TERMS AND CONDITIONS

These General Terms and Conditions of Stichting Webshop Keurmerk were drafted in consultation with the Consumentenbond [Customer’s Association] in the context of the Self-regulation Coordination Group [Coördinatiegroep Zelfreguleringsoverleg CZ] of the Socioeconomic Council [Sociaal-ecomische Raad] and come into force on 1 June 2014

CONTENTS

Article 1 – Definitions
Article 2 – The Entrepreneur’s identity
Article 3 – Applicability
Article 4 – The offer
Article 5 – The agreement
Article 6 – Right of withdrawal
Article 7 – Customer’s obligations during the reflection period
Article 8 – Exercising the Customer’s right of withdrawal and the costs
Article 9 – Entrepreneur’s obligation in case of withdrawal
Article 10 – Exclusion of the right of withdrawal
Article 11 – The price
Article 12 – Compliance and extra guaranty
Article 13 – Delivery and execution
Article 14 – Continuing performance contract: duration, termination and extension
Article 15 – Payment
Article 16 – Complaints procedure
Article 17 – Disputes
Article 18 – Additional or varying provisions
Article 19 – Amendment to the General Terms and Conditions of Webshop Keurmerk

Article 1 – Definitions
In these Terms and Conditions, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
1. Additional agreement: an agreement in which the Customer acquires products, digital content and/or services with respect to a distance agreement and these goods, digital content and/or services are delivered by the Entrepreneur or a third party on the basis of an arrangement between this third party and the Entrepreneur;
2. Reflection period: the period during which the Customer may use his right of withdrawal;
3. Customer: the person or business that wants to acquire goods or services from the Entrepeneur;
4. Day: calendar day;
5. Digital content: data produced and delivered in digital form;
6. Continuing performance contract: a contract serving to deliver goods, services and/or digital content in a given period;
7. Sustainable data carrier: any means, including email, that allow the Customer or the Entrepreneur to store information directed to him/her personally in such a manner that makes future consultation and use possible during a period that matches the purpose for which the information is destined and which makes unaltered reproduction of the stored information possible.
8. Right of withdrawal: the Customer’s option not to proceed with the distance agreement within the cooling-off period;
9. Entrepreneur: the natural of legal person who provides products, (access to) digital content and or services to Customers at a distance;
10. Distance contract: a contract concluded by the Entrepreneur and the Customer within the scope of an organised system for distance selling products, digital content and/or services, whereby exclusive or additional use is made of one or more technologies of distance communication up to the conclusion of the contract;
11. Technology for distance communication: a means to be used for concluding an agreement without the Customer and the Entrepreneur being together in the same place at the same time.

Article 2 – The Entrepreneur’s identity

PLC2Day.com BV
Rijksweg 110
4849 BR DORST
The Netherlands

Phone: +31 161 41 6125
E-mail: info@plc2day.com
CoC: 630 70707
VAT: NL 855079447B01

Article 3 – Applicability
1. These General Terms and Conditions apply to any offer from the Entrepreneur and to any distance contract concluded by the Entrepreneur and the Customer.
2. Before concluding a distance contract, the Entrepreneur shall make the text of these General Terms and Conditions available free of charge and as soon as possible. If this is reasonably impossible, the Entrepreneur shall indicate in what way the General Terms and conditions can be inspected and that they will be sent free of charge if so requested, before the distant contract is concluded.
3. If the distance contract is concluded electronically, the text of these General Terms and Conditions, in deviation from the previous section and before the distance contract is concluded, may also be supplied to the Customer electronically in such a way that the Customer can easily store it on a long-term data carrier. If this is reasonably impossible, it will be specified where the General Terms and Conditions can be viewed electronically and that they will be sent to at the Customer´s request free of charge, either via electronic means or otherwise, before concluding the distance contract;
4. In the event that specific product or service condition apply in addition to these General Terms and Conditions, the second and third paragraphs shall apply accordingly, and in the event of contradictory terms and conditions, the Customer may always appeal to the applicable provision that is most favourable to him/her.

Article 4 – The offer
1. If an offer is of limited duration or if certain conditions apply, it shall be explicitly stated in the offer.
2. The offer contains a full and accurate description of the products, digital content and/or services offered. The description is suitably detailed to enable the Customer to assess the products, or services and/or digital content adequately. If the Entrepreneur makes use of pictures, they are truthful images of the products and/or services provided. Obvious errors or mistakes in the offer do not bind the Entrepreneur.
3. All offers contain such information that it is clear to the Customer what rights and obligations are attached to accepting the offer.

