§ 1 Scope of application
(1) For all business transactions between us and the seller, supplier, contractor or service and work provider, hereinafter referred to as the supplier, these GTCP shall apply exclusively in addition to the other contractual agreements. We do not recognize any deviating terms and conditions. These GPC shall also apply if we accept the delivery or service in the knowledge of deviating conditions. 2.
The conclusion of a contract shall not be precluded by conflicting GTC. Insofar as conflicting General Terms and Conditions correspond to each other, the concordant provisions shall apply. In addition, the provisions of our Terms and Conditions of Purchase shall be deemed to have been agreed upon which are not opposed by any conflicting provisions of the Supplier's General Terms and Conditions. On the other hand, such provisions of the supplier's GTC shall not become part of the contract which do not correspond with the regulatory content of our GPC. 3.
These GPC shall also apply to all future contracts with the supplier without renewed inclusion until we issue new GPC. 4.
(4) These General Terms and Conditions of Purchase shall only apply to entrepreneurs within the meaning of Section 14 of the German Civil Code (BGB).

§ 2 Quotation traffic
1. offers and samples are free of charge for us. Deviations from our inquiry shall be clearly indicated in the offer. The supplier shall be bound to his offer for one month. 2.
Our documents shall be returned to us immediately and free of charge if they are no longer required for the performance of the contract. 3.
Acceptance of our order(s) shall be made within two weeks after receipt and by means of a written order confirmation with binding delivery time and prices, stating our order number. Until receipt of the aforementioned declaration of acceptance by the supplier, we shall be entitled to revoke our order at any time. Prices and delivery times deviating from the order require our written confirmation. 4.
Confirmed prices shall be deemed to be fixed prices. 5.
5. delivery call-offs shall become binding at the latest if the supplier does not object within one week after receipt.
(6) Blanket orders shall entitle the supplier to procure input material only to the extent necessary.
7. transfer or completion of the order to or by third parties, even in part, without our consent is prohibited. it entitles us to withdraw from the contract and to claim damages.
The production of parts for call-off orders is only permitted after receipt of the call-off.

§ 3 Changes
(1) We may request amendments to the contract prior to execution of the order. The changes are to be settled by mutual agreement. Any objections to the changes requested by us shall be communicated to us without delay. 2.
If no agreement can be reached, we shall be entitled to withdraw from the contract; in this case, the supplier shall receive an appropriate reimbursement of expenses. 3.
The supplier shall not be entitled to make changes to the order without our consent.

§ 4 Terms of delivery, price and payment
(1) Deliveries shall be made in accordance with the DDP (DeliveredDuty Paid) clause of INCOTERMS2020.
The prices shall be understood to be free at the place of receipt in Euro including packaging, freight, toll, postage, customs duties, insurance and excluding taxes, in particular value added tax. Value added tax shall be shown separately. 3.
3. a price stated in the order shall be deemed to be the maximum price. It may be undercut, but not exceeded. 4.
(4) The supplier shall not charge us higher prices or grant us worse conditions than other comparable customers.
(5) Invoices shall be issued separately for each order in triplicate, marking the original and copy, immediately upon delivery. They must contain the order reference, order number and part number. 6.
(6) Unless otherwise agreed, payments shall be made by us in Euro free of charge to the Supplier's domestic bank account.
Payment shall be made when the invoice is due, the goods have been received complete and free of defects or the service has been rendered free of defects. This shall apply accordingly in the case of permissible partial deliveries.
8. delays due to faulty invoices do not affect agreed cash discount periods. In the event of a cash discount agreement, payment shall be made in accordance with the agreement, but at least within 14 days less 3% or within 30 days net from the date of invoice.
9. in the case of simple negligence we are not in default of payment. Our obligation to pay compensation for damage caused by delay shall be limited to the damage typically occurring. 10.
(10) If advance payments are agreed, the supplier shall furnish an unlimited performance guarantee from a German bank or insurance company concurrently with performance and in the amount of the advance payment. In the event of a delay in delivery, interest on arrears shall be deducted from the amount of the advance payment at a rate of 9 percentage points above the prime rate in accordance with §247 of the German Civil Code (BGB). The supplier shall be at liberty to prove lower damages. This provision shall not affect our right to claim damages for default in other respects. 11.
(11) If, after conclusion of the contract, it becomes apparent that our delivery claim is endangered by the supplier's inability to perform, we shall be entitled to refuse payment and to set the supplier a reasonable period of time within which he must deliver concurrently with payment or provide security. In the event of refusal by the supplier or unsuccessful expiry of the deadline, we shall be entitled to withdraw from the contract and demand compensation. 12.
If the supplier's solvency deteriorates to an extent that endangers the performance of the contract or if the supplier discontinues his deliveries, we shall be entitled to withdraw from the contract. The right of withdrawal may also be exercised only partially. 13.
The supplier is not entitled to assign claims against us to third parties or to have them collected by third parties without our consent. If an extended reservation of title is agreed, our consent shall be deemed to have been granted. If the supplier assigns claims against us to a third party without our consent, we shall be entitled to make payment to both the supplier and the third party with discharging effect.
14. we shall be entitled to rights of set-off and retention to the extent provided by law. The Supplier shall only be entitled to rights of set-off and retention if the counterclaim on which the right to refuse performance, right of retention or right of set-off is based is undisputed or has been finally adjudicated or is ready for decision.

