\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n9.3 In the event of fault of their employees as well as of persons and\/or companies engaged by the Parties to the Contract to fulfill their obligations under the Contract, the Parties shall only be liable for breaches of organization and supervision and to the extent outlined above.<\/p>\r\n
9.4 Subject to clause 9.5 below, in no event shall a Party be liable to the other Party hereto, by way of indemnity or by reason of any breach of the Contract or otherwise for any indirect or consequential damages, or loss of profit, loss of work, or downtime.<\/p>\r\n
9.5 Any limitation of liability shall not be applied to Customer's payment obligations as per this Contract.<\/p>\r\n
9.6 Nothing in this Contract operates to exclude or limit either party's liability for claims or any part of a claim arising out of or relating to any act of wilful misconduct, death or bodily injury, mandatory liability pursuant to applicable laws of The Netherlands.<\/p>\r\n
9.7 All defect and liability claims arising from this Contract are subject, to the extent legally possible, to a limitation period of 6 months from statutory commencement of the limitation period. The running of the limitation period shall not be suspended or interrupted due to the Parties' negotiation of the claim or the claim's circumstances, unless otherwise agreed in writing.<\/p>\r\n
10. Force majeure<\/p>\r\n
10.1 All events of force majeure shall relieve the Party to the Contract affected by force majeure from its obligation to fulfill the contractual obligations affected by force majeure for the duration and scope of the effects of force majeure. Neither party hereunder will be liable to the other for default or delay in the performance of any of its obligations hereunder (except any obligation to make payment when due) due to Force Majeure event which would prevent or delay performance or make performance commercially impracticable.<\/p>\r\n
10.2 For the purpose of this Contract \"Force majeure\" means any event or circumstance (a) which is beyond a party's reasonable control; (b) which such party could not reasonably have provided against before entering into this Agreement; and (c) which, having arisen, such party could not commercially reasonably have avoided or overcome; and (d) which is not substantially attributable to the other party, including , including, in the case of the Supplier, the worsening of an already existing event. Force majeure event may include but not limited to acts of God, strike or lockout by persons other than the Party's personnel and sub-contractors fire, explosion, epidemic, pandemic).<\/p>\r\n
10.3 The affected Party shall immediately notify the other Party in writing of the anticipated duration and extent of the event of Force majeure and shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to fulfil its contractual obligations and overcome the hindrance as well as to make good its non-performed obligations. Such efforts shall not include covering purchases on part of the Supplier.<\/p>\r\n
11. Ineffectiveness, amendments<\/p>\r\n
11.1 This Contract constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties on the subject matter hereof and all previous agreements, understandings and representations shall cease to have effect on the execution of this Contract.<\/p>\r\n
11.2 If individual terms of this Contract should be or should become ineffective or not feasible, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining terms. In this case the affected provision shall be replaced or supplemented by the Parties to the Contract in such a way that the economic aim envisaged by such term is achieved as closely as possible. The same applies if a gap should be detected which needs to be filled.<\/p>\r\n
11.3 Any alteration, amendment or termination of this Contract shall only be valid in written form.<\/p>\r\n
12. Confidentiality<\/p>\r\n
12.1 A Party (\"receiving Party\") shall treat as confidential and hold in strict confidence any data, documents and other information which it may receive from the other party (\"disclosing Party\") in connection with the Contract (including the conclusion of the Contract and the Contract itself) (\"Confidential<\/b> Information<\/b>\") and shall not use the Confidential Information in any way other than for the execution of this Contract.<\/p>\r\n
12.2 A Party shall not make available the other's Confidential Information to any third party without the prior written consent of the other Party. For the purpose of this clause 13.2\u00a0 <\/span>third party shall not include the receiving Party's subcontractors, affiliates, brokers, insurance companies, legal or financial advisors, companies hired for debt collection, auditors and in case of an assignment or transfer of the Contract, the potential assignees or transferees provided that Confidential Information is disclosed to them on a need-to-know basis and they are properly bound to confidentiality and restricted use obligations.<\/p>\r\n12.3 The foregoing provisions of confidentiality shall not expire with the termination of the Contract, however, they do not apply to data, documents, and other information:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\nwhich had already been in receiving Party's possession prior to disclosure thereof without a confidential obligation;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\nwhich are or become, through no act or failure to act on receiving Party's part, part of the public domain by publication or otherwise;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\nwhich are subsequently disclosed to receiving Party by third parties having the right to disclose the same without any restriction of use or obligation of confidentiality; or\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\nin respect of which disclosure is required by any law, court order or competent regulatory authority or where disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect legitimate interests of the receiving Party in an administrative procedure or litigation.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n12.4 In the event that a receiving Party becomes legally compelled to disclose any of the Confidential Information of a disclosing Party or to take any other action prohibited by this Contract, the receiving Party so legally compelled shall, to the extent it is permitted, provide prompt written notice to the disclosing Party for the purpose of enabling the disclosing Party to seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy; provided that nothing in this Contract shall be deemed to prohibit a Party from disclosing Confidential Information to the extent required or requested by the law. The receiving Party so legally compelled shall furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information which is legally required, and shall exercise reasonable efforts to obtain confidential treatment of any Confidential Information so furnished.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n13. Data Protection<\/p>\r\n
The Parties process and use personal data in their capacity as data controllers at all times only subject to applicable data protection law. They shall enter into any agreement relating to the processing of personal data as may be required in order to comply with applicable data protection laws and regulations. The Parties shall transfer personal data to the other party only to the extent required for providing services under the Contract and the receiving party shall not use that data for any other purpose. Each Party shall implement technical and organizational measures to protect personal data under its control against unauthorized or unlawful processing, transfer and storage or accidental loss, destruction or damage, unauthorized disclosure or access, in particular where data is transmitted over a network. These measures shall provide a level of security appropriate and proportionate to the risk represented by the processing and the nature of the data to be protected, taking into regard the state of the art.<\/p>\r\n
14. Assignment<\/p>\r\n
Rights and obligations under this Contract cannot be transferred either in whole or in part by one Party to a third party without the prior written consent of the other Party except to any entity which is directly or indirectly controlled by, controls or is under common control with the respective Party. Control shall mean the ability to exercise more than 50 percent of the voting rights or to appoint the majority of the board of directors or a similar management body.<\/p>\r\n
15. Term and Termination<\/p>\r\n
15.1 This Contract shall have effect from October 1<\/span>st<\/sup><\/span>, 2022<\/span> for an indefinite time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n15.2 Either Party may terminate this Contract with immediate effect by written notice to this effect to the other Party if:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\nany bankruptcy, insolvency, administration, liquidation or anything analogous thereto in any jurisdiction is ordered in relation to the other Party in any jurisdiction; or<\/li>\r\n the other Party suspends or ceases, or threatens to suspend or cease, to carry on all or a substantial part of its business.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n16. Applicable law and Arbitration.<\/p>\r\n
16.1 This Contract is subject to the laws of The Netherlands.<\/p>\r\n
17. Compliance<\/p>\r\n
17.1 All discussions, negotiations and meetings between the Parties will at all times in every respect be in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations, including the applicable antitrust laws.<\/p>\r\n
17.2 The Parties shall limit all data, information and documentation to be exchanged between the Parties to the minimum amount and to the persons necessary for the implementation of this Contract. Further, the Parties shall take appropriate measures to ensure that all data information and documentation exchanged is only used in compliance with the applicable antitrust laws.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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