General Terms & Conditions

Effective as of 01.25.2025
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General terms and conditions for the provision of services of the European Institute of Digital Law, herinafter to be referred to as EIDL. ‍

Article 1 – Definitions

In the present general terms and conditions, the following terms are used in the sense given below, unless explicitly indicated otherwise.
EIDL: the user of the general terms and conditions.
Client: EIDL’s opposite party.
Agreement: the agreement concerning the provision of services.

Article 2 – General

The present terms and conditions shall apply to each and every offer, tender and agreement between EIDL and a client, to which EIDL has declared the present terms and conditions applicable, insofar as parties have not explicitly deviated from the present terms and conditions in writing.

The present terms and conditions shall also apply to all agreements with EIDL, the execution of which calls for the services of third parties.

Possible deviations from the present general terms and conditions shall only be valid provided they have been explicitly agreed upon in writing.

The applicability of client’s possible purchase or other conditions is explicitly rejected.

If one or more stipulations in the present general terms and conditions should be null and void or declared null and void, then the other stipulations of the present general terms and conditions shall remain fully applicable. The case ensuing, EIDL and client shall enter into negotiations to agree upon new stipulations replacing the null and void conditions, or, as the case may be, the conditions declared null and void, whereby the purpose and the meaning of the original conditions shall be heeded as far as possible.

Article 3 – Offers & Tenders

All offers shall be free of obligation unless the offer contains an acceptance term.

The offers made by EIDL shall be free of obligation; they shall be valid for a period of 60 days, unless indicated otherwise. EIDL shall only be bound by the offers if the acceptance thereof is confirmed in writing by the opposite party within 60 days, unless indicated otherwise.

The prices given in above-mentioned offers and tenders shall be exclusive of and not subject to VAT and other government levies, as well as of the other expenses to be possibly made within the scope of the agreement, including shipment and administration costs, unless EIDL indicates otherwise.

If the acceptance deviates (on secondary items) from the offer given, EIDL shall not be bound by it. The agreement shall in such event not be concluded in accordance with said deviating acceptance, unless EIDL indicates otherwise.

A compound quotation shall not oblige EIDL to execute part of the assignment against a corresponding part of the given quotation.

Offers and tenders shall not apply automatically to future assignments.

Article 4 – Execution of the Agreement

EIDL shall execute the agreement to the best of its knowledge and ability.

If and in so far required for the proper execution of the agreement, EIDL shall have the right to have certain work done by third parties.

The client shall see to it that EIDL shall be provided in due time with all data which EIDL has said to be necessary or which the client must in all reasonableness understand to be necessary to the execution of the agreement. If EIDL has not been provided in due time with the data necessary to the execution of the agreement, EIDL shall have the right to suspend the execution of the agreement and / or to charge the client for the additional costs resulting from the delay at the generally accepted rates.

EIDL shall not be liable for damage of whatever nature caused by the fact that EIDL worked on the basis of incorrect and / or incomplete data provided by the client, unless EIDL should have been aware of said incorrectness or incompleteness.

If parties have agreed that the agreement will be executed in stages, EIDL can suspend the execution of the parts belonging to a following stage until the client has approved in writing the results of the stage prior to it.

Client shall safeguard EIDL against possible claims filed by third parties who may sustain damage attributable to client in connection with the execution of the agreement.

Article 5 – Changed to the Agreement

If it is shown during the execution of the agreement that the work to be done needs to be changed and supplemented in order to ensure its proper execution, parties shall adapt the agreement accordingly in due time and in mutual consultations.

If parties agree that the agreement needs to be changed or supplemented, this decision may influence the time of completion of the execution. EIDL shall inform the client thereof as soon as possible.

Should the change or supplement to the agreement have any financial and / or qualitative consequences, EIDL shall inform client thereof in advance.

If a fixed fee has been agreed upon then EIDL shall indicate the degree to which the change or supplement to the agreement will result in an increase of said fee.

Contrary to the conditions of paragraph 3, EIDL shall not be able to charge additional costs if the change or supplement is the result of circumstances attributable to EIDL.

Article 6 – Duration of the Contract & Term of Execution

The agreement between EIDL and a client shall be entered into for an indefinite period of time, unless the nature of the agreement dictates otherwise or if parties have explicitly agreed otherwise in writing.

