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- use or attempt to use any "deep-link," "scraper," "robot," "bot," "spider," "data-mining," "computer code" or any other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, process, or methodology or manual process having similar processes or functionality, to access, acquire, copy, or monitor any portion of a Site, any Content found on or accessed through a Site, or any User Content without the prior express written consent of S&P Global;
- obtain or attempt to obtain through any means any Content on a Site that has not been intentionally made publicly available, either by their public display on a Site or through their accessibility by a visible link on a Site;
- violate any measure employed to limit or prevent access to a Site or the Content;
- violate the security of a Site or attempt to gain unauthorized access to a Site, the Content, or data, materials, information, computer systems or networks connected to any S&P Global server, through hacking, password mining or any other means;
- interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of a Site or any activities conducted on or through a Site, including accessing any Content prior to the time that it is intended to be available to the public on a Site;
- take or attempt any action that, in the sole discretion of S&P Global, imposes or may impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load or burden on a Site or the S&P Global infrastructure;
- misuse a Site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful.
These Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”) apply to S&P Global Inc. and its affiliates, which you have a contract with or which provide services to you, (collectively or individually, as applicable, referred to as "S&P Global", "Company" "we", "our", "us").
By accessing and using any of S&P Global’s websites including any connected mobile application or version thereof (each a "Site"), you agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Use and you represent that you have the legal capacity to be bound by these Terms of Use. The terms "you" and "User" refer to anyone who accesses a Site.
These Terms of Use contain terms, conditions, covenants and provisions upon which you may access and use a Site and all content, including, without limitation, text, ratings, opinions, photographs, video, audio, graphics, tools, analytics, functionality, products and information (collectively, the “Content”) displayed and/or otherwise contained on a Site. If at any time you do not agree with the Terms of Use, you will stop accessing and/or using the Site(s) and the Content. Each Site and the Content contained therein is the exclusive property of S&P Global or its suppliers.
Notwithstanding anything in the Terms of Use to the contrary, your rights to use certain material available on or through each Site may be subject to separate written license agreements with S&P Global (“Other Agreements”). In the event you have an Other Agreement to access all or any portion of a Site, including any separately entitled sections of a Site, then the Other Agreement, rather than these Terms of Use, will govern your use of such Site. In the event of a conflict between your Other Agreement and these Terms of Use, the terms and conditions in the Other Agreement shall prevail.
Any attempt by you to modify these Terms of Use is expressly rejected by S&P Global and shall have no force or effect regarding your use of a Site. S&P Global may change these Terms of Use at any time without notice. Changes will be posted on each Site under "Terms of Use". Your access and use of a Site after any changes have been posted will constitute your agreement to the modified Terms of Use and any changes. Therefore, you should read these Terms of Use from time to time to be aware of any such changes.
1. USE OF THE SITE(S)
S&P Global grants you a personal, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited license to access and use the Site(s) and the Content conditioned upon your compliance with these Terms of Use. The Site(s) and the Content contained therein may be used solely for viewing, ad hoc non-commercial use.
You may not license, sublicense, transfer, sell, resell, publish, reproduce and/or otherwise redistribute a Site, including the Content or any component thereof in any manner (including, but not limited to, via or as part of any Internet site). You may not a) use the Content or any portion of the Site as part of any intranet or other internal network; b) create archival or derivative works based on the Content or any portion thereof; or c) modify, reverse-engineer, disassemble, decompile or store any Content or any portion of the Site. You may not use a Site or any Content contained therein, in whole or in part in any manner that either competes or is intended to compete with S&P Global or its affiliates, including without limitation, any distribution of any Content or a derivative work based thereon. You may not use a Site for any illegal purpose or in any manner inconsistent with these Terms of Use. S&P Global may discontinue or change a Site and any Content contained therein, or their availability to you, at any time without notice. S&P Global is not under any obligation to update any Content following publication on a Site. The terms of these Terms of Use will survive any such discontinuation.
Historical Ratings pursuant to SEC Rule 17g-7(b)
Historical S&P Global Ratings credit ratings in each class of credit rating for which S&P Global Ratings is registered as a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization ("NRSRO") is available at the Disclosure Tab (collectively, the "Ratings History"). The Ratings History is made available free of charge subject to applicable time delays. It is intended that the availability of Ratings History on this Web Site will advance the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC's") goal of fostering accountability and comparability among NRSROs with respect to issuer-paid credit ratings. As such, the Ratings History may be used to, inter alia, perform analysis comparing how different NRSROs perform in the class of credit ratings for which they are registered.
Ratings History may not be used or disseminated in a manner that would serve as a substitute for any S&P Global Ratings product or service for which a fee is charged. This restriction is not intended to prevent use of the Ratings History in accordance with the SEC’s stated objectives for SEC Rule 17g-7(b).
Non-Historical Ratings made available on standardandpoors.com
All ratings on the Site, excluding only the Ratings History, are referred to as "Non-Historical Ratings", regardless of their currency or date of issuance.
Except as expressly set forth below, you agree not to copy, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, or store any Non-Historical Ratings, in whole or in part, from the Site or to display, perform, publish, distribute, transmit, broadcast or circulate any Non-Historical Ratings to anyone, or use any Non-Historical Ratings for any commercial purpose, without the express prior written consent of S&P Global Ratings.You may, (a) on an ad hoc basis, use individual Non-Historical Ratings in the ordinary course of securities disclosure activities and the drafting of transaction documents internally within your organization or publish, on a non-commercial basis, selected individual Non-Historical Ratings, and (b) only insofar as you are directly compelled by applicable law or regulation: (1) include credit ratings within a report required by that law or regulation and (2) deliver such report only to such regulator, or authority or government agency as is identified by that law or regulation and solely insofar as to meet your own obligations under that law or regulation and not for the benefit of another party.
Notwithstanding the foregoing:
• Non-Historical Ratings may not be compiled into a database;
• Non-Historical Ratings may not be used or disseminated in a manner that would serve as a substitute for any S&P Global product or service for which a fee is charged; and
• Non-Historical Ratings may not be systematically distributed or shared.
Narrative Content made available on standardandpoors.com
You may also, on an occasional, ad hoc basis, reproduce, distribute, display or transmit an insubstantial portion of other narrative (non-ratings) content ("Narrative Content"), for a non-commercial purpose and without charge, to a limited number of individuals, provided you include all copyright and other proprietary rights notices and the S&P Global Ratings disclaimer with such portion of the Narrative Content in the same form in which the notices and disclaimer appear on the Site, the original source attribution, and the phrase "Used with permission from standardandpoors.com, a Site of S&P Global Ratings". However, you may not post Narrative Content from the Site to forums, newsgroups, list serves, mailing lists, electronic bulletin boards, or other Sites, without the prior written consent of S&P Global Ratings. To request consent for uses such as linking to Narrative Content or posting Narrative Content on your Web site, please contact S&P Global Ratings at research_request@spglobal.com.
Other Content made available on standardandpoors.com
Material that appears on the Site that is entered by you or other Users, or that is otherwise made accessible by other than S&P Global Ratings, is referred to as "Other Content"). You may use Other Content in accordance with the terms set forth above relating to use of Narrative Content. S&P Global Ratings’ use of Other Content that you submit is governed by Section 8 below.
CUSIP numbers made available on standardandpoors.com
The CUSIP information made available on standardandpoors.com (the "CUSIP Database") consists of security identifiers and related descriptive information and is protected under copyright laws and is licensed with permission from CUSIP Global Services ("CGS"), on behalf of the American Bankers Association ("ABA").
User agrees and acknowledges that the CUSIP Database and the information contained therein is and shall remain valuable intellectual property owned by, or licensed to, CGS and the ABA, and that no proprietary rights are being transferred to User in such materials or in any of the information contained therein.
User agrees that User shall not publish or distribute in any medium the CUSIP Database or any information contained therein or summaries or subsets thereof to any person or entity except in connection with the normal clearing and settlement of security transactions. Any use by User outside of the clearing and settlement of transactions may require a license from CGS, and a possible fee. User agrees that misappropriation or misuse of such materials will cause serious damage to CGS and ABA, and that in such event money damages may not constitute sufficient compensation to CGS and ABA; consequently, User agrees that in the event of any misappropriation or misuse, CGS and ABA shall have the right to obtain injunctive relief in addition to any other legal or financial remedies to which CGS and ABA may be entitled.
User further agrees that the use of CUSIP numbers and descriptions is not intended to create or maintain, and does not serve the purpose of the creation or maintenance of, a master file or database of CUSIP descriptions or numbers for itself or any third party recipient of such service (even if in connection with the clearing and settlement of transactions) and is not intended to create and does not serve in any way as a substitute for the CUSIP MASTER FILE, DB, INTERNET, ELECTRONIC Services and/or any other future services developed by CGS .
The Ratings History, Non-Historical Ratings, Narrative Content, Other Content and CUSIP Database are collectively referred to herein as the "Content."
NOTE: Use of Content on this Site may be periodically monitored to assure compliance with these Terms of Use. S&P Global Ratings reserves the right to discontinue access to this Site either with or without notice if S&P Global Ratings has a reasonable basis to believe that a User is accessing or using Content in violation of these Terms of Use.
2. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND UNLAWFUL USE
All proprietary rights (including, but not limited to, copyrights, trade secrets, database rights, trademark rights, rights to trade names, service marks and other product and service names and logos) contained within a Site and any and all Content, including, but not limited to, all information, data, ratings and ratings symbology, software, products and documentation contained or included therein, are and shall remain the sole and exclusive property of S&P Global and its suppliers. Each Site and any and all Content contained herein is protected by copyright in addition to other intellectual property laws. Any of the trademarks, service marks or logos (collectively, the "Marks") displayed on a Site may be registered or unregistered marks of S&P Global or others. Nothing contained on a Site shall be construed as granting any license or right to use any of the Marks displayed on the Site absent the express written permission of S&P Global or a third party owner of such Marks. You agree to honor all reasonable requests by S&P Global or its suppliers to protect and preserve their respective proprietary interests in each Site and any and all Content contained therein. Each Site and the Content are compiled, prepared, revised, selected and arranged by S&P Global and its suppliers through the application of methods and standards of judgment developed and applied through the expenditure of substantial time, effort and money, and each Site and any and all Content constitute valuable intellectual property of S&P Global and its suppliers. Copying of, use of, access to or distribution of a Site or any Content contained therein in breach of these Terms of Use may cause S&P Global and/or its suppliers irreparable injury that cannot be adequately compensated for by means of monetary damages. Any breach hereof by you may be enforced by S&P Global or its suppliers by means of equitable relief (including, but not limited to, injunctive relief) in addition to any other available rights and remedies. Any actual or attempted illegal or unauthorized uses of a Site, the Marks or any Content are strictly prohibited and may result in criminal and/or civil prosecution.
Export Restrictions. S&P Global does not in any manner warrant or represent that the materials on a Site, including any Content contained therein, are appropriate or available for use in any particular location. If you choose to access a Site including any Content therein, you do so on your own initiative and you are responsible for compliance with all applicable laws.
Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures of the American Bankers Association (“CUSIP”). You agree and acknowledge that the CUSIP database and the information contained therein is and shall remain valuable intellectual property owned by, or licensed to, Standard & Poor’s CUSIP Global Services (“CGS”) and the American Bankers Association (“ABA”), and that no proprietary rights are being transferred to you in such materials or in any of the information contained therein. You agree that misappropriation or misuse of such materials will cause serious damage to CGS and ABA and that in such event money damages may not constitute sufficient compensation to CGS and ABA; consequently, you agree that in the event of any misappropriation or misuse, CGS and ABA shall have the right to obtain injunctive relief in addition to any other legal or financial remedies to which CGS and ABA may be entitled. You agree that you shall not publish or distribute in any medium the CUSIP database or any information contained therein or summaries or subsets thereof to any person or entity. Your only use of the CUSIP numbers and descriptions shall be in connection with the internal trading and settlement of security transactions. You further agree that the use of CUSIP numbers and descriptions is not intended to create or maintain, and does not serve the purpose of the creation or maintenance of, a master file or database of CUSIP descriptions or numbers for yourself or any third-party recipient of such materials and is not intended to create and does not serve in any way as a substitute for any products and services distributed by CGS. All use by you of the CUSIP database and the information contained therein is expressly subject to the disclaimers and limitations set forth herein. In the event you have a direct agreement with CGS, such agreement shall control your use of the CUSIP database and/or any information contained therein.
NOTE: For your protection, S&P Global reserves the right to view, monitor, and record activity on the Site in accordance with S&P Global's Privacy Policy and Cookie Notice, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. S&P Global hereby reserves the right to discontinue access to a Site either with or without notice if S&P Global has a reasonable basis to believe that a User is accessing or using any Content in violation of these Terms of Use, in addition to any other available rights and remedies.
3. ANTI-HACKING PROVISIONS
You expressly agree not to:
4. DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
S&P GLOBAL DOES not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, S&P GLOBAL, AND ITS SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE AS TO A SITE OR ANY CONTENT, INCLUDING INFORMATION, DATA, SOFTWARE OR PRODUCTS CONTAINED THEREIN, OR THE RESULTS OBTAINED BY THEIR USE OR AS TO THE PERFORMANCE THEREOF. A reference to a particular investment or security, a credit rating or any observation concerning an investment or security provided on a Site is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold such investment or security or make any other investment decisions and does not address the suitability of any investment or security. Content should not be relied on and is not a substitute for the skill, judgment and your experience or the experience of your advisors and/or clients in making investment and other business decisions. S&P Global does not act nor shall be deemed to be acting as a fiduciary in providing a Site or any Content.
NEITHER S&P GLOBAL NOR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS GUARANTEE THE ADEQUACY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS OR COMPLETENESS OF A SITE, ANY CONTENT OR ANY COMPONENT THEREOF OR ANY COMMUNICATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ORAL OR WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS (INCLUDING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS) OR OUTPUT WITH RESPECT THERETO OR THAT A SITE OR ANY CONTENT WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES, WORMS OR “TROJAN HORSES”. NEITHER S&P GLOBAL NOR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO ANY DAMAGES OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR DELAYS IN A SITE, INCLUDING CONTENT. EACH SITE, CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN AND ANY AND ALL COMPONENTS THEREOF, IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS-IS” BASIS AND YOUR USE OF A SITE AND ANY CONTENT IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THESE TERMS OF USE, IN NO EVENT WHATSOEVER SHALL S&P GLOBAL OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF PROFITS, TRADING LOSSES OR LOST TIME OR GOOD WILL, EVEN IF THEY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE. NEITHER S&P GLOBAL NOR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIMS AGAINST YOU BY THIRD PARTIES.
IN THE EVENT THAT LIABILITY IS NEVERTHELESS IMPOSED ON S&P GLOBAL OR ITS SUPPLIERS, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE MAXIMUM CUMULATIVE LIABILITY OF S&P GLOBAL AND ITS SUPPLIERS IN CONNECTION WITH A SITE, ANY CONTENT AND/OR THESE TERMS OF USE, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM(S) OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS (US$100). NO ACTION, REGARDLESS OF FORM, ARISING FROM OR PERTAINING TO YOUR USE OF A SITE OR THE CONTENT MAY BE BROUGHT BY YOU MORE THAN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER SUCH ACTION HAS ACCRUED.
S&P GLOBAL RATINGS’ CREDIT RATINGS AND PUBLICATIONS ARE NOT INTENDED FOR USE BY RETAIL INVESTORS AND IT WOULD BE RECKLESS FOR RETAIL INVESTORS TO CONSIDER S&P GLOBAL RATINGS OR PUBLICATIONS IN MAKING ANY INVESTMENT DECISION. IF IN DOUBT YOU SHOULD CONTACT YOUR FINANCIAL OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL ADVISER.
The ratings and credit related analyses of S&P Global Ratings and its affiliates and the observations contained in reports and articles published on this Site are statements of opinion as of the date they are expressed and not statements of fact or recommendations to purchase, hold, or sell any securities or make any investment decisions. S&P Global Ratings assumes no obligation to update any information following publication. Users of the information provided through this Site should not rely on any of it in making any investment decision. S&P Global Ratings’ opinions and analyses do not address the suitability of any security. S&P Global Ratings does not act as a fiduciary or an investment advisor. While S&P Global Ratings has obtained information from sources it believes to be reliable, S&P Global Ratings does not perform an audit and undertakes no duty of due diligence or independent verification of any information it receives. S&P Global Ratings keeps certain activities of its business units separate from each other in order to preserve the independence and objectivity of each of these activities. As a result, certain business units of S&P Global Ratings may have information that is not available to other S&P Global business units. S&P Global Ratings has established policies and procedures to maintain the confidentiality of certain non-public information received in connection with each analytical process.
The S&P Global Ratings business may receive compensation for assigning credit ratings or engaging in other analytical activities normally from issuers of the securities or third parties participating in marketing the securities. S&P Global Ratings reserves the right to disseminate its opinions and analyses. S&P Global Ratings’ public ratings and analyses are made available on its Sites, www.standardandpoors.com (free of charge) and www.ratingsdirect.com and www.globalcreditportal.com (subscription), and may be distributed through other means, including via S&P Global publications and third party redistributors.
You are entirely liable for activities conducted by you or anyone else in connection with your browsing and access to and use of a Site. If you are dissatisfied with a Site or with these Terms of Use, your sole and exclusive remedy is to stop using such Site.
5. LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES FROM THIS SITE
You may, through hypertext or other computer links, gain access to web sites operated by persons other than S&P Global. Such hyperlinks are provided for your reference and convenience only and are the exclusive responsibility of the owners of each such web site. You agree that S&P Global is not responsible for the content or operation of such web sites, and that S&P Global shall have no liability to you or any other person or entity for the use of third party web sites. Except as described below, a hyperlink from a Site to another web site does not imply or mean that S&P Global endorses the content on such web site or the operator or operations of such web site. You are solely responsible for determining the extent to which you may use any content at any other web sites to which you link from a Site.
As you browse through a Site you may access other web sites that are subject to different terms of use. When you use those other web sites, you may be legally bound by the specific terms of use posted on such web sites. If there is a conflict between these Terms of Use and other terms of use of such web sites, the terms of use of such web sites will govern with respect to your use of such web sites.
6. USER CONTENT
The User grants to S&P Global a perpetual, nonexclusive, irrevocable, fully paid, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable (in whole or in part) worldwide right and license in any and all media, now known or later developed, to use, publish, reproduce, display, modify, transmit digitally, create derivative works based upon and otherwise exploit all material posted to or received through a Site by, from or on behalf of the User or anyone else using the User’s account (other than third party material transmitted through private electronic mail) (“User Content”) (including, without limitation, any names, voices, likenesses, performances and actions contained therein) for any purpose whatsoever (including, without limitation, advertising, commercial, promotional and publicity purposes) in S&P Global’s discretion without notice, approval, attribution or consideration to you or to any other person or entity. You represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to grant the foregoing license, that neither the permission nor consent of any other person or entity is required to enable S&P Global to legally use the User Content in accordance with this license; that all User Content provided to a Site by you or anyone else using your account complies with all applicable laws, rules and regulations; and that S&P Global’s use of the User Content in accordance with this license will not violate or infringe upon the rights of any person or entity.
Users entering material into a Site are responsible for the content of that material. S&P Global does not have any responsibility for User Content, including the content of any messages or information posted by Users or others, or for the content of information accessible via direct or indirect hyperlinks from a Site. However, S&P Global retains the right, to review, edit or delete User Content that S&P Global deems to be illegal, offensive or otherwise inappropriate.
You may not input or distribute any material through the Site that is promotional in nature, including solicitations for funds or business, without the prior written authorization of S&P Global.
7. PRIVACY POLICY AND COOKIE NOTICE
Please see the S&P Global Privacy Policy and Cookie Notice for information on S&P Global’s data collection and use practices with respect to a Site.
As part of access to portions of a Site, you may be required to provide certain information, such as, your name and email address. In addition, you may be required to select a username and password. You represent and warrant that any information you provide to S&P Global in connection with a Site shall be accurate and complete. You further agree to keep any passwords/user IDs in connection with a Site in strict confidence and promptly advise S&P Global of any actual or threatened unauthorized disclosure or misuse of a Site or any passwords/user IDs with respect to a Site that come to your attention. You shall cooperate with S&P Global in enforcing the restrictions and limitations set forth herein.
8. COUNTRY CONDITIONS AND QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
The terms and conditions set forth in this section (the “Country Conditions”) are the result of various regulatory and/or legal requirements relating to usage of a Site including its Content. Your use of a Site in the specified jurisdictions is subject to these Country Conditions.
Australia. To the extent that S&P’s Global Ratings credit ratings (the “Ratings”) are included as part of any Content, S&P Global Ratings Australia Pty Limited (ABN 62 007 324 852), being the holder of Australian Financial Services License No. 337565 issued pursuant to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (“SPA”), whose registered office is located at Level 45, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Australia, shall provide such portion of such Content to you and S&P shall license you the right to use the intellectual property in such portion of such Content and, as owner of such intellectual property, shall receive any fees with respect thereto. SPA expressly agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Terms of Use to the extent it applies to the provision of the Ratings. You accept and acknowledge that SPA’s provision of the Ratings as part of a Site to you is based on, and conditional on, the veracity and accuracy of your representation that you are a “Wholesale Client” (as such is defined in Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act of 2001 (Australia)). In addition, you acknowledge that Ratings and/or related research licensed to you pursuant to these Terms of Use or your Other Agreement, as applicable, are not intended for, and should not be distributed to, any person other than a Wholesale Client (to the extent such distribution is permitted by your Other Agreements). In furtherance of the foregoing, you undertake that (a) you will not pass on any Rating and/or related research to a party who is not a Wholesale Client and (b) that you will obtain the same undertaking from your own Wholesale Clients (to the extent such distribution is permitted by your Other Agreements). S&P represents that it is authorized to bind SPA to the terms and conditions set forth in these Terms of Use to the extent such terms and conditions pertain to the provision of Ratings.
All countries located in Europe, the Middle East or Africa (“EMEA”). In the event your use of the Ratings is in any country located in EMEA, you further acknowledge and agree to the following: the Ratings shall not in any circumstances be used by you where, as part of an effort to sell securities to Retail Investors (as defined below), you use the Ratings: (a) to create a type of recommendation, (b) to create your own interpretation of the Ratings or (c) in some other form of “risk classification”. For the purposes of this Terms of Use, “Retail Investor” shall mean an individual investor who buys and sells securities or other financial products for his/her personal account, and not for another company, individual or organization.
QUALIFIED AND INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
Portions of this Site were created in order to enable "qualified institutional buyers," as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 ("QIBs"), to analyze data made available by issuers to QIBs in securities offerings and in the QIB secondary market. These data may or may not otherwise be publicly available. If you choose to access such QIB information on the Site ("QIB Information"), you hereby acknowledge and agree that (a) you must be a QIB to access the QIB Information, (b) the QIB Information contained on this Site may only be available to QIBs, (c) you will not transmit or use any such QIB Information in violation of the federal securities laws, and (d) you represent and warrant to S&P Global Ratings (on behalf of yourself or your organization) that you have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so that you are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the securities for which QIB Information has been made available by the issuers, and utilize effectively the software, products and/or data provided by S&P as an analytical tool to assist in any such evaluation. You also confirm that you are solely responsible for performing your own evaluation of any such securities, and with respect to QIB Information made available by issuers to QIBs in securities offerings and in the QIB secondary market, S&P does not make any recommendations as to whether to buy, sell or hold any such securities or as to the usefulness of its software, products, and data to you for purposes of making any such evaluation.