§ 5 Obligation to examine and give notice of defects
(1) Deliveries shall only be inspected by us upon receipt of the goods for identity, quantity and externally visible transport damage. A notice of defect shall be deemed to be in time if it is notified to the supplier in text form within 10 working days of the discovery of the defect. In this respect, the supplier waives the objection of a delayed notice of defects. In the case of through transactions, the complaint of the customer shall be taken into account. 2.
In the event of a justified complaint, we reserve the right to charge the supplier for the costs of inspection and notification of defects. 3.
The supplier shall bear the costs and risk of returning defective delivery items.

§ 6 Delivery traffic, delay, contractual penalty
(1) The dates and deadlines stated in the order or call-off are binding. We shall not be obliged to accept delivery before the expiry of the delivery date. In the case of deliveries, the receipt of the delivery at the agreed works of ours or at the place of receipt or use specified by us shall be decisive for the observance of deadlines and dates. In the case of services, the date of acceptance shall be decisive. 2.
Partial deliveries and partial services shall only be permitted with our consent. 3.
3. the supplier must inform us of any difficulties which prevent him from delivering on time in the prescribed quantity or quality.
2 GPC of PZ Friction GmbH, March 2023 without delay and obtain a decision on the continuation of the order. He shall be liable for notifications not made or made late. 4.
In case of an earlier delivery than agreed upon, we reserve the right to return the goods at the expense of the supplier or to store them temporarily at a third party at the expense of the supplier. If, in the event of early delivery, the goods are not returned or stored with a third party, the goods shall be stored with us until the delivery date at the expense and risk of the supplier. In the event of earlier delivery, the discount period shall be calculated from the date of the agreed delivery date or the date of receipt of the invoice by us, whichever occurs last. 5.
In the event of a delay in delivery, we shall be entitled to the statutory claims; an exclusion of liability or a limitation of liability on the part of the supplier shall be excluded. 6.
(6) If the supplier repeatedly fails to meet the delivery date, we shall be entitled to withdraw from the contract or to terminate the contract without notice. In the event of failure to meet the deadline through no fault of our own, we shall be entitled to withdraw from the contract if the failure to meet the deadline is considerable and the urgency of the delivery requires this due to our own deadline commitment. In the event of withdrawal, we may retain partial deliveries in return for a credit note. 7.
If the supplier is in default, he shall be obliged to comply with a request from us for express delivery (express or express goods, express courier, express parcel, air freight, etc.) at his own expense.
No reminder or deadline is required if the delivery date is agreed as "fixed" or if the supplier declares that he will not be able to deliver within the deadline. 9.
If the supplier is in default, we shall be entitled, after issuing a reminder, to demand a contractual penalty of 5% of the net delivery value or the service per week or part thereof, but not more than a total of 20% of the net delivery value or the service, and to withdraw from the contract. We reserve the right to claim higher damages. The right to demand payment of an agreed contractual penalty shall not be forfeited by the fact that the contractual penalty was not expressly reserved upon acceptance of the delayed delivery, provided that it is asserted by the time of final payment. 10.
(10) In the event of a delay in delivery by the supplier, we shall be entitled to make a covering purchase if this is appropriate under the circumstances in order to avert the threat of consequential damage as a result of the delay.
The Supplier may only invoke the absence of necessary documents to be supplied by us if he has sent a written reminder for the documents and has not received them within a reasonable period of time. 12.
In the event of delayed acceptance, we shall only be liable for claims for damages if we are at fault.

