ROLLON Srl
General Terms and Conditions of Purchase |
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I. Scope of application
These general terms and conditions shall govern any purchase by Rollon
S.r.l. (hereinafter, “Rollon”) of goods and/or services
supplied and/or manufactured by third parties (hereinafter, the
“Supplier”). Each supply contract and/or agreement shall be
governed by these general terms and conditions of purchase which,
should any divergence arise, shall prevail over the general terms and
conditions of sale of the Supplier, save for any waiver expressly
indicated in Rollon’s purchase order. Furthermore, any terms and
conditions of supply provided for in the purchase order, which diverge
from these general terms and conditions shall prevail over the latter.
II. Purchase Orders and completion of each supply agreement
1. Following the Supplier’s submission of the relevant technical
offer/estimate, Rollon shall draft and forward to the Supplier the
relevant written purchase order by fax, which shall include the
following items:
- number of order and of the reference project;
- detailed description of requested goods and/or services, by making
reference - if necessary - to the relevant attachments and technical
documents;
- reference to the requested quantities;
- date, place of delivery, by indicating any penalty foreseen in the
event of any delay and whether freight costs are at Rollon’s
expense (carriage forward), or at the Supplier’s expense, as
forwarder (carriage free);
- means of transport (by land, road haulage or rail transport, by sea, by airplane);
- unit and total price of each good or service to be supplied;
- payment terms and conditions;
- validity terms of the order, within which the Supplier’s
acceptance shall arise or Supplier’s dealing with the order shall
occur.
2. Each supply agreement shall be completed as soon as copy of the
purchase order is returned to Rollon by fax, duly signed by way of
acceptance by the Supplier, bearing the relevant stamp of the supplier,
name and capacity of the signatory authorised by the Supplier to said
extent.
3. Purchase orders shall also be deemed accepted as soon as the order
is dealt with by the Supplier within the validity term of the order,
namely, within the seven following working days, by way of the
Supplier’s written notice to said extent, whereby the aforesaid
commencement of dealing with any order shall be reported in writing to
Rollon within the aforesaid final deadline, unless commencement of the
dealing with the order is ascertained by any of Rollon’s
delegates upon verification of the progress made.
4. Any Supplier’s written notice concerning an order shall always
include reference to the purchase order number and to the number of the
reference project of Rollon.
III. Obligations of the Supplier
1. Throughout performance of supplies, the Supplier shall have recourse
to employees, collaborators and/or advisors (hereinafter, the
“Delegates”), who shall be qualified, vested with specific
technical competences and with proven experience with respect to the
types of goods and/or services ordered.
2. Upon Rollon’s approval, the Supplier shall be entitled to
partly entrust to sub-suppliers (hereinafter, the
“Sub-suppliers”), who shall be qualified and fit to perform
the goods and/or services purpose of the supply, under management and
exclusive responsibility of the Supplier.
3. The Supplier hereby undertakes to regularly comply with all
remuneration, (social security and welfare) contributory and tax
obligations, concerning own delegates and hereby guarantees pursuant to
article 1381 of the Italian Civil Code that own sub-suppliers shall do
so, hereby undertaking to hold Rollon harmless and indemnified against
any liability for any breach by the Supplier and/or the Delegates and
any subcontractors used by same.
4. The Supplier hereby undertakes to deliver to Rollon any technical
documentation concerning the supplies, such as the product conformity
certificate and the manual for the assembly, use and maintenance of the
supplied goods and/or services.
IV. Prices
Prices agreed and shown in the purchase order have been fixed following
the carrying out of the relevant commercial negotiations between Rollon
and the Supplier, who hereby acknowledges that same are competitive if
compared with the national and international market, remunerative and
to its full satisfaction.
