STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. Scope Of The Terms And Conditions
1.1 These Terms & Conditions for Contracts for Work and Services shall apply to contracts with business enterprises only.
1.2 Any work performance or offer for work and services that Workwood Concept, Unipessoal, Lda, (designated, “Workwood“) submits, including the preparation of estimates, shall be
exclusively based on these Terms & Conditions for Work and Services. They shall be considered an integral part of all contracts for work and services which Workwood enters into with its
contractual partners (designated, “the Client/s“) for the work and services furnished by Workwood. These Terms shall also apply to all future work/services or offers provided or
submitted to the Client even if the Terms are not expressly incorporated again.
1.3 The Client‘s or third-party terms & conditions shall be excluded, even if Workwood does not specifically reject their application. If Workwood refers to a document containing or
referring to Client or third-party terms & conditions, it shall not be deemed consent to their application.
2. Subject Matter Of The Contract
2.1 The legal relationship between Workwood and the Client shall be exclusively based on the contract for work and services and these Terms & Conditions. The contract shall reflect
the entire understandings between the parties with regard to the subject matter of the contract.
2.2 Any information supplied by Workwood regarding the Work as well as their representations shall be deemed approximate only, unless exact conformance is crucial for the Work to be
fit for its intended and contractual purpose. Such information does not reflect guaranteed properties but only descriptions or characterisations of the Work. Customary variations
or deviations due to statutory regulations or improvements in technology shall be permitted, as well as the substitution of equivalent components if usability for the intended
and contractual purpose is not impaired by it.
3. Binding Period
Workwood shall be bound by quotations it has issued for 8 weeks from the date of issue indicated.
4. Pricing
4.1 Prices are stated as EURO prices, exclusive of
• the statutory sales tax (VAT) as valid at the time of invoicing,
• the cost of transport services which Workwood is required to arrange for, although not to pay for, under the contract,
• any customs duties, fees and other charges that are levied by or on behalf of a public authority outside Portugal.
4.2 To the extent that Workwood, in the performance of its contractual obligations, is charged customs duties, fees or other charges or costs for transportation which Workwood, under
the contract, is obliged to arrange for, but not to assume the costs for, the Client shall release Workwood from payment or refund such amounts.
5. Approvals
Approvals and consents of any kind, whether under public law or of a private nature, which are required for the performance of the contractual work or service shall be obtained and paid for by the Client.
6. Place Of Performance
Unless agreed otherwise, dingle shall be the place of performance.
7. Period Of Performance
7.1 Periods or dates suggested by Workwood for the performance of the contractual work/services (period of performance) shall be deemed approximate only unless a firm period or
date has expressly been promised or agreed. If shipment has been agreed, the period of performance shall relate to the time of handover to the forwarder, carrier or other third party
commissioned to effect transportation.
7.2 A precondition for meeting periods of performance is the timely and proper performance by the Client of its duties and obligations (Obligation to cooperate), in particular it
such cooperation is necessary for the clarification of technical, organisational or financial issues. If the Client fails to comply in this respect and is responsible for such failure,
the period of performance shall be extended accordingly, plus a reasonable starting period. Workwood shall reserve the defence of non-performance.
7.3 Paragraph 7.2 sentence 2 shall also apply in the event that Workwood falls to obtain an approval or permit in time and is not responsible for this failure.
7.4 If the subject matter of the contract is extended or modified, the period of performance shall be extended in accordance with the additional time and effort required due to
such extension or modification, and the delays in the execution of the original subject matter of the contract.
7.5 If the Client is in default of acceptance or culpably breaches other obligations to co-operate, Workwood shall be entitled to claim compensation for the loss or damage arising as
a consequence, including any additional expenses.
7.6 If the Work is stored by Workwood after the risk has passed to the client or if the Client is in default of acceptance, warehousing costs shall charge at a blanket rate of 0,1 % of the
invoice amount for the item to be stored. For each complete week of storage; lower warehousing costs shall have to be claimed and proved by the Client. Workwood reserves the
right to assert further claims or rights.
7.7 If Workwood is delayed in its performance, or if performance becomes impossible for any reason, Workwood‘s liability shall be limited to damages in accordance with clause 14. of
these Terms & Conditions.
8. Passing Of Risk, Acceptance, Shipment
8.1 The risk of accidental loss or accidental impairment of the Work shall pass to the Client upon acceptance of the Work.
