable to the goods outside Germany.
The customer will arrange for translations in any language other than German of documents or other written
materials about the goods required by law or called for otherwise at his risk and expense.
11. Without prejudice to his continuing legal rights, Bartscher is entitled to suspend the performance of
his obligations so long as, in the opinion of Bartscher, there are grounds for concern that the customer
will wholly or partly fail to fulfil his obligations in accordance with the contract. In particular, the right to
suspend arises if the customer insufficiently performs his obligations to enable payment to Bartscher
or a third party or pays late or if the limit set by a credit insurer has been exceeded or will be exceeded
with the forthcoming delivery. Instead of suspending performance Bartscher is entitled at his own discretion
to make future deliveries, even if confirmed, conditional on payment in advance or on opening of a letter
of credit confirmed by one of the big German commercial banks. Bartscher is not required to continue
with performance of his obligations, if an assurance given by the customer to avoid the suspension does
not provide adequate security or could be challenged pursuant to an applicable law.
12. Except as provided in section III.-7., Bartscher is only obliged to inform the customer of possible disruption
in performance, once the commencement of the disruption is definitely certain for Bartscher.
IV. Obligations of the Customer
1. Irrespective of continuing obligations of the customer to guarantee or to enable payment, the customer
undertakes to pay the agreed price for the goods in the currency specified in the written acknowledgement
of the order transferring it without deduction and free of expenses and costs to one of the financial institutions
designated by Bartscher. To the extent that a price for the goods has not been agreed, the price which is at
the agreed time of delivery Bartscher's usual price for the goods will apply. Bartscher's employees,
commercial agents or other sales intermediaries are not authorized to accept payments.
2. The payment to be made by the customer is in any event due for payment at the time specified in the written
acknowledgement of the order, or otherwise on receipt of the invoice. The due time for payment arises without
any further pre-condition and, in particular, does not depend on whether the customer has already taken delivery
of the goods and/or the documents and/or has had an opportunity to examine the goods. The periods granted
for payment will cease to apply and outstanding accounts will be due for immediate payment, if insolvency
proceedings relating to the assets of the customer are applied for, if the customer without providing a justifiable
reason does not meet fundamental obligations due towards Bartscher or towards third parties, if the customer
has provided inaccurate information regarding his creditworthiness or if the cover given by a credit insurer is
reduced on grounds for which Bartscher is not responsible.
3. The customer warrants that all legal requirements and documentations for the fiscal treatment regarding
value added tax of the delivery and/or any service will be fulfilled. To the extent that Bartscher has to pay
German and/or foreign value added tax, the customer will indemnify Bartscher in all and every respect without
prejudice to any continuing claim by Bartscher. The indemnity is granted by the customer waiving any further
requirements or other defences, in particular waiving the defence of limitation or prescription and also includes
the reimbursement of the expenses incurred by Bartscher.
4. Regardless of the currency and of the jurisdiction of any court, Bartscher is entitled at his own discretion to
set off incoming payments against claims existing against the customer by virtue of his own or assigned
rights at the time of payment.
5. Any statutory rights of the customer to set-off against claims of Bartscher, to withhold payment or taking
delivery of the goods, to suspend the performance of his obligations or to raise defences or counterclaims
are excluded, except where the corresponding claim of the customer against Bartscher is in the same currency,
is founded in the customer's own right and is either due and undisputed or has been finally adjudicated or where
despite written warning by the customer Bartscher has committed a fundamental breach of his obligations due
and arising out of the same contractual relationship, and has not offered any adequate assurance.
6. The customer undertakes to take delivery of the goods at the delivery time without taking any additional period
of time and at the place of delivery resulting from section III.-5. and shall fulfil all the duties imposed by the contract,
by these International Conditions of Sale, by the rules of the ICC for the use of Incoterms® 2010 and by statutory
provisions. The customer is only entitled to refuse to takedelivery of the goods if he avoids the contract in accordance
with the rules in section VI.-1.
7. Irrespective of any statutory provisions, the customer shall at his own cost take care of or in any other way ensure
renewed utilization, material recycling or otherwise prescribed waste-disposal of the goods delivered by Bartscher
to the customer and of the packaging material.
V. Delivery of non-conforming Goods or Goods with Defective Title
1. Without prejudice to any exclusion or reduction of liability of the seller provided by law, goods do not conform with
the contract if the customer proves that, taking into account the terms in section III., at the time the risk passes
the packaging, quantity, quality or the description of the goods is significantly different to the specifications laid down
in the written acknowledgement of the order, or in the absence of agreed specifications, the goods are not fit for
the purpose which is usual in Germany. Changes in design, construction or material which reflect technical
improvements do not constitute a lack of conformity with the contract. Regardless of the stipulation established in
sentence 1, the goods shall be deemed to conform with the contract to the extent that the legal regulations
applicable at the place of business of the customer do not prevent the usual use of the goods. Second-hand goods
are delivered without any liability for their conformity.
