Leipzig Travel 2013/14
Leipzig Travel 2013/14 - Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing GmbH
Leipzig Travel 2013/14 - Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing GmbH
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<strong>Leipzig</strong> | <strong>Travel</strong> Conditions<br />
Please bear the fact in mind that the German version of<br />
these general terms and conditions is legally binding and<br />
the translation is only provided for your comprehension.<br />
1. Purpose of the Contract and the Status of the Contractual<br />
Parties<br />
1.1 The client wishes to carry out a package tour or otherwise<br />
perform tourist services for final customers as a responsible<br />
package tour operator pursuant to Section 651<br />
a ff. of Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (German Civil Code). For<br />
this purpose, it contracts <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing<br />
GmbH to procure the needed tourist services pursuant to<br />
the provisions of the contract hereto.<br />
1.2 <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing GmbH is not the tour<br />
operator or co-operator of the trip planned by the client. The<br />
client is the tour operator solely responsible to the travel<br />
customers as defined by Section 651a ff. of Bürgerliches<br />
Gesetzbuch (German Civil Code).<br />
2. Concluding Contract and the Basis of the Agreement<br />
2.1 The agreement only materialises with the written confirmation<br />
of <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing GmbH to the<br />
client.<br />
2.2 Incidental arrangements, modifications or supplements<br />
shall require the written form to be valid that <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus<br />
und Marketing GmbH can provide with one-sided<br />
modifications in or supplements to booking confirmations.<br />
2.3 The contractual relationships are primarily dictated by<br />
the specifically made agreements and these booking conditions.<br />
The statutory regulations apply alternately over the<br />
contract for services.<br />
3. Services<br />
3.1 The services to be performed by <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und<br />
Marketing GmbH consist of procuring tourist services that<br />
the client uses for constructing a package tour it is planning<br />
or for other purposes.<br />
3.2 The services to be performed by <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und<br />
Marketing GmbH are to be found exclusively in the booking<br />
confirmation and documents explicitly referred to therein.<br />
3.3 Other prospects, statements and assurances of third<br />
parties, in particular the organisation rendering services,<br />
shall only be binding on <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing<br />
GmbH with an explicit written confirmation from it.<br />
3.4 In the absence of explicit agreements, the services of<br />
<strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing GmbH shall not include<br />
legal consultation of the client with reference to planning<br />
its travelling activities, handling booking, the layout of its trip<br />
description or in any other respect.<br />
4. Down Payment, Remaining Payment and Price Increases<br />
4.1 When the agreement is signed, the down payment designated<br />
in the booking confirmation shall be due for payment<br />
without further request.<br />
4.2 The remaining payment shall be due for payment as<br />
stated in the booking confirmation. In the absence of any<br />
specific agreements, this shall be purely met no later than<br />
when invoices are rendered 28 days before commencing<br />
performance.<br />
5. Services Not Claimed<br />
5.1 If the client does not claim any or only parts of agreed to<br />
services, he shall still be legally obliged to pay the agreed to<br />
total price without it being of importance why services were<br />
not claimed unless not claiming services arises from defects<br />
that <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing GmbH is responsible<br />
for or <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing GmbH is responsible<br />
for the fact that it is impossible to perform services.<br />
5.2 Saved expenditures shall be deducted from the full remuneration<br />
that <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing GmbH is<br />
entitled to in this case as soon as and to the extent that they<br />
were reimbursed to <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing GmbH<br />
by its contractual parties.<br />
5.3 If <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing GmbH can otherwise<br />
utilise services not claimed, the remuneration obligation for<br />
services not claimed shall be rendered invalid.<br />
5.4 Other cancellation (withdrawal) regulations agreed to<br />
in writing shall remain unaffected by the above provisions.<br />
6. Serving Notice or Withdrawing from the Agreement<br />
6.1 Withdrawal from the signed agreement shall be ruled out<br />
in the absence of any other explicit written agreements. Partial<br />
withdrawal or partial notice served on specific services<br />
shall be particularly ruled out in the absence of any other<br />
explicit agreements.<br />
6.2 The right to serve notice or withdraw from the agreement<br />
as per the custom of the trade shall be explicitly ruled<br />
out.<br />
6.3 After commencing the service, the client can only serve<br />
notice if there are substantial defects in the service or miscellaneous<br />
disturbances in the service that <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus<br />
und Marketing GmbH is responsible for. In this event, it<br />
is only permissible to serve notice after setting an appropriate<br />
extension for rectifying the defects or disturbance unless<br />
a particular interest on your side justifies serving notice<br />
immediately.<br />
6.4 <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing GmbH shall be entitled<br />
to withdraw from the agreement or to serve notice on the<br />
agreement in the following cases:<br />
a) if performance of the service is impossible for reasons beyond<br />
the control of <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing GmbH<br />
b) if the client or its travel customers substantially violate the<br />
obligations from this agreement or the concerns of <strong>Leipzig</strong><br />
Tourismus und Marketing GmbH<br />
c) if the down payment or remaining payment is not received<br />
by <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing GmbH as per<br />
the agreement and on time after a warning and setting an<br />
extension.<br />
7. The Client’s Obligations<br />
7.1 If there are defects or disturbances in the performance<br />
of the service by <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing GmbH,<br />
the client shall undertake to notify <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und<br />
Marketing GmbH or its agents or organisations rendering<br />
