{"id":45460,"date":"2026-01-16T11:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T10:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grunewald.de\/gtc\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:38:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T10:38:46","slug":"gtc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.grunewald.de\/en\/gtc\/","title":{"rendered":"GTC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>General Terms and Conditions of the Grunewald Group<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><br\/>\u00a71<br\/>Validity<br\/>1.<br\/>All deliveries, services and offers are made exclusively on the basis of our General<br\/>Terms and Conditions of Delivery. These are an integral part of all contracts that we conclude with our contractual partners (hereinafter also referred to as the buyer<br\/>) for the deliveries or services offered. They shall also apply to all<br\/>future deliveries, services or offers to the Buyer, even if they are not separately agreed again<br\/>.<br\/>2.<br\/>Terms and conditions of the Buyer or third parties shall not apply, even if we do not separately object to their validity in<br\/>individual cases. Even if we refer to a letter that contains or refers to<br\/>terms and conditions of the buyer or a third party, this does not constitute<br\/>agreement with the validity of those terms and conditions.   <\/p>\n\n<p><br\/>\u00a72<br\/>Offer and conclusion of contract<br\/>1.<br\/>All our offers are subject to change and non-binding, unless they are expressly marked as binding<br\/>or contain a specific acceptance period. We can accept orders or commissions<br\/>within 14 days of receipt.<br\/>2.<br\/>The legal relationship between us and the buyer shall be governed solely by the written<br\/>contract, including these General Terms and Conditions of Delivery. This fully reflects all agreements between the<br\/>contracting parties. Verbal commitments on our part prior to the conclusion of the contract are<br\/>not legally binding and verbal agreements between the contracting parties are replaced by the written contract<br\/>unless it is expressly stated in each case that they continue to be binding.<br\/>3.<br\/>Additions and amendments to the agreements made, including these General<br\/>Terms and Conditions, must be made in writing to be effective. To comply with the written form requirement,<br\/>transmission by fax is sufficient; otherwise, transmission by telecommunication, in particular by email, is not<br\/>sufficient.<br\/>Information provided by us on the subject matter of the delivery or service (e.g. weights, dimensions,<br\/>utility values, load capacity, tolerances and technical data) as well as our representations of the same<br\/>(e.g. drawings and illustrations) are only approximate, unless the usability for the<br\/>contractually intended purpose requires exact conformity. They are not guaranteed<br\/>characteristics, but descriptions or identifications of the delivery or service.      <br\/>Customary deviations and deviations that occur due to legal regulations or<br\/>represent technical improvements, as well as the replacement of components with equivalent parts are<br\/>permissible, provided they do not impair the usability for the contractually intended purpose.<br\/>We reserve the right of ownership or copyright to all offers and<br\/>cost estimates submitted by us as well as drawings, illustrations,<br\/>calculations, brochures, catalogs, models, tools and other documents and aids made available to the buyer.<br\/>The buyer may not make these items accessible to third parties, either as such or<br\/>in terms of content, disclose them, use them himself or through third parties or reproduce them without our express consent.<br\/>At our request, he must return these items in full and destroy any copies made<br\/>if they are no longer required by him in the ordinary course of business<br\/>or if negotiations do not lead to the conclusion of a contract.<br\/><br\/>\u00a73<br\/>Prices<br\/>The prices apply ex works Bocholt including loading at the factory, but excluding packaging.<br\/>Value added tax at the respective statutory rate is added to the prices. All costs<br\/>of shipment ex works Bocholt shall be borne by the buyer. <\/p>\n\n<p><br\/>\u00a74<br\/>Terms of payment<br\/>Invoice amounts are to be paid within 30 days of the due date and receipt of the invoice, unless otherwise agreed in writing at<br\/>. The date of receipt by us shall be decisive for the date of payment.