Terms of Purchase

CPC, a trading division of Premier Farnell UK Limited

Conditions of Supply (Not applicable to export transactions)
  1. Definitions
  2. Conditions
  3. Prices
  4. Payment
  5. New accounts
  6. Orders
  7. Delivery
  8. Inspection, defects and non delivery
  9. Returns
  10. Consumer Contracts Regulations
  11. Description
  12. Risk and ownership
  13. Quality Assurance
  14. Performance and fitness for purpose
  15. Warranty/Guarantee
  16. Liability
  1. Intellectual property rights
  2. Use of Personal Data
  3. Promotions
  4. Country of origin
  5. Trade counter
  6. Export
  7. Age requirements for certain Goods
  8. Medical and life support applications
  9. Force majeure
  10. Recording of communications
  11. Legal construction
  12. General
  13. Direct Ship orders
  14. Qualified Personnel
  15. Business Administration

1. Definitions

"Catalogue" means the catalogue, specialogue or brochure (in whatever form, whether paper or electronic) in which these Conditions are set out.
"Company" means CPC, a trading division of Premier Farnell UK Limited (registered number: 860093. Registered office: 150 Armley Road, Leeds, LS12 2QQ) or its permitted assigns, trading at Component House, Faraday Drive, Preston, PR2 9PP (Tel: 03447 880088, Email: sales@cpc.co.uk)
"Conditions" means these terms and conditions.
"Contract" means any contract between the Company and the Customer for the sale and purchase of Supplies.
"Customer" means the person(s) or company whose order for Supplies is accepted by the Company.
"Direct Ship" means orders intended to go direct to a Customer's end user.
"End User" is the Customer's end user to whom the Goods under any Direct Ship Orders will be sent to by the Company.
"Goods" means any goods supplied or to be supplied by the Company to the Customer.
"Online" means orders placed through the use of the Company's website.
"Services" means any services supplied or to be supplied by the Company to the Customer.
"Supplies" means any Goods or Services.
"in writing" includes electronic communications.

2. Conditions

All orders are accepted by the Company subject to and in accordance with these Conditions. These Conditions override and exclude any terms or conditions in or referred to in any negotiations or course of dealing between the Company and the Customer or set out in the Customer's standard terms and conditions. If there is any conflict between
  • the other provisions of this Catalogue and these Conditions; or
  • the provisions of the order and these Conditions
    • these Conditions will prevail unless the Company agrees otherwise in writing. Please note that these terms and conditions are updated from time to time. Together with any terms accepted by the Company in connection with an order, these Conditions constitute the entire agreement between the Company and the Customer in relation to the Supplies ordered. No variation to these Conditions is permitted unless expressly authorised in writing by a director of the Company.

    3. Prices

    Prices for Supplies are in € euro, exclusive of VAT, which will be added at the time of despatch. The Company has used all reasonable endeavours to ensure that the prices for the Supplies applicable as at the date of issue of these Conditions are accurately set out in the Catalogue but reserves the right to change its prices without notice at any time. Prices charged will be those prevailing when an order is accepted. Where Supplies are to be made in instalments (‘Scheduled Delivery’) the price payable for them will be that applicable at the time of despatch of the first batch of Supplies but, where Scheduled Delivery may continue for a period of 60 days or more, the Company reserves the right to charge the Customer further amounts if the price of the Supplies increases before the end of that period.

    4. Payment

    Payment is usually due not later than the end of the month following the month of despatch, without any deductions, withholding or set off. The Company reserves the right to request payment in advance in relation to any order. For customers in the ROI, payment may be made by (i) Sterling or Euros bankers draft or cheque drawn on a bank in Eire or the UK; (ii) BACS - electronic payment; (iii) Visa or Mastercard; or (iv) I.B.A.N. Please contact the CPC export department for further details. Time for payment is of the essence. If the Customer fails to make payment by the due date then, without prejudice to any other right or remedy, the Company shall be entitled to:
  • i. cancel the order or suspend any further deliveries or performance;
  • ii. appropriate any payment made by the Customer to such of the Supplies (or the Supplies made under any other contract) as the Company may think fit; and
  • iii. charge interest (both before and after any judgement) on the amount unpaid in accordance with the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 until payment is made in full. Customers in the ROI will be charged at a rate of 2% per month (subject to a minimum charge of £1.00) until payment is made in full.
    • The Company reserves the right to charge for copy invoices or credit notes at the rate of £1.00 per copy where the original has been lost or misplaced by the Customer. If legal action is taken to recover monies due to the Company then the Company reserves the right to charge the Customer statutory compensation in accordance with the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations 2002. For customers in the ROI, the Company reserves the right to charge an administrative fee of £50 plus VAT (if applicable) to cover any or all administration costs incurred. The statutory compensation shall become payable immediately that legal action is commenced, whether demanded or not and may be claimed within the legal action.The Company reserves the right where a customer pays for an order in advance, to hold back delivery of goods pending confirmation of cleared funds in the Company's bank account. The Company will endeavour to communicate this to the Customer.