2. To the extent that the written acknowledgement of the order by Bartscher does not contain an explicit statement to
the contrary, Bartscher is in particular not liable for the goods being fit for a purpose which is not usual in Germany
or for complying with further reaching expectations of the customer or for possessing the qualities of a sample or a
model or for their compliance with the legal regulations existing outside of Germany, for instance in the customer's
country. Bartscher shall also not be liable for any non-conformity with the contract that did not exist at the time
the risk has passed. To the extent that the customer, either himself or through third parties, initiates the removal of
non-conformities without the prior consent of Bartscher in writing, Bartscher will be released from his liability.
3. The customer is obliged vis-à-vis Bartscher to examine every single delivery comprehensively for any discoverable
or typical lack of conformity with the contract and moreover as required by law.
4. Without prejudice to any exclusion or reduction of liability of the seller provided by law, goods have a deficiency in
title if the customer proves that the goods are not free from enforceable rights or claims of third parties at the time
risk passes. Without prejudice to further legal requirements, third parties rights or claims founded on industrial or
other intellectual property constitute a deficiency in title only to the extent that the rights are registered, made public
and in legal force in Germany and prevent the usual use of the goods in Germany. Regardless of the stipulation
established in sentence 1, title to the goods shall be deemed not to be defective to the extent that the legal regulations
applicable at the place of business of the customer do not prevent the usual use of the goods.
5. Without prejudice to the statutory obligations of the customer to give notice within reasonable time, the customer is
obliged vis-à-vis Bartscher to give notice to Bartscher of any lack of conformity with the contract or any deficiency in
title at the latest within one (1) year after the goods have factually been handed over to him. Such notice has to be
made in writing and directly to Bartscher and to be formulated in such a precise manner as to enable Bartscher to
effect remedy measures without need for further inquiries at the customer and to secure claims against Bartscher’s
suppliers and moreover as required by law. Bartscher’s employees, commercial agents or other sales intermediaries
are not authorised to accept notices outside Bartscher’s premises or to make any statements concerning lack of
conformity with the contract or of title and its consequences.
6. Following due notice according to section V.-5., the customer can rely on the remedies provided by these International
Conditions of Sale. The customer has no other rights or claims whatsoever and no claims of a non-contractual nature.
In the event of notice not having been properly given, the customer may only rely on remedies if Bartscher has
fraudulently concealed the lack of conformity with the contract or the deficiency in title. Statements by Bartscher as
to the lack of conformity with the contract or as to the deficiency in title are for the purpose of explaining the factual
position only, but do not entail any waiver by Bartscher of the requirement of proper notice.
7. The customer is not entitled to remedies for delivery of non-conforming goods or goods with a deficiency in title,
insofar as the customer is liable vis-à-vis third parties for conditions of the goods or their fitness for a use which are
not subject of the agreement with Bartscher, or if the customer’s claim is based on foreign law not in force in Germany.
8. To the extent that the customer in accordance with the terms of these International Conditions of Sale is entitled to remedies
because of delivery of non-conforming goods or goods with defective title, he is entitled to demand in accordance with the terms
of the UN Sales Convention delivery of substitute goods or repair or to reduce the price for the goods. The delivery of
substitute goods or repair does not lead to a recommencement of the limitation period. The reduction of the price for the goods
is limited to the damages suffered by the customer. Further claims for performance are not available to the customer.
Irrespective of the customer’s remedies, Bartscher is always entitled in accordance with the provision in section III.-7. to
repair goods which do not conform with the contract or to supply substitute goods or to avert the customer's remedies by
giving him a credit note of an appropriate amount.
9. Without prejudice to the limitation period barring remedies for delivery of non-conforming goods, Bartscher will provide
the customer free of charge with spare parts during the second year after delivery, if the customer without taking into
consideration the limitation period and in accordance with the regulations of these International Conditions of Sale
would be entitled to remedies for delivery of non-conforming goods and if the non-conformity can be removed by
the spare part. The spare part is placed at disposal for collection by the customer at the place of delivery indicated
in the written acknowledgement of the order or by way of precaution at the premises in Salzkotten/Germany.
All expenditures including expenses for the installation of the spare part are to be borne by the customer.
Bartscher is at its own discretion entitled to demand from the customer return of the non-conforming part.