§ 8 Force majeure, right of emergency performance
(1) Force majeure shall be deemed to be events which affect the contracting parties from outside and prevent or hinder the performance of the contract without the contracting parties having any influence on this. Force majeure may result in particular from war, fire, illness and disease, labor disputes, operational and traffic disruptions or orders from higher authorities. In cases of imminent or existing force majeure, the contracting parties shall negotiate the reorganization of the contractual obligations in order to adjust their obligations to the changed contractual relationships in good faith. This shall apply in particular if events of force majeure lead or may lead to damage. This may include, for example, damage caused by delay or claims for damages by customers in the subsequent supply chain. In particular, the parties shall take into account the statutory apportionment of liability in cases of non-performance or late performance, according to which claims for damages are generally dependent on fault. Negotiations will focus in particular on the necessity of a temporary or permanent non-delivery, on the possibilities of a reduced delivery, a later delivery or a different delivery. Other deliveries include, for example, changes in material specifications and changes in suppliers or raw materials. The contracting parties shall inform each other proactively about the beginning, nature and end of the disruption in performance. 2.
If an event of force majeure occurs at the supplier's or his sub-supplier's or subcontractor's premises, which has prevented the supplier from performing his contractual obligations towards us for more than 4 weeks, we shall be entitled to suspend the contractual products or the commissioned service for more than 4 weeks.
3. AEB of PZ Friction GmbH, as of March 2023 ourselves or have them manufactured or performed by third parties. The prerequisite for this, however, is that we ourselves cannot fulfill our delivery or performance obligations to third parties due to this disruption in performance and that both we and the commissioned third parties have previously concluded a confidentiality agreement with the obligation to use the confidential information provided only for the manufacture of the contractual products or the performance of the service. In this case, the supplier shall immediately surrender to us all tools required for the production of the contractual products or the performance of the service, insofar as these are not available on the free market, as well as all necessary documents, drawings, samples and other documents and information upon our request and shall reasonably support us in the relocation of the production or performance of the service within the scope of what is reasonable for the supplier and shall pay us a compensation for the duration of the force majeure plus a reasonable period of time for the start-up of the production or performance of the service. a reasonable period of time for the start of production at the supplier's premises, and to grant us a transferable, non-exclusive, irrevocable right of use free of charge.