<br\/>Checks shall only be deemed payment after they have been cashed. If the buyer does not pay by the due date, the<br\/>outstanding amounts shall bear interest at a rate of 8 percentage points above the base interest rate from the date of default to<br\/>. The assertion of higher interest and further damages in the event of default remains unaffected<br\/>.<br\/>Offsetting against counterclaims of the buyer or the retention of payments due to<br\/>such claims is only permitted if the counterclaims are undisputed or have been legally established<br\/>.   <\/p>\n\n<p><br\/>\u00a75<br\/>Delivery periods<br\/>1.<br\/>Advised delivery periods are non-binding unless they have been expressly assured. In the case of<br\/>additional orders, amendments or additions to the original order, even assured<br\/>delivery periods are invalid. The delivery deadline shall be deemed to have been met if the delivery item<br\/>has left the factory by the time it expires. However, the delivery period shall not commence before the buyer has provided the documents, approvals, releases to be procured by<br\/>and receipt of an agreed down payment.<br\/>Partial deliveries are permissible<br\/>Unforeseen events beyond the seller&#8217;s control, e.g.<br\/>operational disruptions, force majeure, strike, non-timely receipt of materials &#8211; at the factory or at the<br\/>subcontractor &#8211; shall extend the delivery period appropriately until the aforementioned obstacles have ended.<br\/>2.<br\/>We shall not be liable for impossibility of delivery or for delays in delivery insofar as these are caused by force majeure<br\/>or other events not foreseeable at the time of conclusion of the contract (e.g. operational disruptions of any kind, difficulties in the supply chain).<br\/>operational disruptions of any kind, difficulties in procuring materials or energy,<br\/>transport delays, strikes, lawful lockouts, shortages of labor, energy or<br\/>raw materials, difficulties in obtaining the necessary official permits,<br\/>official measures or the failure of<br\/>suppliers to deliver, to deliver correctly or on time) for which we are not responsible. If such events make delivery<br\/>or performance significantly more difficult or impossible and the hindrance is not only of<br\/>temporary duration, we are entitled to withdraw from the contract. In the event of hindrances<br\/>of a temporary nature, the delivery and performance deadlines shall be extended or the delivery and<br\/>performance dates shall be postponed by the period of the hindrance plus a reasonable start-up period. Insofar as<br\/>the buyer cannot reasonably be expected to accept the delivery and service as a result of the delay, he may<br\/>withdraw from the contract by immediate written declaration to us.<br\/>3.<br\/>If we are in default with a delivery or service, or if a delivery or service becomes impossible, irrespective of<br\/>the legal grounds, our liability for damages shall be limited in accordance with \u00a7 8 of these<br\/>General Terms and Conditions of Delivery.       <\/p>\n\n<p><br\/>\u00a76<br\/>Transfer of risk<br\/>The risk is transferred to the buyer at the latest when the delivery parts are dispatched. However, if the<br\/>dispatch is delayed due to the Buyer&#8217;s conduct, the risk shall pass to the<br\/>Buyer from the time of readiness for dispatch. <br\/><br\/>\u00a77<br\/>Liability for material defects and defects of title<br\/>1.<br\/>The warranty period is 1 year from delivery or, if acceptance is required, from<br\/>acceptance.<br\/>2.<br\/>The delivered items must be carefully inspected immediately after delivery to the buyer or to the third party designated by the buyer<br\/>. They shall be deemed to have been approved unless we receive a written notice of defects with regard to obvious defects or other defects that were recognizable immediately. They shall be deemed approved if we have not received a written<br\/>notice of defects with regard to obvious defects or other defects which were recognizable during an immediate,<br\/>careful inspection within 7 working days after delivery of the delivery item<br\/>or otherwise within 7 working days after discovery of the defect or any earlier point in time at<br\/>which the defect was recognizable for the customer during normal use of the delivery item without closer<br\/>inspection. At our request, the rejected delivery item<br\/>shall be returned to us carriage paid. In the event of a justified notice of defects, we shall reimburse the costs of the cheapest<br\/>shipping route; this shall not apply if the costs increase because the delivery item is located at a<br\/>place other than the place of intended use.<br\/>3.