Article 5 – The contract
1. Subject to the provisions in paragraph 4, the contract becomes valid when the Customer has accepted the offer and fulfilled the terms and conditions set.
2. If the Customer accepted the offer via electronic means, the Entrepreneur shall promptly confirm receipt of having accepted the offer via electronic means. As long as the receipt of said acceptance has not been confirmed, the Customer may repudiate the contract.
3. If the contract is concluded electronically, the Entrepreneur will take appropriate technical and organisational security measures for the electronic data transfer and ensure a safe web environment. If the Customer can pay electronically, the Entrepreneur shall observe appropriate security measures.
4. The Entrepreneur may, within the limits of the law, gather information about Customer’s ability to fulfil his payment obligations, and all facts and factors relevant to responsibly concluding the distance contract. If, acting on the results of this investigation, the Entrepreneur has sound reasons for not concluding the contract, he is lawfully entitled to refuse an order or request supported by reasons, or to attach special terms to the implementation.
5. Before delivering the product, the Entrepreneur shall send the following information along with the product, the service or the digital content in writing or in such manner that the Customer can store it in an accessible manner on a long-term data carrier:
a. the visiting address of the Entrepreneur´s business establishment where the Customer may get into contact with any complaints;
b. the conditions on which and the manner in which the Customer may exercise the right of withdrawal, or, as the case may be, clear information about his being exempted from the right of withdrawal;
c. the information corresponding to existing after-sales services and guarantees;
d. The price including all taxes of the product, service or digital content, where applicable the delivery costs and the way of payment, delivery or implementation of the distance contract;
e. the requirements for cancelling the contract if the contract has a duration of more than one year or for an indefinite period of time.
f. the standard form for withdrawal if the Customer has the right of withdrawal.
6. In case of a continuing performance contract, the stipulation in the previous paragraph only applies to the first delivery.

Article 6 – Right of withdrawal
In case of products:
1. The Customer can repudiate a purchase contract for a product without giving reasons for a period of reflection of at least 14 days. The Entrepreneur may ask the Customer about the reason for the withdrawal but cannot force him to state his reason(s).
2. The reflection period referred to in sub-clause 1 starts on the day the product is received by the Customer or by a third party appointed by him in advance and who is not the carrier, or
a. if the Customer ordered several products in the same order: the day on which the Customer or a third party appointed by him received the last product. The Entrepreneur may refuse an order of several products with different delivery dates provided that he clearly informs the Customer prior to the order process.
b. in case the delivery of a product consists of several batches or parts: the day on which the Customer or a third party appointed by him received the last batch or the last part.
c. in case of an agreement about regular delivery of products during a given period: the day on which the Customer or a third party appointed by him received the first product.

In case of services and digital content that is not delivered on a physical carrier:
3. The Customer can terminate an agreement for services or an agreement for delivery of digital content that is not delivered on a physical carrier without giving reasons during at least 14 days. The Entrepreneur may ask the Customer about the reason for the withdrawal but cannot force him to state his reason(s).
4. The reflection period referred to in Article 3 starts on the day following the conclusion of the agreement.

Extended reflection period for products, services and digital content that has not been delivered on a physical carrier in case no information is given about the right of withdrawal:
5. If the Entrepreneur has not provided the Customer with the legally required information about the right of withdrawal or has not provided the standard form for withdrawal, the reflection period expires twelve months after the end of the original reflection period in accordance with the reflection period determined in the previous sub-clauses of this Article.
6. If the Entrepreneur provided the Customer with the information referred to in the previous article within twelve months after the starting day of the original period of reflection, the period of reflection expires 14 day after the day on which the Customer received the information.

Article 7 – Customer’s obligations during the time of reflection
1. During this period, the Customer shall handle the product and the packaging with care. The Customer shall only unpack or use the product to the extent necessary for establishing the nature, the characteristics and the effect of the product. The guiding principle is that the Customer may only handle and inspect the product in the manner in which one is allowed to handle a product in a shop.
2. The Customer is only liable for the decrease in value of the product that is caused by the way of handling the product which went further than allowed in sub-section 1.
3. The Customer is not liable for the decrease in value of the product if the Entrepreneur has not provided him with all legal information about the right of withdrawal before concluding the Agreement.

