General terms and conditions of purchase

  1. General matters - Scope

    1. These general terms and conditions of purchase shall apply exclusively; we refuse to recognize conditions of the supplier that may be contrary to or deviating from our conditions, unless we had expressly agreed to their validity in writing. Our terms and conditions shall also apply if we accept the delivery without reservation being aware of conditions of the supplier contrary to or deviating from our conditions.
    2. Our general terms and conditions of purchase shall not only apply to the present contract, but also to repeat orders and all future contracts of sale between us and the seller.

  2. Effecting the contract
    The contract of sale shall either be effected by accepting the seller's offer or by exercising the option granted to us.
  3. Delivery time and delay in delivery

    1. The delivery time agreed upon shall be binding.
    2. In case of a delay in delivery, we shall have the right to demand a compensation to the amount of the difference between our purchase price and our selling price, minus the expenses to be borne by us according to the contract, as lost profit. It shall be left to the seller to furnish proof of a lower loss. We shall reserve the right to assert a higher loss.

  4. Defects of the object of purchase and third party notice
    We undertake to serve a third party notice on the supplier if our customer advances a claim against us by legal action because of defects of the object of purchase. Should the contract of sale not be fully performed, this shall also be considered as a defect. Thus, the supplier shall get the opportunity of intervening in a legal action against us. The supplier undertakes to consider the third party notice as effective. Regarding the effectiveness of the third party notice, the regulations in force according to the German Code of Civil Procedure shall be agreed.
  5. Jurisdiction
    Place of jurisdiction for all disputes resulting from this contractual relationship indirectly or directly, also for special procedures deciding claims arising out of a bill of exchange and actions for assertion of a claim concerning payment of a cheque, shall be Stuttgart.
  6. Final provisions
    Should a provision of these general terms and conditions of purchase or of the contract of sale entered into with the supplier be or become ineffective, the effectiveness of the contract as a whole shall not be affected. The ineffective provision shall be replaced by a provision serving the intended purpose of the contract in the best possible way.


Carl Ingolf Lange GmbH – Philipp-Reis-Straße 6 – D-71642 Ludwigsburg – Germany
Tel. +49 7144/8577 - 0 – Fax +49 7144/8577 - 29 – info(at)lange.de