<br\/>In the event of material defects in the delivered items, we shall initially be obliged and entitled to choose between repair or replacement delivery within a reasonable period of time to be determined by<br\/>. In the event of<br\/>failure, i.e. the impossibility, unreasonableness, refusal or unreasonable delay<br\/>of the repair or replacement delivery, the buyer may withdraw from the contract or reduce the purchase price<br\/>appropriately.<br\/>4.<br\/>If a defect is due to our fault, the buyer may demand compensation for damages under the conditions specified in \u00a7 8<br\/>.<br\/>5.<br\/>The warranty shall lapse if the buyer modifies the delivery item<br\/>or has it modified by third parties without our consent and this makes it impossible or unreasonably difficult to rectify the defect<br\/>. In any case, the Buyer shall bear the additional costs of remedying the defect arising from the modification<br\/>.<br\/>6.<br\/>Any delivery of used items agreed with the Buyer in individual cases shall be made under<br\/>exclusion of any warranty for material defects.     <\/p>\n\n<p><br\/>\u00a78<br\/>Liability for damages due to fault<br\/>1.<br\/>Our liability for damages, irrespective of the legal grounds, in particular due to<br\/>impossibility, delay, defective or incorrect delivery, breach of contract, breach of obligations<br\/>during contract negotiations and tort, shall be limited in accordance with this paragraph insofar as it is a matter of fault<br\/>in each case.<br\/>2.<br\/>We shall not be liable in the event of simple negligence on the part of our executive bodies, legal representatives, employees or<br\/>other vicarious agents, insofar as this does not involve a breach of material contractual obligations.<br\/>Essential to the contract are the obligation to deliver and install the delivery item free of material<br\/>defects in good time as well as<br\/>duties of advice, protection and care which are intended to enable the buyer to use the<br\/>delivery item in accordance with the contract or to protect the life and limb of the buyer&#8217;s personnel<br\/>or to protect the buyer&#8217;s property from significant damage.<br\/>3.<br\/>Insofar as we are liable for damages in accordance with \u00a7 8 paragraph 2, this liability is limited to damages<br\/>which we foresaw as possible consequences of a breach of contract when the contract was concluded<br\/>or which we should have foreseen if we had exercised due care. Indirect damage and<br\/>consequential damage resulting from defects in the delivery item are also only eligible for compensation if<br\/>such damage is typically to be expected when the delivery item is used as intended<br\/>. <br\/>4.<br\/>In the event of liability for simple negligence, our obligation to pay compensation for damages and any further financial losses resulting therefrom<br\/>shall be limited to an amount of \u20ac per claim, even if it<br\/>is a breach of material contractual obligations.<br\/>5.<br\/>The above exclusions and limitations of liability shall apply in the same case in favor of our<br\/>bodies, legal representatives, employees and other vicarious agents.<br\/>6.<br\/>Insofar as we provide technical information or act in an advisory capacity and this information or advice is not<br\/>part of the contractually agreed scope of services owed, this is done free of charge and<br\/>to the exclusion of any liability.<br\/>7.<br\/>The limitations of this paragraph do not apply to liability for willful conduct, for<br\/>guaranteed characteristics, for injury to life, limb or health<br\/>or under the Product Liability Act.<\/p>\n\n<p><br\/>\u00a79<br\/>Retention of title<br\/>1.<br\/>The following agreed retention of title serves to secure all existing current<br\/>and future claims on our part against the buyer arising from the existing<br\/>supply relationship between the parties, including balance claims from a<br\/>current account relationship limited to this delivery.<br\/>2.<br\/>The goods delivered by us to the buyer remain our property until full payment of all secured<br\/>claims. The goods and the goods covered by the<br\/>retention of title which take their place in accordance with this clause are hereinafter referred to as reserved goods.<br\/>3.<br\/>The buyer shall store the reserved goods for us free of charge.<br\/>4.<br\/>The buyer is entitled to process and sell the reserved goods in the ordinary course of<br\/>business until the realization event occurs. Pledges and transfers by way of security are<br\/>not permitted.<br\/>5.