8.2 Acceptance shall not be refused for insignificant defects.
8.3 If Workwood ships the Work at Client ́s request to a place other than the place of performance, the risk of accidental loss or accidental impairment shall pass to the Client no later than
at the time the Work is delivered to the forwarder, carrier or other party commissioned to effect transportation (the start of the loading process being the decisive point in time). This shall
also apply to part deliveries or if Workwood has agreed to perform work/services subsequent to the shipment.
8.4 The Work shall be deemed accepted when
• the Work is completed, and
• Workwood has informed the Client accordingly, referring to the assumption of acceptance as described in this paragraph and has asked the Client to accept the Work, and
• more than 30 working days have passed since completion, or if the Client has started to use the Work (e. g. has put the Work into operation) and if in this case 13 working days
have passed since completion, and
• the Client has failed to accept the Work during this period for a reasons other than a defect of which Workwood has been notified, which render impossible or seriously affect the use
of the Work.
8.5 If the Work, before it has been accepted, is damaged or destroyed through force majeure, war or riots or other circumstances for which Workwood cannot reasonably be
held responsible, the Client shall pay that part of the remuneration which covers the work performed and also compensation for any expenses not included in the remuneration.
8.6 lf partial acceptance has been agreed, the preceding paragraphs shall apply accordingly.
8.7 If the Work is shipped, at the Client‘s request, to a place other than the place of performance, the Client shall be obliged to take out insurance cover for theft, breakage, transport
or water damage and other insurable risks.
9. Liability For Unforeseeable Events
Workwood shall not be liable in the event of impossibility or delay of performance if this is caused by force majeure or other events that were unforeseeable at the time the contract was concluded (such as disruptions of operations of any kind; difficulty in obtaining materials or energy; delay in transportation; strikes, lawful lock-outs; shortage of labour, energy or raw materials; difficulty in obtaining the requisite government approvals; measures by government agencies; or lacking, incorrect or late delivery by suppliers) and which are beyond Workwood‘s control. Workwood shall inform the Client forthwith if performance is delayed or impossible, stating the pertinent event named in the foregoing sentence 1. If such event considerably impedes performance or makes it impossible and if the existence of such impediment is more than temporary, Workwood shall be entitled to rescind the contract. lf the impediment is only temporary, the period of performance shall be extended or postponed by a period equal to the duration of the impediment, plus a reason-able starting period. If the delay makes it unreasonable for the Client to accept the Work, the Client can immediately rescind the contract by issuing a written notification to Workwood.
10. Part Performance
Workwood shall only be entitled to render part performance if
• part performance is acceptable to the Client, in view of the intended use as stated in the contract,
• performance of the remaining obligations is guaranteed, and
• this will cause no substantial additional expenses or extra costs for the Client.
11. Terms Of Payment
11.1 Unless agreed otherwise, the price shall be paid as follows:
• 30 % on receipt of the confirmation of order, 30% on start of production, 30% on start of fitting
• 10% upon acceptance, and no later than 3 weeks after the earliest point in time at which the Work is deemed accepted in accordance with clause 8. paragraph 4 or 5 with the due date 5 calendar days from the respective invoice date.
11.2 If the parties have agreed part acceptance and corresponding payment dates, paragraph 1 item 2 shall apply accordingly.
11.3 If the Client does has not effected payment by the due date, any outstanding amounts shall be subject to interest at the rate of 8 % p.a. from the due date; the foregoing shall not
affect Workwood‘s right to claim interest at a higher rate or further damages in case of default.
11.4 Workwood shall be entitled to execute outstanding work/services only against (further) advance payments or (additional) security if circumstances come to its knowledge
after conclusion of the contract which are suited to reduce the Client‘s creditworthiness substantially and which jeopardise the payment of Workwood‘s outstanding claim
against the Client under the respective contract.
11.5 Workwood‘s claims shall not be offset against Client‘s counterclaims nor shall payment be withheld because of such claims unless the counterclaims are undisputed or have become
res judicata.
12. Warranty Claims
12.1 Warranty claims shall be excluded unless the Client has notified Workwood in writing, within 4 weeks after acceptance, of defects discovered during the acceptance inspection.