    5. New accounts

    A Customer wishing to open a credit account must furnish such information as may be requested by the Company and the Company may make a search with a credit reference agency. The Company reserves the right in its absolute discretion to grant, refuse or discontinue any credit facilities or reduce or suspend any credit limit at any time.

    6. Orders

    The Company reserves the right to decline to trade with any company or person or to impose reasonable conditions prior to accepting any order (such as, by way of example, the provision of a valid landline phone number or the prior receipt of cleared funds by the Company) where the Company considers it reasonably necessary for security or fraud prevention purposes.
    To avoid duplication, written confirmation of telephone orders must be clearly marked 'Confirmation only'. The Company will not accept liability for orders not so marked and duplicate orders will be charged accordingly.
    Once accepted, no order may be cancelled without the prior written agreement of a director of the Company.
    Orders for Goods are accepted by the Company by despatching the Goods provided, however, that despatch will not be acceptance where the price for the Supplies has been incorrectly quoted or referenced by the Customer in its order. At the date of issue of these Conditions, the following Small Order Handling Charge apply for customers in the UK:
    For customers in the ROI: There will be a delivery charge applied to all orders, please contact internationalsales@cpc.co.uk for further information. At the date of issue of these conditions, the following handling charges apply to customers in the ROI:
  • i. Orders up to €99.99 (ex VAT) - charge €10.00 (ex VAT)
  • ii. Orders between €100.00 & €499.99 (ex VAT) - charge €14.50 (ex VAT)
  • iii. Orders between €500.00 & €749.99 (ex VAT) - charge €20.50 (ex VAT)
  • iv. Orders over €750.00 (ex VAT) - No charge.

    • The Company reserves the right to increase or re-classify these charges at any time, including in the event that its costs of delivery increase.

    7. Delivery

    Save as set out below, the Company will use all reasonable endeavours to despatch Goods ordered before 7pm Monday to Friday on the same day. Such deliveries are usually offered free of charge but may be subject to the handling charges referred to in condition 6 above. The Company reserves the right generally to change its policy on charges for delivery (including imposing charges on orders not yet placed and accepted by the Company) at any time and to pass on any fuel surcharges imposed on it. The Company reserves the right to levy a delivery and/or handling charge in the amount notified to the Customer prior to despatch for delivery of heavy or bulky items. For urgent deliveries the Company offers a special next day delivery service, the details and cost of which are referred to in condition 6 above. The Customer may request delivery or performance by instalments for up to 12 months from the date of order. The Company reserves the right to deliver or perform by instalments. Failure to meet a delivery or performance date where deliveries or performance are by instalment shall not prevent or restrict the Company from making further deliveries or rendering subsequent performance under the relevant Contract by instalment.Delivery will be made to the address specified by the Customer. The Company may use any method of delivery available to it. The Company will use reasonable endeavours to meet delivery and/or performance estimates but, except as set out in 8 below, in no circumstances shall it be liable to compensate the Customer for non-delivery, non-performance or late delivery or performance. Time for delivery and/or performance will not be of the essence.The Company reserves the right to delay despatch for a number of reasons, including to perform any necessary credit or anti-fraud checks or procedures or to ensure that payment has been received in cleared funds in full. Where despatch is delayed for such reasons the Company will use reasonable endeavours to inform the Customer.