§ 9 Quality requirements
(1) Our minimum expectation of the Supplier's quality management system is certification in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001 in the currently valid version.
The supplier assures to take and apply all necessary quality assurance measures to ensure the quality of the deliveries and services. He shall ensure that his suppliers maintain a comparable quality management system which ensures the defect-free quality of his purchased parts, services, work and supplies as well as externally processed or otherwise treated parts. Further details are to be regulated in the individual agreements on quality, if possible in written form, between the parties. 3.
The supplier shall inform himself about the intended use of his products, services and work performances. 4.
4. the supplier shall inform us without delay of any changes to its products, their deliverability, usability or quality caused by statutory regulations and shall coordinate suitable measures with us in individual cases. the same shall apply as soon as and insofar as the supplier recognizes that such changes will occur. 5. the supplier shall inform us of its delivery counterparts, services and work performance in writing if possible.
(5) The Supplier shall mark its delivery items in such a way that they are recognizable as its products and that the Supplier is able to trace the products.
(6) The supplier shall enclose factory test certificates and safety data sheets with his deliveries.
(7) The supplier shall select and monitor its subcontractors, taking into account their technical and qualitative performance.
8. the supplier shall monitor the application and effectiveness of its processes and its subcontractors by means of annual audits and shall give us the opportunity to participate in these audits.
(9) Quality-relevant records shall be kept in readable form for at least 20 years after delivery of the products/services, protected from access by third parties, and shall be made available to us at any time upon request.
(10) By accepting the order, the supplier confirms that the order can be manufactured or carried out under the agreed conditions.
In order to prove a stable quality level, the supplier shall carry out an annual requalification test starting from the time of the initial sample release.

§ 10 Defects of quality and title
1. the legal definition of defects shall apply. The Supplier warrants in particular that its products and services comply with the statutory and official requirements, the technical standards and the current state of the art and the agreed properties in text and drawing and are suitable for the intended use known to the Supplier. 2.
(2) The Supplier shall further warrant that the services and deliveries provided by it are free from third party rights, in particular that they do not infringe any domestic or foreign industrial property rights of third parties.
3. upon request, the supplier shall inform us of all applications for industrial property rights which it uses in connection with the delivered goods or services. If he discovers the infringement of industrial property rights or applications for industrial property rights, he shall notify us thereof without being asked and without delay and shall provide us with all information necessary for a possible defense against the claim and shall support us in the defense against the claims adequately at his own expense and shall provide us with all information necessary for a possible defense against the claim and shall support us in the defense against the claims adequately at his own expense.

