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6.3.3 In the event Purchaser claims non-conformance of a hazardous product, Merck shall have the right to inspect such products on Purchaser’s premises. As
an alternative, the Parties may seek confirmation with respect to the non-conformance of the product in question by way of an analysis carried out by a
third-party laboratory; such third-party laboratory must be acceptable to both parties and carry out the respective analysis within a reasonable time frame.
If the results of the analysis confirm the non-conformance of the product, the respective costs shall be borne by Merck; if the analysis does not confirm
non-conformance of the product, the costs for analysis shall be borne by Purchaser.
6.3.4 Merck shall assume no warranty or liability for any complaints of Purchaser that do not comply with the stipulations of this Clause 6.3.
6.4 Purchaser shall have only the following rights for purchased products:
6.4.1 In the event of a material defect or a defect of title, Merck shall provide subsequent performance by remedying the defect or delivering a product without
defects. Purchaser shall not have the right to request a specific type of subsequent performance.
6.4.2 If Purchaser has not yet effected payment (fully or in part) for the defective product, Merck may make subsequent performance subject to Purchaser
effecting a part-payment of the purchase price proportional to the defect claimed.
6.4.3 Subsequent performance shall be deemed unsuccessful after the second unsuccessful attempt of Merck, unless otherwise apparent given the type of problem
or defect or other circumstances.
6.4.4 Only in the event (i) Merck seriously and finally refuses subsequent performance, (ii) subsequent performance is unsuccessful, (iii) subsequent performance
is not reasonable for Purchaser, or (iv) a reasonable deadline for subsequent performance set by Purchaser has not been met, shall Purchaser be entitled (a)
to withdraw from the contract or (b) to reduce the purchase price accordingly. Subject to the limitations of Clause 7, Purchaser may furthermore demand
compensation instead of performance.
6.5 The limitation period for claims for defect is 7 days from the transfer of risk, unless a breach of warranty is based on the willful misconduct of Merck. A
different limitation period shall apply if and to the extent (i) agreed between the parties and permitted by applicable laws, or (ii) the shelf life or the
expiration date of the product to be delivered – in accordance with the specifications or labels of such product – provides otherwise.
6.6 Save for the warranties expressly set out in the GTC, Merck disclaims any and all warranties implied by law.
7. Limitation of Liability of Merck
7.1 Any claims of the buyer against Merck for damages (and reimbursement of expenses) resulting from any acts or breach of duty by Merck, by one or more
of its legal representatives, employees or vicarious agents shall, irrespective of its legal grounds, in particular in case of breach of duties resulting from
contractual obligations and in case of torts, be subject to the stipulations in clauses 7.2 to 7.3 below.
7.2 To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, Merck shall not be responsible to the Purchaser nor be liable in any way for any loss or damage to
the Purchaser arising directly or indirectly from:
(i) negligent acts or representations committed by Merck or any of its agents;
(ii) damages to life, body or health; and
(iii) any costs incurred by the Purchaser or any subsequent user of the purchase item in connection with damages,
done, made, used in connection with or resulting from the purchase item.
7.3 Notwithstanding the above, any liability which may arise from any claim made by the Purchaser shall at all times be limited to typical foreseeable damages.
8. Force majeure
8.1 Neither Party shall be responsible and held liable for any delay or default in the performance of its obligations under their mutual contract by the Party or
its suppliers to the extent and as long as this default is caused by an event beyond its control (force majeure). For the purposes of these GTC, an event of
force majeure shall, without limitation, in particular include: (a) a state of war or civil war, declared or undeclared, (b) fire, (c) natural disasters like floods,
storm, etc., (d) general shortage of raw materials or inability to obtain equipment or materials, (e) restrictions on energy consumption, (f) law-making or
governmental decisions, embargos, export and import restrictions on shipping or delivery, (g) strikes, lockouts or labor disputes of any kind (whether
relating to its own employees or others), (h) accidents, (i) sequestration, or (j) any production failure beyond reasonable control.