V. Purpose of the supply
1. In addition to the single goods and/or services performed upon
Rollon’s order, the following shall form an integral part of the
supply:
- Rollon’s purchase of the title to all documents and technical
printouts prepared by the Supplier and/or any of its sub-suppliers,
with respect to the specific project or product indicated in the
purchase order, along with any other necessary document for the
assembly, maintenance and use of goods and/or services supplied and, in
any event, requested as part of the supply;
- the widest rights of user in favour of Rollon, transferable to third
parties, the Supplier’s industrial property rights (trademarks,
inventions, designs and models) concerning the goods and/or services
performed by the Supplier, including the relevant production methods
and processes;
- Rollon’s right to carry out, or to ensure that third parties
carry out, repairs or changes to the goods or documents supplied, as
well as to produce, or to ensure that third parties produce, any spare
parts.
2. Ordered quantities are binding. Rollon hereby reserves the right to
reject any surplus at the Supplier’s entire and exclusive cost.
VI. Quality system
1. The Supplier hereby undertakes to adopt, implement and carry out a
quality system, which shall be defined - taking into consideration own
activities and specific needs - in compliance with the most recent laws
and regulations. The Supplier shall keep files of any documentation
concerning any internal or external inspections and shall make same
available to Rollon’s delegates upon request. The Supplier shall
furthermore be available to allow Rollon to expedite - at any moment -
any accesses, examinations and inspections at the offices and factories
of the Supplier and/or of any sub-suppliers, by Rollon’s
delegates, in order to verify compliance with the relevant quality
system.
2. In any event, regardless of whether the Supplier’s quality
system has been certified by an authorised certifying entity or not,
the Supplier shall use, both in the manufacturing operation practice
and in the interim or final inspections of manufactured goods, solely
test, measurement and control tools duly calibrated with valid and
certified calibration by an authorised entity. The relevant
certificates showing evidence as to the expiry date shall be made
available upon Rollon’s request.
VII. Delivery terms
1. The delivery terms indicated in the purchase order shall be binding
for the Supplier and shall be deemed of the essence for the purpose of
correctly dealing with the order.
2. Furthermore, Rollon hereby reserves the right not to accept delivery
of the goods and/or services in the event of supplies dealt with in
advance in respect of the established date and to request delivery in
compliance with the terms indicated in the order.
3. However, the Supplier shall promptly inform Rollon in writing in the
event of any difficulties in the dealing with the order, impediments
and/or unforeseen events, which may entail a delay in the relevant
deliveries of what ordered.
VIII. Freight and receipt of goods
1. The valid address for delivery purposes is that indicated in the
purchase order. The Supplier shall be released from the obligation to
deliver by putting the goods for Rollon in the place indicated in the
purchase order. Any additional costs deriving from the delivery made in
a place other than that indicated in the purchase order shall in any
event be at the Supplier’s expense.
2. The transport document which accompanies the goods shall always make
reference to the reference number of order, by way of necessary and
essential condition for payment of any invoices of the Supplier:
failing which, invoices shall not be paid. Each transport document
shall include a detailed list of the goods, which shall be described as
indicated in the relevant purchase order item, by indicating the
relevant net weight; furthermore, each transport document shall make
reference to a single purchase order.
Failing the above, Rollon hereby reserves to
reject delivery of goods or, at its discretion, debit any costs
incurred for the identification of the relevant goods to the Supplier.
3. Each item or parcel delivered shall be identified by a label bearing
the minimum necessary indications in order for the good to be
unequivocally identified and placed in correspondence with its
respective purchase order item (generally: number of order, product
code).
4. For each freight/delivery of goods, addressed to Rollon and/or to
any third party indicated by the latter in the purchase order, the
Supplier shall promptly issue the relevant invoice and shall forward
or, in any event, provide Rollon with - in the event of delivery to
third parties - the relevant transport documents signed by way of
receipt and which shall indicate the date and place of receipt. As a
general rule, delivery of goods shall occur as a single delivery; in
the event of partial deliveries (provided that same are accepted by
Rollon), each transport document shall include reference as to the fact
of being a partial or final delivery.