If a term has been agreed to complete certain work within the term of the agreement, then this term shall never be a term to be observed on penalty of forfeiture of rights. If the term of execution is exceeded, the client must consequently declare EIDL in default in writing.

Article 7 – Fees & Discounts

Parties agree upon a fixed fee the moment the agreement is concluded.

The initial fee for a 1-day course is €970 per participant. In the case of a 2-days course, the fee is €1920 par participant.

If no fixed fee has been agreed upon, the fee shall be determined on the basis of the number of hours/days actually spent on the work. The fee shall be calculated in accordance with EIDL’s usual rates, valid for the period in which the work is being done, unless a deviating rate has been agreed upon.

The fee and a possible cost estimate shall be exclusive of and not subject to VAT.

If EIDL and the client agree upon a fixed fee or an hourly/daily rate, EIDL shall nevertheless be entitled to increase this fee or rate.

EIDL shall be allowed to charge on price increases, if changes in price have occurred between the time of offer and the time of delivery with respect to, e.g., salaries and wages as well as if the power to increase the price is the result of a power given to the EIDL by law or if the EIDL is obligated to increase the price by (virtue of) law.

EIDL shall furthermore be able to increase the fee when it is shown during the execution of the work that the volume of work initially agreed upon or expected when the contract was concluded, was underestimated to such a degree, and this through no fault of the EIDL, that EIDL cannot be expected in reasonableness to do the work agreed upon for the fee initially agreed upon. In that case, EIDL shall notify the client of his intention to increase the fee or the hourly/daily rate, whereby EIDL shall communicate the volume of said increase and the date on which it shall take effect.

Article 8 – "Trusted Partner" program

EIDL has created the “Trusted Partner” program to establish lasting and beneficial working relationships with privilegied companies.

In exchange for respecting 3 fundamental pillars...
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- providing the logo of your company or institution for public display in the “They Trust Us” section of the EIDL's website's home page
- subscribing to EIDL's LinkedIn page and post at least once on the social network, tagging EIDL, within 30 days of completing the training course together
- commissioning at least 3 training courses per year from EIDL, for 3 years from the date of the first course (renewable period)
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...EIDL offers the trusted partner the first course at 70% off, and all subsequent training courses at 50% off the full price.

Article 9 – Payment

Payment must be made within 30 days from the date of invoice, in a way to be indicated by EIDL and in the currency in which the statement of expenses was drawn up. Contestation of the amount of the statements of expenses shall not suspend the fulfillment of the payment obligation.

In the case of large contracts, an advance of at least 30% will be charged on commencement of the contract and/or the expenses due will be charged periodically.

If client fails to fulfill his payment obligation within the term of 30 days, then client shall be in default by operation of law. In that event, client shall owe an interest of 2.5% per month, unless the statutory interest rate is higher, in which case the statutory interest rate shall apply. The interest on the amount due and payable shall be calculated as from the day the client is in default until the moment he has paid the amount in full.

EIDL’s claims against client shall become due on demand in the event that client’s company is wound up, attached, declared bankrupt, or if a suspension of payment is granted.

EIDL shall be entitled to have the payments made by the client go first of all to reduce the costs, subsequently to reduce the interest still due and finally to reduce the principal sum and the current interest. EIDL shall have the right, without this leading EIDL to be in default, to refuse an offer for payment, if the client designates a different sequence of attribution. EIDL shall be entitled to refuse full payment of the principal sum, if said payment does not include the interest still due, the current interest and the costs.

Article 10 – Retention of Title

All goods delivered by EIDL, possibly also including designs, sketches, drawings, films, software, (electronic) files, etc., shall remain EIDL’s property until client has fulfilled all of his obligations under all agreements concluded with EIDL.

Client shall not be authorized to pledge or encumber in any way the goods falling under the retention of title.

If third parties seize goods delivered subject to retention of title or wish to establish or assert a right to them, client shall be held to inform EIDL thereof as soon as can reasonably be expected.

Goods delivered by EIDL falling under the retention of title by virtue of the stipulations under the first paragraph of the present article, may only be sold on within the framework of normal business activities and must never be used as instrument of payment.

In the event that EIDL wishes to exercise his ownership rights mentioned in the present article, client shall give EIDL or third parties to be appointed by EIDL, now for then, unconditional and irrevocable permission to access all sites and locations where EIDL’s property might be found and to take these goods back.

