Terms & Conditions

Article 1 Scope
These general terms and conditions of delivery apply to assignments to and to all offers and agreements to which www.taureau.eu is a party, unless expressly agreed otherwise in writing. All offers are without obligation. Any purchase or other conditions of the customer do not apply, unless they have been expressly accepted in writing by www.taureau.eu.

Article 2 Entering into an agreement
Agreements and further agreements, which have not been entered into in writing, are binding for www.taureau.eu first after written confirmation on the part of www.taureau.eu.
The obligations www.taureau.eu never go beyond what has been confirmed in writing by www.taureau.eu.

Article 3 Quotation and conclusion of agreement
All written offers from www.taureau.eu are without obligation and valid for 14 days after the date, unless expressly stated otherwise in writing in the offer. If the client has not accepted the offer within the aforementioned period, the offer will lapse unless an extension of the offer has been agreed in writing. After expiry of the offer, www.taureau.eu is entitled to change the offer.
The offer is based on the information provided by the client, whereby www.taureau.eu may rely on the accuracy and completeness thereof.
An agreement is only concluded if the client and www.taureau.eu the acceptance of the offer, or the order confirmation, have both signed in writing.

Article 4 Cooperation by the client
The Client will always provide www.taureau.eu with all data or information useful and necessary for the proper execution of the agreement in a timely manner and will provide full cooperation.
The Client guarantees the accuracy, completeness and reliability of the information provided to www.taureau.eu, even if it comes from third parties.
If the execution of the agreement is delayed because the customer does not comply with its aforementioned obligation or the information provided by the client does not comply with the provisions, the resulting additional costs will be borne by the client and www.taureau.eu is entitled to charge for the additional work that has become necessary as a result.

Article 5 Implementation
www.taureau.eu assumes a best efforts obligation in the execution of the agreement and will execute this agreement to the best of its knowledge and ability in accordance with the requirements of good workmanship.
www.taureau.eu will take reasonable wishes of the client into account as much as possible when executing the agreement, provided that in the opinion of www.taureau.eu this is conducive to the proper execution of the agreement.
If and insofar as proper execution of the agreement so requires, www.taureau.eu has the right to have certain work performed by third parties.

Article 6 Changes and additional work
In the meantime, the parties may agree that the approach and scope of the agreement and/or the resulting activities will be extended or changed. Additional work will in principle only be carried out by www.taureau.eu if a written further agreement has been signed by the parties.
This extra work will be reimbursed by the client according to the usual rates of www.taureau.eu.
The Client accepts that changes to the work referred to in Article 6.1 may affect the agreed or expected time of completion of the agreement.
If, in the opinion of www.taureau.eu, a change in the execution of the agreement is necessary to meet the obligations towards the client, www.taureau.eu is entitled to make that change, in reasonableness and fairness.

Article 7 Fees
The parties can agree on an hourly rate or a fixed fee when the agreement is concluded.
Both rates include travel and accommodation costs.

Article 8 Price and payment
Payment by the customer must be made within 14 days of the invoice date, without discount or settlement by transfer to a bank account to be designated by www.taureau.eu.
The Client must pay 50% of the agreed fee in advance, unless the parties have agreed otherwise in writing.
If the client does not pay the amounts due within the agreed period, he is in default without notice of default www.taureau.eu is entitled to hand over the claim in which case the client will be obliged to reimburse extrajudicial collection costs in addition to the total amount then due, the amount of which is determined at 15% of the total amount due, and any legal costs.
If the client objects to an invoice from www.taureau.eu the client will notify you within 14 days of the date of the invoice. The Client has up to 14 days after the date of the invoice to justify this objection in writing. If the Client has not complied with the above, the Client shall be deemed to have accepted the invoice.
All prices are exclusive of VAT and other levies imposed by the government.

Article 9 Time limits
Exceeding an agreed delivery period does not give the client the right to cancel the agreement, or to refuse the purchase of or payment for services, unless he has set a reasonable period for delivery in writing www.taureau.eu and www.taureau.eu will not have fulfilled its obligations within this period.