§ 11 Claims for defects and damages
1. complaints mean additional expenditure. For this reason, we reserve the right to charge an administrative processing fee of € 150.00 for each justified complaint. The supplier reserves the right to prove a lower expense and we reserve the right to prove a higher expense.
We shall be entitled, at our discretion, to demand subsequent performance from the supplier, to withdraw from the contract or to reduce the purchase price and to demand compensation for damages or reimbursement of futile expenses in accordance with the statutory provisions.Within the scope of subsequent performance, we shall be entitled, at our discretion, to demand rectification of the defect or delivery of a defect-free item. The supplier shall be obliged to bear all expenses necessary for the purpose of remedying the defect, replacement delivery or rectification of damage, in particular transport, travel, labor, material and replacement costs. The provisions of § 445a BGB on the reimbursement of expenses in accordance with § 439 BGB shall also apply analogously if we have delivered a defective overall item to our customer and the defect within this overall item originates from a product of our supplier. 3.
If the supplier does not remedy the defect or make a replacement delivery within a reasonable period of time set by us or if the remedy of the defect is impossible or fails, we shall be entitled to withdraw from the contract and to claim damages instead of performance. If, due to particular urgency, it is no longer possible to inform the supplier of the defect and the impending damage and to set him a deadline, albeit a short one, for his own remedy, we shall be entitled to remedy the defect ourselves or have it remedied by third parties at the supplier's expense. 4.
If the same goods are repeatedly delivered with defects, we shall be entitled to withdraw from the contract after a written warning in the event of a further defective delivery, also for the unfulfilled scope of delivery. 5.
(5) In the case of a purchase contract, our claims for compensation for defects or damages shall become statute-barred 36 months after delivery of the products manufactured by us using the delivered products, but no later than 60 months after delivery to us and, in the case of services and work performance, 60 months after acceptance of the service or work performance. This shall only apply if no longer or later limitation period is provided for by law. If acceptance is delayed through no fault of the supplier, the warranty period shall be a maximum of 60 months after the delivery item has been made available for acceptance. The provisions of Section 445 b of the German Civil Code (BGB) on the limitation period under contract law shall also apply by analogy if we have delivered a defective complete item to our customer and the defect within this complete item results from a product of our supplier. The period of limitation in these cases shall be 3 years. The warranty period for defects in parts for structures shall be 60 months after acceptance or commissioning. For parts supplied which cannot remain in operation or otherwise be used in accordance with their intended purpose during subsequent performance or damage repair, the current warranty period shall be extended by the period of interruption of operation or use. The aforementioned limitation periods shall also apply in the event that the supplier has assumed a warranty for its products, work or services.
4 General Terms and Conditions of PZ Friction GmbH, March 2023
6. claims against the supplier due to defects of title of the products, services or works shall become time-barred 5 years after delivery to us or acceptance by us. this shall only apply if no longer or later limitation period is provided for by law.
(7) If the Supplier is clearly acting not only as a gesture of goodwill or to settle a dispute amicably, but in the knowledge that it is obliged to remedy the defect, taking into account in particular the scope, duration and costs of the remedy of the defect, the limitation period for parts subsequently delivered within the limitation period shall recommence at the time at which the replacement delivery was made. For parts repaired within the warranty period, the recommencement of the limitation period shall only apply to the original defect and the consequences of the repair. 8.
(8) Upon request, the supplier shall indemnify us against claims of third parties which are the consequence of defects in the delivery item or the service or work performed, insofar as the supplier is responsible for the defect. If claims are asserted against us by third parties on the basis of strict liability under non-mandatory law, the supplier shall be liable to us to the extent that it would also be directly liable. The principles of Section 254 of the German Civil Code shall apply mutatis mutandis to the compensation for damages between us and the supplier. 9.
(9) The Supplier shall indemnify us against claims of third parties based on defects of title, provided that the Supplier is responsible for the defect.
(10) The limitation period for claims for indemnification shall be three years. It shall commence at the end of the year in which the claim arose and we became aware of the circumstances giving rise to the claim and the person of the debtor or should have become aware without gross negligence. Any longer statutory limitation periods shall have priority. 11.
(11) The supplier shall be obliged to reimburse us for the costs and expenses incurred for a recall or take-back action carried out to prevent personal injury or damage to property, which is the consequence of the defectiveness of the delivery item or the service or work performed.

§ 12 Insurance coverage
(1) The supplier undertakes to take out and maintain business and product liability insurance with a sum insured of at least € 5 million for personal injury, property damage and damage to product assets and, in the case of deliveries to the motor vehicle industry, recall costs insurance for motor vehicle parts and, if not, general recall costs insurance with a sum insured of at least € 2.5 million in each case.
The scope of the product liability insurance must extend to the forms of coverage of the extended product liability insurance, including the so-called optional coverages. The coverage must also extend to damages abroad. The supplier shall inform us of any exclusions for coverage in the USA/Canada. Furthermore, the supplier shall ensure that the payment of the dismantling and installation costs is also insured within the scope of his legal obligation to subsequent performance. 3.
The Supplier shall submit these GPC to its product liability insurer for the co-insurance of the notification of defects procedure described in § 5 of these GPC and the limitation periods specified in § 11 of these GPC, paragraph 5 and paragraph 10, as well as the indemnification obligation contained in § 11, paragraph 8, or ask its insurer to confirm that it is not covered in accordance with Section 7.3 of the GPC and to notify us if the insurer refuses to do so.
As proof of the existence of the aforementioned insurances, the supplier shall provide us with the confirmation of the insurer regarding the aforementioned scope of coverage (Certificate of Insurance) at the latest upon conclusion of the contract.