VI. Avoidance of the Contract
1. The customer is entitled to declare the contract avoided, if the respective applicable legal requirements are
complied with, after he has threatened Bartscher withavoidance of the contract in writing and an additional period
of time of reasonable length for performance fixed in writing has expired to no avail. If the customer claims delivery
of substitute goods, repair or other performance, he is bound for a reasonable period of time to the chosen remedy,
without being able to exercise the right of declaring the contract avoided. In any event, the customer must give notice
of avoidance of the contract within reasonable time in writing and to Bartscher directly.
2. Without prejudice to his continuing legal rights, Bartscher is entitled to avoid the contract in whole or in part without
compensation if the customer objects to the application of these International Conditions of Sale, if on grounds for which
Bartscher is not responsible the written acknowledgement of the order by Bartscher is received by the customer more
than fourteen (14) calendar days after its date of issue, if insolvency proceedings relating to the assets of the customer
are applied for, if the customer without providing a justifiable reason does not meet fundamental obligations due towards
Bartscher or towards third parties, if the customer has provided inaccurate information regarding his creditworthiness,
if the cover given by a credit insurer is reduced on grounds for which Bartscher is not responsible, if Bartscher through
no fault of his own does not receive supplies properly or on time, or if for other reasons Bartscher cannot be expected
to fulfil his obligations by means which taking into consideration his own interests and that of the customer as far as
ascertainable and legitimate at the time of formation of the contract, are unreasonable in particular in relation to the
agreed counter-performance.
VII. Damages
1. Without waving the legal requirements Bartscher is only obliged to pay damages due to the violation of obligations resulting
from the contract with the customer, the contractual negotiations carried on with the customer or the business relation with
the customer in accordance with the following provisions:
a) The customer is required in the first instance to rely on other remedies and can only claim damages in the event of a
continuing deficiency. The customer cannot claim damages as an alternative to other remedies.
b) Bartscher is not liable for the conduct of suppliers or subcontractors or for damages to which the customer has contributed.
Neither is Bartscher liable for impediments which occur, as a consequence of natural or political events, acts of state,
industrial disputes, sabotage, accidents, terrorism, biological, physical or chemical processes or other circumstances and
which cannot be controlled by Bartscher with reasonable means. Moreover, Bartscher is only liable to the extent that
the customer proves that the executive bodies or members of staff of Bartscher have deliberately or negligently breached
contractual obligations owed to the customer.
c) In the event of liability Bartscher will compensate within the limits of lit. d) the losses of the customer to the extent that
the customer proves that he has suffered an unavoidable loss caused by the breach of contractual obligations by Bartscher
and foreseeable to Bartscher, at the time of the formation of the contract in respect of the occurrence of the loss and its
amount. Moreover, the customer is required to mitigate his loss as soon as a breach of contract is or ought to be known.
d) Bartscher is not liable for loss of profit or damage to reputation. Moreover, the amount of damages for late or non-existent
delivery is limited to 0,5 per cent for each full week of delay, up to a maximum of 5 per cent, and for other breaches of
obligations is limited to an amount of 200 per cent of the value of the non-conforming part of the contract. However,
this subparagraph does not apply to injury of life, body or health, to fraudulent concealment of the non-conformity or
deficiency in title of the goods and to other breaches of contractual obligations due to intentional harm or gross negligence.
e) For breach of contractual, pre-contractual and/or obligations resulting from the business relation owed to the customer,
Bartscher is obliged to pay damages exclusively in accordance with the provisions of these International Conditions of Sale.
Any recourse to concurrent bases of claim, in particular of a non-contractual nature, is excluded. Equally excluded is
any recourse against Bartscher’s company organs, employees, servants, members of staff, representatives and/or those
employed by Bartscher in the performance of his obligations on grounds of breach of contractual obligations owed
by Bartscher.
f) Insofar as the limitation period may not already have barred the claim, claims for damages brought by the customer
are excluded after six (6) months beginning with the rejection of the claim for damages by Bartscher.
2. Irrespective of continuing legal or contractual claims the customer is obliged to pay damages to Bartscher as follows:
a) In the event of delay in payment the customer will pay the costs of judicial and extra-judicial means and proceedings,
usual and accruing within the country and abroad, as well as (without evidence being necessary) interest at the rate
applicable in Salzkotten/Germany for unsecured short-term loans in the agreed currency, at least however interest
at 8 per-cent points over the base rate of the German Federal Bank (Deutsche Bundesbank).
b) In the case of a failure to take delivery of the goods by the customer or of seriously late taking delivery of
the goods by the customer, Bartscher is entitled to claim damages without evidence being necessary up
to 15 per cent of the value of the goods to be delivered.
3. Within the bounds of what is legally possible as well as within what is usual in the trade, the customer is
in his commercial relationships with his clients obliged to limit his liability both in principle and in amount.