9. ADDITIONAL LEGAL TERMS
These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between the parties relating to each Site and supersedes any and all other agreements, oral or in writing, with respect to such Site. The failure of S&P Global to insist upon strict compliance with any term of these Terms of Use shall not be construed as a waiver with regard to any subsequent failure to comply with such term or provision. To the fullest extent permitted by law, you shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend S&P Global and its suppliers from and against any and all costs, claims, damages or liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs) arising out of any breach by you of Section 3 (Anti-hacking Provisions). These Terms of Use are personal to you, and you may not assign your rights or obligations to anyone. If any term or condition hereof is found by a court, administrative agency or jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, it shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid, legal and enforceable. If such modification is not possible, the relevant term shall be deemed deleted and the remaining terms and conditions hereof shall remain in full force and effect and shall be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law. These Terms of Use, your rights and obligations, and all actions contemplated by these Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of the United States of America and New York State. The parties agree that the State and Federal courts of New York shall be the exclusive forums for any dispute arising out of these Terms of Use and the parties hereby consent to the personal jurisdiction of such courts. Any claim must be brought in the claimant’s individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, representative, multiple plaintiff, or similar proceeding (“Class Action”). The parties expressly waive any ability to maintain any Class Action in any forum.
10. HOW TO CONTACT US
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Terms of UseUseful Links• Terms and Conditions for the United KingdomThese Terms of Use were last updated on May18November 26, 20182019.These Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”) apply to S&P Global Inc. and its affiliates, which you have a contract with or which provide services to you, (collectively or individually, as applicable, referred to as "S&P Global", "Company" "we", "our", "us").By accessing and using any of S&P Global’s websites including any connected mobile application or version thereof (each a "Site"), you agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Use and you represent that you have the legal capacity to be bound by these Terms of Use. The terms "you" and "User" refer to anyone who accesses a Site.These Terms of Use contain terms, conditions, covenants and provisions upon which you may access and use a Site and all content, including, without limitation, text, ratings, opinions, photographs, video, audio, graphics, tools, analytics, functionality, products and information (collectively, the “Content”) displayed and/or otherwise contained on a Site. If at any time you do not agree with the Terms of Use, you will stop accessing and/or using the Site(s) and the Content. Each Site and the Content contained therein is the exclusive property of S&P Global or its suppliers.Notwithstanding anything in the Terms of Use to the contrary, your rights to use certain material available on or through each Site may be subject to separate written license agreements with S&P Global (“Other Agreements”). In the event you have an Other Agreement to access all or any portion of a Site, including any separately entitled sections of a Site, then the Other Agreement, rather than these Terms of Use, will govern your use of such Site. In the event of a conflict between your Other Agreement and these Terms of Use, the terms and conditions in the Other Agreement shall prevail.Any attempt by you to modify these Terms of Use is expressly rejected by S&P Global and shall have no force or effect regarding your use of a Site. S&P Global may change these Terms of Use at any time without notice. Changes will be posted on each Site under "Terms of Use". Your access and use of a Site after any changes have been posted will constitute your agreement to the modified Terms of Use and any changes. Therefore, you should read these Terms of Use from time to time to be aware of any such changes.1. 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S&P Global Ratings’ use of Other Content that you submit is governed by Section 8 below.CUSIP numbers made available on standardandpoors.comThe CUSIP information made available on standardandpoors.com (the "CUSIP Database") consists of security identifiers and related descriptive information and is protected under copyright laws and is licensed with permission from CUSIP Global Services ("CGS"), on behalf of the American Bankers Association ("ABA").User agrees and acknowledges that the CUSIP Database and the information contained therein is and shall remain valuable intellectual property owned by, or licensed to, CGS and the ABA, and that no proprietary rights are being transferred to User in such materials or in any of the information contained therein.User agrees that User shall not publish or distribute in any medium the CUSIP Database or any information contained therein or summaries or subsets thereof to any person or entity except in connection with the normal clearing and settlement of security transactions. 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If you choose to access a Site including any Content therein, you do so on your own initiative and you are responsible for compliance with all applicable laws.Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures of the American Bankers Association (“CUSIP”). You agree and acknowledge that the CUSIP database and the information contained therein is and shall remain valuable intellectual property owned by, or licensed to, Standard & Poor’s CUSIP Global Services (“CGS”) and the American Bankers Association (“ABA”), and that no proprietary rights are being transferred to you in such materials or in any of the information contained therein. 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You further agree that the use of CUSIP numbers and descriptions is not intended to create or maintain, and does not serve the purpose of the creation or maintenance of, a master file or database of CUSIP descriptions or numbers for yourself or any third-party recipient of such materials and is not intended to create and does not serve in any way as a substitute for any products and services distributed by CGS. All use by you of the CUSIP database and the information contained therein is expressly subject to the disclaimers and limitations set forth herein. In the event you have a direct agreement with CGS, such agreement shall control your use of the CUSIP database and/or any information contained therein.NOTE: For your protection, S&P Global reserves the right to view, monitor, and record activity on the Site in accordance with S&P Global's Privacy Policy and Cookie Notice, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. 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All orders by S&P Global International (U.K.) Limited or a company which directly or indirectly (a) it wholly owns or controls (b) wholly owns or controls it (a “Parent”) and/or (c) is wholly (“Buyer”) are subject to the terms set forth in this purchase order (“Order”) and any attachments hereto.
If as of the date of this Order, a master or other agreement between Seller and Buyer is in effect (“Master Agreement”), this Order and shall be governed by and is subject to the terms of that Master Agreement, and in the event of any inconsistency between this Order and the Master Agreement, the terms of the Master Agreement shall supersede any inconsistent terms in this Order. No modifications or changes to these terms and conditions will be binding upon Buyer unless made in writing, and signed by Buyer’s authorized representative. Notice is hereby given that any additional or different term proposed by Seller is objected to and hereby rejected.
APPLICABLE LAW
The agreement arising pursuant to this Order and all matters, issues and disputes arising howsoever in connection with such Order and its performance or non performance in contract or tort or otherwise shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales.
INFRINGEMENT
Seller will indemnify and hold harmless Buyer from and against any and all claims, demands and actions against Buyer, its subsidiaries and affiliates and their respective customers, for infringement or alleged infringement of any intellectual property, personal or other right of any third party by the Materials or services furnished under this order, or any part or use thereof. If Seller includes in the materials covered by this Order any content owned by third parties, for which permission is required for use in, and/or publication of, the materials, Seller will obtain all such permissions at Seller’s expense.
PRICE
If the price is not stated on this Order or included in the Master Agreement or corresponding Statement of Work, Seller agrees to invoice at lowest prevailing market price.
QUALITY
If applicable, Seller shall obtain from Buyer written approval of all off-specifications work Materials are subject to Buyer’s inspection and approval within a reasonable time after delivery. If specifications are not met, or Seller is otherwise unable to produce the deliverables and/or perform the services outlined in this Order, according to specifications and to Buyer’s satisfaction, in addition to other remedies available to Buyer, and at Buyer’s option, material may be returned at Seller’s expense and risk for all damages incidental to the rejection, or Buyer may accept the work and reduce the entire payment due under this Order subject to negotiation. Payment shall not constitute an acceptance of the material nor impair Buyer’s right to inspect or any of its remedies.
QUANTITIES
The specific quantity ordered must be delivered in full and not be changed without Buyer’s written consent.
TERMINATION
In addition to any other rights available to Buyer, Buyer may terminate the Order, in whole or in part, for its convenience by notice to Seller at any time prior to shipment by Seller.
SHIPMENT AND IMPORTATION
Shipment or delivery of goods or items in acceptable form must be made within the time stated on this Order, failing which Buyer reserves the right to cancel all or any part of this Order, without obligation to Seller. If the products covered by this Order are imported from other countries, Seller will be responsible for all legal, administrative and regulatory requirements associated therewith and the payment of any applicable dues, taxes and fees.
TAXES
Seller agrees to pay any taxes imposed by law upon or on account of the material ordered or services provided hereunder unless otherwise agreed.
COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS
Seller agrees at all times to comply with all applicable federal, ftate and local laws, rules and regulations. To the extent required by law, the terms of all applicable laws and regulations are incorporated into this Order, including the following, all of which have the same force and effect as if they were stated in their full text:
The Seller warrants and represents that it is an equal opportunities employer under all applicable laws and regulations..
WAGES AND HOURS
Seller warrants and represents that in the performance of this Order Seller has complied with all applicable laws and regulations regarding the (A) payment of minimum wages and/or salaries to its employees and (B) days and hours which employees are permitted to work or be compelled to work including without limitation the European Working Time Directive..
BRIBERY & CORRUPTION
The Seller warrants and represents that neither it nor its employees nor those acting on its behalf have done or omitted to any act matter or thing in negotiating or obtaining this Order that are (or would if the Seller was a person resident in England and Wales) in breach of the United Kingdom’s Bribery Act 2010.
SELLER LABOR ON PREMISES
If this Order requires the performance of labor on Buyer’s premises the Seller agrees to indemnify and protect Buyer against all liabilities, claims or demands for injuries or damages to person or property arising from the performance of this Order.
WARRANTY FOR MATERIALS
In addition to compliance with all specifications concerning this Order, Seller expressly warrants that the materials and articles covered by this Order shall be free from defects in material and/or workmanship, and shall be MERCHANTABLE. Such warranty shall survive delivery and acceptance.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS/WARRANTY
If this Order is for the creation of content for Buyer or any provision of services, Seller grants and assigns to Buyer all intellectual property rights to the work performed or content developed hereunder, unless otherwise specified. If applicable, any materials created hereunder by the Seller for the Buyer are work made for hire, unless otherwise specified, provided that if any of such work created for Buyer may not, by operation of law, be a work made for hire, Seller hereby assigns to Buyer all ownership rights, including, without limitation, copyright to such work unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing between Buyer and Seller and Seller waives all rights in or relating to such work insofar as such rights cannot be assigned (including without limitation moral rights) .
If this Order is for the creation of content for Buyer, the Seller warrants that the materials delivered hereunder will contain no material (a) created or derived from other copyrighted works (b) created or authored and designed by persons who are not the employees of the Seller, without the written permission of the owner of such copyrighted material. The Seller will obtain at Seller’s sole expense and bear all cost for such permission and deliver them in writing to Buyer on or before delivery of the materials. The Seller warrants that the work does not and will not infringe upon any copyright, violate any proprietary rights, or contain any libelous, injurious or unlawful matter. In the event of claim, demand or suit against the Buyer by reason of any violation of proprietary right or copyright, or by reason of any libelous, unlawful or otherwise injurious material, contained in the materials delivered under this Order, the Buyer may take any action it deems appropriate for the resolution of such dispute, and unless and until such claim, demand, or suit has been favorably settled or withdrawn, the Buyer may withhold any sums due the Seller under this Order.
PAYMENT
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the payment terms of this Order are net 60 days after the later of receipt of Seller’s valid invoice or receipt by Buyer of acceptable products, materials or services. All invoices against this Order need to be received by Buyer no later than thirty (30) days after the products, materials and/or services covered by this Order have been finalized or delivered. Failure to submit billing during this time period or failure to notify Buyer, in writing, about any overages, may reduce the amount paid by Buyer towards the materials and/or services covered by this Order. Buyer will be released from any obligation to pay Seller any amounts set forth in any invoices under this Order received by Buyer later than ninety (90) days after the materials and/or services covered by this Order have been finalized or delivered.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
To the extent permitted by local law, in no event will Buyer be liable for any lost revenues, lost profits, incidental, indirect, consequential, special or punitive damages. Any limitation or exclusion of liability under this Order shall not limit or exclude any liability for (a) death or personal injury and/or (b) fraud.
- Purchase Order Terms Conditions
STANDARD PURCHASE ORDER
Terms and ConditionsAll orders by S&P Global Inc. a New York corporation, with a principal place of business at 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041 (“S&P”) ("BUYER") and affiliates are subject to the terms set forth in this purchase order ("Order") and any attachments hereto. This order is BUYER's offer to SELLER and is not an acceptance by BUYER of any offer to sell by SELLER or of any terms and conditions contained in any such offer. Acceptance of this offer by SELLER should be made by (a) executing the associated
Order, or (b) delivering any of the goods ordered herein or (c) rendering any of the services ordered herein. Any additional or different terms proposed by SELLER are objected to and rejected unless expressly assented to in writing by BUYER.If as of the date of this Order, a master or other agreement between SELLER and BUYER is in effect ("Master Agreement"), this Order and shall be governed by and is subject to the terms of that Master Agreement, and in the event of any inconsistency between this Order and the Master Agreement, the terms of the Master Agreement shall supersede any inconsistent terms in this Order. No modifications or changes to these terms and conditions will be binding upon BUYER unless made in writing, and signed by BUYER's authorized representative
INVOICE AND PAYMENT
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the payment terms are set in the applicable Purchase Order and are NET after the later of receipt of SELLER's valid invoice or receipt by BUYER of acceptable products, materials or services. All invoices against this Order need to be received by BUYER no later than thirty (30) days after the products, materials and/or services covered by this Order have been finalized or delivered. BUYER will be released from any obligation to pay SELLER any amounts set forth in any invoices under this Order received by BUYER later than ninety (90) days after the materials and/or services covered by this Order have been finalized or delivered.
Unless otherwise specified on this order or controlling contract, no invoice shall be issued prior to shipment of the products, materials or services and no payment shall be made prior to receipt of both the products, materials or services and a correct invoice
CANCELLATION
Time is of the essence in this order. BUYER reserves the right to cancel this order, or any portion of this order, without liability, if; (1) delivery is not made when and as specified; (b) SELLER fails to meet contract commitments as to exact time, price, quality or quantity; (c) SELLER ceases to conduct its operation in the normal course of business; (d) SELLER is unable to meet its obligations as they mature; (e) proceedings are instituted against SELLER under the bankruptcy laws or any other laws relating to the relief of creditors; (f) a receiver is appointed or applied for by SELLER; or (g) any assignment is made by SELLER for the benefit of creditors. BUYER may terminate all or any part of this Order for convenience at any time by written notice to SELLER. Upon such termination, BUYER's liability will be limited to reasonable termination charges mutually agreed by SELLER and BUYER, provided that SELLER must specify any proposed charges in writing within fifteen (15) days after termination. This Order shall terminate automatically, without notice, if SELLER becomes insolvent or the subject of any proceeding under the laws relating to bankruptcy or the relief of debtors.
WARRANTY
SELLER expressly warrants that all goods or services furnished under this agreement shall conform to all specifications and appropriate standards, will be new, and will be free from defects in material or workmanship. SELLER warrants that all such goods or services will conform to any statements made on the containers or labels or advertisements for such goods, or services, and that any goods will be adequately contained, packaged, marked and labeled. SELLER warrants that all goods or services furnished hereunder will be merchantable, and will be safe and appropriate for the purpose for which goods or services of that kind are normally used. If SELLER knows or has reason to know the particular purpose for which BUYER intends to use the goods or services, SELLER warrants that such goods or services will be fit for such particular purpose. SELLER warrants that goods or services furnished will conform in all respects to samples. Inspection, test, acceptance or use of the goods or services furnished hereunder shall not affect the SELLER's obligation under this warranty, and such warranties shall survive inspection, test, acceptance and use. SELLER's warranty shall run to BUYER, its successors, assigns and customers, and users of goods sold by BUYER. SELLER agrees to replace or correct defects of any goods or services not conforming to the foregoing warranty promptly, without expense to BUYER, when notified of such nonconformity by BUYER, provided BUYER elects to provide SELLER with the opportunity to do so. In the event of failure of SELLER to correct defects in or replace nonconforming goods or services promptly, BUYER, after reasonable notice to SELLER, may make such corrections or replace such goods and services and charge SELLER for the cost incurred by BUYER in doing so.
FORCE MAJURE
BUYER may delay delivery or acceptance occasioned by causes beyond its control. SELLER shall hold such goods at the direction of the BUYER and shall deliver them when the cause affecting the delay has been removed. BUYER shall be responsible only for SELLER's direct additional costs in holding the goods or delaying performance of this agreement at BUYER's request. Causes beyond BUYER's control shall include governmental action or failure of the government to act where such action is required, strike or other labor trouble, fire, or unusually severe weather.
ASSIGNMENTS
No assignment of any rights, including rights to money due or to become due hereunder, or delegation of any duties under this order shall be binding upon BUYER until its written consent has been obtained. No part of this order may be assigned or subcontracted without the prior written approval of BUYER.
INSPECTION/TESTING
Payment for the goods delivered hereunder shall not constitute acceptance thereof. BUYER shall have the right to inspect such goods and to reject any or all of said goods that are in BUYER's judgment defective or nonconforming. Goods rejected and goods supplied in excess of quantities called for herein may be returned to SELLER at its expense and, in addition to BUYER's other rights, BUYER may charge SELLER all expenses of unpacking, examining, repacking, and reshipping such goods. In the event BUYER receives goods whose defects or nonconformity is not apparent on examination, BUYER reserves the right to require replacement, as well as payment of damages. Nothing contained in this purchase order shall relieve in any way the SELLER from the obligation of testing, inspection and quality control.
INDEMNIFICATION
SELLER shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless BUYER against all damages, claims or liabilities and expenses (including attorney's fees) arising out of or resulting in any way from any defect in the goods or services purchased hereunder, any breach of the terms and conditions of this order, or from any act or omission of SELLER, its agents, employees or subcontractors. This indemnification shall be in addition to the warranty obligations of SELLER.
INSURANCE
In the event that SELLER's obligations hereunder require or contemplate performance of services by SELLER's employees, or persons under contract to SELLER, to be done on BUYER's property, or property of BUYER's customers, the SELLER agrees that all such work shall be done as an independent contractor and that the persons doing such work shall not be considered employees of the BUYER. SELLER shall maintain all necessary insurance coverages, including public/general liability, umbrella/excess liability and Workman's Compensation insurance. BUYER may also require SELLER to maintain Professional Liability insurance. BUYER shall be named as Additional Insureds under SELLER’s public/general liability and umbrella/excess liability policies. Certificates of Insurance shall be delivered upon execution of this agreement and, within 10 days after renewal of each policy. All insurance required by this Agreement shall be issued by carrier(s) with an AM Best Rating of A- IX or better. The SELLER shall provide that no less than (30) thirty days prior written notice to its business contact at BUYER and its subsidiaries in the event of material alterations to, or cancellation/non-renewal of the coverage. Certificates of insurance and cancellation/non-renewals notices should be sent to: S&P Global Buying Center at Contracts.Helpdesk@spglobal.com.
CONFIDENTIAL OR PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
Notwithstanding any document marking to the contrary, any knowledge or information that the SELLER has disclosed or may later disclose to BUYER, and which in any way relates to the goods or services covered by this Order will not, unless otherwise specifically agreed to in writing by BUYER, be deemed to be confidential or proprietary information, and will be acquired by BUYER, free from any restrictions. SELLER will not transmit to BUYER any sensitive personal information, including, but not limited to, identified health information, financial information, social security numbers, biometrics or other personally identified or identifiable information of like sensitivity. SELLER will keep confidential any technical, process, economic, or other information derived from drawings, specifications and other data furnished by BUYER in connection with this Order (in whatever form or format) and will not divulge, export, or use, directly or indirectly, such information for the benefit of any other party without obtaining BUYER's prior written consent. Except as required for the efficient performance of this Order, SELLER will not use such information or make copies or permit copies to be made of such drawings, specifications, or other data without the prior written consent of BUYER. If any reproduction is made with prior consent, this notice will be provided. Upon completion or termination of this Order, SELLER will promptly return to BUYER all materials incorporating any such information and any copies, except for one record copy. SELLER agrees that no acknowledgment or other information concerning this Order and the goods or services provided will be made public by SELLER without the prior written agreement of BUYER.
SELLER shall establish and maintain appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards that are no less protective of Personal Data than Industry-Leading Cybersecurity standards and in compliance with Data Protection laws. BUYER or its designee shall have the right to audit and/or review the foregoing safeguards.
Cybersecurity Incident
SELLER shall ensure that all Permitted Subcontractors comply with Data Protection Laws and Industry-Leading Cybersecurity Standards. SELLER shall ensure that all Permitted Subcontractors do not do or omit to do anything that would cause or may reasonably be expected to cause BUYER or its affiliates to be in breach or violation of any provision of Data Protection Laws.
If SELLER experiences an actual or suspected Cybersecurity Incident (defined below):
i. SELLER will immediately notify BUYER at + 1 866 810 0436 (or direct + 44 207 176 7999) and via email at S&PGlobalCIRT@spglobal.com no later than 24 hours (or such other earlier period as required by Data Protection Laws) after SELLER becomes aware of the Cybersecurity Incident;
ii. SELLER will as soon as is reasonably possible mitigate, document and remediate the Cybersecurity Incident and where applicable, SELLER’s incident response procedures and BUYER Policies and Procedures;
iii. Unless required by Law, SELLER shall not make any public statement in reference to BUYER with respect to a Cybersecurity Incident without the prior written approval of BUYER;
iv. SELLER shall assist BUYER in complying with its obligations under Data Protection Laws arising from the Cybersecurity Incident, including by facilitating interviews with SELLER personnel and providing information as and when requested;
v. SELLER shall otherwise cooperate with BUYER and its agents at BUYER’s request and at SELLER’s own expense.
The notification shall include at least the following details:
i. The date and approximate time of the Cybersecurity Incident;
ii. A summary of all known relevant facts about the Cybersecurity Incident, including the BUYER data, systems or Confidential Information that may be at risk and the methodology for such investigation by SELLER;
iii. Actions taken or proposed to be taken by SELLER to remediate the Cybersecurity Incident; and
iv. Any technical step that SELLER believes BUYER should take to mitigate the effects of the Cybersecurity Incident.
After a Cybersecurity Incident has occurred, SELLER shall prepare and provide to BUYER a written report of the Cybersecurity Incident, including as applicable measures to prevent the Cybersecurity Incident from reoccurring and mutually-agreeable timelines for remediation.
In this Agreement, “Cybersecurity Incident” means any activity that compromises or otherwise is reasonably likely to result in the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to BUYER’s data, systems or Confidential Information, including a personal data breach as defined in GDPR.
WORK ON BUYER'S PREMISES
If SELLER's work under this Order requires SELLER to be on the premises of BUYER or at BUYER’s direction, SELLER will take all necessary precautions to prevent any injury to persons or damage to property, including following any rules, procedures or other requirements of BUYER.
COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS
SELLER's performance of the Services shall at all times be in compliance with applicable law, statute, rule or regulation (“Law”), including the Laws regarding the performance of privacy impact assessment(s) and the transfer of personally identifiable information of data subjects of the European Union and execution of model contracts related thereto, and any applicable Compliance Regulation. SELLER shall monitor, at its own cost and expense, changes in applicable Law and Compliance Regulations that may affect SELLER's provision of the Services and shall modify its Services as necessary to remain in compliance with Law and Compliance Regulations. If BUYER identifies any non-compliance with Law or Compliance Regulation or determines that a particular change in Law or Compliance Regulation will require a change or modification of the Services, BUYER shall notify SELLER and SELLER will cooperate with BUYER to modify the Services within a reasonable time period to comply with such Law or Compliance Regulation. In the event changes in Laws or Compliance Regulations prevent or impair SELLER from delivering the Services under an applicable SOW, SELLER shall use commercially reasonable efforts to develop and, upon BUYER's approval (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld), implement a suitable work-around until such time as SELLER can perform the Services under such SOW without such work-around.
This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60–1.4(a), 60–300.5(a) and 60–741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
A “Compliance Regulation” means, with respect to any Party, any Law applicable to such Party relating to money laundering or terrorist financing, including currency transaction reporting and currency transaction limits; the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, 1997 (the “OECD Convention”); the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 of the United States of America, as amended or supplemented (“the FCPA”); the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, as amended or supplemented (the "Bribery Act"); and any other Law applicable to such Party which is substantially equivalent to the FCPA or the Bribery Act or was intended to enact the provisions of the OECD Convention and/or other economic sanctions administered or enforced by any other relevant sanctions authority having jurisdiction over a party.
SEVERABILITY/SURVIVAL
Should any provision of these General Terms and Conditions or any Purchase Order issued hereunder or any remedy provided for herein be held invalid or unenforceable by any court or arbitration panel of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions and remedies shall remain in full force and effect. Any provision of these General Terms and Conditions or any Purchase Order which, by its nature, would survive termination or expiration of these General Terms and Conditions or such Purchase Order will survive any such termination or expiration of this Agreement.