    8. Inspection, defects and non delivery

    The Customer must inspect the Supplies as soon as is reasonably practicable after delivery or, in the case of Services, performance and, except as set out in 15 below, the Company shall not be liable for any defect in the Supplies unless written notice is given to the Company within 10 days of such date. The Company does not write software comprised in the Goods and it is the Customer’s responsibility to check for the presence of computer viruses before the Goods are used. The quantity of any consignment of Goods, as recorded by the Company upon despatch from the Company’s place of business, shall be conclusive evidence of the quantity received by the Customer on delivery, unless the Customer can provide conclusive evidence to the contrary. The Company will not be liable for any non-delivery of Goods or non-performance of Services unless written notice is given to the Company within 5 days of the date when Goods should have been delivered or the Services performed in the ordinary course of events. Subject to 16(i) below, any liability of the Company for non-delivery or non performance or for Goods notified as defective on delivery or Services notified as defective following performance in accordance with this Condition 8 will be limited to replacing the Goods or re-performing the Services within a reasonable time or to refunding the price then paid in respect of such Supplies.

    9. Returns

    For customers in the UK, except as detailed in Condition 10 below, no order can be cancelled or accepted for credit without the prior written agreement of the Company. If cancellation/credit is accepted by the Company, the Customer must obtain a returns authorisation number from the Company prior to returning the Goods. Goods must then be returned, at the Customer's risk and expense, for receipt by the Company within 7 days of their delivery by the Company and must be undamaged, in re-saleable condition and in original packaging (which shall include any of the Company's outer packaging). The Customer should return the Goods to "The Returns Department, CPC, Component House, Faraday Drive, Preston, PR2 9PP" quoting the Customer's account number and order number. The Customer is responsible for returning Goods to the Company and for providing proof of delivery of such return. Certain Goods are excluded from this right of return, including software, manuals which have been opened and specially constructed items. Goods returned after 7 days as 'unwanted' or 'incorrectly ordered' may be accepted at the discretion of the Company but will be subject to a restocking fee of 30% of the invoice value of the Goods. Goods that consist of software, are specially constructed or contain any of the hazardous substances referred to in the Directive 2002/95/EC on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical or Electronic Equipment may not be returned under this Condition 9. Any Goods which are not in the catalogue or are nonstock items may not be returned under this Condition 9. Any static-sensitive Goods supplied in sealed packaging may not be returned if the blister or 'peel' packs in which they are supplied have been opened, tampered with or damaged.

    10. Consumer Contracts Regulations

    If the Customer is buying as a “consumer” (as defined in The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, the Customer may, within 14 days after the day of delivery of the Goods, cancel its contract for the Goods by notifying the Company (by completion of a cancellation form provided by the Company or by otherwise informing the Company in writing). Provided the Customer has cancelled its contract in accordance with this Condition 10, the Customer may return the Goods and be repaid the price paid by the Customer in respect of the Goods (less any deduction required in the event that there is a loss in value of the Goods if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by the Customer). Goods should be returned to “The Returns Department, CPC, Component House, Faraday Drive, Preston, PR2 9PP” quoting the Customer’s account number and order number. The Customer is responsible for the payment of all costs of returning the Goods. In respect of certain Goods, the Company may prefer to arrange collection itself in which case the Customer will: (i) allow the Company to collect the Goods, (ii) assist in the arrangements for the Goods’ collection and (iii) bear all reasonable costs of collection of the Goods. The Customer is responsible for the care and custody of the Goods pending return or collection. The Company will refund to the Customer the price paid in respect of the Goods (less any deduction for loss in value of the Goods as described in this Condition 10) no later than 14 days after receipt of Goods in accordance with this Condition 10 or receipt of evidence that the Customer has sent back the Goods (whichever is the earliest).This Condition 10 and the cancellation rights herein shall not apply:
  • in the case of sealed computer software, if the software becomes unsealed after delivery;
  • to Goods that are made to the Customer's specification or are personalised.