Warranty claims for any defects that were not discoverable during the acceptance inspection shall be excluded if Workwood has not been notified by the Client within a period
of 4 weeks after such defects could have been discovered.
12.2 If the Client accepts the Work although it is defective, and if the Client is aware of the defect at the time of acceptance, any warranty claims shall be excluded notwithstanding
the foregoing paragraph unless the Client has reserved its rights.
12.3 In the case of defects, Workwood shall be obliged and entitled to effect, at its own choice to be taken within in reasonable period of time, to rectify the defect or supply a
replacement item. In the event of failure, i.e. if rectification or replacement proves impossible or unreasonable or is re-fused or unacceptably late, the Client can rescind
the contract in accordance with statutory provisions or can reduce the price accordingly.
12.4 To the extent that additional expenses accrue for Workwood from such supplementary performance due to the fact that the Work is located at a place other than the location of
its intended use, such expenses shall be born by the Client.
12.5 In the event of defects at components supplied by other manufacturers, which Workwood cannot remedy for licensing reasons or factual reasons, Workwood can at its own option
assert warranty claims against the manufacturer and supplier for the account of the Client, or can assign them to the Client. There shall be no warranty claims against Workwood
for such defects under the circumstances and in accordance with these Terms & Conditions unless the aforementioned claims against the manufacturer and supplier cannot be
enforced in court or are futile because of insolvency. For the time of any litigation, the limitation period for the Client‘s relevant warranty claims shall be suspended.
12.6 There shall be no warranty claim in the case of slight deviations from the agreed properties or if usability is insignificantly affected.
12.7 Workwood‘s warranty shall be nil and void if the Client modifies the Work or causes if to be modified by any third party without Workwood consent and if this makes the rectification
of defects impossible or unacceptably difficult. In any case, the Client shall bear any additional costs arising for the rectification on account of such modifications.
12.8 The warranty shall also be nil and void if the Client does not operate and handle the Work in accordance with the technical parameters, and in particular if the Client operates the
Work beyond the stated rating/capacity or fails to maintain it properly, and has thus caused the defect.
12.9 If Workwood is responsible for a defect, the Client, notwithstanding the foregoing paragraphs, can claim damages under the conditions stated in clause 14.
13. Industrial Property Rights
13.1 Workwood shall guarantee that the Work is free of third-party industrial property rights or copyrights, in accordance with this clause 13.. Each party to the contract shall inform the
other party forthwith in writing of any claims made against it for the infringement of such rights.
13.2 If a third-party industrial property right or copyright is infringed by the Work, Workwood shall at its discretion and at its own expense either modify the Work in
such a way or make such replacements that third-party rights are no longer infringed and the Work still fulfils the agreed functions, or Workwood shall enter into a licence
agreement and obtain the right of utilisation for the Client. If it fails to achieve this within a reasonable period of time, the Client shall be entitled to rescind the contract or
claim an appropriate price reduction. Any claim for damages by then Client shall be subject to the limitations of clause 14 of these Terms & Conditions.
14. Liability To Pay Damages For Negligence
14.1 Workwood ‘s liability, irrespective of legal grounds, shall be limited as provided under this clause 14., in particular for impossible, deficient or false performance, breach of
contract, breach of obligations during contract negotiations or tortious act, to the extent that negligence is at issue.
14.2 Workwood shall assume no liability in the event of ordinary negligence of its organs, legal representatives, employees or other vicarious agents except in the case of a breach
of essential contractual obligations. Essential contractual obligations comprise the obligation to produce the Work punctually and free of major defects, and also the obligations
to advise, protect and take care, which are to enable the Client to use the Work as contracted or which aim to protect life, limb and health or protect the Client‘s property from
material damage.
14.3 Insofar as Workwood is in principle liable for damages in accordance with paragraph 2, this liability shall be limited to da- mage that Workwood, at the time of the conclusion of the
contract, could foresee as a possible consequence of a breach of contract, or which Workwood should have foreseen with due diligence. Indirect damage or consequential damage
resulting from defects of the Work can only be compensated for if such damage can typically be expected in the conventional use of the Work.
14.4 The above-mentioned exclusions and limitations of liability shall equally apply in favour of the organs, legal representatives, employees and other vicarious agents of Workwood.
14.5 If Workwood furnishes technical information or advice which exceeds the scope of work/services agreed under the cont- ract, this information or advice shall be furnished
free of charge and with no liability.
