Terms and conditions
- These General Terms and Conditions apply exclusively for businesses, the legal representatives of public legal institutions or special publicly funded institutional funds accord. i. S. v. § 310 (1) BGB (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch ~ German Civil Code). Purchaser conditions contrary or different to our general terms and conditions of sale are only recognized with the expressed written agreement of ELIAS GmbH.
- These General Terms and Conditions are valid for all future business with the purchaser insofar it concerns legal contractual business of a similar nature.
- If an order is placed as covered by § 145 BGB, then ELIAS GmbH can accept this order within 2 weeks.
- An offer from ELIAS GmbH is valid for 30 days from the date of issue by the company.
- ELIAS GmbH retain the sole ownership and copyright to all documentation, such as calculations, drawings etc., involved in processing a purchaser’s order. These documents may under no circumstances be made available to any third party unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing with ELIAS GmbH. Should ELIAS GmbH decline to accept an order within the deadline stipulated in § 2 (1), the purchaser is required to return all the relevant documentation without delay.
- Unless agreed otherwise in writing, prices plus value added tax at the appropriate rate valid on the date of service provision apply. Packaging costs are itemized separately in the invoice.
- If, within the agreed time period for ‘make and call’ or ‘standard’ orders, only part of the original service package is accepted, ELIAS GmbH retains the right as it sees fit to set price for the part of the service accepted, or to deliver the part of the order not accepted and charge the full price as ordered by the purchaser.
- Installation, training and other additional services are not included in the agreed price unless agreed otherwise in writing.
- Purchase payment must be made to the account indicated on the invoice. Prompt payment discounts are only possible by prior agreement in writing.
- Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the price as purchased must be paid within 14 days after delivery. Late payment is charged at an interest rate of 8% above the basic annual bank interest. ELIAS GmbH retains the right to demand a higher late payment charges rate.
- In the absence of a special fixed price agreement, ELIAS GmbH retains the right to make reasonable increases in price due increased labour, material or sales costs that occur 3 months or later after contract completion.
- The purchaser is only entitled to set off rights if their counterclaim is proven to be legally admissible or undisputed. The purchaser may only assert their right to lien if their counter claim involves the same contractual relationship.
- The start of the delivery time specified by ELIAS GmbH is dependent on the purchaser fulfilling their commitments in a timely and correct manner. We reserve the right to lodge objection for non-fulfilment of the contract by the purchaser.
- Dates for delivery are set in good faith, but are not legally binding unless agreed otherwise in writing. Part delivery is permitted.
Exceeding agreed delivery dates entitles the purchaser to withdraw only if they have previously unsuccessfully attempted to agree a revised delivery date with ELIAS GmbH under threat of refusal of acceptance. - If the purchaser defaults on acceptance of goods or violates any other obligations of cooperation, ELIAS GmbH reserves the right to demand compensation for damages incurred, included any additional expenses.
ELIAS GmbH reserves the right to press further claims.
If the above-mentioned conditions prevail, the risk of accidental loss or deterioration of goods passes to the purchaser from the time of refusal of acceptance or default in payment. - Should, due to circumstance beyond their control, ELIAS GmbH not be able to deliver on time or at all, the company is entitled to defer delivery of the services, either for whole or part of the period of the delay, or withdraw from completely or partially from the contract. ELIAS GmbH is not liable for faulty essential raw and operational materials, shortfalls in raw material and semi-conductors supplied, transport delays due traffic disruption and unavoidable events occurring in the company, their suppliers and any external companies that adversely influence operation of the company’s activities.
- In the case of delayed delivery not the result of misconduct or gross negligence, ELIAS GmbH is liable to make a fixed 3% of the delivery valued per week of delay but not exceeding a total of 15% of the delivery value.
- Further legal claims and rights of the purchaser remain unaffected.
- If the goods are sent to the purchaser at the purchaser’s request, the risk of accidental loss or damage to the goods passes to the purchaser from when the goods leave the factory / warehouse. This also applies if the goods are dispatched from the subsequent point of delivery, or who bears the transport costs.
- ELIAS GmbH retains title (ownership) of goods delivered until the all demands have been settled in full. This also applies to all future deliveries, even when not explicitly stated as such. ELIAS GmbH is entitled to recover goods sold if the purchaser behaves in a manner that contravenes the conditions of the contract.
- The purchaser is obliged to treat the goods purchases with due care until ownership has passed to the purchaser. The purchaser is specifically required to insure at their own cost and to the value of new goods against damage or loss due to theft, fire and water. The purchaser is responsible for the costs of any inspection or maintenance work. Until ownership has been transferred, the purchaser is required to inform ELIAS GmbH without delay if goods are seized or requisitioned by any third party. If the third party is not in a position to reimburse ELIAS GmbH for legal and other costs incurred resulting from a claim according to gem. § 771 ZPO the purchaser is liable to compensate ELIAS GmbH for the losses incurred.