8.2 This provision shall apply to all contractual obligations, including claims for damages; however, force majeure shall not be an excuse to delay payments.
8.3 Each party shall have the right to cancel the contract by means of termination in writing or in electronic format if the performance thereof is prevented for
more than two months according to Clause 8.1.
9. Retention of title
9.1 Products delivered by Merck shall remain Merck's property until the agreed purchase price has been fully paid and all claims arising from the mutual
business relationship have been settled by Purchaser (extended retention of title)..
9.2 Any disposal by Purchaser of products with a retention of title is only permitted in the ordinary course of business of Purchaser and subject to the following
conditions:
9.2.1 Under no circumstances may the product be pledged or assigned to third parties as security in the ordinary course of business.
9.2.2 Where the product is sold in the ordinary course of business, the purchase price paid to Purchaser takes the place of the product. Purchaser hereby assigns
to Merck all claims against its buyers or third parties resulting from any such sale. Purchaser is entitled to collect the claim provided it complies with its
payment obligations vis-à-vis Merck. With view to the extended retention of title (assignment of respective future purchase price claims), any
pledge/assignment to a third party, in particular a credit institution, is not permitted. Merck shall at any time be entitled to request the handing over of
Purchaser’s sales documents, to examine such documents, and to inform Purchaser’s buyers of the preexisting retention of title.
9.2.3 If Purchaser’s receivables from a resale have been included in a current account, Purchaser hereby assigns its claims vis-à-vis its customer in connection
with such current account to Merck. Such assignment shall cover the amount charged to Purchaser by Merck for the resale of the product subject to retention
of title.
9.3 Any processing or modification of products by Purchaser prior to the transfer of title shall be deemed effected on behalf of Merck (it being understood
that this does not give rise to any claims of Purchaser vis-à-vis Merck). If the products are processed together with other objects not belonging to Merck,
Merck acquires a co-ownership in the resulting new objects in the proportion of the value of its products (final invoice total, including GST) to the value
of the other processed objects at the time of processing. In all other respects, the resulting new items shall be treated like the products delivered subject to
retention of title.
9.4 If the products are inseparably mixed with other objects not belonging to Merck, Merck shall acquire co-ownership in the new objects in the proportion of
the value of its product (final invoice total, including GST) to the value of the other, intermixed objects at the time of mixing. If the products are mixed in
such a way that the resulting Purchaser’s object is to be regarded as the main object, it shall be understood that Purchaser transfers to Merck co-ownership
in such object on a pro-rata basis. Purchaser undertakes to safekeep the owned or co-owned objects on Merck’s behalf.
9.5 In the event the value of the securities according to the above clauses is going to exceed the amount of the receivables secured thereby by more than 10%
in the foreseeable term, Purchaser shall be entitled to request that Merck release such securities whose value exceeds the above percentage.
9.6 The assertion of Merck’s rights under the retention of title shall not release Purchaser from its contractual obligations. The value of the product at the time
of repossession shall merely be set off against Merck’s receivables vis-à-vis Purchaser. None of the stipulations contained in this Clause 9 shall be deemed
to modify the provisions relating to the transfer of risk of damage to or loss of the products as set out in Clause 3 above.
9.7 Merck is entitled to withdraw from the contract, if a product subject to retention of title on the part of Merck is sold other than in the ordinary course of
business of Purchaser, in particular if the product in question is pledged or assigned as security, unless Merck has expressly agreed to such sale in writing
or in electronic format.
10. Compliance Requirements
10.1 Export Controls, Embargos
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Purchaser acknowledges that the merchandise covered by this contract is subject to the export control laws (including in particular but not limited to embargos and
economic sanctions) of the country from which shipment is made, as well as possibly those of the United States. Purchaser further acknowledges that, depending on
the product, its country of destination, its designated end use, and the identity of the parties to the transaction, such laws may require Purchaser, either for the further
transfer or reexport of the product being exported to it by Merck or on Merck’s behalf, or for the transfer of any item into which Purchaser may incorporate such
product, to seek and obtain export licenses/authorizations issued pursuant to those laws.