    • 11. Description

    All specifications, drawings, illustrations, descriptions and particulars of weights, dimensions, capacity or other details, including any statements as to compliance with legislation or regulation (together, "Descriptions") wherever they appear (including without limitation in this Catalogue, on despatch notes, invoices or packaging) are intended to give a general idea of the Supplies, but will not form part of the Contract. If the Descriptions of any Goods differ from the manufacturer's description, the latter shall be deemed to be correct. The Company shall take all reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy of descriptions but relies on such information, if any, as may have been provided to it by its suppliers and accepts no liability in contract or tort or under statute or otherwise for any error or omission in such detail whether caused by the Company's negligence or otherwise. The Company may make changes to the Supplies as part of a continuous programme of improvement or to comply with legislation.Without prejudice to this condition 11, Customers are recommended to check the Company's website for the latest Descriptions of the Goods, in particular (but without limitation) with regard to statements regarding RoHS.

    12. Risk and ownership

    The risk of damage to or loss of Goods will pass to the Customer when the Goods are unloaded from the Company's carriers at the Customer's premises. Ownership of the Goods shall not pass to the Customer until the Company has received in full (in cash or cleared funds) all sums due from the Customer to the Company on any account whatsoever. Until ownership passes to the Customer, the Customer must hold the Goods on a fiduciary basis as the Company's bailee. If payment is not received in full by the due date, or the Customer passes a resolution for winding up or a court shall make an order to that effect, or a receiver is appointed over any assets or the undertaking of the Customer or an execution or distress is levied against the Customer, the Company shall be entitled, without previous notice, to retake possession of the Goods and for that purpose to enter upon any premises occupied or owned by the Customer.This Catalogue remains at all times the sole and exclusive property of the Company.

    13. Quality Assurance

    All Goods detailed in the Catalogue have been processed in strict accordance with standard quality procedures approved to BS EN ISO 9001, unless indicated otherwise on the despatch documentation.Further details can be obtained from our telephone sales office at the time of ordering.

    14. Performance and fitness for purpose

    Unless any performance figures, tolerances or characteristics have been specifically and expressly warranted by a director of the Company in writing, the Company accepts no liability for any failure of the Supplies to comply with such criteria, whether attributable to the Company's negligence or otherwise. The responsibility for ensuring that Supplies are sufficient and suitable for a particular purpose is the Customer's, unless specifically stated in writing by a director of the Company. Any advice or recommendation given by an employee of the Company which is not confirmed in writing by a director of the Company is acted on entirely at the Customer's risk and the Company shall not be liable for any such advice or recommendation which is not so confirmed. Except as set out in Condition 16 (i),, the liability of the Company to the Customer, should any warranty, statement, advice or recommendation confirmed in accordance with this Condition 14 prove to be incorrect, inaccurate or misleading, will be limited to the refund of the price paid for the Supplies or, at the Company's option, the supply of replacement Supplies which are sufficient and suitable.

    15. Warranty/Guarantee

    The Company will endeavour to transfer to the Customer the benefit of any warranty or guarantee given by the manufacturer of Goods. Not all Goods are supplied with a manufacturer's or Company guarantee and guarantees which may be provided by manufacturers will vary in duration. It is the Customer's responsibility to check at the time of purchase as to the applicability of the Company's guarantee and/or the terms of any manufacturer's guarantee. Where the Company's guarantee is provided, the Company will, free of charge, repair or, at the Company's option, replace Goods or, in the case of Services, re-perform Services which are proved to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company to be damaged or defective due to faulty materials, workmanship or design. If the Goods are found by the Company not to be damaged or defective then the Company will be entitled to return the Goods to the Customer at the Customer's sole expense. Software programs are supplied on the strict understanding that the Company does not warrant their function to be free from defects or error. This obligation will not apply:
  • if the defect arises because the Customer has altered or repaired such Goods without the written consent of the Company;
  • because the Customer did not follow the manufacturers' instructions for storage, usage, installation, use or maintenance of the Goods;
  • if the Customer has failed to notify the Company of any defect in accordance with Condition 8 where the defect should have been reasonably apparent on reasonable inspection; or
  • if the Customer fails to notify the Company of the defect within 12 months (or such other period as the Company shall specify at the time of acceptance of the order for the Supplies) of the date of despatch of the Goods or performance of the Services. Any replacement Supplies made or Goods repaired under this Condition 15 will be guaranteed on these terms for any unexpired portion of the period of guarantee given on the original Supplies. Any Goods which have been replaced will belong to the Company. The Customer grants to the Company and its employees, agents and representatives a right to enter onto its premises to effect any repair or replacement under this Condition 15. The Customer shall ensure that the Company's employees agents and representatives are provided with a safe and secure working environment while at its premises and the Customer shall be responsible for isolating any computers or processors requiring repair or replacement from its network and for making back-up copies of any information on such computers or processors before the Company's arrival on site.
    • Except as set out in 16 (i) below and 8 above, this Condition is the Company's sole obligation and the Customer's sole remedy for defective Supplies and is accepted by the Customer in substitution for all express or implied representations, conditions or warranties, statutory or otherwise, as to the satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose or performance of the Goods (or any materials used in connection therewith) or the standard of workmanship of the Services and all such representations, conditions and warranties are excluded.