Article 11 – Collection Charges

If the client is in default of, or fails to meet, one or more of his obligations, all reasonable costs incurred to obtain payment out of court shall be borne by the client. The client shall in any case owe collection charges in the case of a monetary claim. The collection charges shall be calculated in accordance with the methods used in collection procedures and generally recognized in French case law.

If EIDL demonstrates that it has incurred higher expenses, which were necessary in reason, said expenses shall also qualify for reimbursement.

The reasonable judicial and execution costs possibly incurred shall equally be borne by client.

The client shall owe interest over the collection charges.

Article 12 – Inspection & Complaints

The client must notify EIDL in writing of complaints about the work done within 8 days following their detection, but no later than within 14 days following completion of the work concerned. The notice of default must give as detailed a description as possible of the shortcoming, so that EIDL is in a position to respond adequately.

If a complaint proves to be well-founded, EIDL shall yet do the work as agreed upon, unless such has become demonstrably useless in the meantime to the client. The client must notify EIDL in writing if the latter is the case.

If it is no longer possible or useful to still do the work with respect to the provision of services agreed upon, EIDL shall only be liable within the limits of article 15.

Article 13 – Cancellation

Both parties shall be entitled to cancel the agreement at all times.

If the agreement is terminated prematurely by client, EIDL shall be entitled to compensation of the loss of capacity utilisation to be demonstrated caused by said premature termination, unless the termination is based on facts and circumstances which can be attributed to EIDL. Client shall furthermore be held in that event to pay the statement of expenses for the work done up till that moment. The preliminary results of the work done up till that moment shall therefore be put at client’s disposal subject to approval.

If the agreement is terminated prematurely by EIDL, EIDL shall see to it in conjunction with client that the work still to be done be transferred to third parties, unless the termination is based on facts and circumstances which can be attributed to client.

If the transfer of the work still to be done entails extra costs for EIDL, said costs shall be charged to client.

Article 14 – Suspension & Dissolution

EIDL shall be authorized to suspend the fulfilment of the obligations under the agreement or to dissolve the agreement, in the event that:
– client does not fulfill or does not fully fulfill their obligations resulting from the agreement
– after the agreement has been concluded, EIDL learns of circumstances giving good ground to fear that the client will not fulfill his obligations. If good ground exists to fear that the client will only partially or improperly fulfill his obligations, suspension shall only be allowed in so far the shortcoming justifies such action.
– client was asked to furnish security to guarantee the fulfillment of his obligations resulting from the agreement when the contract was concluded and that this security is not provided or insufficient.

EIDL shall furthermore be authorized to dissolve the agreement (have the agreement dissolved) if circumstances arise of such a nature that fulfillment of the obligations becomes impossible or can no longer be demanded in accordance with the requirements of reasonableness and fairness, or if other circumstances arise of such a nature that the unaltered maintenance of the agreement can no longer be demanded in all reasonableness.

If the agreement is dissolved, the EIDL’s claims against the client shall be forthwith due and payable. If EIDL suspends fulfillment of their obligations, they shall retain their rights under the law and the agreement.

EIDL shall always retain the right to claim damages.

Article 15 – Return of Goods Put At Client's Disposal

If EIDL has put goods at client’s disposal during and in connection with the execution of the agreement, client shall be held to return the delivered goods within 14 days in their original state, free of defects and in their entirety. If client fails to fulfill this obligation, all resulting costs shall be at client ‘s expense.

If, for any reason whatsoever, client still remains in default to fulfill the obligation mentioned under previous paragraph after being warned to do so, EIDL shall be entitled to recover the resulting damage and costs, including replacement costs, from client.

Article 16 – Liability

Should EIDL be liable, then said liability shall be limited to the stipulations of the present condition.

Direct damage shall be understood to be exclusively:
– the reasonable costs incurred to establish the cause and the volume of the damage, in so far said establishment relates to damage in the sense of the present terms and conditions;
– the reasonable costs possibly incurred to have EIDL’s faulty performance meet the conditions of the agreement, unless such faulty performance cannot be attributed to EIDL;
– the reasonable costs incurred to prevent or limit the damage, in so far client demonstrates that said costs have led to the limitation of direct damage as meant in the present general terms and conditions.