Where Purchaser reexports the merchandise in question, Purchaser is the legally responsible party for determining its correct export classification, and for obtaining
any necessary export licenses/authorizations. As a courtesy and without accepting any liability whatsoever, to aid Purchaser in ascertaining the export classification
and the potential applicability of U.S. export control laws on its invoice, Merck shall provide Purchaser upon request with (i) what it believes is the correct
classification, under local and U.S. laws, of the product being shipped and (ii) a statement indicating the country of origin of the product. Purchaser agrees to hold
Merck harmless from any and all liabilities or costs incurred by Merck or its affiliates arising for any reason from or in connection with any export, import, regulatory,
governmental or treaty violations in any jurisdiction, whether intentional or unintentional.
10.2 Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics, Food
With respect to the production of pharmaceutical, cosmetic or food preparations, Purchaser shall be solely responsible for compliance with customary medical
requirements, general manufacturing practice guidelines and applicable laws, orders and other provisions.
10.3 (Electronic) Waste
Purchaser hereby agrees to bear any costs and perform all operations required in connection with the environmentally sound management of waste resulting from the
products, in accordance with all provisions, including any special provisions, laid down by any national legislation, including legislation relating to electrical and
electronic waste.
10.4 Obligations on purchase of chemicals.
In the event Purchaser wishes to purchase chemicals from Merck, the following shall apply: Purchaser is aware of and agrees to comply with all its current and future
obligations under the applicable laws in Malaysia pertaining to reporting the handling of purchased chemicals.. Purchaser shall reimburse Merck for all expenses
incurred by Merck in connection with any required notification from Purchaser to Merck pursuant to any obligations under the applicable laws. Merck assumes no
liability for delays in delivery arising in this context. If, for environmental or health protection reasons, Merck does not classify the use envisaged by Purchaser as an
identified use, Merck may withdraw from the contract unless Purchaser informs Merck that it will abstain from the envisaged use.
10.5 Data Protection
Merck will request, process and use personal data (mainly name and business addresses of the contact person) from Purchaser to manage Purchasers’ requests, claims,
orders or repairs and for the continuing relationship management to Purchaser. Some of those data processing activities are handled on behalf of Merck by Merck
KGaA, Germany, its affiliates or external service providers. These companies may be based worldwide, including areas outside the European Union like the U.S.A.
For all cases involving a transfer of personal data, Merck will ensure compliance with data protection regulations. Furthermore Merck will transfer these data to
authorities, if there is an existing legal obligation for Merck to do so. Individuals have the right to access their data processed by Merck and have such data updated.
Subject to the legal requirements of data protection laws, individuals may also require that their data be deleted or blocked. For further information see Merck's
Security & Privacy policy posted at http://www.merck.com/about/how-we-operate/privacy/internet-privacy-policy.html.
10.6 Anti Corruption Laws, U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and UK Bribery Act
Purchaser acknowledges that: (a) Merck may be subject to the provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 of the United States of America, 91 Statutes
at Large, Sections 1495 et seq. (the “FCPA”); and, (b) Merck is subject to other bribery and corruption laws, including without limitation the UK Bribery Act and
local laws for the jurisdictions covered thereunder. Under the FCPA it is unlawful to pay or to offer to pay anything of value to foreign government officials,
government employees, political candidates, or political parties, or to persons or entities who will offer or give such payments to any of the foregoing, in order to
obtain or retain business or to secure an improper commercial advantage. Purchaser further acknowledges that it is familiar with the provisions of the FCPA, the UK
Bribery Act and applicable local bribery and corruption laws, and shall not take or permit any action that will either constitute a violation under, or cause Merck to
be in violation of, the provisions of the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act or applicable local bribery and corruption law.