services of them without delay and demand remedy setting<br />
an appropriate extension.<br />
7.2 The client shall only have warranty rights if the defect or<br />
disturbance is not rectified within an appropriate extension.<br />
7.3 The client shall be explicitly prohibited from submitting<br />
any declarations for legal transactions in the name of <strong>Leipzig</strong><br />
Tourismus und Marketing GmbH to its travel customers,<br />
particularly designating <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing<br />
GmbH as the contractual party and/or tour operator of<br />
the travel customer. Any mention of <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und<br />
Marketing GmbH by name in the trip description or miscellaneous<br />
documents that the travel customer becomes aware<br />
of shall require the prior written permission of <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus<br />
und Marketing GmbH. Appropriate samples shall be<br />
submitted.<br />
7.4 The client is aware of the fact that the link of the service<br />
to be performed by <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing GmbH<br />
for the client with other tourist services generally means that<br />
the client becomes the tour operator in relation to the travel<br />
customer as defined by Section 651 a l of Bürgerliches<br />
Gesetzbuch (German Civil Code) and is liable to its travel<br />
customers pursuant to said regulations.<br />
7.5 In this event, the client shall be referred to the necessity<br />
of third-party liability insurance for personal injury and property<br />
damage for tour operators and the mandatory statutory<br />
regulations on safeguarding the client’s money (Section<br />
651 k of Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch – German Civil Code and<br />
Section <strong>14</strong>7 b of the Gewerbeordnung – Industrial Code)<br />
and the Informationsverordnung für Reiseveranstalter (the<br />
Information Ordinance for Tour Operators). It warrants and<br />
assures that it will gather information on these statutory regulations<br />
on its own and comply with them if any are relevant.<br />
7.6 The client shall exempt <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing<br />
GmbH from all detriments that it could incur from noncompliance<br />
with said statutory regulations.<br />
8. Asserting Claims, Limitation of Actions and Liability<br />
8.1 The client has to assert all claims towards <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus<br />
und Marketing GmbH in connection with <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus<br />
und Marketing GmbH performing services, regardless<br />
of the legal grounds, within two months after the end of<br />
performance provided for in the agreement.<br />
8.2 The client’s claims towards <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing<br />
GmbH, regardless of the legal grounds – however<br />
excluding the client’s claims from unallowed actions and<br />
bodily injury – shall be statute-barred in one year. Limitation<br />
of actions shall commence at the end of the year when<br />
the claim was incurred and the client and <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus<br />
und Marketing GmbH (as the opponent to the claim)<br />
become aware of the circumstances justifying the claim<br />
against <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing GmbH or would<br />
have to become aware of them without gross negligence.<br />
If negotiations are pending between the client and <strong>Leipzig</strong><br />
Tourismus und Marketing GmbH on claims asserted or the<br />
circumstances justifying the claim, limitation of actions shall<br />
be suspended until the client or <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing<br />
GmbH refuses the continuation of negotiations. Limitation<br />
of actions of one year shall go into effect no earlier<br />
than 3 months after the end of suspension.<br />
8.3 The contractual liability of <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing<br />
GmbH for damage that is not physical injury (including<br />
liability for violating obligations from preliminary, subsidiary<br />
or subsequent contracts) shall be limited to three times<br />
the price of the service to be performed by <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus<br />
und Marketing GmbH notwithstanding other legally<br />
mandatory regulations for liability to the extent that<br />
a) the loss of the client or its travel customer was neither<br />
brought about intentionally nor with gross negligence by<br />
<strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing GmbH, or<br />
b) <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing GmbH is solely responsible<br />
for damage the travel customer incurred due to the<br />
culpability of an organisation rendering services.<br />
9. Venue<br />
9.1 Only German law shall apply to the entire legal and contractual<br />
relationship between the client and <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus<br />
und Marketing GmbH<br />
9.2 The customer can only sue <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing<br />
GmbH at its headquarters.<br />
9.3 The client’s legal residence shall be authoritative for civil<br />
action of <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing GmbH against<br />
the client. The headquarters of <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing<br />
GmbH shall be agreed to as the venue for civil action<br />
against clients that are merchants, legal entities of public<br />
or private law or persons who have their legal residence or<br />
usual place of residence abroad, or whose legal residence<br />
or usual place of residence is not known when civil action<br />
is lodged.<br />
9.4 The above provisions shall not apply<br />
a) if and to the extent that something else results in favour<br />
of the client from provisions of international treaties that are<br />
applicable to the tourist travel agreement between the client<br />
and <strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing GmbH and are not<br />
subject to being contracted away, or<br />
b) if and to the extent that provisions that are applicable to<br />
the tourist travel agreement and are not subject to being<br />
contracted away in a member state of the European Union<br />
that the customer belongs to are more in favour of the client<br />
than the above provisions or the corresponding German<br />
rules.<br />
© These travel terms and conditions are copyrighted:<br />
<strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing GmbH and attorney-at-law<br />
Rainer Noll, Stuttgart, 2000–2006<br />
<strong>Leipzig</strong> Tourismus und Marketing GmbH<br />
Registration court: AG <strong>Leipzig</strong> HRB 123 48<br />
Augustusplatz 9,<br />
<strong>Leipzig</strong>, Germany 04109<br />
Phone: +49(0)341 710-4275<br />
Fax: +49(0)341 710-4251<br />
E-mail: incoming@ltm-leipzig.de<br />
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