    16. Liability

    (i) The Company does not exclude its liability to the Customer:
  • For breach of the Company's obligations under section 12 Sale of Goods Act 1979 or section 2 Sale and Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982;
  • For personal injury or death arising as a result of the Company's negligence;
  • Under section 2(3) Consumer Protection Act 1987;
  • For breach of the statutory implied conditions in sections 13,14 and 15 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 where the Customer deals as a 'consumer' as defined in the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1997;
  • For any matter which it would be illegal for the Company to exclude or to attempt to exclude its liability; or
  • For fraud, including fraudulent misrepresentation
    • And nothing in these Conditions shall affect the statutory rights of a Customer who deals as a consumer as defined in the Unfair Contracts Terms Act 1997 (ii) Except as provided in Conditions 8 (inspection, defects on delivery and nondelivery), 14 (performance and fitness for purpose), 15 (Warranty and Guarantee) and this Condition 16 above, the Company will be under no liability to the Customer whatsoever (whether in contract, tort, (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, restitution or otherwise) for any injury, death, damage or direct or indirect or consequential loss (all of which terms include, without limitation, pure economic loss, loss of profits, loss of business, loss of use, loss of data, computer downtime, depletion of goodwill, business interruption, increased purchasing or manufacturing costs, loss of opportunity, loss of contracts and like loss) howsoever caused or arising out of or in connection with:
  • Any of the Supplies, or the manufacture, sale, performance or supply or failure or delay in performance or supply of the Supplies by the Company or on part of the Company's employees, agents or sub-contractors; . Any breach by the Company of any of the express or implied terms of the Contract;
  • Any use made or resale or on-supply of any of the Supplies or any product incorporating any of the Goods or developed using the Supplies;
  • Any acts or omissions of the Company at the Customer's premises;
  • Any statement made or not made or advice given or not given by or on behalf of the Company; or
  • Otherwise under the Contract
    • And the Company hereby excludes to the fullest extent permissible at law all conditions, warranties and stipulations, express (other than those set out in these Conditions or given in accordance with Condition 14) or implied, statutory, customary or otherwise which but for such exclusion, would or might subsist in favour of the Customer. Save as set out in condition 16(ii) the Company's total liability in contract, tort, (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, misrepresentation or otherwise shall be limited to repairing or replacing Goods or in the case of Services, re-performing the Services or, at the Company's option, refunding monies already paid in respect of the Supplies. Each of the Company's employees, agents and subcontractors may rely on and enforce the exclusions and restrictions of liability in Conditions 8, 11, 14, 15 and 16 in that person's own name and for that person's own benefit.

    17. Intellectual property rights

    The Supplies in this Catalogue may be subject to the intellectual and industrial property rights including patents, knowhow, trademarks, copyright, design rights utility rights, database rights and or other rights of third parties. No right or licence is granted to the Customer, except the right to use the Supplies or re-sell the Goods in the Customer's ordinary course of business. The Company shall have no liability whatsoever in the event of any claim of infringement of any such rights howsoever arising. In particular, without limiting the above, title in any software program forming part of the Goods is reserved to the Company and/or its suppliers. The Customer is responsible for informing itself of the terms of its licence or use and paying any royalty payable. Such programs may be used only with the Goods.The Company owns full copyright in respect of this Catalogue and its reproduction in whole or part is prohibited without the Company's prior written consent.