SUBCONTRACTING
Consultant shall not subcontract or delegate any of its obligations hereunder to any third party without BUYER’s prior written consent. In the event that BUYER approves any such subcontracting, Consultant shall remain liable for all of its obligations hereunder and under any SOW and shall be liable for the acts and omissions of any subcontractor. Further, Consultant shall ensure that all sub-contractors have been advised of the terms of this Agreement and have agreed in writing to comply with same. BUYER shall have the right at any time to immediately require that Consultant terminate or remove any third party subcontractors from providing the Services without any penalty or cost to BUYER if BUYER reasonably believes such third party’s acts or omissions are or may cause harm to BUYER.
- BON DE COMMANDE STANDARD
Conditions généralesToutes les commandes passées par S&P Global Inc., une société new-yorkaise, dont le siège principal est 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041 (ci-après, « S&P » « Acheteur ») sont assujetties aux conditions énoncées dans le présent bon de commande (ci-après, « Commande ») ainsi qu'à toute pièce jointe aux présentes. A moins que l'Acheteur et le Vendeur n'en soit convenu autrement par écrit, et eu égard aux conditions générales de vente du Vendeur, toute commande acceptée par le Vendeur implique l'application des présentes conditions générales de l'Acheteur. Le Vendeur doit accepter cette offre par (a) l'exécution de la Commande associée, ou (b) la livraison de l'une des biens commandées aux présentes, ou (c) la fourniture des services commandés aux présentes.
Si, à la date de la présente Commande, un contrat-cadre ou autre accord entre le Vendeur et l'Acheteur est en vigueur (ci-après, « Contrat-cadre »), cette Commande sera régie par les conditions de ce Contrat-cadre et sera sujette à celles-ci. En cas de contradiction entre cette Commande et le Contrat-cadre, les termes du Contrat-cadre remplaceront toutes les dispositions contradictoires de la présente Commande. Aucune modification ou changement de ces conditions générales ne liera l'Acheteur à moins d'être fait par écrit et signé par le représentant autorisé de l'Acheteur.
FACTURATION ET PAIEMENT
Sauf accord écrit contraire, les conditions de paiement de la Commande sont de soixante (60) jours nets à compter de la date d'émission de la facture valide du Vendeur.Toutes les factures relatives à cette Commande doivent être reçues par l'Acheteur dès la réalisation de la vente ou la prestation du service. En cas de retard de paiement, des pénalités de retard correspondant à un taux d'intérêt égal à trois fois le taux d'intérêt légal en vigueur seront dues au créancier, ainsi qu'e une indemnité forfaitaire d'un montant de 40 euros pour frais de recouvrement.
Sauf indication contraire sur cette commande, aucune facture ne sera émise avant l'expédition des produits, matériels ou la réalisation des services, et aucun paiement ne sera effectué avant la réception des produits, matériels ou services, ainsi qu'une facture correcte. Ces factures doivent comporter toutes les mentions obligatoires prévues à l'article L. 441-3 du Code de commerce français.
ANNULATION
L'exécution de cette commande est soumise à des délais stricts. L'Acheteur se réserve le droit d'annuler tout ou partie de cette commande, sans engager sa responsabilité, si, sauf cas de force majeure : (a) la livraison n'est pas effectuée au moment spécifié et de la manière spécifiée ; (b) le Vendeur ne respecte pas les engagements contractuels quant au délai, au prix, la qualité ou la quantité exacte ; (c) le Vendeur cesse d'exercer ses activités dans le cours normal des affaires ; (d) le Vendeur n'est pas en mesure de remplir ses obligations à leur échéance. L'Acheteur peut mettre fin en tout ou partie à cette Commande à tout moment pour des raisons de commodité en adressant une notification écrite au Vendeur. Dans le cas d'une telle résiliation, la responsabilité de l'Acheteur sera limitée aux frais de résiliation raisonnablement engagés par le Vendeur à la date de résiliation tels que convenus d'un commun accord entre le Vendeur et l'Acheteur, à condition que le Vendeur précise par écrit tous les frais proposés dans les quinze (15) jours suivant la résiliation.
GARANTIE
Le Vendeur garantit expressément que tous les biens ou services fournis dans le cadre du présent contrat seront conformes à toutes les spécifications et normes appropriées, qu'ils seront neufs et qu'ils seront exempts de défauts de matériaux ou de fabrication. Le Vendeur garantit que tous ces biens ou services seront conformes à toute déclaration figurant sur les contenants, les étiquettes ou les publicités pour ces biens ou services, et que les biens seront convenablement conditionnés, emballés, marqués et étiquetés. Le Vendeur garantit que tous les biens ou services fournis en vertu des présentes seront commercialisables, sans danger et appropriés pour l'usage auquel les biens ou services de ce type sont normalement utilisés. Si le Vendeur sait ou a des raisons de savoir à quelle fin particulière l'Acheteur à l'intention d'utiliser les biens ou les services, il garantit que ces biens ou services seront adaptés à cette fin particulière. Le Vendeur garantit que les biens ou services fournis seront conformes à tous égards aux échantillons. L'inspection, l'essai, l'acceptation ou l'utilisation des biens ou des services fournis dans le cadre des présentes sont sans incidence sur les obligations du Vendeur découlant de la présente garantie, et ces garanties resteront en vigueur après l'inspection, l'essai, l'acceptation et l'utilisation des biens ou services. La garantie du Vendeur s'applique à l'Acheteur, ses successeurs, ses ayants-droit, ses clients et les utilisateurs des biens vendus par l'Acheteur. Le Vendeur s'engage à remplacer ou à corriger les défauts de tout bien ou service non conforme à la garantie susmentionnée et ce sans délai et sans frais pour l'Acheteur, dès lors que l'Acheteur notifie cette non-conformité au Vendeur, à condition que l'Acheteur choisisse de donner au Vendeur l'occasion de le faire. Si le Vendeur ne corrige pas les défauts ou ne remplace pas les biens ou les services non conformes rapidement, l’Acheteur peut, après avoir donné un préavis raisonnable au Vendeur, effectuer de telles corrections ou remplacer ces biens et services, et facturer au Vendeur les frais engagés par l'Acheteur à cet effet.
FORCE MAJEURE
Les Parties peuvent retarder la livraison ou la réception pour des raisons indépendantes de leur volonté. Le Vendeur doit conserver ces biens à la demande de l’Acheteur et les ne les livrer que lorsque la cause ayant entraîné le retard aura disparu. L'Acheteur ne sera responsable que des frais supplémentaires directs subis par le Vendeur et liés à la détention des biens ou au report de l'exécution du présent contrat demandé par l'Acheteur. Les causes indépendantes de la volonté des Parties comprendront l'action ou l'inaction du gouvernement lorsqu'une telle action est nécessaire, une grève ou tout autre problème lié au travail, un incendie ou des conditions météorologiques exceptionnellement extrêmes.
CESSIONS
Aucune cession de droits, ni aucune délégation d'obligation en vertu de la présente commande ne liera l'Acheteur tant que son consentement écrit n'aura pas été obtenu.Aucune partie de cette commande ne peut être cédée ou sous-traitée sans l'accord écrit préalable de l'Acheteur.
INSPECTION/ESSAI
Le paiement des biens livrés en vertu des présentes ne constitue pas leur acceptation. L'Acheteur aura le droit d'inspecter ces biens et de refuser tout ou partie desdits biens qui sont, selon son appréciation, défectueux ou non conformes. Après vérification du Vendeur, les biens refusés et les biens fournis en excès des quantités demandées dans les présentes peuvent être renvoyés au Vendeur à ses frais et, outre les autres droits de l'Acheteur, ce dernier peut facturer au Vendeur tous les frais de déballage, d'examen, de reconditionnement et de réexpédition de ces biens. Dans le cas où l'Acheteur reçoit des biens dont les défauts ou la non-conformité ne sont pas apparents lors de la vérification, il se réserve le droit d'exiger le remplacement ainsi que le paiement de dommages et intérêts. Rien dans le présent bon de commande ne dispense le Vendeur de l'obligation de test, d'inspection et de contrôle de qualité.
INDEMNISATION
Le Vendeur défendra, indemnisera et garantira l’Acheteur contre tout dommage, poursuite ou responsabilité et dépenses (y compris les frais d'avocat) découlant ou résultant de quelque manière que ce soit de tout défaut des biens ou services achetés en vertu des présentes, de toute violation des conditions générales de cette commande, ou de toute action ou omission du Vendeur, de ses agents, employés ou sous-traitants. Cette indemnisation s'ajoute aux obligations de garantie du Vendeur.
ASSURANCE
Dans le cas où ses obligations en vertu des présentes exigent ou prévoient que les services des employés du Vendeur, ou des personnes sous contrat avec le Vendeur, soient exécutés sur la propriété de l'Acheteur ou la propriété des clients de l'Acheteur, le Vendeur convient que tout travail de ce type sera effectué en tant qu'entrepreneur indépendant et que les personnes effectuant ce travail ne seront pas considérées comme des employés de l'Acheteur. Le Vendeur doit souscrire toutesassurances nécessaires, y compris assurance responsabilité civile (laquelle devra couvrir tous les risques d' accidents du travail. L'Acheteur peut également exiger du Vendeur qu'il souscrive une assurance responsabilité professionnelle et / ou une assurance responsabilité civile produit. L'Acheteur doit être désigné comme Assuré Additionnel en vertu des polices d'assurance de responsabilité du Vendeur. Les attestations d'assurance doivent être délivrés à la signature du présent contrat et dans les 10 jours suivant le renouvellement de chaque police. Toutes les assurances exigées en vertu du présent Contrat doivent être émises par une ou des sociétés d'assurance ayant obtenu une notation AM Best A-IX ou supérieure. Le Vendeur doit fournir un préavis écrit d'au moins trente (30) jours à son contact commercial chez S&P Global et ses filiales en cas de modification importante à son initiative, d'annulation/non-renouvellement à son initiative de la couverture. Les Attestations d'Assurance et les avis d'annulation/non renouvellement doivent être envoyés à : S&P Global Buying Center à Contracts.Helpdesk@spglobal.com.
INFORMATIONS CONFIDENTIELLES OU EXCLUSIVES, DONNEES PERSONNELLES
Nonobstant tout document indiquant le contraire, toute connaissance ou information que le Vendeur a divulguée ou pourrait divulguer ultérieurement à l'Acheteur, et qui se rapporte de quelque manière aux biens ou services couverts par la présente Commande, ne sera pas, sauf accord écrit contraire de l’Acheteur, considéré comme une information confidentielle ou exclusive, et sera acquise par l’Acheteur, sans aucune restriction. Le Vendeur ne transmettra à l'Acheteur aucune information personnelle sensible, y compris, mais sans limitation, des informations de santé identifiées, des informations financières, des numéros de sécurité sociale, des données biométriques ou toute autre donnée identifiée ou identifiable de même sensibilité. Le Vendeur s'engage à garder confidentielle toute information technique, de processus, économiques ou autre dérivée des dessins, spécifications et autres données fournies par l'Acheteur en rapport avec la présente Commande (sous quelque forme ou format que ce soit) et à ne pas divulguer, exporter ou utiliser, directement ou indirectement, ces informations au profit de toute autre partie sans le consentement écrit préalable de l’Acheteur. Sauf dans la mesure où cela serait nécessaire à l'exécution efficace de la présente Commande, le Vendeur n'utilisera pas ces informations ou n'en fera pas de copies ou ne permettra pas que des copies de ces dessins, spécifications ou autres données soient faites sans le consentement écrit préalable de l'Acheteur. Si une reproduction est faite avec le consentement préalable, cet accord sera fourni. Une fois la Commande terminée ou résiliée, le Vendeur retournera promptement à l’Acheteur tous les documents contenant ces informations et toutes les copies, à l’exception d’un exemplaire. Le Vendeur accepte qu'aucune information concernant cette Commande et les biens ou services fournis ne soit rendue publique par lui sans l'accord écrit préalable de l'Acheteur.
Le Vendeur doit établir et maintenir des mesures de protection organisationnelles, techniques et physiques appropriées qui ne soient pas moins protectrices des Données Personnelles que les Normes de Pointe en matière de Cybersécurité et qui soient en conformité avec les lois sur la Protection des Données, y compris le Règlement (UE) 2016/679 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 27 avril 2016 et la Loi n°78-17 dite «Informatique et Libertés», telle qu'amendée (ci-après les «Lois sur la Protection des Données». S&P ou la personne qu'elle désigne aura le droit de vérifier et/ou d’examiner les mesures de protection susmentionnées.
Le Vendeur doit veiller à ce que tous les sous-traitants Autorisés se conforment aux Lois sur la Protection des Données et aux Normes de Pointe en matière de Cybersécurité. Le Vendeur doit veiller à ce que tous les sous-traitants Autorisés ne fassent pas ou n'omettent pas de faire quelque chose qui pourrait causer ou pourrait raisonnablement amener S&P ou ses sociétés affiliées à enfreindre ou à violer toute disposition des Lois sur la Protection des Données.
Incident de Cybersécurité
Si le Vendeur est confronté à un Incident de Cybersécurité réel ou présumé (défini ci-dessous) :
i. Le Vendeur informera immédiatement S&P au +1 866 810 0436 (ou directement au + 44 207 176 7999) et par e-mail à S&PGlobalCIRT@spglobal.com au plus tard 24 heures (ou toute autre période antérieure, conformément aux Lois sur la Protection des Données) après qu'il ait eu connaissance de l'Incident de Cybersécurité ;
ii. Dès qu'il est raisonnablement possible de le faire, le Vendeur atténuera, documentera et rectifiera l'Incident de Cybersécurité et, le cas échéant, ses procédures d'intervention en cas d'incidents et les Politiques et Procédures de S&P ;
iii. Sauf si la Loi l'exige, le Vendeur ne fera aucune déclaration publique à l'égard de S&P concernant un Incident de Cybersécurité sans l'autorisation écrite préalable de S&P ;
iv. Le Vendeur doit aider S&P à respecter ses obligations en vertu des Lois sur la Protection des Données découlant de l'Incident de Cybersécurité, en facilitant notamment les entretiens avec le personnel du Vendeur et en fournissant des informations sur demande ;
v. Le Vendeur s'engage par ailleurs à coopérer à ses frais avec S&P et ses agents à la demande de S&P.
La notification comporte au moins les informations suivantes :
i. La date et l'heure approximative de l'Incident de Cybersécurité ;
ii. Un résumé de tous les faits pertinents connus concernant l'Incident de Cybersécurité, y compris les données, les systèmes ou les Informations Confidentielles de S&P susceptibles de présenter un risque, ainsi que la méthodologie utilisée pour une telle investigation par le Vendeur ;
iii. Les mesures prises ou proposées par le Vendeur pour remédier à l'Incident de Cybersécurité ; et
iv. Toute mesure technique qui, selon le Vendeur, devrait être prise par S&P pour atténuer les effets de l’Incident de Cybersécurité.
Après la survenance d'un Incident de Cybersécurité, le Vendeur préparera et fournira à S&P un rapport écrit de l’Incident de Cybersécurité, comprenant, le cas échéant, les mesures visant à empêcher que l’Iincident de Cybersécurité ne se reproduise et les délais mutuellement acceptables pour y remédier.
Si le travail du Vendeur en vertu de la présente Commande exige qu'il soit présent dans les locaux de l'Acheteur ou si cela résulte d'une demande de l'Acheteur, le Vendeur prendra toutes les précautions nécessaires pour éviter tout dommage corporel ou matériel, en respectant les règles, procédures ou autres exigences de l'Acheteur.
CONFORMITÉ AUX LOIS ET AUX RÈGLEMENTS
L'exécution des services par le Vendeur doit à tout moment être conforme aux lois, ordonnances, règles ou règlementations applicables (ci-après, la « Loi »), y compris les Lois relatives à l'exécution d'analyses d'impact sur la vie privée et au transfert des données à caractère personnel des personnes concernées de l’Union européenne, et à l’exécution des contrats types y afférents, ainsi qu'à toute Règlementation de Conformité applicable. Le Vendeur surveillera, à ses propres frais, les modifications dans les Lois et les Règlementations de Conformité applicables qui pourraient affecter la fourniture de ses services, et modifiera ses services si nécessaire pour rester en conformité avec les Lois et Règlementations de Conformité en vigueur. Si S&P identifie une non-conformité à la Loi ou à la Règlementation de Conformité ou détermine qu'une modification particulière dans la Loi ou la Règlementation de Conformité nécessitera un changement ou une modification des services, S&P informera le Vendeur et ce dernier collaborera avec S&P pour modifier les services dans un délai raisonnable afin de se conformer à la Loi ou à la Règlementation de Conformité. Dans l'éventualité où des changements dans les Lois ou les Règlementations de Conformité empêchent ou compromettent le Vendeur de fournir les services en vertu d'un EDT applicable, le Vendeur devra déployer des efforts commercialement raisonnables pour développer et, avec l'approbation de S&P (cette approbation ne devant pas être refusée sans motif raisonnable), mettre en œuvre une solution de remplacement appropriée jusqu'au moment où il pourra exécuter les Services en vertu dudit EDT sans une telle solution.
Le Vendeur et le sous-traitant doivent se conformer aux exigences des articles 225-1 et suivants du Code pénal ainsi qu'aux exigences des articles L 1132-1 et L 1133-1 et suivants du Code du travail. Ces règlements dispositions légales interdisent notamment la discrimination à l’égard de personnes handicapées, et interdisent notamment toute discrimination à l’égard de toute personne en raison notamment de sa race, de sa couleur, de sa religion, de son sexe, de son orientation sexuelle, de son identité de genre ou de son origine. De plus, ces règlements dispositions exigent que les vendeurs principaux et les sous-traitants concernés prennent des mesures positives pour embaucher et promouvoir l'embauche des personnes sans considération de leur race, couleur, religion, sexe, orientation sexuelle, identité de genre, origine, ou handicap.
Une « Règlementation de Conformité » désigne, à l'égard de toute Partie, toute Loi lui étant applicable en matière de blanchiment de fonds ou de financement du terrorisme, y compris la déclaration des transactions en devises et les limites des transactions en devises ; la loi n° 2016-1691 du 9 décembre 2016 relative à la transparence, à la lutte contre la corruption et à la modernisation de la vie économique (loi Sapin II) ; la Convention de l'OCDE sur la lutte contre la Corruption d'Agents Publics Etrangers dans les Transactions Commerciales Internationales de 1997 (ci-après, la « Convention de l'OCDE ») ; le Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 des États-Unis d’Amérique (Loi sur la corruption dans les transactions à l'étranger), tel que modifié ou complété (ci-après, « le FCPA ») ; le Bribery Act 2010 du Royaume-Uni, tel que modifié ou complété (ci-après, le « Bribery Act ») ; et toute autre Loi applicable à cette Partie qui est substantiellement équivalente au FCPA ou au Bribery Act ou qui était destinée à promulguer les dispositions de la Convention de l'OCDE et/ou d'autres sanctions économiques administrées ou appliquées par toute autre autorité de sanction compétente ayant compétence sur une partie.
DIVISIBILITÉ/SURVIE
Si l'une des dispositions des présentes Conditions Générales ou tout Bon de Commande émis en vertu des présentes ou si l'un des remèdes prévus aux présentes est jugé invalide ou inexécutable par un tribunal ou un panel d'arbitrage compétent, les dispositions et les remèdes restants demeureront pleinement en vigueur et applicables. Toute disposition des présentes Conditions Générales ou de tout Bon de Commande qui, de par sa nature, survivrait à la résiliation ou à l'expiration des présentes Conditions Générales, ou dudit Bon de Commande, survivra à la résiliation ou à l'expiration du présent Contrat.
SOUS-TRAITANCE
Le Vendeur ne doit ni sous-traiter ni déléguer aucune de ses obligations en vertu des présentes à un tiers sans le consentement écrit préalable de l'Acheteur. Dans l'éventualité où l'Acheteur approuve une telle sous-traitance, le Vendeur restera responsable de toutes ses obligations en vertu des présentes et de tout EDT et sera responsable des actes et des omissions de tout sous-traitant. De plus, le Vendeur veillera à ce que tous les sous-traitants aient été informés des termes de ce contrat et aient accepté par écrit de s'y conformer. L'Acheteur aura le droit, à tout moment, d’exiger immédiatement que le Vendeur mette fin ou retire tout sous-traitant tiers de la fourniture des Services sans aucune pénalité ou frais pour l'Acheteur si ce dernier a des motifs raisonnables de croire que les actes ou omissions de ce tiers lui causent ou pourraient lui causer un préjudice.
- Purchase Order Terms and Conditions - German (Deutsche)1. Allgemeines, Geltungsbereich
1.1 Die vorliegenden Allgemeinen Einkaufsbedingungen ("AEB") gelten für alle Geschäftsbeziehungen mit unseren Geschäftspartnern und Lieferanten (nachfolgend: "Lieferanten"). Sie gelten in ihrer jeweiligen Fassung als Rahmenvereinbarung auch für zukünftige Vertrage mit demselben Lieferanten, ohne dass wir in jedem Einzelfall wieder auf sie hinweisen müssten; über Änderungen unserer AEB werden wir den Lieferanten in diesem Fall unverzüglich informieren.
1.2 Unsere AEB gelten ausschließlich. Entgegenstehende oder von unseren AEB oder von gesetzlichen Bestimmungen abweichende Bedingungen des Lieferanten erkennen wir nicht an, es sei denn wir haben ausdrücklich schriftlich ihrer Geltung zugestimmt. Dies gilt auch dann, wenn wir nicht ausdrücklich widersprochen haben oder in Kenntnis der Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen des Lieferanten dessen Lieferungen vorbehaltlos annehmen.
1.3 Alle Vereinbarungen, die zwischen uns und dem Lieferanten zwecks Ausführung dieses Vertrags getroffen werden, sind in diesem Vertrag schriftlich niedergelegt. Rechtserhebliche Erklärungen und Anzeigen, die nach Vertragsschluss vom Lieferanten uns gegenüber abzugeben sind (z.B. Fristsetzungen, Mahnungen, Erklärung von Rücktritt), bedürfen zu ihrer Wirksamkeit der Schriftform.
1.4 Im Einzelfall getroffene, individuelle Vereinbarungen (einschließlich Nebenabreden, Ergänzungen, Änderungen) haben in jedem Fall Vorrang vor diesen AEB. Für den Inhalt derartiger Vereinbarungen ist ein schriftlicher Vertrag bzw. unsere schriftliche Bestätigung maßgebend.
1.5 Hinweise auf die Geltung gesetzlicher Vorschriften haben nur klarstellende Bedeutung. Auch ohne eine derartige Klarstellung gelten daher die gesetzlichen Vorschriften, soweit sie in diesen AEB nicht unmittelbar abgeändert oder ausdrücklich ausgeschlossen werden.
1.6 Unsere AEB gelten nur gegenüber Unternehmern gemäß § 14 BGB, sowie gegenüber juristischen Personen des öffentlichen Rechts oder gegenüber öffentlich-rechtlichem Sondervermögen.
2. Bestellung und Auftragsbestätigung, Vertragsschluss
2.1 Unsere Bestellung gilt frühestens mit schriftlicher Abgabe oder Bestätigung als verbindlich. Auf offensichtliche Irrtümer (z.B. Schreib- und Rechenfehler) und Unvollständigkeiten der Bestellung einschließlich der Bestellunterlagen hat uns der Lieferant zum Zweck der Korrektur bzw. Vervollständigung vor Annahme hinzuweisen; ansonsten gilt der Vertrag als nicht geschlossen.
3. Preise und Zahlungsbedingungen, Rechnungsangaben
3.1 Der in der Bestellung angegebene Preis ist bindend. Alle Preise verstehen sich einschließlich gesetzlicher Umsatzsteuer, wenn diese nicht gesondert ausgewiesen ist.