5. The weight of goods purchased on a ponderal basis shall be measured with certified tools.
6. Dangerous materials shall be packed at the expense and under the
responsibility of the Supplier, in compliance with the laws in force
and with applicable regulations; packages shall bear the labelling
requested by international security laws and regulations for the
transportation of the aforesaid materials, taking into consideration
the type of transportation foreseen as defined in the purchase order
(land/sea/air). Any applicable requirement concerning the documentation
for the safe handling, conservation and transport of the goods, the
capacity and type of container to be used, along with the protection to
be foreseen, shall be complied with at the expense of and under the
responsibility of the Supplier. In the event of rail transport, the
Supplier shall issue the transport documents as requested by the
carrier. The Supplier shall be liable for any damage arising out of
negligence in the aforesaid respect. The Supplier shall hold Rollon
harmless and indemnified from any damage which may arise out of the
breach of the aforesaid Supplier’s obligations.
IX. Revocation of the order and withdrawal by Rollon
Rollon shall at any moment be entitled to revoke the purchase order
and/or to withdraw from the supply agreement upon revocation of the
order by Rollon’s final client, or should Rollon deem it
expedient to suspend the relevant supply to take advantage of other
market opportunities, by serving prior written notice on the Supplier
to said extent, subject to at least 10 (ten) days prior notice, by way
of recorded delivery letter or fax; upon receipt of said notice, the
Supplier shall immediately suspend any activity concerning the purchase
order.
In any event, Rollon shall pay to the Supplier the contractual price of
whatever may have been already delivered and shall reimburse same - in
respect of anything pending delivery - for any expenses incurred up to
said moment by the Supplier, whereby the Supplier hereby expressly
waives requesting Rollon any compensation and/or indemnity in
connection therewith.
X. Invoicing and payments
1. Payments shall be made within the terms foreseen in the purchase
order, regardless of any early delivery with respect to the established
date.
2. Unless otherwise indicated in the purchase order, any Supplier
invoices shall be paid at the end of the month following completion of
the supply, following issuance and delivery by the Supplier of the
relevant invoice.
3. Each invoice shall make reference to a single order, whose number
shall be shown on the invoice: invoices failing said data and/or
incomplete invoices shall be rejected.
XI. Contractual conformity warranty – termination clause
1. The Supplier shall deliver to Rollon and/or to third party clients
indicated by the latter, supplied goods/services which conform to the
requirements foreseen in the purchase order and/or in the supply
agreement, free of any operation vices or defects, fit for customary
use and/or for the specific use at which same are aimed and performed
in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
2. The contractual conformity warranty granted by the Supplier shall
have an overall duration of 24 (twenty-four) months, effective as of
completion of the supply, save for in the event in which the purchase
order and/or the supply agreement foresee a good inspection and
acceptance operation test, whereby the contractual warranty period
shall be effective as of the date on which said test is passed and of
Rollon’s acceptance of the supply.
Any approval by Rollon of designs or documents produced by the
Supplier, as well as any acceptance of the supplied goods/services
shall in no way release the Supplier from its liabilities undertaken
upon acceptance of the purchase order with respect to the granted
conformity warranty.
3. Any conformity vices or defects ascertained
by Rollon shall be reported in writing to the Supplier within 2 (two)
months as of discovery thereof, by indicating the precise description
of the ascertained defect. The aforesaid reporting shall not be
necessary if the Supplier has acknowledged existence of the defect or
if it has concealed same.
4. Rollon shall be entitled to request to the Supplier, at its own
discretion, whether to repair the goods or to replace same, for free in
both cases. The Supplier shall carry out any requested repair or
replacement in the shortest possible timeframe, within 10 (ten)
calendar days as of the relevant request, by incurring the entire
related expenses, including any additional expenses (freight costs,
labour and materials).