    18. Use of Personal Data

    "Personal Data" means, in relation to any Customer, or any representative of a Customer who is (in either case) a living individual, any data from which (whether alone or in combination with other information held by the Company) the Company can identify that Customer or that representative, regardless of how and when that data is provided. The Company may process Personal Data for all purposes contemplated in these Conditions or arising in the context of the relationship between the Company and the Customer including:
  • i. Deciding whether to enter into any contract or arrangement with that Customer. This may include conducting credit reference searches, against a Customer or its representatives and the disclosure of information to the relevant agency as to how that Customer conducts its account and other anti fraud or identity checks;
  • ii. Order fulfillment, administration, customer services, profiling the Customer's purchasing preferences, and to help to review, develop and improve the Company's business and the goods and services it offers;
  • iii. Direct marketing of the Company's products and services and/or of the products and services of other companies in the Premier Farnell Group or third parties which the Company believes may be of interest to the Customer or its representatives, whether by post, fax, telephone, email, SMS, MMS or otherwise to the extent that it is lawfully able to do so;
  • iv. Development of the Company's business, including its transfer to another owner;
  • v. Crime prevention or detection. The processing of the Personal Data may involve:
  • i. The disclosure of that Personal Data to the Company's service providers and agents;
  • ii. The disclosure of that Personal Data to other companies in the Premier Farnell Group whose products and services the Company believes may be of interest to that Customer or representative;
  • iii. The disclosure of that Personal Data to third parties whose products and services the Company believes may be of interest to that Customer or representative;
  • iv. The transfer of Personal Data outside of the EEA, including to countries whose laws may not provide adequate protection to Personal Data. The Company will only transfer Personal Data outside the EEA to companies who have guaranteed to the Company the same level of protection as that Personal Data would have received in the UK. If, at any time, the Customer or its representatives does not wish his or her Personal Data to be used for any or all of the above purposes, he or she should contact the Marketing Manager, CPC, Component House, Faraday Drive, Preston, PR2 9PP or notify any of the Company's sales representatives when placing an order by phone. For more information on the Company's use of personal data please see the Company's privacy policy on its website.
    • Please note that the Company is required by statute to notify the TV Licensing Authority within 28 days of the sale of a television set, giving full details of the purchaser. The Customer will be deemed to have accepted that the Company can take and pass on the Customer's details to the TV Licensing Authority at the time of purchase.

    19. Promotions

    In the event that the Company sends promotional material to the Customer in relation to goods or services available from the Company, these Conditions shall apply to all Supplies purchased from such material.

    20. Country of origin

    Unless otherwise confirmed by the Company in writing, nothing in this Catalogue is to be taken as representation of the source of origin, manufacturer or production of the Goods or any part of them.

    21. Trade counter

    Only applicable to people living on Mainland Britain.

    22. Export

    Separate Conditions of Supply apply to export transactions and are available on request from the Company's export department. The Customer is responsible at its own expense for obtaining any licence and complying with any export regulations in force within the United Kingdom and in the country for which the Goods are destined. Certain Goods imported from the United States of America by the Company are subject to specific restrictions. With respect to goods manufactured in the United States, the Customer agrees to comply with all applicable export laws, restrictions and regulations of the United States or foreign agencies or authorities and shall not import, export or transfer for the purpose of re-export any products to any prohibited or embargoed country or to any denied, blocked, or designated person or entity as mentioned in any such U.S. or foreign law or regulation. Customer represents and warrants that it is not on the Denied Persons, Specially Designated Nationals or Debarred Persons List and is not otherwise prohibited by law from purchasing the Supplies.The Company reserves the right not to supply certain customers or countries and to require from the Customer full details of the end use and final destination of the Goods.

    23. Age requirements for certain Goods

    Where the law requires a minimum age for the purchase of certain Goods, the Customer confirms that he or she is over the required age and that delivery of the Goods will be accepted by a person over the relevant age limit.

    24. Medical and life support applications

    The Goods are not designed or authorised for implantation in the body or for use in life support equipment, other medical equipment or in any application or systems where the malfunction of the Goods could reasonably be expected to result in personal injury, death, severe property or environmental damage. The use or inclusion of the Company's Goods in any such equipment, systems or applications is strictly prohibited and any such use will be at the Customer's own risk. The Customer will indemnify the Company and its suppliers against any and all liability and expense (including costs) resulting from any such inclusion or use.