3.2 Sofern im Einzelfall nicht etwas Anderes vereinbart ist, schließt der Preis alle Leistungen und Nebenleistungen des Lieferanten (z.B. Montage, Einbau) sowie alle Nebenkosten (z.B. ordnungsgemäße Verpackung, Transportkosten einschließlich eventueller Transport- und Haftpflichtversicherung) ein. Verpackungsmaterial hat der Lieferant auf unser Verlangen zurückzunehmen.
3.3 In sämtlichen Rechnungen, Auftragsbestätigungen und Lieferpapieren sind unsere Bestellnummer die Artikel-Nr., Liefermenge und Lieferanschrift anzugeben. Sollten eine oder mehrere dieser Angaben fehlen und sich dadurch im Rahmen unseres normalen Geschäftsverkehrs die Bearbeitung durch uns verzögern, verlängern sich die in Ziffer 3.5 genannten Zahlungsfristen um den Zeitraum der Verzögerung. Rechnungszweitschriften sind als Duplikate zu kennzeichnen. Der Lieferant soll die Rechnung innerhalb von zehn Werktagen nach Vertragsschluss an uns übermitteln.
3.4 Jede Rechnung des Lieferanten muss die Voraussetzungen des § 15 Abs. 4 UStG, wie z.B. die gesonderte Ausweisung der gesetzlichen Mehrwertsteuer, erfüllen. Andernfalls ist der Vorsteuerabzug aus dem Rechnungsbetrag nicht möglich. In diesen Fällen geraten wir nicht in Zahlungsverzug.
3.5 Sofern im Einzelfall nicht etwas Anderes vereinbart ist, ist der vereinbarte Preis innerhalb von 60 Kalendertagen ab vollständiger Lieferung und Leistung (einschließlich einer etwa vereinbarten Abnahme) sowie Zugang einer ordnungsgemäßen Rechnung zur Zahlung fällig. Soweit der Lieferant Materialtests, Prüfprotokolle, Qualitätsdokumente oder andere Unterlagen zur Verfügung zu stellen hat, setzt die Vollständigkeit der Lieferung auch den Eingang dieser Unterlagen bei uns voraus.
3.6 Wir schulden keine Fälligkeitszinsen (§ 353 HGB). Der Anspruch des Lieferanten auf Zahlung von Verzugszinsen bleibt unberührt. Für den Eintritt unseres Verzugs gelten die gesetzlichen Vorschriften. In jedem Fall ist aber eine Mahnung durch den Lieferanten erforderlich.
3.7 Aufrechnungs- und Zurückbehaltungsrechte sowie die Einrede des nicht erfüllten Vertrags stehen uns in gesetzlichem Umfang zu. Wir sind insbesondere berechtigt, fällige Zahlungen zurückzuhalten, solange uns noch Ansprüche aus unvollständigen oder mangelhaften Leistungen gegen den Lieferanten zustehen.
3.8 Der Lieferant hat ein Aufrechnungs- oder Zurückbehaltungsrecht nur wegen rechtskräftig festgestellter oder unbestrittener Gegenforderungen.
3.9 Zahlungen bedeuten keine Anerkennung der Lieferungen oder Leistungen des Lieferanten als vertragsgemäß.
4. Lieferzeit und Lieferverzug
4.1 Die in der Bestellung angegebene Lieferzeit (Liefertermin oder -frist) ist bindend. Vorzeitige Lieferungen sind nicht zulässig. Wenn die Lieferzeit in der Bestellung nicht angegeben wurde und auch nicht anderweitig vereinbart wurde, beträgt die Lieferzeit vier Wochen ab Vertragsschluss.
4.2 Der Lieferant ist verpflichtet, uns unverzüglich schriftlich zu informieren, wenn Umstände eintreten oder erkennbar werden, wonach die Lieferzeit nicht eingehalten werden kann.
4.3 Im Falle des Lieferverzugs stehen uns uneingeschränkt die gesetzlichen Ansprüche zu, einschließlich des Rücktrittsrechts und des Anspruchs auf Schadensersatz statt der Leistung nach fruchtlosem Ablauf einer angemessenen Nachfrist. Die Regelungen in Ziffer 4.4 bleiben unberührt.
4.4 Im Falle des Lieferverzugs sind wir berechtigt, eine Vertragsstrafe in Höhe von 0,5 % des Lieferwerts pro vollendete Kalenderwoche zu verlangen, nicht jedoch mehr als 5 % des Lieferwertes. Wir sind berechtigt, eine Vertragsstrafe neben der Erfüllung geltend zu machen. Nehmen wir die verspätete Leistung an, müssen wir die Vertragsstrafe spätestens mit der Schlusszahlung geltend machen. Weitergehende Ansprüche und Rechte bleiben vorbehalten. Verlangen wir Schadensersatz, steht dem Lieferanten das Recht zu, nachzuweisen, dass uns überhaupt kein Schaden entstanden ist.
5. Lieferung, Gefahrübergang, Annahmeverzug
5.1 Der Lieferant ist ohne unsere vorherige schriftliche Zustimmung nicht berechtigt, die von ihm geschuldete Leistung durch Dritte (z.B. Subunternehmer) erbringen zu lassen.
5.2 Die Lieferung erfolgt, sofern nichts Anderes schriftlich vereinbart ist, "frei Haus" an den in der Bestellung angegebenen Ort. Ist der Bestimmungsort nicht angegeben und nichts Anderes vereinbart, so hat die Lieferung an unseren Geschäftssitz in Frankfurt zu erfolgen. Der jeweilige Bestimmungsort ist auch der Erfüllungsort (Bringschuld). Wird Lieferung "ab Werk" vereinbart, hat der Lieferant zu den jeweils niedrigsten Kosten zu versenden, soweit keine bestimmte Beförderungsart vereinbart ist.
5.3 Der Lieferung ist ein Lieferschein unter Angabe von Datum (Ausstellung und Versand), Inhalt der Lieferung (Artikelnummer und Anzahl) sowie unserer vollständigen Bestellkennzeichen (Datum und Nummer) beizulegen. Fehlt der Lieferschein oder ist er unvollständig, so sind die dadurch entstehenden Verzögerungen in der Bearbeitung nicht von uns zu vertreten. Getrennt vom Lieferschein ist uns eine entsprechende Versandanzeige mit dem gleichen Inhalt zuzusenden.
5.4 Die Gefahr des zufälligen Untergangs und der zufälligen Verschlechterung des Liefergegenstands geht mit Übergabe am Erfüllungsort auf uns über. Soweit eine Abnahme vereinbart ist, ist diese für den Gefahrübergang maßgebend. Auch im Übrigen gelten bei einer Abnahme die gesetzlichen Vorschriften des Werkvertragsrechts. Der Übergabe bzw. Abnahme steht es gleich, wenn wir uns im Annahmeverzug befinden.
5.5 Für den Eintritt unseres Annahmeverzuges gelten die gesetzlichen Vorschriften. Der Lieferant muss uns seine Leistung aber auch dann ausdrücklich anbieten, wenn für eine Handlung oder Mitwirkung unsererseits (z.B. Bereitstellung von Material) eine bestimmte oder bestimmbare Kalenderzeit vereinbart ist. Geraten wir in Annahmeverzug, so kann der Lieferant nach den gesetzlichen Vorschriften Ersatz seiner Mehraufwendungen verlangen. Betrifft der Vertrag eine vom Lieferanten herzustellende, unvertretbare Sache (Einzelanfertigung), so stehen dem Lieferanten weitergehende Rechte nur zu, wenn wir uns zur Mitwirkung verpflichtet und das Unterbleiben der Mitwirkung zu vertreten haben.
5.6 Sofern nichts Anderes schriftlich vereinbart ist, sind Teil-, Mehr- oder Minderlieferungen nicht zulässig.
6. Erfüllungsgehilfen
6.1 Zum Einsatz von Subunternehmern oder sonstigen Erfüllungsgehilfen für die Erbringung der vertragsgegenständlichen Leistungen ist der Lieferant nur nach unserer vorigeren schriftlichen Zustimmung berechtigt. Dies gilt nicht für freie Mitarbeiter des Lieferanten, die in die Arbeits- und Organisationsstruktur des Lieferanten eingebunden sind.
6.2 Auch nach unserer Zustimmung im Sinne von Ziffer 6.1 hat der Lieferant sicherzustellen, dass Subunternehmer oder sonstige Erfüllungsgehilfen und freie Mitarbeiter die Vorgaben dieser AEB einhalten.
6.3 Soweit der Lieferant im Rahmen der Zurverfügungstellung aller zur Durchführung eines Projekts erforderlichen personellen und sachlichen Mittel Vereinbarungen mit Dritten abschließt, erfolgt dies im eigenen Namen und auf eigene Rechnung.
7. Eigentumssicherung, Beistellung, Werkzeuge
7.1 An Abbildungen, Plänen, Zeichnungen, Berechnungen, Ausführungsanweisungen, Produktbeschreibungen und sonstigen Unterlagen und Informationen behalten wir uns Eigentums- und Urheberrechte vor. Derartige Unterlagen und Informationen sind ausschließlich für die vertragliche Leistung zu verwenden und nach Erfüllung des Vertrags an uns zurückzugeben. Gegenüber Dritten sind die Unterlagen geheim zu halten, und zwar auch nach Beendigung des Vertrags. Die Geheimhaltungsverpflichtung erlischt erst, wenn und soweit das in den überlassenen Unterlagen enthaltene Wissen allgemein bekannt geworden ist.
7.2 Ziffer 7.1 gilt entsprechend für Stoffe und Materialien die wir dem Lieferanten zur Herstellung beistellen. Derartige Gegenstände sind – solange sie nicht verarbeitet werden – auf Kosten des Lieferanten gesondert zu verwahren, zu bezeichnen und zu verwalten sowie in üblichem Umfang gegen Zerstörung und Verlust zu versichern. Bei Wertminderung oder Verlust ist vom Lieferanten Ersatz zu leisten.
7.3 Sofern wir Stoffe und Materialien beim Lieferanten beistellen, wird die Verarbeitung oder Umbildung durch den Lieferanten für uns vorgenommen. Wird unsere Vorbehaltsware mit anderen, uns nicht gehörenden Gegenständen verarbeitet, so erwerben wir das Miteigentum an der neuen Sache im Verhältnis des Wertes unserer Sache zu den anderen verarbeiteten Gegenständen zur Zeit der Verarbeitung.
7.4 Werden von uns beigestellte Stoffe und Materialien mit anderen, uns nicht gehörenden Gegenständen untrennbar vermischt, so erwerben wir das Miteigentum an der neuen Sache im Verhältnis des Wertes der Vorbehaltssache zu den anderen vermischten Gegenständen zum Zeitpunkt der Vermischung. Erfolgt die Vermischung in der Weise, dass die Sache des Lieferanten als Hauptsache anzusehen ist, so gilt als vereinbart, dass der Lieferant uns anteilmäßig Miteigentum überträgt; der Lieferant verwahrt das Alleineigentum oder das Miteigentum unentgeltlich für uns mit der Sorgfalt eines ordentlichen Kaufmanns.
7.5 Werkzeuge, Formen, Muster, Modelle, Profile, Zeichnungen, Normenblätter, Druckvorlagen und Lehren, die wir dem Lieferanten zur Verfügung stellen oder die zu Vertragszwecken gefertigt und uns durch den Lieferanten gesondert berechnet werden, bleiben unser Eigentum oder gehen in unser Eigentum über. Der Lieferant ist verpflichtet, diese Gegenstände ausschließlich für die Herstellung der von uns bestellten Liefergegenstände einzusetzen. Sie sind durch den Lieferanten als unser Eigentum kenntlich zu machen und gegen unbefugte Einsichtnahme oder Verwendung zu sichern. Der Lieferant ist verpflichtet, die uns gehörenden Werkzeuge zum Neuwert auf eigene Kosten gegen Feuer-, Wasser- und Diebstahlschaden zu versichern. Gleichzeilig tritt er uns schon jetzt alle Entschädigungsansprüche aus dieser Versicherung ab; wir nehmen die Abtretung hiermit an. Der Lieferant ist ferner verpflichtet, etwa erforderliche Wartungs und Inspektionsarbeiten an unseren Werkzeugen sowie alle Instandhaltungs- und Instandsetzungsarbeiten auf eigene Kosten rechtzeitig durchzuführen. Etwaige Störfälle hat er uns sofort anzuzeigen; unterlässt er dies schuldhaft, so bleiben Schadenersatzansprüche unberührt. Der Lieferant ist nach Aufforderung verpflichtet, die Werkzeuge und andere Gegenstände in ordnungsgemäßen Zustand an uns herauszugeben, wenn sie von ihm nicht mehr zur Erfüllung der mit uns geschlossenen Verträge benötigt werden.
7.6 Die Übereignung der vom Lieferanten gelieferten Liefergegenstände an uns erfolgt unbedingt und ohne Rücksicht auf die Zahlung des Preises. Ausgeschlossen sind jedenfalls alle Formen des erweiterten oder verlängerten Eigentumsvorbehalts, so dass ein vom Lieferanten ggf. wirksam erklärter Eigentumsvorbehalt nur bis zur Bezahlung der an uns gelieferten Ware und für diese gilt.
8. Mängeluntersuchung
8.1 Für unsere Rechte bei Sach- und Rechtsmängeln der Liefergegenstände (einschließlich Falsch- und Minderlieferung sowie unsachgemäßer Montage, mangelhafter Montage-, Betriebs- oder Bedienungsanleitung) und bei sonstigen Pflichtverletzungen durch den Lieferanten gelten die gesetzlichen Vorschriften, soweit nachfolgend nichts Anderes bestimmt ist.
8.2 Nach den gesetzlichen Vorschriften haftet der Lieferant insbesondere dafür, dass die Liefergegenstände bei Gefahrübergang auf uns die vereinbarte Beschaffenheit haben. Als Vereinbarung über die Beschaffenheit gelten jedenfalls diejenigen Produktbeschreibungen, die – insbesondere durch Bezeichnung oder Bezugnahme in unserer Bestellung – Gegenstand des jeweiligen Vertrags sind oder in gleicher Weise wie diese AEB in den Vertrag einbezogen wurden. Es macht dabei keinen Unterschied, ob die Produktbeschreibung von uns, vom Lieferanten oder vom Hersteller stammt.
8.3 Abweichend von § 442 Abs. 1 Satz 2 BGB stehen uns Mängelansprüche uneingeschränkt auch dann zu, wenn uns der Mangel bei Vertragsschluss infolge grober Fahrlässigkeit unbekannt geblieben ist.
8.4 Für die kaufmännische Untersuchungs- und Rügepflicht gelten, sofern nichts anderes schriftlich vereinbart ist (z.B. Qualitätssicherungsvereinbarung), die gesetzlichen Vorschriften (§§ 377, 381 HGB) mit folgender Maßgabe: Unsere Untersuchungspflicht beschränkt sich auf Mängel, die bei unserer Wareneingangskontrolle unter äußerlicher Begutachtung einschließlich der Lieferpapiere sowie bei unserer Qualitätskontrolle im Stichprobenverfahren offen zu Tage treten (z.B. Transportbeschädigungen, Falsch- und Minderlieferung). Soweit eine Abnahme vereinbart ist, besteht keine Untersuchungspflicht. Im Übrigen kommt es darauf an, inwieweit eine Untersuchung unter Berücksichtigung der Umstände des Einzelfalls nach ordnungsgemäßem Geschäftsgang tunlich ist. Unsere Rügepflicht für später entdeckte Mängel bleibt unberührt. In allen Fällen gilt unsere Rüge (Mängelanzeige) als unverzüglich und rechtzeitig, wenn sie innerhalb von fünf Arbeitstagen, gerechnet ab Wareneingang oder bei versteckten Mängeln ab Entdeckung, beim Lieferanten eingeht.
8.5 Die zum Zweck der Prüfung und Nachbesserung vom Lieferanten aufgewendeten Kosten trägt dieser auch dann, wenn sich herausstellt, dass tatsächlich kein Mangel vorlag. Unsere Schadensersatzhaftung bei unberechtigtem Mängelbeseitigungsverlangen bleibt unberührt; insoweit haften wir jedoch nur, wenn wir erkannt oder grob fahrlässig nicht erkannt haben, dass kein Mangel vorlag.
8.6 Kommt der Lieferant seiner Verpflichtung zur Nichterfüllung – nach unserer Wahl durch Beseitigung des Mangels (Nachbesserung) oder durch Lieferung einer mangelfreien Sache (Ersatzlieferung) – innerhalb einer von uns gesetzten, angemessenen Frist nicht nach, so können wir den Mangel selbst beseitigen und vom Lieferanten Ersatz der hierfür erforderlichen Aufwendungen bzw. einen entsprechenden Vorschuss verlangen. Ist die Nichterfüllung durch den Lieferanten fehlgeschlagen oder für uns unzumutbar (z.B. wegen besonderer Dringlichkeit Gefährdung der Betriebssicherheit oder drohendem Eintritt unverhältnismäßiger Schaden) bedarf es keiner Fristsetzung; der Lieferant ist unverzüglich, nach Möglichkeit vorher, zu unterrichten.
8.7 Im Übrigen sind wir bei einem Sach- oder Rechtsmangel nach den gesetzlichen Vorschriften zur Minderung des Kaufpreises oder zum Rücktritt vom Vertrag berechtigt. Außerdem haben wir nach den gesetzlichen Vorschriften Anspruch auf Schadens- und Aufwendungsersatz.
8.8 Durch Abnahme oder durch Billigung von vorgelegten Mustern oder Proben verzichten wir nicht auf Gewährleistungsansprüche.
9. Compliance-Grundsätze für die Zusammenarbeit
9.1 Der Lieferant, seine Mitarbeiter und von ihm möglicherweise beauftragte Subunternehmer oder sonstige Erfüllungsgehilfen werden die vertragsgegenständlichen Leistungen im Einklang mit den anwendbaren nationalen und internationalen Rechtsvorschriften erbringen. Das gilt insbesondere, jedoch nicht ausschließlich, für die anwendbaren Rechtsvorschriften der folgenden Länder: • Deutschland; • USA; • Irland; und • UK.
9.2 Ferner gilt dies insbesondere, jedoch nicht ausschließlich, für die anwendbaren Rechtsvorschriften in den folgenden Rechtsgebieten: • Antikorruptionsrecht; • Kartell- und Wettbewerbsrecht; • Außenwirtschaftsrecht; • Umweltrecht; • Datenschutzrecht.
9.3 Der Lieferant sichert zu, dass seine Mitarbeiter und von ihr möglicherweise beauftragte Subunternehmer oder sonstige Erfüllungsgehilfen mit den Geboten und Verboten der Rechtsvorschriften vertraut sind, die auf die vertragsgegenständlichen Leistungen anwendbar sind.
9.4 Der Lieferant, seine Mitarbeiter und von ihm möglicherweise beauftragte Subunternehmer oder sonstige Erfüllungsgehilfen werden die vertragsgegenständlichen Leistungen insbesondere im Einklang mit den anwendbaren Rechtsvorschriften zur Bekämpfung von Korruption erbringen. Sie werden weder selbst noch über Dritte Geld, Geschenke, Einladungen oder andere unzulässige Vorteile Personen gewahren oder versprechen, die Entscheidungen im Hinblick auf uns treffen. Sie können solchen Personen nur dann Geschenke, Bewirtungen oder sonstige Vorteile anbieten oder gewahren, wenn wir vorher schriftlich zugstimmt hat.
9.5 Der Lieferant verpflichtet sich, nach jedem vollen Jahr der Vertragslaufzeit innerhalb von vierzehn Tagen eine schriftliche Bestätigung an uns zu schicken, dass er, seine Mitarbeiter sowie von ihm möglicherweise beauftragte Subunternehmer oder sonstige Erfüllungsgehilfen bei allen vertragsgegenständlichen Leistungen die Bestimmungen der Ziffern 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 und 6.1 – Subunternehmer befolgt haben. Solange der Lieferant die Bestätigung nicht geschickt hat, haben wir das Recht, alle ausstehenden Zahlungen zurückzuhalten.
9.6 Wenn der Lieferant, seine Mitarbeiter und von ihm möglicherweise beauftragte Subunternehmen oder sonstige Erfüllungsgehilfen gegen Bestimmungen der Ziffern 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 und 6.1 - Subunternehmer verstoßen, sind wir berechtigt die vertragliche Beziehung mit dem Lieferanten außerordentlich fristlos zu kündigen.
9.7 Der Lieferant ist verpflichtet, uns den Schaden, insbesondere einschließlich Mehrsteuern, hoheitlicher Sanktionen, Rechtsverteidigungskosten etc.) zu ersetzen.
10. Produkthaftung, Freistellung, Haftpflichtversicherung
10.1 Der Lieferant haftet dafür, dass die gelieferte Ware den vereinbarten Produktspezifikationen sowie den aktuellen gesetzlichen Bestimmungen des jeweiligen Landes, in Ermangelung solcher zumindest den handelsüblichen Qualitätsbestimmungen, entspricht und darüber hinaus frei von Mängeln oder Fehlern im Sinne des Produkthaftungsgesetzes ist.
10.2 Soweit der Lieferant für einen Produktschaden verantwortlich ist, ist er verpflichtet, uns insoweit von Schadenersatzansprüchen Dritter auf erstes Anfordern freizustellen, als die Ursache in seinem Herrschafts- und Organisationsbereich gesetzt ist und er im Außenverhältnis selbst haftet.
10.3 Bei Rohstoffen und Primär-Packstoffen garantiert der Lieferant die jederzeitige lückenlose Rückverfolgbarkeit der jeweiligen Produkte.
10.4 Im Rahmen seiner Haftung für Schadensfälle im Sinn von Ziffer 10.1 ist der Lieferant auch verpflichtet, etwaige Aufwendungen gemäß §§ 683, 670 BGB oder gemäß §§ 830, 840, 426 BGB zu erstatten, die sich aus oder im Zusammenhang mit einer von uns durchgeführten Rückrufaktion ergeben. Über Inhalt und Umfang der durchzuführenden Rückrufmaßnahmen werden wir den Lieferanten – soweit möglich und zumutbar – unterrichten und ihm Gelegenheit zur Stellungnahme geben. Unberührt bleiben sonstige gesetzliche Ansprüche.
10.5 Der Lieferant verpflichtet sich, eine Produkthaftpflicht-Versicherung mit einer Deckungssumme von mindestens EUR 1.000.000 pro Personenschaden / Sachschaden – pauschal – zu unterhalten; stehen uns weitergehende Schadenersatzansprüche zu, so bleiben diese unberührt.
10.6 Wir sind berechtigt, im Rahmen durchzuführender Bewertungen des vereinbarten Qualitätsstandards während der üblichen Betriebs- und Geschäftsstunden nach vorheriger Anmeldung das Werk des Lieferanten zu betreten.
11. Schutzrechte Dritter
11.1 Der Lieferant gewährleistet, dass im Zusammenhang mit seiner Lieferung keine Schutzrechte Dritter in Ländern der Europäischen Union, Nordamerika oder anderen Ländern, in denen er die Produkte herstellt oder herstellen lässt, verletzt werden.
11.2 Werden wir von einem Dritten wegen der in Ziffer 11.1 genannten Verletzung von Schutzrechten in Anspruch genommen, so ist der Lieferant verpflichtet, uns von diesen Ansprüchen freizustellen sofern diese Ansprüche nicht offensichtlich unbegründet sind.
11.3 Wir sind nicht berechtigt, mit dem Dritten – ohne Zustimmung des Lieferanten – irgendwelche Vereinbarungen zu treffen, insbesondere einen Vergleich abzuschließen.
11.4 Die Freistellungspflicht des Lieferanten bezieht sich auf alle Aufwendungen, die uns aus oder im Zusammenhang mit der Inanspruchnahme durch einen Dritten notwendigerweise erwachsen.
