01Terms and definitions
1. For the purposes of this agreement, the following definitions shall apply:
- a. 'tower': means the towers containing the powerbanks, listed on the website as PowerTowers
- b. 'product': the powerbanks rented by means of the towers
- c. 'contractor': Check and Charge B.V., located at Hoofdweg 418/3 1056DG Amsterdam Amsterdam
- d. 'client': the other party to Check and Charge B.V. with whom an agreement is entered into to install the towers, or to whom Check and Charge makes an offer.
- e. 'Assignment agreement': the agreement entered into between Check and Charge and the client.
- f. 'event': the festival, party or other affair for which the client enters into a contract of engagement with the contractor.
- g. 'contract period': the period of time during which the contractor places the towers during the event.
- h. 'lessor': Check and Charge B.V., located at Hoofdweg 418/3 1056DG Amsterdam Amsterdam
- i. 'lessee': consumer or other third party, not being the contractor, who rents a product from lessor
- j. 'rental period': the period of time during which the lessee rents a product from the lessor
- k. 'rental agreement': the agreement entered into between Check and Charge and the lessee.
02General provisions
1. These general conditions apply to all offers, quotations, legal relationships and agreements relating to the services of the contractor.
2. All offers and quotations of the contractor are made without obligation, unless explicitly stated otherwise in writing to the client.
3. Deviations from and additions to these general terms and conditions shall only be valid if expressly agreed in writing.
4. Any additional (oral) agreements or undertakings made by or on behalf of the contractor shall only be binding if they have been explicitly confirmed in writing.
5. The use of any terms and conditions of the client is expressly rejected.
6. Unless proven otherwise in writing, the records of the contractor shall be binding.
7. If the client makes preparations in the expectation or assumption that an agreement will be concluded, he does so at his own risk.
8. The contracted party may at its own discretion, but if necessary in consultation with the other party, engage third parties for the execution of the assignment agreement, the costs of which shall be passed on to the other party, unless this would be unreasonable according to the standards of reasonableness and fairness.
9. All titles and headings are merely intended to clarify the provisions and no rights may be derived from them.
10. All terms used include both plural and singular. No different meaning may therefore be derived from the use of plural or singular.
11. Grammatical or other linguistic errors can never stand in the way of the validity of any provisions in these general terms and conditions. If the meaning is unclear due to such errors, the reading that corresponds to that of a reasonably thinking person shall be valid.
12. If any provision of these general terms and conditions is null and void or is annulled, the other provisions shall remain in full force and effect and a provision that comes closest to the intended purpose of the annulled or void provision shall take its place.
13. If one or more provisions of these terms and conditions are in whole or in part contrary to any statutory provision, the remaining provisions shall nevertheless remain in force. The parties shall be deemed to have agreed on that which comes closest to the provision rendered inoperative, to the extent permitted by the law.
14. Check and Charge B.V. reserves the right to amend and/or supplement these general terms and conditions. In the event of a significant change, it will notify the client of this in writing at least five days before the change or addition becomes effective. Unless the client objects in writing within five days of this notification being sent, the client shall be deemed to tacitly agree to the amendment and/or addition.
03Rates and remittance
1. All prices stated are in Euros and exclusive of VAT and other government levies, as well as exclusive of any additional costs such as travel expenses arising from the agreement.
2. Client is only entitled to the percentage of turnover (the "remittance") expressly agreed upon prior to the conclusion of the assignment agreement. The purchase amount referred to in Article 6 paragraph 5 of these general terms and conditions shall not be included in the calculation of the remittance.
3. The contractor reserves the right to correct obvious errors in the remittance percentage proposal.
4. The contractor undertakes to pay the remittance amount to the customer within two months, unless both parties have expressly agreed on a different period.
04Origin of the assignment agreement
1. The agreement arises at the moment a clear confirmation from the contractor about the placement of towers at the event is given to the client. In any case, the agreement arises at the moment the towers and products are delivered at the event.
2. Each agreement is entered into under the suspensive condition of sufficient availability of the towers and products.
05Delivery and collection of towers
1. Client agrees that the delivery and collection of all towers will take place at one central point, to be determined after mutual consultation between the parties.
2. From the moment of delivery at the central point, the client assumes full responsibility for the towers, including, but not limited to, placing the towers on the event site and taking all other reasonably required measures necessary to enable the contractor to conclude rental agreements.
06Rent and tariffs
1. The products shall be rented by the lessee in the manner specified by the lessor at the time of conclusion of the rental agreement.
2. The rental charges shall be notified to the lessee prior to the conclusion of the rental agreement. The renter cannot derive any rights from previous rental agreements.
3. If the lessee causes damage to the products or towers, he shall be liable to pay compensation to the lessor, unless such damage has occurred during the reasonable use of the towers or products and unless such damage has been caused by gross negligence or recklessness on the part of the lessor. This provision shall be without prejudice to the obligation to indemnify the client and other third parties.
4. The rental period is the period from the time the product is removed from the tower until it is returned to the tower. In any event, the rental period shall end at the end of the event or at the end of the contract period, whichever occurs first.
5. If the Rental Goods remain in the possession of the lessee at the end of the Rental Period, the lessee shall be deemed to have made a purchase. As a result, the lessor acquires an immediately recoverable claim against the lessee in the amount of €25, excluding rental costs. The lessee gives the lessor the right to debit this amount directly from the lessee's account. This purchase amount will not be included in the calculation of the remittance.
07Termination
- The client has the right to terminate the assignment agreement without additional costs, provided such termination takes place at least eight (8) weeks before the start date of the contract period.
- If the termination takes place within eight (8) weeks before the commencement date, the client is obliged to pay the contractor an amount of €500 per tower per day.