<br\/>If the reserved goods are processed by the buyer, it is agreed that the processing is carried out in our<br\/>name and for our account as manufacturer and that we directly acquire ownership or &#8211; if the<br\/>processing is carried out from materials of several owners or the value of the processed item is higher than<br\/>the value of the reserved goods &#8211; co-ownership (fractional ownership) of the newly created item in the<br\/>ratio of the value of the reserved goods to the value of the newly created item. In the event that<br\/>no such acquisition of ownership should occur in our favor, the buyer hereby transfers his<br\/>future ownership or &#8211; in the above-mentioned ratio &#8211; co-ownership of the newly created item to us as security at<br\/>.<br\/>If the goods subject to retention of title are combined or inseparably mixed with other items to form a uniform item or if one of the other items is to be regarded as the main item, we shall,<br\/>insofar as the main item belongs to us, transfer co-ownership of the uniform item to the Buyer on a pro rata basis in the ratio stated in sentence 1.<br\/>6.<br\/>In the event of the resale of the goods subject to retention of title, the purchaser hereby assigns to us by way of security the resulting claim against the purchaser<br\/>&#8211; in the case of co-ownership on our part of the goods subject to retention of title on a pro rata basis<br\/>in accordance with the co-ownership share. The same applies to other claims which take the place of<br\/>the reserved goods or otherwise arise with regard to the reserved goods, such as<br\/>insurance claims or claims arising from tort in the event of loss or destruction. We<br\/>revocably authorize the buyer to collect the claims assigned to us in his own name.<br\/>We may only revoke this direct debit authorization in the event of realization.<br\/>7.<br\/>If third parties seize the reserved goods, in particular by attachment, the buyer shall immediately inform them of<br\/>our ownership and inform us of this in order to enable us to enforce our ownership rights<br\/>. If the third party is not in a position to reimburse us for the<br\/>court or out-of-court costs incurred in this connection, the Buyer shall be liable to us.<br\/>8.<br\/>We shall only release the goods subject to retention of title and the items or claims taking their place at our discretion at the request of<br\/>if their value exceeds the amount of the secured claims by more than<br\/>50%.<br\/>9.<br\/>If we withdraw from the contract<br\/>in the event of breach of contract by the Buyer, in particular in the event of default in payment, we shall be entitled to demand the return of the goods subject to retention of title.       <\/p>\n\n<p><br\/>\u00a7 10<br\/>Copyrights<br\/>Plans and technical documents which are handed over to the buyer before or after conclusion of the contract<br\/>remain our exclusive property. The Buyer may not use, copy or reproduce them<br\/>or hand them over or disclose them to third parties without our consent. <\/p>\n\n<p><br\/>\u00a7 Section 11<br\/>Place of jurisdiction, place of performance, final provision<br\/>1.<br\/>This contract is subject to the German Civil Code and the German Commercial Code.<br\/>The place of performance for all deliveries and services arising from this contract, including those<br\/>arising from checks or bills of exchange, is the registered office of the seller. The place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from the<br\/>contractual relationship is the registered office of the seller, provided that the contracting parties<br\/>are merchants, legal entities under public law or special funds under public law. However, the<br\/>Seller shall be entitled to bring an action before the court having jurisdiction over the Buyer.<br\/>2.<br\/>Insofar as the contract or the General Terms and Conditions of Delivery contain loopholes, those legally effective provisions shall be deemed to have been agreed for<br\/>filling these loopholes which the<br\/>contracting parties would have agreed in accordance with the economic objectives of the contract and the purpose of these General Terms and Conditions of<br\/>Delivery if they had been aware of the loophole.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Terms and Conditions of the Grunewald Group \u00a71Validity1.All deliveries, services and offers are made exclusively on the basis of our GeneralTerms and Conditions of Delivery. These are an integral part of all contracts that we conclude with our contractual partners (hereinafter also referred to as the buyer) for the deliveries or services offered. 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