EIDL shall never be liable for indirect damage, including consequential damage, loss of profit, lost savings and damage due to business stagnation.

The limitations of liability for direct damage contained in the present terms and conditions shall not apply if the damage is due to intentional act or omission or gross negligence on the part of EIDL or his subordinates.

Article 17 – Safeguarding

The client shall safeguard EIDL against claims filed by third parties concerning intellectual property rights on material or data provided by the client, which shall be used for and during the execution of the agreement.

If the client provides EIDL with information carriers, electronic files or software etc., the former shall guarantee that said information carriers, electronic files or software are free of viruses and defects.

Article 18 – Transfer of Risk

The risk of loss of, or damage to the goods being the subject of the agreement, shall be transferred to client the moment said goods are judicially and/or actually delivered to client and therefore fall into the power of client or of third parties to be appointed by client.

Article 19 – Force Majeure

Parties shall not be held to fulfill any of their obligations if they are hindered to do so due to a circumstance through no fault of their own and which cannot be attributed to them by virtue of law, a legal action or generally accepted practice.

In addition to the provisions of the law and the judge-made law in this respect, force majeure shall in the present general terms and conditions furthermore be understood to be any external circumstance, be it envisaged or not, on which EIDL cannot have any influence but which prevents EIDL from fulfilling its obligations. Industrial action at EIDL’s company shall also be understood to be a circumstance of force majeure.

EIDL shall also be entitled to invoke force majeure if the circumstance rendering (further) fulfillment of the obligation(s) impossible, commences after the point in time on which EIDL should have fulfilled its obligation.

Throughout the duration of the circumstances of force majeure, parties shall be entitled to suspend the fulfillment of their obligations. If this period lasts for more than two months, either of the parties shall be entitled to dissolve the agreement without any obligation to pay the opposite party damages.

Insofar EIDL has already partially fulfilled its obligations resulting from the agreement at the moment the circumstance of force majeure commenced or shall be able to fulfill them and insofar separate value can be attributed to the part already fulfilled or still to be fulfilled respectively, EIDL shall be entitled to submit a separate statement of expenses of the part already fulfilled or still to be fulfilled respectively. The client shall be held to pay this statement of expenses as if it were a separate agreement.

Article 20 – Secrecy

Both parties shall be bound to secrecy of all confidential information they have received within the scope of their agreement from each other or from another source. Information shall be considered to be confidential if the other party has indicated so or if the confidential character results from the nature of the information.

If a statutory provision or a judicial decision compels EIDL to convey confidential information to third parties designated by law or by the court and EIDL cannot for that purpose invoke a legal right to refuse to give evidence or such a right acknowledged or allowed by the competent court, EIDL shall not be held to pay damages or compensation and the opposite party shall not be entitled to demand the dissolution of the agreement on the ground of any damage resulting from said circumstance.

Article 21 – Intellectual Property & Copyrights

Without prejudice to the other stipulations of the present general terms and conditions, EIDL shall reserve the rights and authorities to which EIDL is entitled under the Copyright Act.

All documents, such as reports, advice, agreements, designs, sketches, drawings, software, etc., provided by EIDL, shall be destined to be used by client exclusively and must not be reproduced, made public or brought to the notice of third parties by client without prior consent from EIDL, unless the nature of the documents provided dictates otherwise.

EIDL shall reserve the right to use the knowledge gained due to the execution of the work for other purposes, in so far no confidential information shall be brought to the notice of third parties when doing so.

Article 22 – Samples & Models

If a sample or model has been given to client, then the assumption is that such has been given by way of indication only, unless parties agree explicitly that the product to be delivered shall correspond with it.

Article 23 – Disputes

The Tribunal de Commerce in Paris shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear actions. In the absence of an amicable resolution of a dispute arising between the parties, French courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

Parties shall only refer the matter to the court if they have done their utmost to solve the dispute in mutual consultations.

Article 24 – Applicable Law

French law shall apply to each and every agreement between EIDL and the client.

Article 25 – Changes to the Terms & Conditions,
Interpretation and their Location

The present terms and conditions have been filed at the office of the Chamber of Commerce in Paris.

The French version of these general terms and conditions prevails at all time in case of disputes with regard to the interpretation and purpose of these terms and conditions.

The most recently filed version shall always apply, or, as the case may be, the version valid at the time the agreement was concluded.

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