11. Miscellaneous
11.1 Governing Law
Unless explicitly otherwise agreed, any contract between Merck and Purchaser shall be subject to the laws of Malaysia without giving effect to its rules on conflicts
of laws..
11.2 Place of Performance and Venue
The place of performance for all claims resulting from the contract concluded between Purchaser and Merck is the registered office of Merck’s headquarters in Level
3, Menara Sunway Annexe, Jalan Lagoon Timur, Bandar Sunway, 46150 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
The venue for all disputes between the Parties shall be the courts of Malaysia.
11.3 Entire Agreement
These GTC shall constitute the final, complete, and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement between the parties pertaining to the sale of Merck products
and the provision of Merck services and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings or agreements of the parties.
11.4 Modification, Written Form
Unless otherwise agreed in these GTC, any changes/amendments and/or additions to these GTC, including to this clause 11.4, must be agreed in writing between the
contract parties in order to be effective.
11.5 Notices
Unless the electronic format is expressly admitted thereunder, any notices required or permitted to be given by either party to the other under these GTC shall be
made in writing and shall be sent by prepaid recorded delivery, special delivery or registered mail to that other party at its registered office or principal place of
business or such other address as indicated by it in connection with this provision.
11.6 Severability
If individual provisions of these GTC are or become fully or partially ineffective, the remaining provisions of the GTC shall not be affected thereby. This also applies
if an unintended omission is found in the contract. A fully or partially ineffective provision shall be replaced or an unintended omission in the GTC shall be filled by
an appropriate provision which, as far as is legally possible, most closely approximates to the original intention of the contractual parties or to what they would have
intended according to the meaning and purpose of these GTC had they been aware of the ineffectiveness or omission of the provision(s) in question.
11.7 Assignability
Orders are not assignable or transferable, in whole or in part, without the express written consent of Merck.
11.8 Publicity
Any marketing, promotion or other publicity material, whether written or in electronic form, that refers to Merck, its affiliates, its products, or to these GTC must be
approved by Merck prior to its use or release.
11.9 Confidentiality
Purchaser shall not, without Merck’s written consent, disclose any documents, drawings, schematics, plans, designs, specifications, confidential information, know-
how, discoveries, production methods and the like that are marked confidential, proprietary or the like (herein referred to as “technical information”) furnished to
Purchaser by Merck, or on Merck’s behalf, for the performance of this agreement, to any person other than personnel of Purchaser. Purchaser shall take reasonable
precautions against any such technical information being acquired by unauthorized persons and shall not employ any such technical information for its own use for
any purpose whatsoever, including filing any patent applications disclosing or based on Merck’s technical information or publishing the technical information in any
form, except in the performance of this agreement. Merck shall retain title to all such technical information and Purchaser shall, at Merck’s request or upon completion
of this agreement, return or deliver all such tangible technical information to Merck. The term “technical information” as used herein shall not include information
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which is generally published or lawfully available to Purchaser from other sources or which was known to Purchaser prior to disclosure thereof to Purchaser by Merck
or on Merck’s behalf.
11.10 Proprietary Rights
Merck, or its affiliates, is the owner of certain proprietary brand names, trademarks, trade names, logos and other intellectual property (“Merck IP”). Except as
otherwise expressly permitted by Merck, no use of Merck IP is permitted, nor the adoption, use or registration of any words, phrases or symbols so closely resembling
any of “Merck IP” as to be apt to lead to confusion or uncertainty, or to impair or infringe the same in any manner, or to imply any endorsement by Merck of another
entity’s products or services.
11.11 Waiver of Breach
The waiver by either party at any time to require performance by the other of any provision or part of any provision of these GTC shall not operate as a waiver of
such provision at any other time.
11.12 Typographical Errors
Stenographic, clerical or computer errors on the face of any Merck invoice shall be subject to correction by Merck.
11.13 Independence of the Parties
Nothing in this agreement shall be deemed to constitute a partnership between the parties or to make either party the agent of the other party for any purpose.