12. Nutzungsrechte an Software
12.1 Der Lieferant gewährt uns das nichtausschließliche, übertragbare, weltweite, inhaltlich und zeitlich unbegrenzte Recht,
12.1.1 Software und die dazugehörige Dokumentation (zusammen im folgenden "Software" genannt) zu nutzen oder nutzen zu lassen;
12.1.2 das Nutzungsrecht gemäß Ziffer 12.1.1 an mit uns verbundene Unternehmen i.S.v. § 15 AktG, an Distributoren und an Endkunden zu unterlizenzieren;
12.1.3 mit uns verbundenen Unternehmen i.S.v. § 15 AktG und anderen Distributoren das Recht einzuräumen, Endkunden das Nutzungsrecht gemäß Ziffer 12.1.1 zu lizensieren;
12.1.4 die Software zu kopieren oder durch mit uns verbundene Unternehmen i.S.v. § 15 AktG oder andere Distributoren kopieren zu lassen, soweit dies für die Nutzung, Übertragung, Unterlizensierung oder als Sicherungskopie erforderlich ist.
12.2 Wir, unsere verbundenen Unternehmen i.S.v. § 15 AktG und andere Distributoren sind zusätzlich zu den nach Ziffer 12.1 eingeräumten Rechten befugt, Endkunden die Übertragung der Softwarelizenzen zu gestatten.
12.3 Alle von uns gewährten Unterlizenzen müssen angemessenen Schutz für das geistige Eigentum des Lieferanten an der Software vorsehen, indem gegenüber den Unterlizenznehmern / Übertragungsempfängern dieselben vertraglichen Bestimmungen verwendet werden, die der Lieferant zum Schutz des eigenen geistigen Eigentums verwendet.
13. Abtretung, Insolvenz des Lieferanten
13.1 Der Lieferant ist nicht berechtigt, seine Forderungen aus dem Vertragsverhältnis mit uns an Dritte abzutreten. Dies gilt nicht, soweit es sich um Geldforderungen handelt.
13.2 Wir können vom Vertrag zurücktreten, wenn der Lieferant seine Zahlungen einstellt oder das Insolvenzverfahren oder ein vergleichbares gesetzliches Verfahren beantragt oder ein solches Verfahren eröffnet wird oder dessen Eröffnung mangels Masse abgelehnt wird.
14. Kündigung, Change of Control
14.1 Wir sind berechtigt, die vertragliche Beziehung zum Lieferanten jederzeit durch schriftliche Erklärung unter Angabe des Grundes zu kündigen, wenn wir die bestellten Produkte in unserem Geschäftsbetrieb aufgrund bei Vertragsschluss nicht erkennbaren Umständen nicht mehr verwenden können. Dem Lieferanten werden wir in diesem Fall die von ihm erbrachte Teilleistung vergüten.
14.2 Im Falle eines Kontrollwechsels im Sinne von Ziffer 14.3 haben wir ein einmaliges Sonderkündigungsrecht, die vertragliche Beziehung mit dem Lieferanten mit einer Kündigungsfrist von vier Wochen zum Monatsende zu kündigen. Das Sonderkündigungsrecht besteht innerhalb von drei Monaten, nachdem dem uns der Kontrollwechsel bekannt geworden ist. Dem Lieferanten werden wir in diesem Fall die von ihm erbrachte Teilleistung vergüten.
14.3 Ein Kontrollwechsel liegt vor, wenn ein Dritter oder mehrere gemeinsam handelnde Dritte mehr als 50 % der Geschäftsanteile des Lieferanten erwerben.
15. Vertraulichkeit
15.1 Der Lieferant ist verpflichtet, den Inhalt unserer Geschäftsbeziehung vertraulich zu behandeln und Dritten nicht zu offenbaren oder sonst unmittelbar oder mittelbar zuganglich zu machen.
15.2 Der Lieferant wird Geschäfts- und Betriebsgeheimnisse, die ihm im Zusammenhang mit unserer vertraglichen Beziehung anvertraut oder bekannt geworden sind ("Geheime Informationen"), geheim halten und vertraulich behandeln, nicht weitergeben, ausschließlich zur Durchführung unserer Geschäftsbeziehung verwenden und auch nach Beendigung unserer Geschäftsbeziehung weder für sich noch für andere verwerten.
15.3 Der Lieferant darf Geheime Informationen an seine Mitarbeiter oder an Dritte, soweit diese in die Durchführung unserer Geschäftsbeziehung eingebunden sind und die Geheimen Informationen kennen müssen, weitergeben. Soweit eine Weitergabe Geheimer Informationen hiernach zulässig ist, verpflichtet der Lieferant, die Informationsweitergabe an solche Mitarbeiter oder Dritte auf den für die Durchführung unserer Geschäftsbeziehung erforderlichen Umfang zu begrenzen. Der Lieferant verpflichtet sich, solche Mitarbeiter oder Dritte über die aufgrund unserer Geschäftsbeziehung bestehende Geheimhaltungsverpflichtung vor Bekanntgabe einer Geheimen Information zu informieren und entsprechend zur Geheimhaltung zu verpflichten, bevor die Mitarbeiter oder Dritte Zugang zu Geheimen Informationen erhalten. Der Lieferant steht für die Einhaltung der Verpflichtungen gemäß diesen AEB durch die vorgenannten Personen ein.
15.4 Die Verpflichtung zur Geheimhaltung und Nicht-Weitergabe findet nur Anwendung auf Informationen, die • nicht bereits allgemein bekannt sind oder • der die Geheimen Informationen empfangenden Lieferanten nicht bereits vorher von uns oder auf nicht vertraulicher Basis gewahrt worden waren oder • der die Geheimen Informationen empfangenden Partei nicht von Dritten auf nicht vertraulicher Basis zugänglich gemacht wurden, es sei denn, dass der die Geheimen Informationen empfangenden Partei bekannt war, dass dieser Dritte seinerseits durch die Weitergabe eine Geheimhaltungsvereinbarung mit der anderen Partei verletzt hat.
15.5 Eine Geheimhaltungspflicht besteht nicht, soweit die die Geheimen Informationen empfangende Partei gesetzlich verpflichtet ist, geheime Informationen in gerichtlichen, behördlichen oder sonstigen Verfahren zu offenbaren.
15.6 Der Lieferant verpflichtet sich, auf schriftliche Anforderung von uns, jedenfalls aber spätestens mit Beendigung der vertraglichen Beziehung, sämtliche ihr im Zusammenhang der vertraglichen Beziehung überlassenen Unterlagen, Dateien und Datenträger (gleich welcher Art) sowie sämtliche Kopien oder Teile hiervon, die sich noch in seinem Besitz befinden und Geheime Informationen beinhalten oder sich auf solche beziehen, an uns zurückzugeben oder zu zerstören und die Zerstörung schriftlich zu bestätigen soweit nicht aus Gründen zwingenden Rechts oder zur Wahrung berechtigter Interessen der die Geheimen Informationen empfangenden Lieferanten ohne Gefährdung der Vertraulichkeit ein Verbleib solcher Unterlagen oder Kopien hiervon bei ihr erforderlich ist.
15.7 Ohne unsere vorherige schriftliche Zustimmung darf der Lieferant in Werbematerial, Broschüren, etc. nicht auf die Geschäftsverbindung mit uns hinweisen und für uns gefertigte Liefergegenstände nicht ausstellen.
16. Verjährung
16.1 Die wechselseitigen Ansprüche der Vertragsparteien verjähren nach den gesetzlichen Vorschriften, soweit nachfolgend nichts Anderes bestimmt ist.
16.2 Abweichend von § 438 Abs. 1 Nr. 3 BGB beträgt die allgemeine Verjährungsfrist für Mängelansprüche drei Jahre ab Gefahrübergang. Soweit eine Abnahme vereinbart ist, beginnt die Verjährung mit der Abnahme. Die 3-jährige Verjährungsfrist gilt entsprechend auch für Ansprüche aus Rechtsmängeln, wobei die gesetzliche Verjährungsfrist für dingliche Herausgabeansprüche Dritter (§ 438 Abs. 1 Nr. 1 BGB) unberührt bleibt; Ansprüche aus Rechtsmängeln verjähren darüber hinaus in keinem Fall, solange der Dritte das Recht – insbesondere mangels Verjährung – noch gegen uns geltend machen kann.
16.3 Die Verjährungsfristen des Kaufrechts einschließlich vorstehender Verlängerung gelten – im gesetzlichen Umfang – für alle vertraglichen Mängelansprüche. Soweit uns wegen eines Mangels auch außervertragliche Schadenersatzansprüche zustehen, gilt hierfür die regelmäßige gesetzliche Verjährung (§§ 195, 199 BGB), wenn nicht die Anwendung der Verjährungsfristen des Kaufrechts im Einzelfall zu einer längeren Verjährungsfrist führt.
16.4 Bei Ersatzlieferung und Mängelbeseitigung beginnt die Gewährleistungsfrist für ersetzte und nachgebesserte Teile erneut, es sei denn, wir mussten nach dem Verhalten des Lieferanten davon ausgehen, dass dieser sich nicht zu der Maßnahme verpflichtet sah, sondern die Ersatzlieferung oder Mängelbeseitigung nur aus Kulanzgründen oder ähnlichen Gründen vornahm.
17. Schlussbestimmungen
17.1 Soweit der Vertrag oder diese AEB Regelungslücken enthalten, gelten zur Ausfüllung dieser Lücken diejenigen rechtlich wirksamen Regelungen als vereinbart, welche die Vertragspartner nach den wirtschaftlichen Zielsetzungen des Vertrags und dem Zweck dieser AEB vereinbart hatten, wenn sie die Regelungslücke gekannt hatten.
17.2 Ausschließlicher Gerichtsstand für alle Rechtsstreitigkeiten aus der Geschäftsbeziehung zwischen uns und dem Lieferanten ist Frankfurt am Main; wir sind jedoch auch berechtigt, Klage am allgemeinen Gerichtsstand des Lieferanten zu erheben.
17.3 Für alle Rechtsbeziehungen zwischen uns und dem Lieferanten gilt ausschließlich das Recht der Bundesrepublik Deutschland unter Ausschluss des Übereinkommens der Vereinten Nationen über Verträge über den internationalen Wareneinkauf (UNKaufrecht/CISG) vom 1. April 1980.
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Historical Ratings pursuant to SEC Rule 17g-7(b)
Historical S&P Global Ratings credit ratings in each class of credit rating for which S&P Global Ratings is registered as a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization ("NRSRO") is available at the Disclosure Tab (collectively, the "Ratings History"). The Ratings History is made available free of charge subject to applicable time delays. It is intended that the availability of Ratings History on this Web Site will advance the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC's") goal of fostering accountability and comparability among NRSROs with respect to issuer-paid credit ratings. As such, the Ratings History may be used to, inter alia, perform analysis comparing how different NRSROs perform in the class of credit ratings for which they are registered.
Ratings History may not be used or disseminated in a manner that would serve as a substitute for any S&P Global Ratings product or service for which a fee is charged. This restriction is not intended to prevent use of the Ratings History in accordance with the SEC’s stated objectives for SEC Rule 17g-7(b).
Non-Historical Ratings made available on standardandpoors.com
All ratings on the Site, excluding only the Ratings History, are referred to as "Non-Historical Ratings", regardless of their currency or date of issuance.
Except as expressly set forth below, you agree not to copy, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, or store any Non-Historical Ratings, in whole or in part, from the Site or to display, perform, publish, distribute, transmit, broadcast or circulate any Non-Historical Ratings to anyone, or use any Non-Historical Ratings for any commercial purpose, without the express prior written consent of S&P Global Ratings.You may, (a) on an ad hoc basis, use individual Non-Historical Ratings in the ordinary course of securities disclosure activities and the drafting of transaction documents internally within your organization or publish, on a non-commercial basis, selected individual Non-Historical Ratings, and (b) only insofar as you are directly compelled by applicable law or regulation: (1) include credit ratings within a report required by that law or regulation and (2) deliver such report only to such regulator, or authority or government agency as is identified by that law or regulation and solely insofar as to meet your own obligations under that law or regulation and not for the benefit of another party.
Notwithstanding the foregoing:
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• Non-Historical Ratings may not be used or disseminated in a manner that would serve as a substitute for any S&P Global product or service for which a fee is charged; and
• Non-Historical Ratings may not be systematically distributed or shared.
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You may also, on an occasional, ad hoc basis, reproduce, distribute, display or transmit an insubstantial portion of other narrative (non-ratings) content ("Narrative Content"), for a non-commercial purpose and without charge, to a limited number of individuals, provided you include all copyright and other proprietary rights notices and the S&P Global Ratings disclaimer with such portion of the Narrative Content in the same form in which the notices and disclaimer appear on the Site, the original source attribution, and the phrase "Used with permission from standardandpoors.com, a Site of S&P Global Ratings". However, you may not post Narrative Content from the Site to forums, newsgroups, list serves, mailing lists, electronic bulletin boards, or other Sites, without the prior written consent of S&P Global Ratings. To request consent for uses such as linking to Narrative Content or posting Narrative Content on your Web site, please contact S&P Global Ratings at research_request@spglobal.com.
Other Content made available on standardandpoors.com
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CUSIP numbers made available on standardandpoors.com
The CUSIP information made available on standardandpoors.com (the "CUSIP Database") consists of security identifiers and related descriptive information and is protected under copyright laws and is licensed with permission from CUSIP Global Services ("CGS"), on behalf of the American Bankers Association ("ABA").
User agrees and acknowledges that the CUSIP Database and the information contained therein is and shall remain valuable intellectual property owned by, or licensed to, CGS and the ABA, and that no proprietary rights are being transferred to User in such materials or in any of the information contained therein.
User agrees that User shall not publish or distribute in any medium the CUSIP Database or any information contained therein or summaries or subsets thereof to any person or entity except in connection with the normal clearing and settlement of security transactions. Any use by User outside of the clearing and settlement of transactions may require a license from CGS, and a possible fee. User agrees that misappropriation or misuse of such materials will cause serious damage to CGS and ABA, and that in such event money damages may not constitute sufficient compensation to CGS and ABA; consequently, User agrees that in the event of any misappropriation or misuse, CGS and ABA shall have the right to obtain injunctive relief in addition to any other legal or financial remedies to which CGS and ABA may be entitled.
User further agrees that the use of CUSIP numbers and descriptions is not intended to create or maintain, and does not serve the purpose of the creation or maintenance of, a master file or database of CUSIP descriptions or numbers for itself or any third party recipient of such service (even if in connection with the clearing and settlement of transactions) and is not intended to create and does not serve in any way as a substitute for the CUSIP MASTER FILE, DB, INTERNET, ELECTRONIC Services and/or any other future services developed by CGS .
The Ratings History, Non-Historical Ratings, Narrative Content, Other Content and CUSIP Database are collectively referred to herein as the "Content."
NOTE: Use of Content on this Site may be periodically monitored to assure compliance with these Terms of Use. S&P Global Ratings reserves the right to discontinue access to this Site either with or without notice if S&P Global Ratings has a reasonable basis to believe that a User is accessing or using Content in violation of these Terms of Use.
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Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures of the American Bankers Association (“CUSIP”). You agree and acknowledge that the CUSIP database and the information contained therein is and shall remain valuable intellectual property owned by, or licensed to, Standard & Poor’s CUSIP Global Services (“CGS”) and the American Bankers Association (“ABA”), and that no proprietary rights are being transferred to you in such materials or in any of the information contained therein. You agree that misappropriation or misuse of such materials will cause serious damage to CGS and ABA and that in such event money damages may not constitute sufficient compensation to CGS and ABA; consequently, you agree that in the event of any misappropriation or misuse, CGS and ABA shall have the right to obtain injunctive relief in addition to any other legal or financial remedies to which CGS and ABA may be entitled. You agree that you shall not publish or distribute in any medium the CUSIP database or any information contained therein or summaries or subsets thereof to any person or entity. Your only use of the CUSIP numbers and descriptions shall be in connection with the internal trading and settlement of security transactions. You further agree that the use of CUSIP numbers and descriptions is not intended to create or maintain, and does not serve the purpose of the creation or maintenance of, a master file or database of CUSIP descriptions or numbers for yourself or any third-party recipient of such materials and is not intended to create and does not serve in any way as a substitute for any products and services distributed by CGS. All use by you of the CUSIP database and the information contained therein is expressly subject to the disclaimers and limitations set forth herein. In the event you have a direct agreement with CGS, such agreement shall control your use of the CUSIP database and/or any information contained therein.
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Terms of UseUseful Links• Terms and Conditions for the United KingdomThese Terms of Use were last updated on May18November 26, 20182019.These Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”) apply to S&P Global Inc. and its affiliates, which you have a contract with or which provide services to you, (collectively or individually, as applicable, referred to as "S&P Global", "Company" "we", "our", "us").By accessing and using any of S&P Global’s websites including any connected mobile application or version thereof (each a "Site"), you agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Use and you represent that you have the legal capacity to be bound by these Terms of Use. The terms "you" and "User" refer to anyone who accesses a Site.These Terms of Use contain terms, conditions, covenants and provisions upon which you may access and use a Site and all content, including, without limitation, text, ratings, opinions, photographs, video, audio, graphics, tools, analytics, functionality, products and information (collectively, the “Content”) displayed and/or otherwise contained on a Site. If at any time you do not agree with the Terms of Use, you will stop accessing and/or using the Site(s) and the Content. Each Site and the Content contained therein is the exclusive property of S&P Global or its suppliers.Notwithstanding anything in the Terms of Use to the contrary, your rights to use certain material available on or through each Site may be subject to separate written license agreements with S&P Global (“Other Agreements”). In the event you have an Other Agreement to access all or any portion of a Site, including any separately entitled sections of a Site, then the Other Agreement, rather than these Terms of Use, will govern your use of such Site. In the event of a conflict between your Other Agreement and these Terms of Use, the terms and conditions in the Other Agreement shall prevail.Any attempt by you to modify these Terms of Use is expressly rejected by S&P Global and shall have no force or effect regarding your use of a Site. S&P Global may change these Terms of Use at any time without notice. Changes will be posted on each Site under "Terms of Use". Your access and use of a Site after any changes have been posted will constitute your agreement to the modified Terms of Use and any changes. Therefore, you should read these Terms of Use from time to time to be aware of any such changes.1. USE OF THE SITE(S)S&P Global grants you a personal, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited license to access and use the Site(s) and the Content conditioned upon your compliance with these Terms of Use. The Site(s) and the Content contained therein may be used solely for viewing, ad hoc non-commercial use.You may not license, sublicense, transfer, sell, resell, publish, reproduce and/or otherwise redistribute a Site, including the Content or any component thereof in any manner (including, but not limited to, via or as part of any Internet site). You may not a) use the Content or any portion of the Site as part of any intranet or other internal network; b) create archival or derivative works based on the Content or any portion thereof; or c) modify, reverse-engineer, disassemble, decompile or store any Content or any portion of the Site. 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Terms and Conditions for the United Kingdom
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All orders by S&P Global International (U.K.) Limited or a company which directly or indirectly (a) it wholly owns or controls (b) wholly owns or controls it (a “Parent”) and/or (c) is wholly (“Buyer”) are subject to the terms set forth in this purchase order (“Order”) and any attachments hereto.
If as of the date of this Order, a master or other agreement between Seller and Buyer is in effect (“Master Agreement”), this Order and shall be governed by and is subject to the terms of that Master Agreement, and in the event of any inconsistency between this Order and the Master Agreement, the terms of the Master Agreement shall supersede any inconsistent terms in this Order. No modifications or changes to these terms and conditions will be binding upon Buyer unless made in writing, and signed by Buyer’s authorized representative. Notice is hereby given that any additional or different term proposed by Seller is objected to and hereby rejected.
APPLICABLE LAW
The agreement arising pursuant to this Order and all matters, issues and disputes arising howsoever in connection with such Order and its performance or non performance in contract or tort or otherwise shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales.
INFRINGEMENT
Seller will indemnify and hold harmless Buyer from and against any and all claims, demands and actions against Buyer, its subsidiaries and affiliates and their respective customers, for infringement or alleged infringement of any intellectual property, personal or other right of any third party by the Materials or services furnished under this order, or any part or use thereof. If Seller includes in the materials covered by this Order any content owned by third parties, for which permission is required for use in, and/or publication of, the materials, Seller will obtain all such permissions at Seller’s expense.
PRICE
If the price is not stated on this Order or included in the Master Agreement or corresponding Statement of Work, Seller agrees to invoice at lowest prevailing market price.
QUALITY
If applicable, Seller shall obtain from Buyer written approval of all off-specifications work Materials are subject to Buyer’s inspection and approval within a reasonable time after delivery. If specifications are not met, or Seller is otherwise unable to produce the deliverables and/or perform the services outlined in this Order, according to specifications and to Buyer’s satisfaction, in addition to other remedies available to Buyer, and at Buyer’s option, material may be returned at Seller’s expense and risk for all damages incidental to the rejection, or Buyer may accept the work and reduce the entire payment due under this Order subject to negotiation. Payment shall not constitute an acceptance of the material nor impair Buyer’s right to inspect or any of its remedies.
QUANTITIES
The specific quantity ordered must be delivered in full and not be changed without Buyer’s written consent.
TERMINATION
In addition to any other rights available to Buyer, Buyer may terminate the Order, in whole or in part, for its convenience by notice to Seller at any time prior to shipment by Seller.
SHIPMENT AND IMPORTATION
Shipment or delivery of goods or items in acceptable form must be made within the time stated on this Order, failing which Buyer reserves the right to cancel all or any part of this Order, without obligation to Seller. If the products covered by this Order are imported from other countries, Seller will be responsible for all legal, administrative and regulatory requirements associated therewith and the payment of any applicable dues, taxes and fees.
TAXES
Seller agrees to pay any taxes imposed by law upon or on account of the material ordered or services provided hereunder unless otherwise agreed.
COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS
Seller agrees at all times to comply with all applicable federal, ftate and local laws, rules and regulations. To the extent required by law, the terms of all applicable laws and regulations are incorporated into this Order, including the following, all of which have the same force and effect as if they were stated in their full text:
The Seller warrants and represents that it is an equal opportunities employer under all applicable laws and regulations..
WAGES AND HOURS
Seller warrants and represents that in the performance of this Order Seller has complied with all applicable laws and regulations regarding the (A) payment of minimum wages and/or salaries to its employees and (B) days and hours which employees are permitted to work or be compelled to work including without limitation the European Working Time Directive..
BRIBERY & CORRUPTION
The Seller warrants and represents that neither it nor its employees nor those acting on its behalf have done or omitted to any act matter or thing in negotiating or obtaining this Order that are (or would if the Seller was a person resident in England and Wales) in breach of the United Kingdom’s Bribery Act 2010.
SELLER LABOR ON PREMISES
If this Order requires the performance of labor on Buyer’s premises the Seller agrees to indemnify and protect Buyer against all liabilities, claims or demands for injuries or damages to person or property arising from the performance of this Order.
WARRANTY FOR MATERIALS
In addition to compliance with all specifications concerning this Order, Seller expressly warrants that the materials and articles covered by this Order shall be free from defects in material and/or workmanship, and shall be MERCHANTABLE. Such warranty shall survive delivery and acceptance.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS/WARRANTY
If this Order is for the creation of content for Buyer or any provision of services, Seller grants and assigns to Buyer all intellectual property rights to the work performed or content developed hereunder, unless otherwise specified. If applicable, any materials created hereunder by the Seller for the Buyer are work made for hire, unless otherwise specified, provided that if any of such work created for Buyer may not, by operation of law, be a work made for hire, Seller hereby assigns to Buyer all ownership rights, including, without limitation, copyright to such work unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing between Buyer and Seller and Seller waives all rights in or relating to such work insofar as such rights cannot be assigned (including without limitation moral rights) .
If this Order is for the creation of content for Buyer, the Seller warrants that the materials delivered hereunder will contain no material (a) created or derived from other copyrighted works (b) created or authored and designed by persons who are not the employees of the Seller, without the written permission of the owner of such copyrighted material. The Seller will obtain at Seller’s sole expense and bear all cost for such permission and deliver them in writing to Buyer on or before delivery of the materials. The Seller warrants that the work does not and will not infringe upon any copyright, violate any proprietary rights, or contain any libelous, injurious or unlawful matter. In the event of claim, demand or suit against the Buyer by reason of any violation of proprietary right or copyright, or by reason of any libelous, unlawful or otherwise injurious material, contained in the materials delivered under this Order, the Buyer may take any action it deems appropriate for the resolution of such dispute, and unless and until such claim, demand, or suit has been favorably settled or withdrawn, the Buyer may withhold any sums due the Seller under this Order.