- The purchaser is entitled to resell goods subject to retention of title within the normal business practice. At this juncture, the purchaser is required to transfer to ELIAS GmbH receivables from the resale of the goods subject to title retention at the agreed total invoice sum, including value added tax. This transfer of receivables is independent of whether the goods are resold with or without further processing. After transfer to ELIAS GmbH, the purchaser is still entitled to collect receivables due. This does not influence the right of ELIAS GmbH itself to collect receivables. However, ELIAS GmbH will defer collection of receivables due as long the purchaser meets payments from sales revenues, does not default on payment, file for bankruptcy or are declared bankrupt.
- Any modification, processing or re-registration occurs in our name and on behalf of ELIAS GmbH. In this case, the purchaser’s expectant right transfers from the original to remodelled object. If ELIAS GmbH goods are processed together with goods they do not own, then ELIAS GmbH acquires co-ownership of the new object proportional to the objective value of its original goods at the time of processing. This also applies in the case of mixing goods.
If the mixture object occurs such that the purchasers goods are seen to be the main component, it is understood as agreed that the purchaser assigns co-ownership proportionally to ELIAS GmbH and they hold sole or part ownership in trust on behalf of ELIAS GmbH. To secure the company’s (ELIAS GmbH) claims against the purchaser, the latter will also transfer receivables they collect from third parties from the sales of real property incorporating components with conditional ownership. ELIAS GmbH hereby accepts this transfer. - ELIAS GmbH agrees to release the securities to which it is entitled on request from the purchaser if their value exceeds the receivables to be secured by more than 20%.
- Any warranty claims by the purchaser concerning obviously faulty goods (inspection on delivery) must be made in writing to ELIAS GmbH within a week of delivery of the goods.
- Claims for faulty goods supplied by ELIAS GmbH are not considered 12 months after the date they were delivered to the purchaser. This specifically refers to goods with no apparent defects. The above agreements are not valid if goods and services are covered by § 438 (1) Nr. 2 BGB (Bauwerke und Sachen für Bauwerke, ~Buildings and building materials), § 479 (1) BGB (Rückgriffsanspruch ~Recourse rights) and § 634a (1) BGB (Baumängel ~Construction defects) where longer periods of warranty legally apply.
- If the goods delivered exhibit a fault that escapes all provisions for their detection, ELIAS GmbH is entitled as they see fit to either repair or replace the goods free of charge as soon as reasonably possible, provisional on ELIAS GmbH receiving prompt notice of any such defects.
The above conditions do not prejudice the existing rights of recourse.
If the repair or replacement is unsuccessful, the purchaser may withdraw, without prejudice to any possible claims for damages, from the contract or reduce payment. - Claims for defective goods cannot be based on insignificant variation from the agreed properties of the goods supplied, for minor variations in use, natural wear and tear, damage caused after the transfer of risk arising from improper or careless use, unsuitable operational materials, exposure to excess load, faulty assembly or special external factors.
Claims for defective goods cannot be accepted in the case of unauthorized or inappropriate modifications or repair work, or the consequences thereof, done by the purchaser or any third party. - Claims on behalf of the purchaser relating to restitutive contractual fulfilment exclude transport, travel, labour and material costs incurred if the goods purchased from ELIAS GmbH have subsequently been moved to a site different to that of the original delivery to the purchaser. Costs thus incurred for installation, commissioning, inspection or repair will be charged according to the purchaser as stipulated in the ELIAS GmbH’s customer service.
- Statutory recourse rights of the purchaser against ELIAS GmbH only exist if the purchaser has no expressed additional agreements with their customers that extend beyond statutory claims for defective goods. The scope of statutory recourse rights of the purchaser against the supplier is described in Section (5).
Claims for damages against ELIAS GmbH not germane to the goods supplied are not admissible. The same generally applies to damage resulting from a defect. This does not affect mandatory liability based on wilful or gross negligence, or the lack of warranted properties.
- This contract and all legal relationships of all parties concerned fall exclusively under jurisdiction of the German law to the exclusion of United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG).
- The governing law and jurisdiction for all disputes arising from this contract is that prevalent in ELIAS GmbH’s registered place of business unless otherwise agreed in the contractual agreement.
- Should individual provisions of this contract be non-effective or contain a loophole, the remaining provisions are unaffected. Parties commit themselves to rectifying any loopholes or replacing ineffective contractual provisions with alternatives as close to the economic intention of the faulty provision as possible.
Privacy Policy
Personal data (usually referred to just as "data" below) will only be processed by us to the extent necessary and for the purpose of providing a functional and user-friendly website, including its contents, and the services offered there.