Article 8 – Exercising the Customer’s right of withdrawal and the costs
1. If the Customer exercises his right of withdrawal he shall notify the Entrepreneur unambiguously with the standard form for withdrawal within the period of reflection.
2. The Customer shall return the product or deliver it to (the authorized representative of) the Entrepreneur as soon as possible but within 14 days counting from the day following the notification referred to in sub-clause 1. This need not be done if the entrepreneur offered to collect the product himself. The Customer observed the period of returning the product in any event if the product is returned before the expiration of the period of reflection.
3. The Customer shall return the product with all delivered accessories and if reasonably possible in the original state and packing and in conformity with reasonable and clear instructions given by the Entrepreneur.
4. The risk and the burden of proof for the correct and timely exercise of the right of withdrawal fall on the Customer.
5. The Customer shall bear the direct costs of returning the product.
6. The Customer does not bear any cost for the full or partial delivery of digital content not stored on a physical carrier if
a. prior to the delivery, he has not explicitly consented to start performance of the agreement before the end of the period of reflection;
b. he did not acknowledge to lose his right of withdrawal when giving consent; or
c. the Entrepreneur failed to confirm the Customer’s statement.
7. If the Customer exercises his right of withdrawal, all additional agreements end by operation of law.

Article 9 – Entrepreneur’s obligations in case of withdrawal
1. If the Entrepreneur makes the notification of withdrawal by electronic means possible, he shall promptly send a return receipt.
2. The Entrepreneur shall reimburse all payments made by the Customer, excluding any delivery costs. Unless the Entrepreneur offers to collect the product himself, he can wait with paying back until having received the product or until the Customer proved that he returned the product, whichever occurs first.
3. The Entrepreneur shall make use of the same means of payment that the Customer used, unless the Customer consents to another method. The reimbursement is free of charge for the Customer.

Article 10 – Exclusion of the right of withdrawal
The Entrepreneur can exclude the following products and services from the right of withdrawal but only if the Entrepreneur notified this clearly when making the offer or at any rate in good time before concluding the agreement:
1. Products or services with a price that is subject to fluctuations in the financial market on which the Entrepreneur has no influence and which may occur within the period of withdrawal;
2. Agreements that are concluded during a public auction. A public auction is defined as a selling method whereby the Entrepreneur offers products, digital content and/or services to the Customer who is personally present or has the possibility to be personally present at the auction under the direction of an auctioneer and whereby the successful bidder is obliged to purchase the products, the digital content and/or the services.
3. Services agreements, after full performance of the service, but only if
a. the performance started with the Customer’s explicit prior consent; and
b. the Customer stated that he will lose his right of withdrawal as soon as the Entrepreneur has fully performed the agreement.
4. Services agreements for making accommodation available when a certain period of implementation is provided and other than for residential purposes, goods transports, car rental services and catering;
5. Products manufactured in accordance with the Customer’s specifications which are not prefabricated and which are produced on the basis of a Customer’s individual choice or decision or which are intended for a specific person;
6. Perishable products or products with a limited durability.
7. Sealed products which are for health or hygiene reasons not suitable for being returned and of which the seal was broken;
8. Products which for their nature are irreversibly mixed with other products;
9. Sealed audio and video recordings and computer programs of which the seals were broken after delivery;
10. The delivery of digital content other than on a physical carrier, but only if:
a. the performance was started with the Customer’s explicit prior consent;
b. the Customer stated that he will lose his right of withdrawal by doing so.

Article 11 – The price
1. The prices of the products and/or services provided shall not be raised during the validity period given in the offer, subject to changes in price due to changes in VAT rates.
2. Contrary to the previous paragraph, the Entrepreneur may offer products or services whose prices are subject to fluctuations in the financial market that are beyond the Entrepreneur’s control, at variable prices. The offer will state the possibility of being subject to fluctuations and the fact that any indicated prices are target prices.
3. Price increases within 3 months after concluding the contract are permitted only if they are the result of new legislation.
4. Price increases from 3 months after concluding the contract are permitted only if the Entrepreneur has stipulated it and
a. they are the result of legal regulations or stipulations, or
b. the Customer has the authority to cancel the contract before the day on which the price increase starts.
5. All prices indicated in the provision of products or services are including VAT.

Article 12 – Performance of an agreement and extra Guarantee
1. The Entrepreneur guarantees that the products and/or services comply with the contract, with the specifications listed in the offer, with reasonable requirements of usability and/or reliability and with the existing statutory provisions and/or government regulations on the day the contract was concluded.
2. An extra guarantee offered by the Entrepreneur, his Supplier, Manufacturer or Importer shall never affect the rights and claims the Customer may exercise against the Entrepreneur about a failure in the fulfilment of the Entrepreneur’s obligations if the Entrepreneur has failed in the fulfilment of his part of the agreement.
3. ‘Extra guarantee’ is taken to mean each obligation by the Entrepreneur, his Supplier, Importer or Manufacturer in whom he assigns certain rights or claims to the Customer that go further than he is legally required in case he fails in the compliance with his part of the agreement.