PAYMENT
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the payment terms of this Order are net 60 days after the later of receipt of Seller’s valid invoice or receipt by Buyer of acceptable products, materials or services. All invoices against this Order need to be received by Buyer no later than thirty (30) days after the products, materials and/or services covered by this Order have been finalized or delivered. Failure to submit billing during this time period or failure to notify Buyer, in writing, about any overages, may reduce the amount paid by Buyer towards the materials and/or services covered by this Order. Buyer will be released from any obligation to pay Seller any amounts set forth in any invoices under this Order received by Buyer later than ninety (90) days after the materials and/or services covered by this Order have been finalized or delivered.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
To the extent permitted by local law, in no event will Buyer be liable for any lost revenues, lost profits, incidental, indirect, consequential, special or punitive damages. Any limitation or exclusion of liability under this Order shall not limit or exclude any liability for (a) death or personal injury and/or (b) fraud.
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STANDARD PURCHASE ORDER
Terms and ConditionsAll orders by S&P Global Inc. a New York corporation, with a principal place of business at 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041 (“S&P”) ("BUYER") and affiliates are subject to the terms set forth in this purchase order ("Order") and any attachments hereto. This order is BUYER's offer to SELLER and is not an acceptance by BUYER of any offer to sell by SELLER or of any terms and conditions contained in any such offer. Acceptance of this offer by SELLER should be made by (a) executing the associated
Order, or (b) delivering any of the goods ordered herein or (c) rendering any of the services ordered herein. Any additional or different terms proposed by SELLER are objected to and rejected unless expressly assented to in writing by BUYER.If as of the date of this Order, a master or other agreement between SELLER and BUYER is in effect ("Master Agreement"), this Order and shall be governed by and is subject to the terms of that Master Agreement, and in the event of any inconsistency between this Order and the Master Agreement, the terms of the Master Agreement shall supersede any inconsistent terms in this Order. No modifications or changes to these terms and conditions will be binding upon BUYER unless made in writing, and signed by BUYER's authorized representative
INVOICE AND PAYMENT
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the payment terms are set in the applicable Purchase Order and are NET after the later of receipt of SELLER's valid invoice or receipt by BUYER of acceptable products, materials or services. All invoices against this Order need to be received by BUYER no later than thirty (30) days after the products, materials and/or services covered by this Order have been finalized or delivered. BUYER will be released from any obligation to pay SELLER any amounts set forth in any invoices under this Order received by BUYER later than ninety (90) days after the materials and/or services covered by this Order have been finalized or delivered.
Unless otherwise specified on this order or controlling contract, no invoice shall be issued prior to shipment of the products, materials or services and no payment shall be made prior to receipt of both the products, materials or services and a correct invoice
CANCELLATION
Time is of the essence in this order. BUYER reserves the right to cancel this order, or any portion of this order, without liability, if; (1) delivery is not made when and as specified; (b) SELLER fails to meet contract commitments as to exact time, price, quality or quantity; (c) SELLER ceases to conduct its operation in the normal course of business; (d) SELLER is unable to meet its obligations as they mature; (e) proceedings are instituted against SELLER under the bankruptcy laws or any other laws relating to the relief of creditors; (f) a receiver is appointed or applied for by SELLER; or (g) any assignment is made by SELLER for the benefit of creditors. BUYER may terminate all or any part of this Order for convenience at any time by written notice to SELLER. Upon such termination, BUYER's liability will be limited to reasonable termination charges mutually agreed by SELLER and BUYER, provided that SELLER must specify any proposed charges in writing within fifteen (15) days after termination. This Order shall terminate automatically, without notice, if SELLER becomes insolvent or the subject of any proceeding under the laws relating to bankruptcy or the relief of debtors.
WARRANTY
SELLER expressly warrants that all goods or services furnished under this agreement shall conform to all specifications and appropriate standards, will be new, and will be free from defects in material or workmanship. SELLER warrants that all such goods or services will conform to any statements made on the containers or labels or advertisements for such goods, or services, and that any goods will be adequately contained, packaged, marked and labeled. SELLER warrants that all goods or services furnished hereunder will be merchantable, and will be safe and appropriate for the purpose for which goods or services of that kind are normally used. If SELLER knows or has reason to know the particular purpose for which BUYER intends to use the goods or services, SELLER warrants that such goods or services will be fit for such particular purpose. SELLER warrants that goods or services furnished will conform in all respects to samples. Inspection, test, acceptance or use of the goods or services furnished hereunder shall not affect the SELLER's obligation under this warranty, and such warranties shall survive inspection, test, acceptance and use. SELLER's warranty shall run to BUYER, its successors, assigns and customers, and users of goods sold by BUYER. SELLER agrees to replace or correct defects of any goods or services not conforming to the foregoing warranty promptly, without expense to BUYER, when notified of such nonconformity by BUYER, provided BUYER elects to provide SELLER with the opportunity to do so. In the event of failure of SELLER to correct defects in or replace nonconforming goods or services promptly, BUYER, after reasonable notice to SELLER, may make such corrections or replace such goods and services and charge SELLER for the cost incurred by BUYER in doing so.
FORCE MAJURE
BUYER may delay delivery or acceptance occasioned by causes beyond its control. SELLER shall hold such goods at the direction of the BUYER and shall deliver them when the cause affecting the delay has been removed. BUYER shall be responsible only for SELLER's direct additional costs in holding the goods or delaying performance of this agreement at BUYER's request. Causes beyond BUYER's control shall include governmental action or failure of the government to act where such action is required, strike or other labor trouble, fire, or unusually severe weather.
ASSIGNMENTS
No assignment of any rights, including rights to money due or to become due hereunder, or delegation of any duties under this order shall be binding upon BUYER until its written consent has been obtained. No part of this order may be assigned or subcontracted without the prior written approval of BUYER.
INSPECTION/TESTING
Payment for the goods delivered hereunder shall not constitute acceptance thereof. BUYER shall have the right to inspect such goods and to reject any or all of said goods that are in BUYER's judgment defective or nonconforming. Goods rejected and goods supplied in excess of quantities called for herein may be returned to SELLER at its expense and, in addition to BUYER's other rights, BUYER may charge SELLER all expenses of unpacking, examining, repacking, and reshipping such goods. In the event BUYER receives goods whose defects or nonconformity is not apparent on examination, BUYER reserves the right to require replacement, as well as payment of damages. Nothing contained in this purchase order shall relieve in any way the SELLER from the obligation of testing, inspection and quality control.
INDEMNIFICATION
SELLER shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless BUYER against all damages, claims or liabilities and expenses (including attorney's fees) arising out of or resulting in any way from any defect in the goods or services purchased hereunder, any breach of the terms and conditions of this order, or from any act or omission of SELLER, its agents, employees or subcontractors. This indemnification shall be in addition to the warranty obligations of SELLER.
INSURANCE
In the event that SELLER's obligations hereunder require or contemplate performance of services by SELLER's employees, or persons under contract to SELLER, to be done on BUYER's property, or property of BUYER's customers, the SELLER agrees that all such work shall be done as an independent contractor and that the persons doing such work shall not be considered employees of the BUYER. SELLER shall maintain all necessary insurance coverages, including public/general liability, umbrella/excess liability and Workman's Compensation insurance. BUYER may also require SELLER to maintain Professional Liability insurance. BUYER shall be named as Additional Insureds under SELLER’s public/general liability and umbrella/excess liability policies. Certificates of Insurance shall be delivered upon execution of this agreement and, within 10 days after renewal of each policy. All insurance required by this Agreement shall be issued by carrier(s) with an AM Best Rating of A- IX or better. The SELLER shall provide that no less than (30) thirty days prior written notice to its business contact at BUYER and its subsidiaries in the event of material alterations to, or cancellation/non-renewal of the coverage. Certificates of insurance and cancellation/non-renewals notices should be sent to: S&P Global Buying Center at Contracts.Helpdesk@spglobal.com.
CONFIDENTIAL OR PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
Notwithstanding any document marking to the contrary, any knowledge or information that the SELLER has disclosed or may later disclose to BUYER, and which in any way relates to the goods or services covered by this Order will not, unless otherwise specifically agreed to in writing by BUYER, be deemed to be confidential or proprietary information, and will be acquired by BUYER, free from any restrictions. SELLER will not transmit to BUYER any sensitive personal information, including, but not limited to, identified health information, financial information, social security numbers, biometrics or other personally identified or identifiable information of like sensitivity. SELLER will keep confidential any technical, process, economic, or other information derived from drawings, specifications and other data furnished by BUYER in connection with this Order (in whatever form or format) and will not divulge, export, or use, directly or indirectly, such information for the benefit of any other party without obtaining BUYER's prior written consent. Except as required for the efficient performance of this Order, SELLER will not use such information or make copies or permit copies to be made of such drawings, specifications, or other data without the prior written consent of BUYER. If any reproduction is made with prior consent, this notice will be provided. Upon completion or termination of this Order, SELLER will promptly return to BUYER all materials incorporating any such information and any copies, except for one record copy. SELLER agrees that no acknowledgment or other information concerning this Order and the goods or services provided will be made public by SELLER without the prior written agreement of BUYER.
SELLER shall establish and maintain appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards that are no less protective of Personal Data than Industry-Leading Cybersecurity standards and in compliance with Data Protection laws. BUYER or its designee shall have the right to audit and/or review the foregoing safeguards.
Cybersecurity Incident
SELLER shall ensure that all Permitted Subcontractors comply with Data Protection Laws and Industry-Leading Cybersecurity Standards. SELLER shall ensure that all Permitted Subcontractors do not do or omit to do anything that would cause or may reasonably be expected to cause BUYER or its affiliates to be in breach or violation of any provision of Data Protection Laws.
If SELLER experiences an actual or suspected Cybersecurity Incident (defined below):
i. SELLER will immediately notify BUYER at + 1 866 810 0436 (or direct + 44 207 176 7999) and via email at S&PGlobalCIRT@spglobal.com no later than 24 hours (or such other earlier period as required by Data Protection Laws) after SELLER becomes aware of the Cybersecurity Incident;
ii. SELLER will as soon as is reasonably possible mitigate, document and remediate the Cybersecurity Incident and where applicable, SELLER’s incident response procedures and BUYER Policies and Procedures;
iii. Unless required by Law, SELLER shall not make any public statement in reference to BUYER with respect to a Cybersecurity Incident without the prior written approval of BUYER;
iv. SELLER shall assist BUYER in complying with its obligations under Data Protection Laws arising from the Cybersecurity Incident, including by facilitating interviews with SELLER personnel and providing information as and when requested;
v. SELLER shall otherwise cooperate with BUYER and its agents at BUYER’s request and at SELLER’s own expense.
The notification shall include at least the following details:
i. The date and approximate time of the Cybersecurity Incident;
ii. A summary of all known relevant facts about the Cybersecurity Incident, including the BUYER data, systems or Confidential Information that may be at risk and the methodology for such investigation by SELLER;
iii. Actions taken or proposed to be taken by SELLER to remediate the Cybersecurity Incident; and
iv. Any technical step that SELLER believes BUYER should take to mitigate the effects of the Cybersecurity Incident.
After a Cybersecurity Incident has occurred, SELLER shall prepare and provide to BUYER a written report of the Cybersecurity Incident, including as applicable measures to prevent the Cybersecurity Incident from reoccurring and mutually-agreeable timelines for remediation.
In this Agreement, “Cybersecurity Incident” means any activity that compromises or otherwise is reasonably likely to result in the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to BUYER’s data, systems or Confidential Information, including a personal data breach as defined in GDPR.
WORK ON BUYER'S PREMISES
If SELLER's work under this Order requires SELLER to be on the premises of BUYER or at BUYER’s direction, SELLER will take all necessary precautions to prevent any injury to persons or damage to property, including following any rules, procedures or other requirements of BUYER.
COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS
SELLER's performance of the Services shall at all times be in compliance with applicable law, statute, rule or regulation (“Law”), including the Laws regarding the performance of privacy impact assessment(s) and the transfer of personally identifiable information of data subjects of the European Union and execution of model contracts related thereto, and any applicable Compliance Regulation. SELLER shall monitor, at its own cost and expense, changes in applicable Law and Compliance Regulations that may affect SELLER's provision of the Services and shall modify its Services as necessary to remain in compliance with Law and Compliance Regulations. If BUYER identifies any non-compliance with Law or Compliance Regulation or determines that a particular change in Law or Compliance Regulation will require a change or modification of the Services, BUYER shall notify SELLER and SELLER will cooperate with BUYER to modify the Services within a reasonable time period to comply with such Law or Compliance Regulation. In the event changes in Laws or Compliance Regulations prevent or impair SELLER from delivering the Services under an applicable SOW, SELLER shall use commercially reasonable efforts to develop and, upon BUYER's approval (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld), implement a suitable work-around until such time as SELLER can perform the Services under such SOW without such work-around.
This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60–1.4(a), 60–300.5(a) and 60–741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
A “Compliance Regulation” means, with respect to any Party, any Law applicable to such Party relating to money laundering or terrorist financing, including currency transaction reporting and currency transaction limits; the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, 1997 (the “OECD Convention”); the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 of the United States of America, as amended or supplemented (“the FCPA”); the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, as amended or supplemented (the "Bribery Act"); and any other Law applicable to such Party which is substantially equivalent to the FCPA or the Bribery Act or was intended to enact the provisions of the OECD Convention and/or other economic sanctions administered or enforced by any other relevant sanctions authority having jurisdiction over a party.
SEVERABILITY/SURVIVAL
Should any provision of these General Terms and Conditions or any Purchase Order issued hereunder or any remedy provided for herein be held invalid or unenforceable by any court or arbitration panel of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions and remedies shall remain in full force and effect. Any provision of these General Terms and Conditions or any Purchase Order which, by its nature, would survive termination or expiration of these General Terms and Conditions or such Purchase Order will survive any such termination or expiration of this Agreement.
SUBCONTRACTING
Consultant shall not subcontract or delegate any of its obligations hereunder to any third party without BUYER’s prior written consent. In the event that BUYER approves any such subcontracting, Consultant shall remain liable for all of its obligations hereunder and under any SOW and shall be liable for the acts and omissions of any subcontractor. Further, Consultant shall ensure that all sub-contractors have been advised of the terms of this Agreement and have agreed in writing to comply with same. BUYER shall have the right at any time to immediately require that Consultant terminate or remove any third party subcontractors from providing the Services without any penalty or cost to BUYER if BUYER reasonably believes such third party’s acts or omissions are or may cause harm to BUYER.
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- BON DE COMMANDE STANDARD
Conditions généralesToutes les commandes passées par S&P Global Inc., une société new-yorkaise, dont le siège principal est 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041 (ci-après, « S&P » « Acheteur ») sont assujetties aux conditions énoncées dans le présent bon de commande (ci-après, « Commande ») ainsi qu'à toute pièce jointe aux présentes. A moins que l'Acheteur et le Vendeur n'en soit convenu autrement par écrit, et eu égard aux conditions générales de vente du Vendeur, toute commande acceptée par le Vendeur implique l'application des présentes conditions générales de l'Acheteur. Le Vendeur doit accepter cette offre par (a) l'exécution de la Commande associée, ou (b) la livraison de l'une des biens commandées aux présentes, ou (c) la fourniture des services commandés aux présentes.
Si, à la date de la présente Commande, un contrat-cadre ou autre accord entre le Vendeur et l'Acheteur est en vigueur (ci-après, « Contrat-cadre »), cette Commande sera régie par les conditions de ce Contrat-cadre et sera sujette à celles-ci. En cas de contradiction entre cette Commande et le Contrat-cadre, les termes du Contrat-cadre remplaceront toutes les dispositions contradictoires de la présente Commande. Aucune modification ou changement de ces conditions générales ne liera l'Acheteur à moins d'être fait par écrit et signé par le représentant autorisé de l'Acheteur.
FACTURATION ET PAIEMENT
Sauf accord écrit contraire, les conditions de paiement de la Commande sont de soixante (60) jours nets à compter de la date d'émission de la facture valide du Vendeur.Toutes les factures relatives à cette Commande doivent être reçues par l'Acheteur dès la réalisation de la vente ou la prestation du service. En cas de retard de paiement, des pénalités de retard correspondant à un taux d'intérêt égal à trois fois le taux d'intérêt légal en vigueur seront dues au créancier, ainsi qu'e une indemnité forfaitaire d'un montant de 40 euros pour frais de recouvrement.
Sauf indication contraire sur cette commande, aucune facture ne sera émise avant l'expédition des produits, matériels ou la réalisation des services, et aucun paiement ne sera effectué avant la réception des produits, matériels ou services, ainsi qu'une facture correcte. Ces factures doivent comporter toutes les mentions obligatoires prévues à l'article L. 441-3 du Code de commerce français.
ANNULATION
L'exécution de cette commande est soumise à des délais stricts. L'Acheteur se réserve le droit d'annuler tout ou partie de cette commande, sans engager sa responsabilité, si, sauf cas de force majeure : (a) la livraison n'est pas effectuée au moment spécifié et de la manière spécifiée ; (b) le Vendeur ne respecte pas les engagements contractuels quant au délai, au prix, la qualité ou la quantité exacte ; (c) le Vendeur cesse d'exercer ses activités dans le cours normal des affaires ; (d) le Vendeur n'est pas en mesure de remplir ses obligations à leur échéance. L'Acheteur peut mettre fin en tout ou partie à cette Commande à tout moment pour des raisons de commodité en adressant une notification écrite au Vendeur. Dans le cas d'une telle résiliation, la responsabilité de l'Acheteur sera limitée aux frais de résiliation raisonnablement engagés par le Vendeur à la date de résiliation tels que convenus d'un commun accord entre le Vendeur et l'Acheteur, à condition que le Vendeur précise par écrit tous les frais proposés dans les quinze (15) jours suivant la résiliation.
GARANTIE
Le Vendeur garantit expressément que tous les biens ou services fournis dans le cadre du présent contrat seront conformes à toutes les spécifications et normes appropriées, qu'ils seront neufs et qu'ils seront exempts de défauts de matériaux ou de fabrication. Le Vendeur garantit que tous ces biens ou services seront conformes à toute déclaration figurant sur les contenants, les étiquettes ou les publicités pour ces biens ou services, et que les biens seront convenablement conditionnés, emballés, marqués et étiquetés. Le Vendeur garantit que tous les biens ou services fournis en vertu des présentes seront commercialisables, sans danger et appropriés pour l'usage auquel les biens ou services de ce type sont normalement utilisés. Si le Vendeur sait ou a des raisons de savoir à quelle fin particulière l'Acheteur à l'intention d'utiliser les biens ou les services, il garantit que ces biens ou services seront adaptés à cette fin particulière. Le Vendeur garantit que les biens ou services fournis seront conformes à tous égards aux échantillons. L'inspection, l'essai, l'acceptation ou l'utilisation des biens ou des services fournis dans le cadre des présentes sont sans incidence sur les obligations du Vendeur découlant de la présente garantie, et ces garanties resteront en vigueur après l'inspection, l'essai, l'acceptation et l'utilisation des biens ou services. La garantie du Vendeur s'applique à l'Acheteur, ses successeurs, ses ayants-droit, ses clients et les utilisateurs des biens vendus par l'Acheteur. Le Vendeur s'engage à remplacer ou à corriger les défauts de tout bien ou service non conforme à la garantie susmentionnée et ce sans délai et sans frais pour l'Acheteur, dès lors que l'Acheteur notifie cette non-conformité au Vendeur, à condition que l'Acheteur choisisse de donner au Vendeur l'occasion de le faire. Si le Vendeur ne corrige pas les défauts ou ne remplace pas les biens ou les services non conformes rapidement, l’Acheteur peut, après avoir donné un préavis raisonnable au Vendeur, effectuer de telles corrections ou remplacer ces biens et services, et facturer au Vendeur les frais engagés par l'Acheteur à cet effet.
FORCE MAJEURE
Les Parties peuvent retarder la livraison ou la réception pour des raisons indépendantes de leur volonté. Le Vendeur doit conserver ces biens à la demande de l’Acheteur et les ne les livrer que lorsque la cause ayant entraîné le retard aura disparu. L'Acheteur ne sera responsable que des frais supplémentaires directs subis par le Vendeur et liés à la détention des biens ou au report de l'exécution du présent contrat demandé par l'Acheteur. Les causes indépendantes de la volonté des Parties comprendront l'action ou l'inaction du gouvernement lorsqu'une telle action est nécessaire, une grève ou tout autre problème lié au travail, un incendie ou des conditions météorologiques exceptionnellement extrêmes.
CESSIONS
Aucune cession de droits, ni aucune délégation d'obligation en vertu de la présente commande ne liera l'Acheteur tant que son consentement écrit n'aura pas été obtenu.Aucune partie de cette commande ne peut être cédée ou sous-traitée sans l'accord écrit préalable de l'Acheteur.
INSPECTION/ESSAI
Le paiement des biens livrés en vertu des présentes ne constitue pas leur acceptation. L'Acheteur aura le droit d'inspecter ces biens et de refuser tout ou partie desdits biens qui sont, selon son appréciation, défectueux ou non conformes. Après vérification du Vendeur, les biens refusés et les biens fournis en excès des quantités demandées dans les présentes peuvent être renvoyés au Vendeur à ses frais et, outre les autres droits de l'Acheteur, ce dernier peut facturer au Vendeur tous les frais de déballage, d'examen, de reconditionnement et de réexpédition de ces biens. Dans le cas où l'Acheteur reçoit des biens dont les défauts ou la non-conformité ne sont pas apparents lors de la vérification, il se réserve le droit d'exiger le remplacement ainsi que le paiement de dommages et intérêts. Rien dans le présent bon de commande ne dispense le Vendeur de l'obligation de test, d'inspection et de contrôle de qualité.
INDEMNISATION
Le Vendeur défendra, indemnisera et garantira l’Acheteur contre tout dommage, poursuite ou responsabilité et dépenses (y compris les frais d'avocat) découlant ou résultant de quelque manière que ce soit de tout défaut des biens ou services achetés en vertu des présentes, de toute violation des conditions générales de cette commande, ou de toute action ou omission du Vendeur, de ses agents, employés ou sous-traitants. Cette indemnisation s'ajoute aux obligations de garantie du Vendeur.
ASSURANCE
Dans le cas où ses obligations en vertu des présentes exigent ou prévoient que les services des employés du Vendeur, ou des personnes sous contrat avec le Vendeur, soient exécutés sur la propriété de l'Acheteur ou la propriété des clients de l'Acheteur, le Vendeur convient que tout travail de ce type sera effectué en tant qu'entrepreneur indépendant et que les personnes effectuant ce travail ne seront pas considérées comme des employés de l'Acheteur. Le Vendeur doit souscrire toutesassurances nécessaires, y compris assurance responsabilité civile (laquelle devra couvrir tous les risques d' accidents du travail. L'Acheteur peut également exiger du Vendeur qu'il souscrive une assurance responsabilité professionnelle et / ou une assurance responsabilité civile produit. L'Acheteur doit être désigné comme Assuré Additionnel en vertu des polices d'assurance de responsabilité du Vendeur. Les attestations d'assurance doivent être délivrés à la signature du présent contrat et dans les 10 jours suivant le renouvellement de chaque police. Toutes les assurances exigées en vertu du présent Contrat doivent être émises par une ou des sociétés d'assurance ayant obtenu une notation AM Best A-IX ou supérieure. Le Vendeur doit fournir un préavis écrit d'au moins trente (30) jours à son contact commercial chez S&P Global et ses filiales en cas de modification importante à son initiative, d'annulation/non-renouvellement à son initiative de la couverture. Les Attestations d'Assurance et les avis d'annulation/non renouvellement doivent être envoyés à : S&P Global Buying Center à Contracts.Helpdesk@spglobal.com.