§ 13 Confidentiality
(1) The contracting parties undertake to treat all aspects of the business relationship as confidential. In particular, they shall treat as business secrets all commercial and technical details which are not public knowledge and which become known to them as a result of the business relationship. Information or aspects of the business relationship which were already publicly known at the time of disclosure, as well as information or aspects of the business relationship which were already demonstrably known to the supplier before we disclosed the information, shall not be subject to the obligation of confidentiality. 2.
We reserve the property rights and copyrights to illustrations, drawings, calculations and other documents provided by us. Our documents may only be made available to those persons who execute our order. The supplier shall ensure that his employees also protect our justified interests in secrecy. 3.
The supplier shall be obliged to maintain secrecy even after the end of the business relationship. All items provided by us, including copies made, shall be returned to us after rejection or completion of the order. 4.
Any reproduction of the items provided to the Supplier shall only be permissible within the scope of operational requirements and copyright provisions. 5.
5. all information relating to the business relationship is not intended for third parties. Any disclosure, even partial, of our order to third parties may only be made with our prior written consent; the supplier shall also oblige the third parties to maintain secrecy within the framework of a similar agreement. 6.
The supplier may only advertise our business relationship with our prior written consent. 7.
7. a transfer of orders to third parties without our consent is prohibited. it entitles us to withdraw from the contract and to claim damages.
8. the supplier undertakes not to transact business directly or indirectly with our customers which is contrary to the order.
Products which correspond to our order and are not of general specification but are intended for a specific application may not be delivered to third parties.

§ 14 Means of production
(1) Production equipment provided by us, planned or paid for by us, such as models, matrices, templates, samples, tools, shall remain or become our property. They may not be used for deliveries to third parties, reproduced, sold, transferred by way of security, pledged or passed on in any other way. The same shall apply to the delivery items manufactured with the aid of these means of production. The supplier is obliged to use the means of production exclusively for the manufacture of the contractual products ordered by us. 2.
If items owned by us are seized by third parties, the supplier shall be obliged to inform us thereof in writing without undue delay.
The supplier shall be obliged to insure items owned by us at replacement value at its own expense in a property insurance policy with the widest possible scope of coverage (all-risk coverage, extended coverage). The supplier shall assign the claims for compensation arising from this insurance to us. 4.
(4) The supplier shall be obliged to carry out any necessary maintenance and inspection work on the items provided as well as all maintenance and repair work at its own expense and in good time.
(5) If we provide items, we shall retain title thereto. Contractually agreed processing or transformation by the supplier shall be carried out on our behalf. If the reserved goods are processed, combined or mixed with other items not belonging to us, we shall acquire co-ownership of the new item in the ratio of the value of the reserved goods to the other items at the time of processing, combination or mixing. If processing, combining or mixing is carried out in such a way that the supplier's item is to be regarded as the main item, it shall be deemed to have been agreed that the supplier shall transfer co-ownership to us on a pro rata basis.This provision shall also apply if we refuse acceptance due to late or defective delivery or if we can refrain from placing further orders. In such cases, the items provided shall be made available to us free of charge. offsetting shall be excluded.
6. additional expenses due to material defects and dimensional deviations in the raw materials provided may only be reimbursed to us in accordance with
5 GPC of PZ Friction GmbH, as of March 2023 of our prior written consent to these additional expenses. 7.
The supplier is obliged to check the provided goods for obvious defects, e.g. identity, quantity and transport damage, and to notify us immediately of any defects. Defects discovered in the goods provided during processing must be reported to us immediately upon discovery of the defect. 8.
If the security rights to which we are entitled exceed the purchase price of all goods subject to retention of title not yet paid for by more than 15%, we shall release a corresponding part of the security rights at the Supplier's request.

§ Section 17 Statutory Minimum Wage (MiLoG), Employee Posting Act (AEntG)
(1) The Supplier shall be obliged to ensure that the employees deployed by it or its subcontractors for the execution of contracts receive the statutory minimum wage or, if the services to be rendered fall within the scope of application of a European Directive on the posting of workers and/or the AEntG, in particular in the case of postings from abroad or to abroad, the respective prescribed working conditions, depending on the duration of their deployment. He shall also comply with the other collective bargaining and statutory obligations to pay contributions to social insurance carriers, employers' liability insurance associations and other institutions and, in the case of subcontractors used, to ensure by means of evidence that the respective current requirements are complied with by them.
(2) If justified claims are asserted against us due to non-compliance with the Supplier's obligations pursuant to Paragraph 1, the Supplier shall indemnify us against such claims upon request and reimburse us for any costs and damages incurred as a result.