14.6 The limitations set forth in this clause shall not apply to any liability that Workwood may have for wilful intent, for guaranteed properties or fraudulently concealed defects, for injury
to life, limb or health or under the product liability law.
15. Limitation Period
15.1 Warranty claims shall become time-barred one year after acceptance of the Work and no later than one year after the earliest point in time at which the Work is deemed
accepted pursuant to clause 8 paragraph 4 and 5.WORKWOOD respects the privacy of employees. Employee personal information will only be collected and processed for
business reasons and whenever this complies with applicable law.
15.2 The above paragraph 1 shall not apply to claims for defects in a structure or work, where successful performance lies in the rendering of planning and supervisory services. Here,
the statutory limitation periods shall start upon acceptance or at the earliest point in time at which the work is deemed accepted pursuant to clause 8 paragraph 4 or 5.
15.3 Neither shall paragraph 1 apply to liability for injury to life, limb and health, for willful or grossly negligent breach of duty on the part of the organs of Workwood, its legal
representatives, employees or other vicarious agents, in the event of fraudulent concealment of a defect, and for guaranteed properties or liability under the law on product
liability. In those cases again, statutory limitation periods shall apply.
16. Reservation Of Title
16.1 Title to the Work shall remain with Workwood until all claims against the Client resulting from the business relationship have been settled.
16.2 The Client shall be permitted to process or transform the Work (processing). The processing shall be carried out on behalf of Workwood. If, however, the value or the Work owned
by Workwood is lower than the value of the items not owned by Workwood and/or the processing, Workwood acquires co-ownership in the new item, at the ratio of the value
(gross invoice value) of the processed Work to the value of the other processed items and/or the processing at the time the processing is carried out. If Workwood does not
acquire ownership of the new item in accordance with the foregoing sentence, Workwood and the Client agree that the Client grants Workwood co-ownership in the new item at
the ratio of the value (gross invoice value) of the Work owned by Workwood to the other processed items at the time of the processing. The for- going sentence shall apply accordingly
if the Work is inseparably mixed or combined with items not owned by Workwood. If Workwood acquires ownership or co-ownership in the items, the Client shall keep them safe with the
care of a prudent businessman.
16.3 In case the Work or the new item is sold, the Client hereby assigns to Workwood, by way of security, the claim which the Client has against its customer from the resale together with
all secondary rights, and no further declarations shall be required for this. The assignment shall include any balance claims. The assignment shall only be made in the amount of the
price invoiced by Workwood for the Work. The share of the claim assigned to Workwood shall be settled with priority.
16.4 If the Client connects the Work or the new item to premises, the Client shall assign to Workwood its claim to remuneration for executing this connection, in the amount of the
price invoiced by Workwood for the item supplied, and no further declaration shall be required for this.
16.5 Subject to revocation, the Client shall be entitled to collect the claim which it assigns to Workwood under this clause 16 (Reservation of Title).The Client shall immediately transfer
to Workwood any payments made towards the assigned claim, up to the secured amount. lf a legitimate interest arises, in particular in the case of delay in payment, default, institution
of insolvency proceedings, protesting of a bill or evidence of over-indebtedness and impending insolvency of the Client, Workwood shall be entitled to revoke the Client‘s right to collect.
In addition, Workwood shall be permitted to disclose such assignment by way security and, having given due warning and allowing a reasonable grace period, may realise the assigned
claim and may demand that the Client disclose the assignment to its customers.
16.6 If Workwood can credibly show a legitimate interest, the Client shall furnish the information Workwood requires to be able to assert its claims against the Client‘s customers and
shall hand over the necessary documents.
16.7 For the duration of the retention of title, the Client may not pledge the items concerned or transfer ownership by way of security. In the event of levy of execution, seizure or other
third-party dispositions or interventions, the Client shall notify Workwood forthwith. The resale of the Work or the newly created item shall only be permitted to resellers in the regular
course of business and on condition that payment is effected to the Client in the amount of the value of the Work. The Client shall stipulate that its customer shall acquire title to the
item only upon payment of such sum.
16.8 If the total realisable value of Workwood‘s security interests exceeds the amount of the secured claims by more than 10%, Workwood shall, at the Client‘s request, release an
equivalent share of the security interests. The requirements of the preceding sentence shall be assumed fulfilled it the estimated value of the collaterals to which Workwood is
entitled reaches or exceeds 150% of the value of the secured claims. Workwood shall select, at its own choice, the security interests that are to be released.