INFORMATIONS CONFIDENTIELLES OU EXCLUSIVES, DONNEES PERSONNELLES
Nonobstant tout document indiquant le contraire, toute connaissance ou information que le Vendeur a divulguée ou pourrait divulguer ultérieurement à l'Acheteur, et qui se rapporte de quelque manière aux biens ou services couverts par la présente Commande, ne sera pas, sauf accord écrit contraire de l’Acheteur, considéré comme une information confidentielle ou exclusive, et sera acquise par l’Acheteur, sans aucune restriction. Le Vendeur ne transmettra à l'Acheteur aucune information personnelle sensible, y compris, mais sans limitation, des informations de santé identifiées, des informations financières, des numéros de sécurité sociale, des données biométriques ou toute autre donnée identifiée ou identifiable de même sensibilité. Le Vendeur s'engage à garder confidentielle toute information technique, de processus, économiques ou autre dérivée des dessins, spécifications et autres données fournies par l'Acheteur en rapport avec la présente Commande (sous quelque forme ou format que ce soit) et à ne pas divulguer, exporter ou utiliser, directement ou indirectement, ces informations au profit de toute autre partie sans le consentement écrit préalable de l’Acheteur. Sauf dans la mesure où cela serait nécessaire à l'exécution efficace de la présente Commande, le Vendeur n'utilisera pas ces informations ou n'en fera pas de copies ou ne permettra pas que des copies de ces dessins, spécifications ou autres données soient faites sans le consentement écrit préalable de l'Acheteur. Si une reproduction est faite avec le consentement préalable, cet accord sera fourni. Une fois la Commande terminée ou résiliée, le Vendeur retournera promptement à l’Acheteur tous les documents contenant ces informations et toutes les copies, à l’exception d’un exemplaire. Le Vendeur accepte qu'aucune information concernant cette Commande et les biens ou services fournis ne soit rendue publique par lui sans l'accord écrit préalable de l'Acheteur.
Le Vendeur doit établir et maintenir des mesures de protection organisationnelles, techniques et physiques appropriées qui ne soient pas moins protectrices des Données Personnelles que les Normes de Pointe en matière de Cybersécurité et qui soient en conformité avec les lois sur la Protection des Données, y compris le Règlement (UE) 2016/679 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 27 avril 2016 et la Loi n°78-17 dite «Informatique et Libertés», telle qu'amendée (ci-après les «Lois sur la Protection des Données». S&P ou la personne qu'elle désigne aura le droit de vérifier et/ou d’examiner les mesures de protection susmentionnées.
Le Vendeur doit veiller à ce que tous les sous-traitants Autorisés se conforment aux Lois sur la Protection des Données et aux Normes de Pointe en matière de Cybersécurité. Le Vendeur doit veiller à ce que tous les sous-traitants Autorisés ne fassent pas ou n'omettent pas de faire quelque chose qui pourrait causer ou pourrait raisonnablement amener S&P ou ses sociétés affiliées à enfreindre ou à violer toute disposition des Lois sur la Protection des Données.
Incident de Cybersécurité
Si le Vendeur est confronté à un Incident de Cybersécurité réel ou présumé (défini ci-dessous) :
i. Le Vendeur informera immédiatement S&P au +1 866 810 0436 (ou directement au + 44 207 176 7999) et par e-mail à S&PGlobalCIRT@spglobal.com au plus tard 24 heures (ou toute autre période antérieure, conformément aux Lois sur la Protection des Données) après qu'il ait eu connaissance de l'Incident de Cybersécurité ;
ii. Dès qu'il est raisonnablement possible de le faire, le Vendeur atténuera, documentera et rectifiera l'Incident de Cybersécurité et, le cas échéant, ses procédures d'intervention en cas d'incidents et les Politiques et Procédures de S&P ;
iii. Sauf si la Loi l'exige, le Vendeur ne fera aucune déclaration publique à l'égard de S&P concernant un Incident de Cybersécurité sans l'autorisation écrite préalable de S&P ;
iv. Le Vendeur doit aider S&P à respecter ses obligations en vertu des Lois sur la Protection des Données découlant de l'Incident de Cybersécurité, en facilitant notamment les entretiens avec le personnel du Vendeur et en fournissant des informations sur demande ;
v. Le Vendeur s'engage par ailleurs à coopérer à ses frais avec S&P et ses agents à la demande de S&P.
La notification comporte au moins les informations suivantes :
i. La date et l'heure approximative de l'Incident de Cybersécurité ;
ii. Un résumé de tous les faits pertinents connus concernant l'Incident de Cybersécurité, y compris les données, les systèmes ou les Informations Confidentielles de S&P susceptibles de présenter un risque, ainsi que la méthodologie utilisée pour une telle investigation par le Vendeur ;
iii. Les mesures prises ou proposées par le Vendeur pour remédier à l'Incident de Cybersécurité ; et
iv. Toute mesure technique qui, selon le Vendeur, devrait être prise par S&P pour atténuer les effets de l’Incident de Cybersécurité.
Après la survenance d'un Incident de Cybersécurité, le Vendeur préparera et fournira à S&P un rapport écrit de l’Incident de Cybersécurité, comprenant, le cas échéant, les mesures visant à empêcher que l’Iincident de Cybersécurité ne se reproduise et les délais mutuellement acceptables pour y remédier.
Si le travail du Vendeur en vertu de la présente Commande exige qu'il soit présent dans les locaux de l'Acheteur ou si cela résulte d'une demande de l'Acheteur, le Vendeur prendra toutes les précautions nécessaires pour éviter tout dommage corporel ou matériel, en respectant les règles, procédures ou autres exigences de l'Acheteur.
CONFORMITÉ AUX LOIS ET AUX RÈGLEMENTS
L'exécution des services par le Vendeur doit à tout moment être conforme aux lois, ordonnances, règles ou règlementations applicables (ci-après, la « Loi »), y compris les Lois relatives à l'exécution d'analyses d'impact sur la vie privée et au transfert des données à caractère personnel des personnes concernées de l’Union européenne, et à l’exécution des contrats types y afférents, ainsi qu'à toute Règlementation de Conformité applicable. Le Vendeur surveillera, à ses propres frais, les modifications dans les Lois et les Règlementations de Conformité applicables qui pourraient affecter la fourniture de ses services, et modifiera ses services si nécessaire pour rester en conformité avec les Lois et Règlementations de Conformité en vigueur. Si S&P identifie une non-conformité à la Loi ou à la Règlementation de Conformité ou détermine qu'une modification particulière dans la Loi ou la Règlementation de Conformité nécessitera un changement ou une modification des services, S&P informera le Vendeur et ce dernier collaborera avec S&P pour modifier les services dans un délai raisonnable afin de se conformer à la Loi ou à la Règlementation de Conformité. Dans l'éventualité où des changements dans les Lois ou les Règlementations de Conformité empêchent ou compromettent le Vendeur de fournir les services en vertu d'un EDT applicable, le Vendeur devra déployer des efforts commercialement raisonnables pour développer et, avec l'approbation de S&P (cette approbation ne devant pas être refusée sans motif raisonnable), mettre en œuvre une solution de remplacement appropriée jusqu'au moment où il pourra exécuter les Services en vertu dudit EDT sans une telle solution.
Le Vendeur et le sous-traitant doivent se conformer aux exigences des articles 225-1 et suivants du Code pénal ainsi qu'aux exigences des articles L 1132-1 et L 1133-1 et suivants du Code du travail. Ces règlements dispositions légales interdisent notamment la discrimination à l’égard de personnes handicapées, et interdisent notamment toute discrimination à l’égard de toute personne en raison notamment de sa race, de sa couleur, de sa religion, de son sexe, de son orientation sexuelle, de son identité de genre ou de son origine. De plus, ces règlements dispositions exigent que les vendeurs principaux et les sous-traitants concernés prennent des mesures positives pour embaucher et promouvoir l'embauche des personnes sans considération de leur race, couleur, religion, sexe, orientation sexuelle, identité de genre, origine, ou handicap.
Une « Règlementation de Conformité » désigne, à l'égard de toute Partie, toute Loi lui étant applicable en matière de blanchiment de fonds ou de financement du terrorisme, y compris la déclaration des transactions en devises et les limites des transactions en devises ; la loi n° 2016-1691 du 9 décembre 2016 relative à la transparence, à la lutte contre la corruption et à la modernisation de la vie économique (loi Sapin II) ; la Convention de l'OCDE sur la lutte contre la Corruption d'Agents Publics Etrangers dans les Transactions Commerciales Internationales de 1997 (ci-après, la « Convention de l'OCDE ») ; le Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 des États-Unis d’Amérique (Loi sur la corruption dans les transactions à l'étranger), tel que modifié ou complété (ci-après, « le FCPA ») ; le Bribery Act 2010 du Royaume-Uni, tel que modifié ou complété (ci-après, le « Bribery Act ») ; et toute autre Loi applicable à cette Partie qui est substantiellement équivalente au FCPA ou au Bribery Act ou qui était destinée à promulguer les dispositions de la Convention de l'OCDE et/ou d'autres sanctions économiques administrées ou appliquées par toute autre autorité de sanction compétente ayant compétence sur une partie.
DIVISIBILITÉ/SURVIE
Si l'une des dispositions des présentes Conditions Générales ou tout Bon de Commande émis en vertu des présentes ou si l'un des remèdes prévus aux présentes est jugé invalide ou inexécutable par un tribunal ou un panel d'arbitrage compétent, les dispositions et les remèdes restants demeureront pleinement en vigueur et applicables. Toute disposition des présentes Conditions Générales ou de tout Bon de Commande qui, de par sa nature, survivrait à la résiliation ou à l'expiration des présentes Conditions Générales, ou dudit Bon de Commande, survivra à la résiliation ou à l'expiration du présent Contrat.
SOUS-TRAITANCE
Le Vendeur ne doit ni sous-traiter ni déléguer aucune de ses obligations en vertu des présentes à un tiers sans le consentement écrit préalable de l'Acheteur. Dans l'éventualité où l'Acheteur approuve une telle sous-traitance, le Vendeur restera responsable de toutes ses obligations en vertu des présentes et de tout EDT et sera responsable des actes et des omissions de tout sous-traitant. De plus, le Vendeur veillera à ce que tous les sous-traitants aient été informés des termes de ce contrat et aient accepté par écrit de s'y conformer. L'Acheteur aura le droit, à tout moment, d’exiger immédiatement que le Vendeur mette fin ou retire tout sous-traitant tiers de la fourniture des Services sans aucune pénalité ou frais pour l'Acheteur si ce dernier a des motifs raisonnables de croire que les actes ou omissions de ce tiers lui causent ou pourraient lui causer un préjudice.
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- Purchase Order Terms and Conditions - German (Deutsche)1. Allgemeines, Geltungsbereich
1.1 Die vorliegenden Allgemeinen Einkaufsbedingungen ("AEB") gelten für alle Geschäftsbeziehungen mit unseren Geschäftspartnern und Lieferanten (nachfolgend: "Lieferanten"). Sie gelten in ihrer jeweiligen Fassung als Rahmenvereinbarung auch für zukünftige Vertrage mit demselben Lieferanten, ohne dass wir in jedem Einzelfall wieder auf sie hinweisen müssten; über Änderungen unserer AEB werden wir den Lieferanten in diesem Fall unverzüglich informieren.
1.2 Unsere AEB gelten ausschließlich. Entgegenstehende oder von unseren AEB oder von gesetzlichen Bestimmungen abweichende Bedingungen des Lieferanten erkennen wir nicht an, es sei denn wir haben ausdrücklich schriftlich ihrer Geltung zugestimmt. Dies gilt auch dann, wenn wir nicht ausdrücklich widersprochen haben oder in Kenntnis der Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen des Lieferanten dessen Lieferungen vorbehaltlos annehmen.
1.3 Alle Vereinbarungen, die zwischen uns und dem Lieferanten zwecks Ausführung dieses Vertrags getroffen werden, sind in diesem Vertrag schriftlich niedergelegt. Rechtserhebliche Erklärungen und Anzeigen, die nach Vertragsschluss vom Lieferanten uns gegenüber abzugeben sind (z.B. Fristsetzungen, Mahnungen, Erklärung von Rücktritt), bedürfen zu ihrer Wirksamkeit der Schriftform.
1.4 Im Einzelfall getroffene, individuelle Vereinbarungen (einschließlich Nebenabreden, Ergänzungen, Änderungen) haben in jedem Fall Vorrang vor diesen AEB. Für den Inhalt derartiger Vereinbarungen ist ein schriftlicher Vertrag bzw. unsere schriftliche Bestätigung maßgebend.
1.5 Hinweise auf die Geltung gesetzlicher Vorschriften haben nur klarstellende Bedeutung. Auch ohne eine derartige Klarstellung gelten daher die gesetzlichen Vorschriften, soweit sie in diesen AEB nicht unmittelbar abgeändert oder ausdrücklich ausgeschlossen werden.
1.6 Unsere AEB gelten nur gegenüber Unternehmern gemäß § 14 BGB, sowie gegenüber juristischen Personen des öffentlichen Rechts oder gegenüber öffentlich-rechtlichem Sondervermögen.
2. Bestellung und Auftragsbestätigung, Vertragsschluss
2.1 Unsere Bestellung gilt frühestens mit schriftlicher Abgabe oder Bestätigung als verbindlich. Auf offensichtliche Irrtümer (z.B. Schreib- und Rechenfehler) und Unvollständigkeiten der Bestellung einschließlich der Bestellunterlagen hat uns der Lieferant zum Zweck der Korrektur bzw. Vervollständigung vor Annahme hinzuweisen; ansonsten gilt der Vertrag als nicht geschlossen.
3. Preise und Zahlungsbedingungen, Rechnungsangaben
3.1 Der in der Bestellung angegebene Preis ist bindend. Alle Preise verstehen sich einschließlich gesetzlicher Umsatzsteuer, wenn diese nicht gesondert ausgewiesen ist.
3.2 Sofern im Einzelfall nicht etwas Anderes vereinbart ist, schließt der Preis alle Leistungen und Nebenleistungen des Lieferanten (z.B. Montage, Einbau) sowie alle Nebenkosten (z.B. ordnungsgemäße Verpackung, Transportkosten einschließlich eventueller Transport- und Haftpflichtversicherung) ein. Verpackungsmaterial hat der Lieferant auf unser Verlangen zurückzunehmen.
3.3 In sämtlichen Rechnungen, Auftragsbestätigungen und Lieferpapieren sind unsere Bestellnummer die Artikel-Nr., Liefermenge und Lieferanschrift anzugeben. Sollten eine oder mehrere dieser Angaben fehlen und sich dadurch im Rahmen unseres normalen Geschäftsverkehrs die Bearbeitung durch uns verzögern, verlängern sich die in Ziffer 3.5 genannten Zahlungsfristen um den Zeitraum der Verzögerung. Rechnungszweitschriften sind als Duplikate zu kennzeichnen. Der Lieferant soll die Rechnung innerhalb von zehn Werktagen nach Vertragsschluss an uns übermitteln.
3.4 Jede Rechnung des Lieferanten muss die Voraussetzungen des § 15 Abs. 4 UStG, wie z.B. die gesonderte Ausweisung der gesetzlichen Mehrwertsteuer, erfüllen. Andernfalls ist der Vorsteuerabzug aus dem Rechnungsbetrag nicht möglich. In diesen Fällen geraten wir nicht in Zahlungsverzug.
3.5 Sofern im Einzelfall nicht etwas Anderes vereinbart ist, ist der vereinbarte Preis innerhalb von 60 Kalendertagen ab vollständiger Lieferung und Leistung (einschließlich einer etwa vereinbarten Abnahme) sowie Zugang einer ordnungsgemäßen Rechnung zur Zahlung fällig. Soweit der Lieferant Materialtests, Prüfprotokolle, Qualitätsdokumente oder andere Unterlagen zur Verfügung zu stellen hat, setzt die Vollständigkeit der Lieferung auch den Eingang dieser Unterlagen bei uns voraus.
3.6 Wir schulden keine Fälligkeitszinsen (§ 353 HGB). Der Anspruch des Lieferanten auf Zahlung von Verzugszinsen bleibt unberührt. Für den Eintritt unseres Verzugs gelten die gesetzlichen Vorschriften. In jedem Fall ist aber eine Mahnung durch den Lieferanten erforderlich.
3.7 Aufrechnungs- und Zurückbehaltungsrechte sowie die Einrede des nicht erfüllten Vertrags stehen uns in gesetzlichem Umfang zu. Wir sind insbesondere berechtigt, fällige Zahlungen zurückzuhalten, solange uns noch Ansprüche aus unvollständigen oder mangelhaften Leistungen gegen den Lieferanten zustehen.
3.8 Der Lieferant hat ein Aufrechnungs- oder Zurückbehaltungsrecht nur wegen rechtskräftig festgestellter oder unbestrittener Gegenforderungen.
3.9 Zahlungen bedeuten keine Anerkennung der Lieferungen oder Leistungen des Lieferanten als vertragsgemäß.
4. Lieferzeit und Lieferverzug
4.1 Die in der Bestellung angegebene Lieferzeit (Liefertermin oder -frist) ist bindend. Vorzeitige Lieferungen sind nicht zulässig. Wenn die Lieferzeit in der Bestellung nicht angegeben wurde und auch nicht anderweitig vereinbart wurde, beträgt die Lieferzeit vier Wochen ab Vertragsschluss.
4.2 Der Lieferant ist verpflichtet, uns unverzüglich schriftlich zu informieren, wenn Umstände eintreten oder erkennbar werden, wonach die Lieferzeit nicht eingehalten werden kann.
4.3 Im Falle des Lieferverzugs stehen uns uneingeschränkt die gesetzlichen Ansprüche zu, einschließlich des Rücktrittsrechts und des Anspruchs auf Schadensersatz statt der Leistung nach fruchtlosem Ablauf einer angemessenen Nachfrist. Die Regelungen in Ziffer 4.4 bleiben unberührt.
4.4 Im Falle des Lieferverzugs sind wir berechtigt, eine Vertragsstrafe in Höhe von 0,5 % des Lieferwerts pro vollendete Kalenderwoche zu verlangen, nicht jedoch mehr als 5 % des Lieferwertes. Wir sind berechtigt, eine Vertragsstrafe neben der Erfüllung geltend zu machen. Nehmen wir die verspätete Leistung an, müssen wir die Vertragsstrafe spätestens mit der Schlusszahlung geltend machen. Weitergehende Ansprüche und Rechte bleiben vorbehalten. Verlangen wir Schadensersatz, steht dem Lieferanten das Recht zu, nachzuweisen, dass uns überhaupt kein Schaden entstanden ist.
5. Lieferung, Gefahrübergang, Annahmeverzug
5.1 Der Lieferant ist ohne unsere vorherige schriftliche Zustimmung nicht berechtigt, die von ihm geschuldete Leistung durch Dritte (z.B. Subunternehmer) erbringen zu lassen.
5.2 Die Lieferung erfolgt, sofern nichts Anderes schriftlich vereinbart ist, "frei Haus" an den in der Bestellung angegebenen Ort. Ist der Bestimmungsort nicht angegeben und nichts Anderes vereinbart, so hat die Lieferung an unseren Geschäftssitz in Frankfurt zu erfolgen. Der jeweilige Bestimmungsort ist auch der Erfüllungsort (Bringschuld). Wird Lieferung "ab Werk" vereinbart, hat der Lieferant zu den jeweils niedrigsten Kosten zu versenden, soweit keine bestimmte Beförderungsart vereinbart ist.
5.3 Der Lieferung ist ein Lieferschein unter Angabe von Datum (Ausstellung und Versand), Inhalt der Lieferung (Artikelnummer und Anzahl) sowie unserer vollständigen Bestellkennzeichen (Datum und Nummer) beizulegen. Fehlt der Lieferschein oder ist er unvollständig, so sind die dadurch entstehenden Verzögerungen in der Bearbeitung nicht von uns zu vertreten. Getrennt vom Lieferschein ist uns eine entsprechende Versandanzeige mit dem gleichen Inhalt zuzusenden.
5.4 Die Gefahr des zufälligen Untergangs und der zufälligen Verschlechterung des Liefergegenstands geht mit Übergabe am Erfüllungsort auf uns über. Soweit eine Abnahme vereinbart ist, ist diese für den Gefahrübergang maßgebend. Auch im Übrigen gelten bei einer Abnahme die gesetzlichen Vorschriften des Werkvertragsrechts. Der Übergabe bzw. Abnahme steht es gleich, wenn wir uns im Annahmeverzug befinden.
5.5 Für den Eintritt unseres Annahmeverzuges gelten die gesetzlichen Vorschriften. Der Lieferant muss uns seine Leistung aber auch dann ausdrücklich anbieten, wenn für eine Handlung oder Mitwirkung unsererseits (z.B. Bereitstellung von Material) eine bestimmte oder bestimmbare Kalenderzeit vereinbart ist. Geraten wir in Annahmeverzug, so kann der Lieferant nach den gesetzlichen Vorschriften Ersatz seiner Mehraufwendungen verlangen. Betrifft der Vertrag eine vom Lieferanten herzustellende, unvertretbare Sache (Einzelanfertigung), so stehen dem Lieferanten weitergehende Rechte nur zu, wenn wir uns zur Mitwirkung verpflichtet und das Unterbleiben der Mitwirkung zu vertreten haben.
5.6 Sofern nichts Anderes schriftlich vereinbart ist, sind Teil-, Mehr- oder Minderlieferungen nicht zulässig.
6. Erfüllungsgehilfen
6.1 Zum Einsatz von Subunternehmern oder sonstigen Erfüllungsgehilfen für die Erbringung der vertragsgegenständlichen Leistungen ist der Lieferant nur nach unserer vorigeren schriftlichen Zustimmung berechtigt. Dies gilt nicht für freie Mitarbeiter des Lieferanten, die in die Arbeits- und Organisationsstruktur des Lieferanten eingebunden sind.
6.2 Auch nach unserer Zustimmung im Sinne von Ziffer 6.1 hat der Lieferant sicherzustellen, dass Subunternehmer oder sonstige Erfüllungsgehilfen und freie Mitarbeiter die Vorgaben dieser AEB einhalten.
6.3 Soweit der Lieferant im Rahmen der Zurverfügungstellung aller zur Durchführung eines Projekts erforderlichen personellen und sachlichen Mittel Vereinbarungen mit Dritten abschließt, erfolgt dies im eigenen Namen und auf eigene Rechnung.
7. Eigentumssicherung, Beistellung, Werkzeuge
7.1 An Abbildungen, Plänen, Zeichnungen, Berechnungen, Ausführungsanweisungen, Produktbeschreibungen und sonstigen Unterlagen und Informationen behalten wir uns Eigentums- und Urheberrechte vor. Derartige Unterlagen und Informationen sind ausschließlich für die vertragliche Leistung zu verwenden und nach Erfüllung des Vertrags an uns zurückzugeben. Gegenüber Dritten sind die Unterlagen geheim zu halten, und zwar auch nach Beendigung des Vertrags. Die Geheimhaltungsverpflichtung erlischt erst, wenn und soweit das in den überlassenen Unterlagen enthaltene Wissen allgemein bekannt geworden ist.
7.2 Ziffer 7.1 gilt entsprechend für Stoffe und Materialien die wir dem Lieferanten zur Herstellung beistellen. Derartige Gegenstände sind – solange sie nicht verarbeitet werden – auf Kosten des Lieferanten gesondert zu verwahren, zu bezeichnen und zu verwalten sowie in üblichem Umfang gegen Zerstörung und Verlust zu versichern. Bei Wertminderung oder Verlust ist vom Lieferanten Ersatz zu leisten.