VIII. Other Provisions
1. Title of the goods that have been delivered remains with Bartscher until settlement of all claims existing
against the customer. The allocation of risk as to price and performance in section III.-8. is not affected by
the reservation of title.
2. The customer shall, without any demand being necessary, inform Bartscher in writing if Bartscher has to observe
any particular duties of reporting or registration or providing information or prior notification or retaining documents
or any other requirements for access to market, under the provisions in force in the customer’s country or in
the country where the goods are to be used. Moreover, the customer will monitor the delivered goods in
the market and inform Bartscher directly and in writing of any concern that the goods might pose a risk to
third parties.
3. Without prejudice to Bartscher's continuing claims, the customer will indemnify Bartscher without limit against all
claims of third parties which are brought against Bartscher on the grounds of product liability or similar provisions,
to the extent that the liability is based on circumstances which - such as, for example, the presentation of the product -
were caused by the customer or other third parties without express written consent of Bartscher. In particular,
the indemnity also includes the reimbursement for expenses incurred by Bartscher and is granted by the customer
waiving further conditions or other objections, in particular without requiring compliance with control and recall obligations,
and waiving any defence of limitation.
4. In relation to pictures, drawings, calculations and other documents as well ascomputer-software, which have been
made available by Bartscher in a material or electronic form, the latter reserves all proprietary rights, copyrights,
other industrial property rights as well as know-how rights.
5. All communications, declarations, notices etc. are to be drawn up exclusively in German or English.
Communications by means of fax or e-mail fulfil the requirement of being in writing.
IX. General Basis of Contracts
1. The place of delivery results from section III.-5. of these International Conditions of Sale. The place of payment
and performance for all the rest of obligations arising from the legal relationship between Bartscher and
the customer is Salzkotten/Germany. These provisions also apply if Bartscher assumes the costs of money remittance,
renders performance for the customer somewhere else or payment is to be made in exchange of documents or goods
or in the case of restitution of performances already rendered. The agreement of other clauses of the Incoterms or of
other delivery clauses merely involves a variation of the provisions as to the transportation and the transportation costs;
besides that, the foregoing provisions remain applicable. Bartscher is also entitled to require payment at the place
of business of the customer.
2. The United Nations Convention of 11 April 1980 on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
(UN Sales Convention / CISG) in the English version governs the legal relationship with the customer.
The UN Sales Convention applies, above and beyond its own area of application, and regardless of reservations adopted
by other states, to all contracts to which these International Conditions of Sale are to be applied according to
the provisions of section I. Where standard terms of business are used, in case of doubt the Incoterms® 2010
of the International Chamber of Commerce apply taking into account the provisions stipulated in these
International Conditions of Sale.
3. The formation of contract, including agreements as to the jurisdiction of courts and arbitrators, and the rights and
obligations of the parties, also including the liability for death or personal injury caused by the goods to any
person and pre-contractual and collateral obligations, as well as the interpretation are exclusively governed by
the UN Sales Convention together with these International Conditions of Sale. Subject to differing provisions in
these International Conditions of Sale, the rest of the legal relationship between the parties is governed by the non-uniform
Swiss law, namely by the Swiss Obligationenrecht.
4. All contractual and extra-contractual disputes as well as disputes under insolvency law, arising out of or in connection
with contracts to which these International Conditions of Sale apply, including their validity, invalidity, violation or
cancellation as well as other disputes arising out of the business relationship with the customer shall be finally resolved,
without recourse to the ordinary courts of law, by arbitration according to the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration
(Swiss Rules) in force on the date when the Notice of Arbitration is received in accordance with these Rules.
The tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators, one (1) of them shall be nominated by the claimant, one (1) of them by
the respondent and the chairman of the tribunal shall be designated by the two arbitrators so nominated, or if the amount
in dispute is inferior to € 50.000, there shall be one (1) arbitrator appointed according to the Swiss Rules of International
Arbitration. The place of the arbitration shall be Zürich/Switzerland, the languages used in the arbitral proceedings shall be
German and/or English. The competence of the Arbitral Tribunal excludes especially every statutory competence, which is
provided by reason of a personal or substantive relation. If this arbitration clause is or will become void, the exclusive local
and international jurisdiction of the courts which have jurisdiction for Salzkotten/Germany is agreed for all disputes instead.
Instead of bringing an action before the arbitral tribunal or before the State Court which has jurisdiction for Salzkotten/Germany,
Bartscher is also entitled to bring an action before the national courts of the customer’s place of business, or other national
courts having jurisdiction according to domestic or foreign law.
5. If provisions of these International Conditions of Sale should be or become partly or wholly ineffective, the remaining
arrangements will continue to apply. The parties are bound to replace the ineffective provision with a legally valid provision,
as close as possible to the commercial meaning and purpose of the ineffective provision.
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