§ 1 Validity, definitions of terms

(1) EST Andrä Grafittechnik GmbH, Auf dem Steine 3, 98693 Ilmenau, Germany (hereinafter: “we” or “Grafitshop”) operates an online store for goods under the website www.est-andrae-Grafittechnik.de. The following general terms and conditions shall apply to all services between us and our customers (hereinafter: “customer” or “you”) in their
(1) The following general terms and conditions apply to all services between us and our customers (hereinafter: “Customer” or “you”) in their version valid at the time of the order, unless otherwise expressly agreed.

(2) “Consumer” within the meaning of these Terms and Conditions is any natural person who enters into a legal transaction for purposes that can predominantly be attributed neither to his commercial nor to his independent professional activity. “Entrepreneur” is a natural or legal person or a partnership with legal capacity who, when concluding a legal transaction, acts in the exercise of his commercial or self-employed professional activity, whereby a partnership with legal capacity is a partnership endowed with the capacity to acquire rights and enter into liabilities.

§ 2 Conclusion of the contracts, storage of the contract text

(1) The following regulations on the conclusion of contracts apply to orders placed via our online store at www.est-andrae-Grafittechnik.de.

(2) Our product presentations on the Internet are non-binding and not a binding offer to conclude a contract.

 

§ 3 Subject matter of the contract and essential characteristics of the products

(1) In our online store is the subject of the contract:

The sale of goods. The specific goods offered can be found on our article pages.

(2) The essential characteristics of the goods can be found in the item description. If the agreed condition of the goods deviates from their usual condition and conditions of use, this will be expressly pointed out in the item description (negative condition agreement). If the customer has given his express consent to the negative deviation in quality, this defines the subject matter of the contract.

 

§ 4 Prices, shipping costs and delivery

 

(1) The prices listed in the respective offers as well as the shipping costs are total prices and include all price components including all applicable taxes.

(2) The respective purchase price is to be paid before delivery of the product (advance payment), unless we expressly offer purchase on account. The payment methods available to you are shown under a correspondingly designated button in the online store or in the respective offer. Unless otherwise stated for the individual payment methods, payment claims are due immediately.

(3) In addition to the stated prices, shipping costs may be incurred for the delivery of products, unless the respective item is designated as free of shipping costs. The shipping costs will be clearly communicated to you again on the offers, if applicable in the shopping cart system and on the order overview.

(4) All offered products are, unless clearly stated otherwise in the product description, ready for immediate shipment (delivery time: 3 days after receipt of payment).

(5) The following delivery area restrictions apply: Delivery is made to the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.

§ 5 Right of Retention, Retention of Title

(1) You may only exercise a right of retention insofar as it concerns claims from the same contractual relationship.

(2) The goods remain our property until full payment of the purchase price.

§ 6 Right of revocation

 

As a consumer you have a right of revocation. This is governed by our cancellation policy.

§ 7 Liability

 

(1) Subject to the following exceptions, our liability for contractual breaches of duty and for tort is limited to intent or gross negligence.

(2) We shall be liable without limitation for slight negligence in the event of injury to life, limb or health or in the event of a breach of a material contractual obligation. If we are in default of performance due to slight negligence, if performance has become impossible or if we have breached a material contractual obligation, liability for material damage and financial loss resulting therefrom shall be limited to the damage typically foreseeable under the contract. An essential contractual obligation is an obligation the fulfillment of which makes the proper execution of the contract possible in the first place, the violation of which endangers the achievement of the purpose of the contract and the compliance with which you may regularly rely on. This includes in particular our duty to act and to fulfill the contractually owed performance, which is described in § 3.

§ 8 Contractual language

German shall be the sole language of the contract.

§ 9 Warranty

 

(1) The warranty shall be governed by the statutory provisions.

(2) Vis-à-vis entrepreneurs, the warranty period on delivered items is 12 months.

(3) As a consumer, you are requested to check the item/digital goods or the service provided immediately upon fulfillment of the contract for completeness, obvious defects and transport damage and to notify us and the carrier of any complaints as soon as possible. If you do not comply with this, this will of course have no effect on your statutory warranty claims.
§ 10 Final provisions/dispute resolution

(1) German law shall apply. In the case of consumers, this choice of law shall only apply insofar as the protection granted by mandatory provisions of the law of the state of the consumer’s habitual residence is not withdrawn (favorability principle).

(2) The provisions of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods shall expressly not apply.

(3) If the Customer is a merchant, a legal entity under public law or a special fund under public law, the place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from contractual relationships between the Customer and the Provider shall be the Provider’s registered office.

(4) The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution (OS), which you can find at https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. We are not obliged or willing to participate in a dispute resolution procedure before a consumer arbitration board.