7.3 Sofern wir Stoffe und Materialien beim Lieferanten beistellen, wird die Verarbeitung oder Umbildung durch den Lieferanten für uns vorgenommen. Wird unsere Vorbehaltsware mit anderen, uns nicht gehörenden Gegenständen verarbeitet, so erwerben wir das Miteigentum an der neuen Sache im Verhältnis des Wertes unserer Sache zu den anderen verarbeiteten Gegenständen zur Zeit der Verarbeitung.
7.4 Werden von uns beigestellte Stoffe und Materialien mit anderen, uns nicht gehörenden Gegenständen untrennbar vermischt, so erwerben wir das Miteigentum an der neuen Sache im Verhältnis des Wertes der Vorbehaltssache zu den anderen vermischten Gegenständen zum Zeitpunkt der Vermischung. Erfolgt die Vermischung in der Weise, dass die Sache des Lieferanten als Hauptsache anzusehen ist, so gilt als vereinbart, dass der Lieferant uns anteilmäßig Miteigentum überträgt; der Lieferant verwahrt das Alleineigentum oder das Miteigentum unentgeltlich für uns mit der Sorgfalt eines ordentlichen Kaufmanns.
7.5 Werkzeuge, Formen, Muster, Modelle, Profile, Zeichnungen, Normenblätter, Druckvorlagen und Lehren, die wir dem Lieferanten zur Verfügung stellen oder die zu Vertragszwecken gefertigt und uns durch den Lieferanten gesondert berechnet werden, bleiben unser Eigentum oder gehen in unser Eigentum über. Der Lieferant ist verpflichtet, diese Gegenstände ausschließlich für die Herstellung der von uns bestellten Liefergegenstände einzusetzen. Sie sind durch den Lieferanten als unser Eigentum kenntlich zu machen und gegen unbefugte Einsichtnahme oder Verwendung zu sichern. Der Lieferant ist verpflichtet, die uns gehörenden Werkzeuge zum Neuwert auf eigene Kosten gegen Feuer-, Wasser- und Diebstahlschaden zu versichern. Gleichzeilig tritt er uns schon jetzt alle Entschädigungsansprüche aus dieser Versicherung ab; wir nehmen die Abtretung hiermit an. Der Lieferant ist ferner verpflichtet, etwa erforderliche Wartungs und Inspektionsarbeiten an unseren Werkzeugen sowie alle Instandhaltungs- und Instandsetzungsarbeiten auf eigene Kosten rechtzeitig durchzuführen. Etwaige Störfälle hat er uns sofort anzuzeigen; unterlässt er dies schuldhaft, so bleiben Schadenersatzansprüche unberührt. Der Lieferant ist nach Aufforderung verpflichtet, die Werkzeuge und andere Gegenstände in ordnungsgemäßen Zustand an uns herauszugeben, wenn sie von ihm nicht mehr zur Erfüllung der mit uns geschlossenen Verträge benötigt werden.
7.6 Die Übereignung der vom Lieferanten gelieferten Liefergegenstände an uns erfolgt unbedingt und ohne Rücksicht auf die Zahlung des Preises. Ausgeschlossen sind jedenfalls alle Formen des erweiterten oder verlängerten Eigentumsvorbehalts, so dass ein vom Lieferanten ggf. wirksam erklärter Eigentumsvorbehalt nur bis zur Bezahlung der an uns gelieferten Ware und für diese gilt.
8. Mängeluntersuchung
8.1 Für unsere Rechte bei Sach- und Rechtsmängeln der Liefergegenstände (einschließlich Falsch- und Minderlieferung sowie unsachgemäßer Montage, mangelhafter Montage-, Betriebs- oder Bedienungsanleitung) und bei sonstigen Pflichtverletzungen durch den Lieferanten gelten die gesetzlichen Vorschriften, soweit nachfolgend nichts Anderes bestimmt ist.
8.2 Nach den gesetzlichen Vorschriften haftet der Lieferant insbesondere dafür, dass die Liefergegenstände bei Gefahrübergang auf uns die vereinbarte Beschaffenheit haben. Als Vereinbarung über die Beschaffenheit gelten jedenfalls diejenigen Produktbeschreibungen, die – insbesondere durch Bezeichnung oder Bezugnahme in unserer Bestellung – Gegenstand des jeweiligen Vertrags sind oder in gleicher Weise wie diese AEB in den Vertrag einbezogen wurden. Es macht dabei keinen Unterschied, ob die Produktbeschreibung von uns, vom Lieferanten oder vom Hersteller stammt.
8.3 Abweichend von § 442 Abs. 1 Satz 2 BGB stehen uns Mängelansprüche uneingeschränkt auch dann zu, wenn uns der Mangel bei Vertragsschluss infolge grober Fahrlässigkeit unbekannt geblieben ist.
8.4 Für die kaufmännische Untersuchungs- und Rügepflicht gelten, sofern nichts anderes schriftlich vereinbart ist (z.B. Qualitätssicherungsvereinbarung), die gesetzlichen Vorschriften (§§ 377, 381 HGB) mit folgender Maßgabe: Unsere Untersuchungspflicht beschränkt sich auf Mängel, die bei unserer Wareneingangskontrolle unter äußerlicher Begutachtung einschließlich der Lieferpapiere sowie bei unserer Qualitätskontrolle im Stichprobenverfahren offen zu Tage treten (z.B. Transportbeschädigungen, Falsch- und Minderlieferung). Soweit eine Abnahme vereinbart ist, besteht keine Untersuchungspflicht. Im Übrigen kommt es darauf an, inwieweit eine Untersuchung unter Berücksichtigung der Umstände des Einzelfalls nach ordnungsgemäßem Geschäftsgang tunlich ist. Unsere Rügepflicht für später entdeckte Mängel bleibt unberührt. In allen Fällen gilt unsere Rüge (Mängelanzeige) als unverzüglich und rechtzeitig, wenn sie innerhalb von fünf Arbeitstagen, gerechnet ab Wareneingang oder bei versteckten Mängeln ab Entdeckung, beim Lieferanten eingeht.
8.5 Die zum Zweck der Prüfung und Nachbesserung vom Lieferanten aufgewendeten Kosten trägt dieser auch dann, wenn sich herausstellt, dass tatsächlich kein Mangel vorlag. Unsere Schadensersatzhaftung bei unberechtigtem Mängelbeseitigungsverlangen bleibt unberührt; insoweit haften wir jedoch nur, wenn wir erkannt oder grob fahrlässig nicht erkannt haben, dass kein Mangel vorlag.
8.6 Kommt der Lieferant seiner Verpflichtung zur Nichterfüllung – nach unserer Wahl durch Beseitigung des Mangels (Nachbesserung) oder durch Lieferung einer mangelfreien Sache (Ersatzlieferung) – innerhalb einer von uns gesetzten, angemessenen Frist nicht nach, so können wir den Mangel selbst beseitigen und vom Lieferanten Ersatz der hierfür erforderlichen Aufwendungen bzw. einen entsprechenden Vorschuss verlangen. Ist die Nichterfüllung durch den Lieferanten fehlgeschlagen oder für uns unzumutbar (z.B. wegen besonderer Dringlichkeit Gefährdung der Betriebssicherheit oder drohendem Eintritt unverhältnismäßiger Schaden) bedarf es keiner Fristsetzung; der Lieferant ist unverzüglich, nach Möglichkeit vorher, zu unterrichten.
8.7 Im Übrigen sind wir bei einem Sach- oder Rechtsmangel nach den gesetzlichen Vorschriften zur Minderung des Kaufpreises oder zum Rücktritt vom Vertrag berechtigt. Außerdem haben wir nach den gesetzlichen Vorschriften Anspruch auf Schadens- und Aufwendungsersatz.
8.8 Durch Abnahme oder durch Billigung von vorgelegten Mustern oder Proben verzichten wir nicht auf Gewährleistungsansprüche.
9. Compliance-Grundsätze für die Zusammenarbeit
9.1 Der Lieferant, seine Mitarbeiter und von ihm möglicherweise beauftragte Subunternehmer oder sonstige Erfüllungsgehilfen werden die vertragsgegenständlichen Leistungen im Einklang mit den anwendbaren nationalen und internationalen Rechtsvorschriften erbringen. Das gilt insbesondere, jedoch nicht ausschließlich, für die anwendbaren Rechtsvorschriften der folgenden Länder: • Deutschland; • USA; • Irland; und • UK.
9.2 Ferner gilt dies insbesondere, jedoch nicht ausschließlich, für die anwendbaren Rechtsvorschriften in den folgenden Rechtsgebieten: • Antikorruptionsrecht; • Kartell- und Wettbewerbsrecht; • Außenwirtschaftsrecht; • Umweltrecht; • Datenschutzrecht.
9.3 Der Lieferant sichert zu, dass seine Mitarbeiter und von ihr möglicherweise beauftragte Subunternehmer oder sonstige Erfüllungsgehilfen mit den Geboten und Verboten der Rechtsvorschriften vertraut sind, die auf die vertragsgegenständlichen Leistungen anwendbar sind.
9.4 Der Lieferant, seine Mitarbeiter und von ihm möglicherweise beauftragte Subunternehmer oder sonstige Erfüllungsgehilfen werden die vertragsgegenständlichen Leistungen insbesondere im Einklang mit den anwendbaren Rechtsvorschriften zur Bekämpfung von Korruption erbringen. Sie werden weder selbst noch über Dritte Geld, Geschenke, Einladungen oder andere unzulässige Vorteile Personen gewahren oder versprechen, die Entscheidungen im Hinblick auf uns treffen. Sie können solchen Personen nur dann Geschenke, Bewirtungen oder sonstige Vorteile anbieten oder gewahren, wenn wir vorher schriftlich zugstimmt hat.
9.5 Der Lieferant verpflichtet sich, nach jedem vollen Jahr der Vertragslaufzeit innerhalb von vierzehn Tagen eine schriftliche Bestätigung an uns zu schicken, dass er, seine Mitarbeiter sowie von ihm möglicherweise beauftragte Subunternehmer oder sonstige Erfüllungsgehilfen bei allen vertragsgegenständlichen Leistungen die Bestimmungen der Ziffern 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 und 6.1 – Subunternehmer befolgt haben. Solange der Lieferant die Bestätigung nicht geschickt hat, haben wir das Recht, alle ausstehenden Zahlungen zurückzuhalten.
9.6 Wenn der Lieferant, seine Mitarbeiter und von ihm möglicherweise beauftragte Subunternehmen oder sonstige Erfüllungsgehilfen gegen Bestimmungen der Ziffern 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 und 6.1 - Subunternehmer verstoßen, sind wir berechtigt die vertragliche Beziehung mit dem Lieferanten außerordentlich fristlos zu kündigen.
9.7 Der Lieferant ist verpflichtet, uns den Schaden, insbesondere einschließlich Mehrsteuern, hoheitlicher Sanktionen, Rechtsverteidigungskosten etc.) zu ersetzen.
10. Produkthaftung, Freistellung, Haftpflichtversicherung
10.1 Der Lieferant haftet dafür, dass die gelieferte Ware den vereinbarten Produktspezifikationen sowie den aktuellen gesetzlichen Bestimmungen des jeweiligen Landes, in Ermangelung solcher zumindest den handelsüblichen Qualitätsbestimmungen, entspricht und darüber hinaus frei von Mängeln oder Fehlern im Sinne des Produkthaftungsgesetzes ist.
10.2 Soweit der Lieferant für einen Produktschaden verantwortlich ist, ist er verpflichtet, uns insoweit von Schadenersatzansprüchen Dritter auf erstes Anfordern freizustellen, als die Ursache in seinem Herrschafts- und Organisationsbereich gesetzt ist und er im Außenverhältnis selbst haftet.
10.3 Bei Rohstoffen und Primär-Packstoffen garantiert der Lieferant die jederzeitige lückenlose Rückverfolgbarkeit der jeweiligen Produkte.
10.4 Im Rahmen seiner Haftung für Schadensfälle im Sinn von Ziffer 10.1 ist der Lieferant auch verpflichtet, etwaige Aufwendungen gemäß §§ 683, 670 BGB oder gemäß §§ 830, 840, 426 BGB zu erstatten, die sich aus oder im Zusammenhang mit einer von uns durchgeführten Rückrufaktion ergeben. Über Inhalt und Umfang der durchzuführenden Rückrufmaßnahmen werden wir den Lieferanten – soweit möglich und zumutbar – unterrichten und ihm Gelegenheit zur Stellungnahme geben. Unberührt bleiben sonstige gesetzliche Ansprüche.
10.5 Der Lieferant verpflichtet sich, eine Produkthaftpflicht-Versicherung mit einer Deckungssumme von mindestens EUR 1.000.000 pro Personenschaden / Sachschaden – pauschal – zu unterhalten; stehen uns weitergehende Schadenersatzansprüche zu, so bleiben diese unberührt.
10.6 Wir sind berechtigt, im Rahmen durchzuführender Bewertungen des vereinbarten Qualitätsstandards während der üblichen Betriebs- und Geschäftsstunden nach vorheriger Anmeldung das Werk des Lieferanten zu betreten.
11. Schutzrechte Dritter
11.1 Der Lieferant gewährleistet, dass im Zusammenhang mit seiner Lieferung keine Schutzrechte Dritter in Ländern der Europäischen Union, Nordamerika oder anderen Ländern, in denen er die Produkte herstellt oder herstellen lässt, verletzt werden.
11.2 Werden wir von einem Dritten wegen der in Ziffer 11.1 genannten Verletzung von Schutzrechten in Anspruch genommen, so ist der Lieferant verpflichtet, uns von diesen Ansprüchen freizustellen sofern diese Ansprüche nicht offensichtlich unbegründet sind.
11.3 Wir sind nicht berechtigt, mit dem Dritten – ohne Zustimmung des Lieferanten – irgendwelche Vereinbarungen zu treffen, insbesondere einen Vergleich abzuschließen.
11.4 Die Freistellungspflicht des Lieferanten bezieht sich auf alle Aufwendungen, die uns aus oder im Zusammenhang mit der Inanspruchnahme durch einen Dritten notwendigerweise erwachsen.
12. Nutzungsrechte an Software
12.1 Der Lieferant gewährt uns das nichtausschließliche, übertragbare, weltweite, inhaltlich und zeitlich unbegrenzte Recht,
12.1.1 Software und die dazugehörige Dokumentation (zusammen im folgenden "Software" genannt) zu nutzen oder nutzen zu lassen;
12.1.2 das Nutzungsrecht gemäß Ziffer 12.1.1 an mit uns verbundene Unternehmen i.S.v. § 15 AktG, an Distributoren und an Endkunden zu unterlizenzieren;
12.1.3 mit uns verbundenen Unternehmen i.S.v. § 15 AktG und anderen Distributoren das Recht einzuräumen, Endkunden das Nutzungsrecht gemäß Ziffer 12.1.1 zu lizensieren;
12.1.4 die Software zu kopieren oder durch mit uns verbundene Unternehmen i.S.v. § 15 AktG oder andere Distributoren kopieren zu lassen, soweit dies für die Nutzung, Übertragung, Unterlizensierung oder als Sicherungskopie erforderlich ist.
12.2 Wir, unsere verbundenen Unternehmen i.S.v. § 15 AktG und andere Distributoren sind zusätzlich zu den nach Ziffer 12.1 eingeräumten Rechten befugt, Endkunden die Übertragung der Softwarelizenzen zu gestatten.
12.3 Alle von uns gewährten Unterlizenzen müssen angemessenen Schutz für das geistige Eigentum des Lieferanten an der Software vorsehen, indem gegenüber den Unterlizenznehmern / Übertragungsempfängern dieselben vertraglichen Bestimmungen verwendet werden, die der Lieferant zum Schutz des eigenen geistigen Eigentums verwendet.
13. Abtretung, Insolvenz des Lieferanten
13.1 Der Lieferant ist nicht berechtigt, seine Forderungen aus dem Vertragsverhältnis mit uns an Dritte abzutreten. Dies gilt nicht, soweit es sich um Geldforderungen handelt.
13.2 Wir können vom Vertrag zurücktreten, wenn der Lieferant seine Zahlungen einstellt oder das Insolvenzverfahren oder ein vergleichbares gesetzliches Verfahren beantragt oder ein solches Verfahren eröffnet wird oder dessen Eröffnung mangels Masse abgelehnt wird.
14. Kündigung, Change of Control
14.1 Wir sind berechtigt, die vertragliche Beziehung zum Lieferanten jederzeit durch schriftliche Erklärung unter Angabe des Grundes zu kündigen, wenn wir die bestellten Produkte in unserem Geschäftsbetrieb aufgrund bei Vertragsschluss nicht erkennbaren Umständen nicht mehr verwenden können. Dem Lieferanten werden wir in diesem Fall die von ihm erbrachte Teilleistung vergüten.
14.2 Im Falle eines Kontrollwechsels im Sinne von Ziffer 14.3 haben wir ein einmaliges Sonderkündigungsrecht, die vertragliche Beziehung mit dem Lieferanten mit einer Kündigungsfrist von vier Wochen zum Monatsende zu kündigen. Das Sonderkündigungsrecht besteht innerhalb von drei Monaten, nachdem dem uns der Kontrollwechsel bekannt geworden ist. Dem Lieferanten werden wir in diesem Fall die von ihm erbrachte Teilleistung vergüten.
14.3 Ein Kontrollwechsel liegt vor, wenn ein Dritter oder mehrere gemeinsam handelnde Dritte mehr als 50 % der Geschäftsanteile des Lieferanten erwerben.
15. Vertraulichkeit
15.1 Der Lieferant ist verpflichtet, den Inhalt unserer Geschäftsbeziehung vertraulich zu behandeln und Dritten nicht zu offenbaren oder sonst unmittelbar oder mittelbar zuganglich zu machen.
15.2 Der Lieferant wird Geschäfts- und Betriebsgeheimnisse, die ihm im Zusammenhang mit unserer vertraglichen Beziehung anvertraut oder bekannt geworden sind ("Geheime Informationen"), geheim halten und vertraulich behandeln, nicht weitergeben, ausschließlich zur Durchführung unserer Geschäftsbeziehung verwenden und auch nach Beendigung unserer Geschäftsbeziehung weder für sich noch für andere verwerten.
15.3 Der Lieferant darf Geheime Informationen an seine Mitarbeiter oder an Dritte, soweit diese in die Durchführung unserer Geschäftsbeziehung eingebunden sind und die Geheimen Informationen kennen müssen, weitergeben. Soweit eine Weitergabe Geheimer Informationen hiernach zulässig ist, verpflichtet der Lieferant, die Informationsweitergabe an solche Mitarbeiter oder Dritte auf den für die Durchführung unserer Geschäftsbeziehung erforderlichen Umfang zu begrenzen. Der Lieferant verpflichtet sich, solche Mitarbeiter oder Dritte über die aufgrund unserer Geschäftsbeziehung bestehende Geheimhaltungsverpflichtung vor Bekanntgabe einer Geheimen Information zu informieren und entsprechend zur Geheimhaltung zu verpflichten, bevor die Mitarbeiter oder Dritte Zugang zu Geheimen Informationen erhalten. Der Lieferant steht für die Einhaltung der Verpflichtungen gemäß diesen AEB durch die vorgenannten Personen ein.
15.4 Die Verpflichtung zur Geheimhaltung und Nicht-Weitergabe findet nur Anwendung auf Informationen, die • nicht bereits allgemein bekannt sind oder • der die Geheimen Informationen empfangenden Lieferanten nicht bereits vorher von uns oder auf nicht vertraulicher Basis gewahrt worden waren oder • der die Geheimen Informationen empfangenden Partei nicht von Dritten auf nicht vertraulicher Basis zugänglich gemacht wurden, es sei denn, dass der die Geheimen Informationen empfangenden Partei bekannt war, dass dieser Dritte seinerseits durch die Weitergabe eine Geheimhaltungsvereinbarung mit der anderen Partei verletzt hat.
15.5 Eine Geheimhaltungspflicht besteht nicht, soweit die die Geheimen Informationen empfangende Partei gesetzlich verpflichtet ist, geheime Informationen in gerichtlichen, behördlichen oder sonstigen Verfahren zu offenbaren.
15.6 Der Lieferant verpflichtet sich, auf schriftliche Anforderung von uns, jedenfalls aber spätestens mit Beendigung der vertraglichen Beziehung, sämtliche ihr im Zusammenhang der vertraglichen Beziehung überlassenen Unterlagen, Dateien und Datenträger (gleich welcher Art) sowie sämtliche Kopien oder Teile hiervon, die sich noch in seinem Besitz befinden und Geheime Informationen beinhalten oder sich auf solche beziehen, an uns zurückzugeben oder zu zerstören und die Zerstörung schriftlich zu bestätigen soweit nicht aus Gründen zwingenden Rechts oder zur Wahrung berechtigter Interessen der die Geheimen Informationen empfangenden Lieferanten ohne Gefährdung der Vertraulichkeit ein Verbleib solcher Unterlagen oder Kopien hiervon bei ihr erforderlich ist.
15.7 Ohne unsere vorherige schriftliche Zustimmung darf der Lieferant in Werbematerial, Broschüren, etc. nicht auf die Geschäftsverbindung mit uns hinweisen und für uns gefertigte Liefergegenstände nicht ausstellen.
16. Verjährung
16.1 Die wechselseitigen Ansprüche der Vertragsparteien verjähren nach den gesetzlichen Vorschriften, soweit nachfolgend nichts Anderes bestimmt ist.
16.2 Abweichend von § 438 Abs. 1 Nr. 3 BGB beträgt die allgemeine Verjährungsfrist für Mängelansprüche drei Jahre ab Gefahrübergang. Soweit eine Abnahme vereinbart ist, beginnt die Verjährung mit der Abnahme. Die 3-jährige Verjährungsfrist gilt entsprechend auch für Ansprüche aus Rechtsmängeln, wobei die gesetzliche Verjährungsfrist für dingliche Herausgabeansprüche Dritter (§ 438 Abs. 1 Nr. 1 BGB) unberührt bleibt; Ansprüche aus Rechtsmängeln verjähren darüber hinaus in keinem Fall, solange der Dritte das Recht – insbesondere mangels Verjährung – noch gegen uns geltend machen kann.
16.3 Die Verjährungsfristen des Kaufrechts einschließlich vorstehender Verlängerung gelten – im gesetzlichen Umfang – für alle vertraglichen Mängelansprüche. Soweit uns wegen eines Mangels auch außervertragliche Schadenersatzansprüche zustehen, gilt hierfür die regelmäßige gesetzliche Verjährung (§§ 195, 199 BGB), wenn nicht die Anwendung der Verjährungsfristen des Kaufrechts im Einzelfall zu einer längeren Verjährungsfrist führt.
16.4 Bei Ersatzlieferung und Mängelbeseitigung beginnt die Gewährleistungsfrist für ersetzte und nachgebesserte Teile erneut, es sei denn, wir mussten nach dem Verhalten des Lieferanten davon ausgehen, dass dieser sich nicht zu der Maßnahme verpflichtet sah, sondern die Ersatzlieferung oder Mängelbeseitigung nur aus Kulanzgründen oder ähnlichen Gründen vornahm.
17. Schlussbestimmungen
17.1 Soweit der Vertrag oder diese AEB Regelungslücken enthalten, gelten zur Ausfüllung dieser Lücken diejenigen rechtlich wirksamen Regelungen als vereinbart, welche die Vertragspartner nach den wirtschaftlichen Zielsetzungen des Vertrags und dem Zweck dieser AEB vereinbart hatten, wenn sie die Regelungslücke gekannt hatten.
17.2 Ausschließlicher Gerichtsstand für alle Rechtsstreitigkeiten aus der Geschäftsbeziehung zwischen uns und dem Lieferanten ist Frankfurt am Main; wir sind jedoch auch berechtigt, Klage am allgemeinen Gerichtsstand des Lieferanten zu erheben.
17.3 Für alle Rechtsbeziehungen zwischen uns und dem Lieferanten gilt ausschließlich das Recht der Bundesrepublik Deutschland unter Ausschluss des Übereinkommens der Vereinten Nationen über Verträge über den internationalen Wareneinkauf (UNKaufrecht/CISG) vom 1. April 1980.
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