5. In the event of an urgency or of breach/untimeliness of the Supplier
when carrying out the repairs or replacements foreseen by the warranty,
Rollon shall be entitled to expedite same on its own initiative by
debiting the relevant expenses to the Supplier, who shall reimburse
same upon request, following submission of the relevant receipts. The
aforesaid right, in any event, without prejudice to Rollon’s
right to request a fair price reduction, to revoke the purchase order
or to terminate the supply agreement should any of the following
circumstances arise:
a) impossibility to repair and to replace;
b) the Supplier has not repaired or replaced the good within the
deadline foreseen under paragraph 4) of this article;
6. Replaced parts under warranty by the Supplier shall enjoy an equal
warranty period, effective as of the replacement date.
XII. Force Majeure
1. The Supplier shall in no way be liable for any breaches and/or
delays due to force majeure events, whereby the latter shall mean any
events and/or circumstances of exceptional and/or unforeseeable nature
such as wars, revolutions, sabotages, epidemics, fire, explosions,
earthquakes, floods, national and sector strikes,
impediments due to specific legislative measures or any equally serious
impediment regardless of the intention of the parties and of
unforeseeable nature.
2. Any delays due to the following, by way of example, shall not be
deemed force majeure events: stoppage and/or suspension of the
Supplier’s activity imposed by the Authorities upon the
Supplier’s breach of the relevant safety regulations by the
Supplier;
Supplier’s delay in the procurement of materials and/or services;
delays in the deliveries of Supplier’s sub-suppliers;
strikes limited to the premises and employees of the Supplier, including micro conflicts, states of
unrest, along with the participation of Supplier’s employees in
strikes of any type other than national or sector strikes.
3. Occurrence of any force majeure event shall be promptly reported by
the Supplier in writing, within the 3rd (third) day as of occurrence of
the event. The aforesaid notice shall convey sufficient explanation as
to the force majeure cause and as to the foreseeable duration. Rollon
hereby reserves the right to request to the Supplier, in addition to
the aforesaid written notice, a certificate of the Chamber of Commerce,
Industry, Handicrafts and Agriculture of the place where the Supplier
does business, or of any other authority acknowledged by Rollon,
certifying the truthfulness of the facts indicated in the aforesaid
declaration.
4. Should the force majeure event persist or should persistence for a
period in excess of 15 (fifteen) days be foreseen, Rollon and the
Supplier shall meet to define the criteria to be complied with for the
carrying on or termination of the supply agreement. Should the force
majeure event persist in excess of 30 (thirty) days, or for any other
greater term agreed by the parties, Rollon shall be entitled to
terminate the supply agreement pursuant to article XIV. In any event,
the Supplier shall undertake to prepare all possible remedies in order
to reduce the damaging effects caused to Rollon by the force majeure
event.
XIII. Advertising prohibition – confidentiality obligation
1. Any reference to the purchase order or to the relationships existing
between Rollon and the Supplier with respect to the advertising
material produced by the Supplier or to the communications to third
parties by the latter shall be previously approved by the Purchaser in
writing.
2. The Supplier hereby undertakes, in its own name and on behalf of own
delegates and sub-suppliers, subject to compensation for any damages
incurred by Rollon, not to spread news, information, data, documents
concerning products, plans, the manufacturing activity, methods and
processes, the organisation, commercial and contractual relationships
of Rollon with third parties (hereinafter, the “Confidential
Information”), of which same may take cognisance on the occasion
of the supplies ordered to same, regardless of the Confidential
Information being made available by Rollon or not.
3. The Confidential Information shall include any actions and
activities carried out by the Supplier to perform the supplies ordered
by Rollon. Instead, the information in respect of which the Supplier
may prove the following shall not fall within the Confidential
Information:
- The Supplier is already aware of same, or are of public domain, at
the moment in which it is communicated by Rollon;
- after having been communicated, same become of public domain for
reasons which have nothing to do with a breach of the Supplier and/or
delegates and/or sub-suppliers used by same, with respect to the
confidentiality obligations foreseen by the general terms and
conditions of purchase hereof.