Per Art. 4 No. 1 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, i.e. the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as the "GDPR"), "processing" refers to any operation or set of operations such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation, alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination, or otherwise making available, alignment, or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction performed on personal data, whether by automated means or not.
The following privacy policy is intended to inform you in particular about the type, scope, purpose, duration, and legal basis for the processing of such data either under our own control or in conjunction with others. We also inform you below about the third-party components we use to optimize our website and improve the user experience which may result in said third parties also processing data they collect and control.
Our privacy policy is structured as follows:
I. Information about us as controllers of your data
II. The rights of users and data subjects
III. Information about the data processing
ELIAS GmbH
Westring 303
44629 Herne
Germany
Telefon: +49 2323 95900 01
Telefax: +49 2323 95900 00
E-mail: info@elias-gmbh.de
The controller's data protection officer is: For this information you are welcome to contact us.
- to confirmation of whether data concerning them is being processed, information about the data being processed, further information about the nature of the data processing, and copies of the data (cf. also Art. 15 GDPR);
- to correct or complete incorrect or incomplete data (cf. also Art. 16 GDPR);
- to the immediate deletion of data concerning them (cf. also Art. 17 DSGVO), or, alternatively, if further processing is necessary as stipulated in Art. 17 Para. 3 GDPR, to restrict said processing per Art. 18 GDPR;
- to receive copies of the data concerning them and/or provided by them and to have the same transmitted to other providers/controllers (cf. also Art. 20 GDPR);
- to file complaints with the supervisory authority if they believe that data concerning them is being processed by the controller in breach of data protection provisions (see also Art. 77 GDPR).
In addition, the controller is obliged to inform all recipients to whom it discloses data of any such corrections, deletions, or restrictions placed on processing the same per Art. 16, 17 Para. 1, 18 GDPR. However, this obligation does not apply if such notification is impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. Nevertheless, users have a right to information about these recipients.
Likewise, under Art. 21 GDPR, users and data subjects have the right to object to the controller's future processing of their data pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. In particular, an objection to data processing for the purpose of direct advertising is permissible.
Server data
For technical reasons, the following data sent by your internet browser to us or to our server provider will be collected, especially to ensure a secure and stable website: These server log files record the type and version of your browser, operating system, the website from which you came (referrer URL), the webpages on our site visited, the date and time of your visit, as well as the IP address from which you visited our site.The data thus collected will be temporarily stored, but not in association with any other of your data.
The basis for this storage is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the improvement, stability, functionality, and security of our website.
The data will be deleted within no more than seven days, unless continued storage is required for evidentiary purposes. In which case, all or part of the data will be excluded from deletion until the investigation of the relevant incident is finally resolved.
Cookies
a) Session cookies
We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files or other storage technologies stored on your computer by your browser. These cookies process certain specific information about you, such as your browser, location data, or IP address.This processing makes our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure, allowing us, for example, to display our website in different languages or to offer a shopping cart function.
The legal basis for such processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR, insofar as these cookies are used to collect data to initiate or process contractual relationships.
If the processing does not serve to initiate or process a contract, our legitimate interest lies in improving the functionality of our website. The legal basis is then Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.
When you close your browser, these session cookies are deleted.
b) Third-party cookies
If necessary, our website may also use cookies from companies with whom we cooperate for the purpose of advertising, analyzing, or improving the features of our website.Please refer to the following information for details, in particular for the legal basis and purpose of such third-party collection and processing of data collected through cookies.
c) Disabling cookies
You can refuse the use of cookies by changing the settings on your browser. Likewise, you can use the browser to delete cookies that have already been stored. However, the steps and measures required vary, depending on the browser you use. If you have any questions, please use the help function or consult the documentation for your browser or contact its maker for support. Browser settings cannot prevent so-called flash cookies from being set. Instead, you will need to change the setting of your Flash player. The steps and measures required for this also depend on the Flash player you are using. If you have any questions, please use the help function or consult the documentation for your Flash player or contact its maker for support.If you prevent or restrict the installation of cookies, not all of the functions on our site may be fully usable.
Contact
If you contact us via email or the contact form, the data you provide will be used for the purpose of processing your request. We must have this data in order to process and answer your inquiry; otherwise we will not be able to answer it in full or at all.The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.
Your data will be deleted once we have fully answered your inquiry and there is no further legal obligation to store your data, such as if an order or contract resulted therefrom.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics on our website. This is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (hereinafter: Google).Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield
https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active
Google guarantees that it will follow the EU's data protection regulations when processing data in the United States.
The Google Analytics service is used to analyze how our website is used. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our site.
Usage and user-related information, such as IP address, place, time, or frequency of your visits to our website will be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. However, we use Google Analytics with the so-called anonymization function, whereby Google truncates the IP address within the EU or the EEA before it is transmitted to the US.