16.9 If the Client breaches any of its duties, in particular in the event of delay/default of payment, Workwood shall be entitled to demand surrender of the Work and/or the new item
without setting a time-limit, and/or to set a time-limit, after the expiration of which it can rescind the contract; the Client shall be obliged to surrender the Work/the new item. The
re-quest for surrender shall not imply the rescission of contract by Workwood, unless such rescission is expressly stated.
17. Right Of Lien
17.1 If performance of the work/service is to be effected on an object that is owned by the Client, and if the work is performed on the premises in Dinklage, Oldenburger shall acquire,
on account of its claim under the contract, a lien in the object that has come into its possession.
17.2 The lien described in paragraph 1 can also be exercised for accounts receivable for earlier work or services if they are in any way connected with the object in paragraph 1. The right
of lien shall only apply to other claims under the business relations- hip if and to the extent that these claims are undisputed or have become res judicata.
17.3 The above mentioned right of lien shall also be applicable, given the circumstances described in paragraph 1, if the object comes into Workwood‘s possession in any other manner
than at the works in Dinklage.
17.4 In accordance with the above provisions, a right of lien can also be established over any other object on which the work/ service is executed.
18. Intellectual Property, Confidentiality
18.1 Ownership and copyright to all offers, estimates, samples as well as drawings, illustrations, calculations, brochures, catalogues, models, tools and other documents or materials
of a physical or intangible nature, including electronic format, shall remain with Workwood. Without Workwood ́s express consent, Client shall not make such items or their content
available to any third party, disclose them, utilise them or allow others to utilise them, reproduce them or turn them to account in any other way. At Workwood‘s request, the Client
shall return all of these items and destroy any copies made by the Client if they are no longer needed in the regular course of business or if negotiations do not result in a contract.
18.2 If Workwood makes confidential information available to the Client in the context of the preparation of an offer or the performance of a contract concluded with Workwood, the
Client undertakes
• to maintain confidentiality,
• not to make them available to any third party and prevent unauthorised access by a third party,
• not to reproduce, utilise or circulate them or allow others to repro-duce, utilise or circulate them,
18.3 The term „confidential information“ shall cover the items set forth in paragraph 1 and any other financial, technological, scientific, patent-related or other infernal information of
or about Workwood, its technologies and products, with regard to its business strategies, business data, industrial property rights, development, production or the company itself,
of which the Client becomes aware during the performance of this contract or the negotiations preceding it.
18.4 The obligation to maintain confidentiality shall not extend to the following information of the contract parties:
• information that was in the other party‘s possession before its disclosure,
• information that at the time of disclosure was public or was state of the art and therefore neither confidential not capable of being protected,
• information that after it has been disclosed becomes generally known through publication or in any other way, except as a result of one of the parties violating the confidentiality
obligation agreed in this contract.
18.5 The Client‘s shall subject those of its employees who handle confidential information during the performance of the contract to the above confidentiality provisions.
19. Software Clause
19.1 lf the Work contains software that has not been specially developed for the Client, the Client is granted a non-exclusive right to use the soft-ware and the documentation. The Client
shall be permitted to use the software together with the Work for which it is intended. The software may not be used on more than one system.
19.2 The Client may reproduce, process, translate the software or convert from object code to source code only to the extent permitted by law (sections 69a et seq. UrhG/German
Copyright Law). The Client agrees not to remove manufacturer information - in particular copyright notices - or modify these without Workwood ́s express prior consent.
19.3 All other rights to the software and documentation, including copies, shall remain with Workwood or the software supplier, respectively. There shall be no grant of sublicenses.
20. Governing Law
The laws of Portugal shall apply.
21. Jurisdiction
The venue for any litigation arising from the business relationship between Workwood and the Client shall be, at Workwood‘s discretion, either the city of Paços de Ferreira or the Client‘s domicile. For any action against Workwood, the city of Paços de Ferreira shall be the only venue.
Obligatory statutory provisions regarding exclusive venues shall not be affected by this clause.
22. Written Form
Amendments or modifications to the agreements including these Terms & Conditions for Work and Services shall only be valid in written form.