4. The Supplier hereby undertakes, also with respect to own Delegates and/or Sub-suppliers:
a) to consider the Confidential Information as strictly confidential
and to adopt any necessary measures in order not to jeopardise the
confidentiality of said information;
b) not to use the Confidential Information in any way which may cause a damage to Rollon;
c) not to spread the Confidential Information, save for the events in
which spreading thereof is the result of a legal need or a need to
comply with directives of any supervisory Authority, or to Delegates,
Sub-suppliers, agents, professionals and advisors for whom cognisance
of said information is strictly necessary in order to perform the
relevant supplies, without prejudice to the undertaking of the Supplier
to inform said persons on the relevant confidentiality obligations and
on the limits to the use of the Confidential Information.
5. The confidentiality obligations shall in any event remain valid for 10 (ten) years as of completion of the supply.
6. The entire documentation made available to the Supplier for the
completion of the order shall be the ownership of Rollon and shall be
returned upon Rollon’s request.
XIV. Termination of the supply agreement
1. Rollon shall be entitled to terminate the supply agreement pursuant
to section 1456 of the Italian Civil Code, in the following events:
1) breach and/or infringement of the technical specifications supplied
by Rollon and indicated in the purchase order;
2) delay in the supply by the Supplier in excess of 10 (ten) days,
without prejudice to the right to request to the Supplier compensation
for any damages incurred as a result of the delay, regardless of the
provision of any penalty included in the purchase order;
3) upon failure of the Supplier to expedite repair and replacement of
the good within the deadline foreseen under article XI paragraph 4;
4) should the force majeure events foreseen under article XII,
paragraph 4, persist for a period in excess of 30 (thirty) days or of
the greater term which may be agreed between the parties on a case per
case basis.
5) breach by the Supplier of the regulation in force on own staff
remuneration, social security and welfare contributions and on any
provisions of accident-prevention safety;
6) upon delayed payment of the debts of the Supplier with its own sub-suppliers;
7) Supplier’s insolvency, should the latter be subject to
voluntary liquidation, out-of-court composition, bankruptcy or any
other insolvency proceedings set forth under Italian Royal Decree No.
267 dated 16 March 1942, or upon any unequivocal evidence such as to be
able to assume that the Supplier is to be subject to the aforesaid
proceedings;
2. Termination of the supply agreement may be served immediately on the
Supplier by way of recorded delivery letter or, at Rollon’s
discretion, same may be preceded by prior warning to perform, by way of
formal notice in writing served on the Supplier to remedy the
challenged facts within 15 (fifteen) days, lapsing which the supply
agreement with the Supplier shall be deemed terminated by full right
and Rollon shall be entitled to be compensated for any damages.
3. In the events provided under paragraph 1, Rollon shall in any event
be entitled to exercise the option to collect the raw materials or
semi-finished goods or any other materials concerned, by expediting
payment of an equitable consideration.
XV. Amendments to the purchase order
Any amendments to the purchase order shall solely be valid if agreed
and proven in writing, subject to nullity thereof pursuant to article
1352 of the Italian Civil Code, and shall in no way jeopardise validity
of the remainder terms and condition not subject to amendment thereto.
XVI. Severability of clauses
Any nullity, annulment and/or ineffectiveness of one or more clauses of
the general terms and conditions of purchase hereof shall in no way
jeopardise validity of the remainder clauses, which shall in any event
remain valid and effective.
XVII. Processing of personal data
The Supplier hereby represents to have examined the information notice
pursuant to article 13 of Italian Legislative Decree No. 196 dated 30
June 2003 (the Data Protection Code) and the rights of the data subject
foreseen under article 7 of Italian Legislative Decree No. 196/2003, by
authorising processing of own personal data, that of own delegates and
sub-suppliers and the relevant notice to the persons listed in the
aforesaid information notice, for the purposes listed therein.
XVIII. Governing Law and exclusive jurisdiction
Italian law shall govern the supply of goods and services.
The Court of Monza shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute
which may arise between Rollon and the Supplier out of the
interpretation and/or performance of the general terms and conditions
of purchase herein and out of any single supply agreement governed by
said parties.
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