The data collected in this way is in turn used by Google to provide us with an evaluation of visits to our website and what visitors do once there. This data can also be used to provide other services related to the use of our website and of the internet in general.
Google states that it will not connect your IP address to other data. In addition, Google provides further information with regard to its data protection practices at
https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners,
including options you can exercise to prevent such use of your data.
In addition, Google offers an opt-out add-on at
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
in addition with further information. This add-on can be installed on the most popular browsers and offers you further control over the data that Google collects when you visit our website. The add-on informs Google Analytics' JavaScript (ga.js) that no information about the website visit should be transmitted to Google Analytics. However, this does not prevent information from being transmitted to us or to other web analytics services we may use as detailed herein.
Google-Maps
Our website uses Google Maps to display our location and to provide directions. This is a service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (hereinafter: Google).Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield
https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active
Google guarantees that it will follow the EU's data protection regulations when processing data in the United States.
To enable the display of certain fonts on our website, a connection to the Google server in the USA is established whenever our website is accessed.
If you access the Google Maps components integrated into our website, Google will store a cookie on your device via your browser. Your user settings and data are processed to display our location and create a route description. We cannot prevent Google from using servers in the USA.
The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in optimizing the functionality of our website.
By connecting to Google in this way, Google can determine from which website your request has been sent and to which IP address the directions are transmitted.
If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser. Further details can be found in the section about cookies above.
In addition, the use of Google Maps and the information obtained via Google Maps is governed by the Google Terms of Use
https://policies.google.com/terms?gl=DE&hl=en
and the Terms and Conditions for Google
Maps
https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html.
Google also offers further information at
https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated
https://policies.google.com/privacy
Google reCAPTCHA
Our website uses Google reCAPTCHA to check and prevent automated servers ("bots") from accessing and interacting with our website. This is a service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (hereinafter: Google).Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield
https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active
Google guarantees that it will follow the EU's data protection regulations when processing data in the United States.
This service allows Google to determine from which website your request has been sent and from which IP address the reCAPTCHA input box has been used. In addition to your IP address, Google may collect other information necessary to provide and guarantee this service.
The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the security of our website and in the prevention of unwanted, automated access in the form of spam or similar.
Google offers detailed information at
https://policies.google.com/privacy
concerning the general handling of your user data.
Google Fonts
Our website uses Google Fonts to display external fonts. This is a service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (hereinafter: Google).Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield
https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active
Google guarantees that it will follow the EU's data protection regulations when processing data in the United States.
To enable the display of certain fonts on our website, a connection to the Google server in the USA is established whenever our website is accessed.
The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the optimization and economic operation of our site.
When you access our site, a connection to Google is established from which Google can identify the site from which your request has been sent and to which IP address the fonts are being transmitted for display.
Google offers detailed information at
https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated
https://policies.google.com/privacy
in particular on options for preventing the use of data.
YouTube
We use YouTube on our website. This is a video portal operated by YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA, hereinafter referred to as "YouTube".YouTube is a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as "Google".
Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield
https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active
Google and its subsidiary YouTube guarantee that they will follow the EU's data protection regulations when processing data in the United States.
We use YouTube in its advanced privacy mode to show you videos. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website. According to YouTube, the advanced privacy mode means that the data specified below will only be transmitted to the YouTube server if you actually start a video.
Without this mode, a connection to the YouTube server in the USA will be established as soon as you access any of our webpages on which a YouTube video is embedded.
This connection is required in order to be able to display the respective video on our website within your browser. YouTube will record and process at a minimum your IP address, the date and time the video was displayed, as well as the website you visited. In addition, a connection to the DoubleClick advertising network of Google is established.
If you are logged in to YouTube when you access our site, YouTube will assign the connection information to your YouTube account. To prevent this, you must either log out of YouTube before visiting our site or make the appropriate settings in your YouTube account.
For the purpose of functionality and analysis of usage behavior, YouTube permanently stores cookies on your device via your browser. If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser. Further details can be found in the section about cookies above.
Further information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in Google's privacy policy found at
https://policies.google.com/privacy
Newsletter
If you wish to receive the newsletter offered on the website (Keyword: "NewsDesk"), we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Further data will not be collected or will only be collected on a voluntary basis. We use these data exclusively for the dispatch of the requested information and do not pass these on to third parties.The processing of the data entered in the contact form or sent by e-mail request is carried out exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). You can revoke your consent to the storage of data, e-mail address and their use to send the newsletter at any time, e.g. by sending an e-mail. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data you have stored with us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted after you cancel the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes, e.g. during support procedures, remain unaffected by this.
Model Data Protection Statement for Anwaltskanzlei Weiß & Partner