Article 13 – Delivery and execution
1. The Entrepreneur shall exercise the best possible care when booking orders and executing product orders and when assessing requests for the provision of services.
2. The place of delivery is at the address given by the Customer to the Entrepreneur.
3. With due observance of the stipulations in Article 4 of these General Terms and Conditions, the Entrepreneur shall execute accepted orders with convenient speed but at least within 30 days, unless another delivery period was agreed on. If the delivery has been delayed, or if an order cannot be filled or can be filled only partially, the Customer shall be informed about this within one month after ordering. In such cases, the Customer is entitled to repudiate the contract free of charge and with the right to possible compensation.
4. After repudiation in conformity with the preceding paragraph, the Entrepreneur shall return the payment made by the Customer promptly but at least within 30 days after repudiation.
5. The risk of loss and/or damage to products will be borne by the Entrepreneur until the time of delivery to the Customer or a representative appointed in advance and made known to the Customer, unless explicitly agreed otherwise.

Article 14 – Continuing performance agreements: duration, termination and renewal Termination
1. The Customer may at all times terminate a contract that was concluded for an indefinite time and which extends to the regular delivery of products or services, with due observance of the termination rules and subject to not more than one month’s notice.
2. The Customer may at all times terminate a contract that was concluded for a specific time and which extends to the regular delivery of products or services at the end of the specific period, with due observance of the termination rules and a subject to not more than one month’s notice.
3. The Customer can cancel the agreements mentioned in the preceding paragraphs:
– at any time and not be limited to termination at a particular time or in a given period;
– at least in the same way as they were concluded by him;
– at all times with the same notice as the Entrepreneur stipulated for himself.
Extension
4. An agreement concluded for a definite period which extends to the regular delivery of products or services may not be automatically extended or renewed for a fixed period.
5. An agreement concluded for a definite period and which extends to the regular delivery of products or services may only be extended tacitly for an indefinite period if the Customer can cancel it at any time with a notice of one month.

Duration
6. If the duration of a contract is more than one year, the Customer may terminate the contract at any time after one year with a notice of not more than one month, unless reasonableness and fairness resist the termination before the end of the agreed term.

Article 15 – Payment
1. Unless otherwise stipulated in the agreement or in the additional conditions, the amounts to be paid by the Customer must be settled within 14 days after the period of reflection, or if there is no period of reflection within 14 days after concluding the agreement. In case of an agreement to provide a service, this period starts on the day that the Customer received the confirmation of the agreement.
2. The Customer has the duty to inform the Entrepreneur promptly of possible inaccuracies in the payment details that were given or specified.
3. In case the Customer has not complied with his payment obligation(s) in time, and the Entrepreneur has pointed out to him that the payment was late and allowed the Customer a period of 14 days to comply with the payment obligations, the Customer is to pay the statutory interest on the amount payable and the Entrepreneur is entitled to charge the Customer with any extrajudicial collection costs. These extrajudicial collection costs amount to no more than 15% for outstanding amounts up to € 2,500, 10% for the following € 2,500 and 5% for the following € 5000, with a minimum of € 40. The Entrepreneur may deviate from the aforementioned amounts and percentages in favour of the Customer.

Article 16 – Complaints procedure
1. The entrepreneur has a well-publicized complaints procedure and handles the complaint in accordance with this complaints procedure.
2. Complaints about the execution of the agreement must be submitted fully and clearly described to the entrepreneur within a reasonable time after the Customer has discovered the defects.
3. Complaints submitted to the entrepreneur will be answered within a period of 14 days from the date of receipt. If a complaint requires a foreseeable longer processing time, the entrepreneur will respond within the period of 14 days with a notice of receipt and an indication when the Customer can expect a more detailed answer.

Article 17 – Disputes
1. Only Dutch law applies to agreements between the Entrepreneur and the Customer to which these general terms and conditions apply. Even if the Customer lives abroad.
2. The Vienna Sales Convention does not apply.

Article 18 – Additional or different provisions
Additional provisions or deviating from these terms and conditions may not be to the detriment of the Customer and must be recorded in writing or in such a way that they can be stored by the Customer in an accessible manner on a durable medium.