    25. Force majeure

    The Company shall not be liable to the Customer in any manner or be deemed to be in breach of these Conditions because of any delay in performing or any failure to perform any of the Company's obligations under this Contract if the delay or failure was due to any cause beyond the Company's reasonable control (which shall include, but not be limited to government actions, war, fire, explosion, flood, import or export regulations or embargoes, labour disputes or inability to obtain or a delay in obtaining supplies of Goods or labour). The Company may, at its option, delay the performance of, or cancel the whole or any part of a Contract.

    26. Recording of communications

    The Company reserves the right to monitor, intercept or record telephone calls and may monitor or intercept all email or other electronic communications made to its premises for training, security and quality purposes. Customers contacting CPC or quoting CPC part numbers shall have been deemed to have read and accepted this provision.

    27. Legal construction

    All Contracts shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with English law and the Customer submits to the jurisdiction of the English Courts, but the Company may enforce such Contract in any court of competent jurisdiction.

    28. General

    Any provision of these Conditions of Supply which is held by any competent authority to be invalid, void, voidable, unenforceable or unreasonable (in whole or in part) shall to the extent of such invalidity, voidness, voidability, unenforceability or unreasonableness be deemed severable and the other provisions of these Conditions of Supply and the remainder of such provision shall not be affected. Failure by the Company to enforce or partially enforce any provision of these Conditions of Supply will not be constrained as a waiver of any rights under these Conditions of Supply. The Company shall be entitled, without the consent of or notice to the Customer, to assign the benefit, subject to the burden, of these Conditions and/or any Contract to any company in its group (as defined in section 53(1) of the Companies Act 1989) at any time. Except as set out in Condition 16, the parties to the Contract do not intend that any of its terms will be enforceable by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by any person not a party to it.These Conditions supersede all previous issues.

    29. Direct Ship orders

  • (i) Orders will be subject to the Small Order Handling Charges set out in clause 6. Customers may choose next day delivery by selecting and paying for one of the Special Timed Delivery options set out in clause 6. Next day delivery orders can only be submitted for the next working day and cannot be submitted any earlier in advance.
  • (ii)The Company if asked in writing may be able to send orders in plain boxes and enclose a plain delivery note. If the Customer wishes to individualise the delivery note by adding their logo then the Customer must forward to the Company the information and logo details requested by the Company.
  • (iii)The Company upon agreeing to provide plain or branded boxes will use all reasonable endeavours to ensure there is no reference to the Company on the packaging or paperwork sent to End Users but it won't be liable if any such reference is made by mistake.
  • (iv)The Customer will be solely responsible for all after-sales contact with the End Users. If any of the End User wish to return Goods for whatever reason then the End User must return the goods to the Customer who in turn must follow the provisions set out in clause 9. The Company will have no responsibility to accept returns direct from End Users.
  • (v)In no circumstances shall the Company have any liability towards the End Users in relations to Goods supplied under these terms. The Company's liability to the Customer for Goods shipped to End Users under these terms will be as set out in clause 16. The Customer indemnifies and holds harmless the Company against all claims, losses, expenses, liabilities asserted against the Company by End Users in relation to the Goods supplied under this direct ship service.
  • (vi) Orders submitted to the Company using the Excel template provided by the Company ("the Template") must be received by 14:30 for same day despatch. Standard delivery is two working days. Orders will not be chased by the Company until the second working day. All information supplied in the Template is the sole responsibility of the Customer and the Company won't be liable for any losses suffered as a result of Customer supplying inaccurate information to the Company.

    • 30. Qualified Personnel

    The Company provides numerous industrial products including but not limited to repair, installation and manufacture equipment ("Industrial Goods") that are intended for use or installation by qualified and certified personnel. Customer must not use or install such products unless he or she has the relevant qualifications. Any mis-use or installation of the Industrial Goods that breaches the terms of this clause will be at the Customer's own risk. The Customer will indemnify the Company and its suppliers against any and all liability and expense (including costs) resulting from any such installation or mis-use.

    31. Business Administration

    "All or part of the administration associated with the successful trade account creation and processing your order may be automated"
    These conditions supersede all previous issues.
    January 2020