Furthermore, each of the parties shall remain solely responsible for its own acts, statements, engagements, performances, products (in the case of Merck subject to
the other terms of the GTC in relation to the products), and personnel.
11.14 Third Parties
Nothing in this document is intended to create any rights in third parties against Merck.
11.15 Language
The GTC is prepared in the English language. The Bahasa Malaysia language version of the GTC (if Merck, at its sole discretion, provides the Bahasa Malaysia
language version of the GTC to the Purchaser) is provided for information purposes only. In case of any inconsistencies between the English language version and
the Bahasa Malaysia language version, the English language version of the GTC shall prevail.
12. Specific Provisions
12.1 Representations and Warranties for Services
If Purchaser is purchasing services from Merck, the following provisions shall exclusively apply in relation to representations and warranties for services and services
only.
12.1.1 Unless otherwise agreed upon between the parties, services may be provided at the equipment site, Merck site or a Merck authorized third party site, as
determined by Merck at its sole discretion. In the event that the purchased services shall be provided at a Merck or Merck authorized third party site,
equipment will need to be returned to a Merck authorized site for repair or replacement, and Purchaser shall be responsible for all shipping and
transportation costs, including any insurance costs. In the event that the purchased services are to be provided at the equipment site, Purchaser shall (i)
make available to Merck a qualified employee who is familiar with the equipment and must be present during the call to assist as may be necessary in the
performance of the services, and (ii) provide Merck service representatives with (a) access to its facilities to the extent necessary for such representatives
to perform services, (b) a satisfactory and safe work area, and (c) adequate electrical power.
12.1.2 Merck’s obligation to provide purchased services and its Service Warranty (as defined below) shall not extend to any equipment failure or defect resulting
directly or indirectly from the following:
(a) Non-compliance with specifications;
(b) Any misuse, theft, water flow-back, or neglect by Purchaser or its employees, contractors or agents or a wrongful act by such persons;
(c) Accidents or shipping related damage;
(d) Electrical failure unrelated to the product;
(e) Damage due to vandalism, explosion, flood or fire, weather or environmental conditions; and
(f) Any installation, repairs, modifications, upgrades, maintenance or other servicing by a third party that is not approved by Merck;
Such circumstances shall entitle Merck to charge Purchaser a reasonable compensation (if applicable) for any non-reimbursable travel costs, any working
time of Merck’s employees, contractors or agents (at list rate), and for similar expenses.
12.1.3 Merck warrants that it shall provide services in a professional and workmanlike manner, consistent with average standards of workmanship and materials
then prevailing in the trade, and by appropriately trained and qualified employees or third party representatives selected at its sole discretion (the “Service
Warranty”). Merck makes no other express or implied warranty. In the case of a breach of the Service Warranty, the following shall apply:
(a) The parties agree that the primary remedy available under the agreement shall be repeat performance by Merck in due time of the portion of
such services that constitutes or gives rise to the breach .
(b) If (i) it is not possible to repeat performance, (ii) Merck is failing to repeat the performance of such services within due time, or (iii) repeating
the performance would result in unreasonable costs for Merck, the parties agree that the sole remedy shall, subject to the limitations under
Clause 7, be Merck’s liability for damages or expenditure , including a refund to the Purchaser of sums paid for the portion of such services 7.
(c) For cases of Force Majeure, Clause 8 shall apply.
(d) The limitation period for this Service Warranty is 6 months, commencing at the end of the year in which Merck completes the respective (portion
of) services.
12.1.4 In the event that Purchaser is purchasing services on behalf of a third party, or in relation to products owned by a third party or located at the premises of
a third party, Purchaser represents and warrants that it has proper legal authority to purchase such services with respect to such third party. Purchaser shall
indemnify and hold Merck, its corporate affiliates including Merck and any entity under majority control of Merck, agents, employees, and representatives,
harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, costs or expenses (including attorney’s fees) caused by or resulting from any third party
claim relating to the provision of any services by Merck.