- If the termination takes place within four (4) weeks before the commencement date, the client shall additionally be obliged to reimburse the transport costs incurred as well as all other costs incurred by the contractor in connection with the assignment agreement that should reasonably be borne by the client, in full.
- The notice periods and conditions referred to in this article apply if no deviating penalty or cancellation arrangement has been agreed upon in the agreement for the relevant event or series of events.
- If the agreement for an event or series of events includes a specific penalty or cancellation arrangement, that arrangement shall prevail. If no specific penalty or cancellation arrangement has been stipulated in the agreement, the penalty arrangement as set out in these general terms and conditions shall apply.
08Client's obligations
1. The client agrees to take all reasonable measures to prevent damage to the products or towers.
2. The client is obliged to compensate all damage caused to the towers or products during the event, unless he can prove that he could not reasonably be expected to take measures to prevent the damage or unless this damage results from the gross negligence or recklessness of the contractor. This provision shall not affect the obligation to compensate lessees or other third parties.
3. If a contract of assignment is entered into with the contractor, the client undertakes not to enter into any other contracts of the same scope with third parties at the same location during the rental period, unless the contractor is unable to place a sufficient number of towers to meet demand. In that case, the client is obliged to inform the contractor in writing or digitally at least four weeks before the commencement date, in order to give the contractor the opportunity to place additional towers.
4. In order to ensure prompt performance of the agreement, the client shall, if necessary and after express agreement between the two parties, provide sufficient employees of his own organisation, as well as all necessary materials and tools. If the client is unable to do so, the contractor shall charge the client for the additional costs incurred as a result.
5. The client is responsible for the accuracy and completeness of all measurements, requirements, specifications and other data provided by or on behalf of him on which the contractor bases his offer. Any damage resulting from incorrect or incomplete data will therefore not be borne by the contractor.
6. The client will provide the contractor with all relevant information required for the correct performance of the agreement; in this respect, the client is expected to be proactive.
09Force majeure
1. In the event of force majeure, the contractor shall be entitled to suspend the performance of its obligations in whole or in part, and the client may not demand performance or compensation.
2. Even if force majeure occurs after the contractor should have fulfilled its obligations, it shall be entitled to invoke force majeure.
3. Force majeure means any independent or unforeseen circumstance which reasonably makes it impossible for the contractor to fulfil its obligations as could reasonably be expected by the client.
4. Labour strikes, excessive absenteeism of personnel, transport problems, fire, government measures, and operational breakdowns at the contractor and/or its suppliers shall also be regarded as force majeure, as a result of which the contractor is unable to fulfil its obligations to the client.
10Liability Check and Charge B.V.
1. The contractor shall not be liable for any damage to the lessees or clients unless it is the result of the gross negligence or recklessness of the contractor, his representatives, third parties engaged by him or his employees. The contractor shall in any case not be liable for indirect damage, such as consequential damage, trading loss, loss of profit, missed savings, and/or damage due to business interruption.
2. The liability of the contractor, including its representatives, employees and third parties called in, shall at all times be limited to the amount paid out under the applicable liability insurance policy, increased by the excess under the policy conditions. If for whatever reason no payment is made under the insurance policy, the Contractor's liability shall be limited to the amount earned by the lessor during the event, up to a maximum of EUR 5,000.
11Indemnification of Liability
1. The Principal shall indemnify the Contractor against all possible claims of third parties arising from the performance of the Agreement.
2. Client shall be obliged to assist the contractor both in and out of court if the contractor is sued by a third party as described in the first paragraph of this article. The client shall immediately take all necessary steps that can reasonably be expected of him in such a case. If the Client fails to take appropriate measures, the contractor shall be entitled, without prior notice of default, to take such measures itself. All related costs for the contractor shall be borne in full by the client.
12Claims and limitation periods
Notwithstanding the statutory limitation periods, the limitation period for all claims and defences of the Principal against the Contractor shall be two months, or thirteen months in the case of a consumer-Client, from the time such claims and defences arose.
13Termination of the Agreement
1. The contractor is entitled to terminate, terminate or dissolve the agreement at any time with immediate effect, without any obligation to pay damages to the client, and without prejudice to the contractor's right to claim damages from the client, if:
- Client fails to fulfil one or more of his obligations or fails to fulfil them on time and fails to do so within a reasonable period;
- Client applies for suspension of payment or is declared bankrupt;
- Client terminates or transfers all or part of its business;
- Client's property is seized, unless client provides adequate security for all amounts due to contractor within eight calendar days of a request by contractor; and/or
- The Contractor can reasonably infer from communications from the client that the client will not fulfil its obligations under the Agreement.
2. The Principal shall be deemed to be in breach of the obligation referred to in article 6 if it is in a state of bankruptcy or suspension of payments, or if its goods have been seized, except in cases where this occurs at least four weeks before the commencement date of the contract period. In that case, the contract shall be deemed to be the case of cancellation within two weeks before commencement, as described in Article 7.
3. In the cases described in the previous paragraphs of this article, the amount owed by the customer to the contractor shall become immediately due and payable in full, including interest and damages.
14Applicable law and dispute resolution
1. All agreements to which these general terms and conditions apply in whole or in part shall be governed exclusively by Dutch law. This expressly does not include provisions of international treaties that designate the law of a foreign state.
2. All disputes arising from an agreement to which these general terms and conditions apply shall be submitted to the competent court in Amsterdam, except cases provided for by law.
15Final provision
The English version of this document is for clarification purposes only. If the meaning of the Dutch and English versions differ or contradict each other, only the Dutch version of the text shall apply.
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