Article 10 Force majeure
In case of force majeure, the delivery and other obligations of www.taureau.eu will be suspended. In that case, www.taureau.eu is obliged to deliver as soon as this is reasonably possible. Force majeure is equivalent to unforeseen circumstances with regard to persons and / or material that www.taureau.eu uses or habitually use in the execution of the agreement, which are of such a nature that the execution of the agreement is therefore impossible, or becomes so burdensome and / or disproportionately expensive that prompt compliance with the agreement cannot reasonably be required of www.taureau.eu.
Such circumstances are eligible, among other things: government measures, operating, traffic and or transport disruptions, malfunctions in the delivery of a finished product, raw materials and / or resources, illness of deployed personnel, strikes, lockouts, obstacles by third parties, unforeseen technical complications by both parties, etc. If www.taureau.eu has already partially fulfilled its obligations at the onset of the force majeure, www.taureau.eu is entitled to invoice the already delivered goods separately and the customer is obliged to pay this invoice as if it were a separate transaction.

Article 11 Liability
Except insofar as this is impossible under Dutch law, any liability of www.taureau.eu is limited to the amount paid out by its liability insurance in the relevant case. If, for whatever reason, no payment should be made by that insurance, any liability is limited to compensation for the direct damage up to a maximum of the amount of the order sum declared up to the moment of the error.
The total liability of www.taureau.eu due to attributable shortcoming in performance of the agreement is limited to compensation for the direct damage up to a maximum of the amount of the order sum declared up to the moment of the error.
For assignments with a duration longer than 1 year, the remuneration is limited to a maximum of 1 times the annual fee.
The liability of www.taureau.eu due to attributable shortcoming in the performance of the agreement only arises if the customer
www.taureau.eu promptly and duly gives written notice of default, setting a reasonable period of time to remedy the deficiency, and
www.taureau.eu continues to fail imputably in the fulfilment of the obligations even after that period.
www.taureau.eu is not liable for damage caused by the client's failure to provide correct information in a timely manner, which www.taureau.eu, in its opinion, needs for the correct execution of the agreement.
Apart from the liability referred to in Article 11(1), www.taureau.eu shall not be liable for compensation to the client and/or third parties, regardless of the ground on which an action would be based.
In any case, a claim lapses if www.taureau.eu has not been informed of the claim in writing within one year of the discovery of an event or circumstance that gives rise to or may give rise to liability.

Article 12 Cancellation
www.taureau.eu reserves the right to cancel agreements in whole or in part in the event of such a change in law, regulations, case law or (semi-) government policy that performance can no longer reasonably be required of www.taureau.eu. In such cases, www.taureau.eu must notify the client of the cancellation in writing. In such cases, the latter is not entitled to claim compensation.

Article 13 Termination
Interim termination of an agreement is only possible if the parties have expressly agreed to this in writing or under payment of the amount due until the original end of the agreement, unless the parties have agreed in writing to make another payment in writing.

Article 14 Applicable law
Dutch law applies to all agreements.

Article 15 Disputes
All disputes between www.taureau.eu and the client that may arise as a result of this Agreement or of agreements and deeds resulting therefrom will initially be settled by means of legal proceedings before the competent court in Amsterdam.
All reasonable judicial and extrajudicial costs incurred as a result of non-compliance by the client with obligations arising from the agreement shall be borne by the client.

Article 16 Final provision
www.taureau.eu is entitled to change these general terms and conditions. The latest filed version of the general terms and conditions always applies.
In the event that one or more provisions of these general terms and conditions prove to be null and void or are annulled, these general terms and conditions shall otherwise remain in force. The void or annulled provision(s) will then be replaced by a legally valid provision that is as close as possible to the void or annulled provision(s) in terms of content, scope and effect.

The Client is not entitled to transfer its rights and obligations under the Agreement without the prior written consent of www.taureau.eu.