12.2 Process Solutions Products and Systems
If Purchaser is purchasing hardware products and systems from Merck's “PROCESS SOLUTIONS BUSINESS UNIT” (the “Systems”), such purchase and sale shall
be solely governed by the Engineered Products Terms and Conditions as referred to within the quotation for such Systems. In the event that the Engineered Products
Terms and Conditions were not validly incorporated into the contractual relationship between the parties, the purchase and sale of such Systems shall be governed
by these GTC.
12.3 Software License Terms
If Purchaser is licensing software from Merck, including software licensed in connection with the purchase of any products and any and all other software or firmware
embedded in, loaded on, or otherwise associated with the purchased products (the software on such media and such other software or firmware being referred to
hereinafter together as the “Software”), the following additional provisions shall apply.
12.3.1 Merck grants Purchaser the right and license to use the copy of the Software in object form that is on the readable computer media provided to Purchaser
by Merck.
12.3.2 The Software and related copyrights are owned by Merck, by an affiliated company of Merck, and/or by certain suppliers of Merck and its affiliated
companies, and title to the Software in general or respective copyrights shall not pass to Purchaser as a result of Purchaser’s use of the Software. The
license rights granted herein may not be transferred to another party without the written permission of Merck, which may not be withheld if Purchaser sells
its copy of the Software to a third party provided that (i) the Purchaser does not rent out the Software, (ii) Purchaser prior to selling the copy deletes any
and all copies of the Software and (iii) the third party agrees to comply with the license terms.
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12.3.3 The Software is protected by the respective national copyright laws and international treaties and Purchaser shall not copy it or allow it to be copied except
that Purchaser has the right to (i) make such copies that are necessary for the use of the Software by Purchaser in accordance with its intended purpose,
including for error correction, (ii) to duplicate the Software for backup or archival purposes and to transfer the Software to a backup computer in the event
of computer malfunction, or (iii) observe, study or test the functioning of the Software in order to determine the ideas and principles which underlie any
element of Software if Purchaser does so while performing any of the acts of loading, displaying, running, transmitting or storing the Software which he
is entitled to do.
12.3.4 Purchaser shall (i) not to use the Software other than with the purchased products or for any purpose outside the scope of the application for which it is
being provided, and (ii) not cause or permit the reverse engineering, disassembly, decompilation, modification or adaptation of the Software or the
combination of the Software with any other software unless, but only to the extent, indispensable to obtain the information necessary to achieve the
interoperability of the Software with other programs provided the information necessary to achieve interoperability has not previously been readily
available to Purchaser, and (iii) not move the Software to any country in violation of United States Foreign Asset Control Regulations or other applicable
import or export control regulations.
12.3.5 Purchaser further understands that its use of the Software shall be subject to the terms of any third party license agreements or notices that are provided to
Purchaser by Merck and to the rights of any other third-party owners or providers of software or firmware included in the Software, and Purchaser shall
comply with the terms of such third-party license agreements and rights provided by Merck in advance.
12.3.6 The Software is covered by the limited warranties applicable for the System set forth in Clause 6 & 7 (including all limitations of liability and disclaimers
of warranties contained therein) and by no other warranties, express or implied.
12.3.7 Failure to comply with any of the terms of this subsection terminates Purchaser’s right to use the Software. Upon termination of such right, Purchaser must
return the disk provided by Merck, and any and all copies thereof or of any other Software to Merck.
12.3.8 Any replacements, fixes or upgrades of the Software which Purchaser may hereafter receive from Merck or an affiliated company of Merck, shall be
provided subject to the same restrictions and other provisions contained in this subsection, regardless of whether subsection or these GTC are specifically
referenced when Purchaser receives such replacement, fix or upgrade, unless such replacement, fix or upgrade is provided with a separate license agreement
which by its terms specifically supersedes these GTC. The warranty term for any upgrades shall be one (1) year from the date of its delivery to Purchaser.
Any such replacements, fixes or upgrades shall be provided at prices and payment terms as agreed at the time they are provided.