§ 18 Export and customs regulations
(1) The supplier shall be obliged to inform us in its business documents of any licensing requirements for (re-)exports of its goods in accordance with German, European and US export and customs regulations as well as the customs and export regulations of the country of origin of its products. For this purpose, the Supplier shall provide the following information at least in its offers, order confirmations and invoices for the relevant goods items: Export list number according to Annex AL of the German Foreign Trade and Payments Regulation or comparable list items of relevant export lists; for U.S. goods, the ECCN (Export ControlClassification Number) according to the U.S. ExportAdministration Regulations (EAR); the commercial origin of its goods and the components of its goods, including technology and software;whether the goods have been transported through the U.S., manufactured or stored in the U.S., or manufactured using U.S. technology; the statistical commodity code (HS code) of its goods; and a contact person at its company for clarification of any queries we may have. 2.
(2) At our request, the Supplier shall provide us with all other foreign trade data relating to its goods and their components in writing and shall inform us of any changes to the existing data without undue delay prior to delivery of the relevant products affected thereby.
The supplier also confirms that, in accordance with the anti-terrorism regulations of the EC and EU No. 2580/2001 and No. 881/2002 as well as No. 753/2011, he has no business contact with companies, firms, credit institutions, organizations and persons that are on the EU and/or US sanctions lists. This also applies to subsidiaries and branches of the supplier as well as participations in third parties in Germany and abroad. Furthermore, the supplier undertakes to notify us in writing without delay of any positive results found during the inspection in accordance with the aforementioned sanctions lists. In the case of existing contacts of the supplier, we shall be entitled, after appropriate examination, to terminate this contract and all other existing contracts with the supplier and to immediately discontinue existing business relations without the supplier being able to derive any claims for damages from this. 4.
The supplier shall inform us without delay if a delivery is subject in whole or in part to export restrictions under German or other law.

§ 19 Proof of origin
(1) The supplier shall provide us with any proofs of origin requested by us with all the necessary information and duly signed without delay.
The supplier shall inform us in writing without delay and without being requested to do so if the information in the proofs of origin for the delivered goods is no longer applicable. 3.
3. the same shall apply to proof of foreign and intra-community deliveries for VAT purposes.

§ 20 Social and ecological responsibility
For us, social and ecological responsibility plays an overriding role in our business activities. Our suppliers are therefore obliged to comply with the relevant statutory regulations on the treatment of employees, environmental protection and occupational safety and to make every effort to reduce the adverse impact of their activities on people and the environment. The aim is for our suppliers to establish and further develop a management system in accordance with ISO 14001. Our suppliers are also committed to the principles of the UN Global Compact initiative, in particular with regard to the protection of international human rights, the right to collective bargaining, the elimination of forced labor and child labor, the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation, environmental responsibility and the prevention of corruption. Further information on the UN Global Compact Initiative is available at www.unglobalcompact.orgerhältlich.
The supplier shall comply with these aforementioned principles and pass them on in its supply chain and notify us immediately of any violations thereof. 3.
In the event that the supplier repeatedly violates these principles, we shall be entitled to withdraw from existing contracts or to terminate them without notice for good cause.

§ 21 Place of jurisdiction, place of performance, applicable law
(1) The place of jurisdiction shall be, at our discretion, the court responsible for our place of business or the supplier's place of jurisdiction.
The place of performance shall be the place to which the goods are to be delivered in accordance with the order. The place of performance for payments shall be our registered office. 3.
(3) The contractual relationship with us and our suppliers shall be governed exclusively by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding the conflict of laws provisions and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG).
Should individual parts of these General Terms and Conditions be invalid, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions.