I. General

These terms and conditions apply to services agreed between Schlichter-Media, Daniel Schlichter, Hammfelddamm 4a, 41460 Neuss, Germany (hereinafter referred to as “ Schlichter-Media ”) and the beneficiaries of the agreed services (hereinafter referred to as “Client”).

II. Obligations of the Client

1. The customer provides Schlichter-Media with all content that is to be used on the homepage, unless otherwise agreed. The timely delivery of data is the basis for the fulfillment of this contract.
2. The delivered material is provided in electronic form.

• Texts in Word or common text editing formats
• Images in sufficiently high resolution, as jpg.
• Logo as isolated .eps, png or open file

3. If texts are not available in Word or common word processing formats and images are not available in digital form – in sufficiently high resolution, as .jpg, logo as a cut-out .eps or open file – we can also help here, but additional costs will be incurred depending on the effort involved. If requested, we can also research images for the design of the website from image databases, but here too additional costs will be incurred depending on the effort involved and the cost of the images themselves.
4. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, Schlichter-Media

III. Acceptance

1. After completion of the homepage and notification from Schlichter-Media to the customer, the customer will accept the homepage within 1 week.
2. Should any deficiencies be discovered on the website, Schlichter-Media will correct them promptly.
3. If Schlichter-Media does not receive any requests for changes from the client within one week, the website will be deemed accepted and the final invoice amount will be due.
4. The successful elimination of defects is considered final acceptance. If the customer subsequently discovers further defects, these will be invoiced separately.
5. Final acceptance also occurs automatically when the customer commissions Schlichter-Media to put the product online for the final time.

IV. Termination

Both parties cannot simply terminate this contract, as we only work with businesses and the cancellation period for B2C is not applicable. In case of termination, the other party must agree and an agreement must be made.

V. Terms of payment / price information

1. The prices quoted are always exclusive of VAT, as Schlichter-Media only sells to companies.
2. Invoicing will be done automatically before the start of the order for 50% and 50% after completion but before handover, unless otherwise agreed.
3. If the customer has additional requests beyond the scope of the offer, Schlichter-Media can invoice the additional work separately at an hourly rate.
4. The maximum limit for image references is 50 images. If this limit is exceeded, Schlichter-Media can invoice the additional work separately at an hourly rate.

VI. Terms of payment

1. Invoices must be paid no later than 14 days after receipt. After this period, the customer automatically falls into default of payment.
2. If a deposit has been agreed, it must be paid no later than 14 days after receipt of the interim invoice.
3. The customer is not entitled to any right of retention.
4. If the customer defaults on payments, Schlichter-Media is entitled to charge statutory default interest.

VII. Liability

1. Schlichter-Media is only liable for intent and gross negligence, unless it involves the breach of an essential contractual obligation or injury to life, body or health.
2. Schlichter-Media is not liable for the customer’s success with the project. In particular, no guarantees are given regarding placement in search engines.
3. In the event of a breach of contractual obligations, liability is limited to the damage typical for the contract. Schlichter-Media is not liable for consequential damage.
4. Schlichter-Media’s liability is excluded in cases of slight negligence.
5. In any case, liability is limited to the amount of the remuneration under this contract.
6. Subject to technical changes, deviations from the illustration and errors.

VIII. Copyright (applies generally)

1. To the extent that the client provides image or text material to be incorporated, Schlichter-Media assumes no liability for possible copyright infringements or other violations of the rights of the image or for the rights of the persons or objects depicted therein that may be affected by the use of the image on the Internet.
2. The client must ensure that his image material is legally suitable and permissible for publication on the Internet. Schlichter-Media hereby makes it clear that it does not carry out a check to see whether third-party rights exist in the image material.
3. The client assures that no third-party rights exist in the image and text material provided and to be used and that no third-party rights are violated by the images and texts. The client releases Schlichter-Media from any liability due to the use or processing of images and texts provided by the client. Any claims that may arise from third parties will be accepted by the client.
4. The client hereby agrees that Schlichter-Media will immediately stop publishing the image material on the Internet if he is sued for damages or injunctive relief as an alleged infringer of third-party rights to the image material and this is technically possible for Schlichter-Media.
5. The images mentioned include photos, illustrations and logos.
6. Schlichter-Media may include a reference to the authorship at a suitable location on the website. The customer is entitled to remove this reference without prior consent from Schlichter-Media.
7. The unrestricted right to use all artistic works protected by copyright in this offer and the services described therein only passes to the client upon payment, provided they were created by Schlichter-Media. Adaptations of texts, images and layouts on the customer’s website are expressly permitted.
8. Any resale or distribution of artistic works protected by copyright, in particular layouts and templates, is only possible after consultation with Schlichter-Media.

IX. External services, third-party providers

If external services are used for the website (e.g. Google Maps, web hosting, etc.), the usage rights of the external service providers apply without restriction. Schlichter-Media only acts as an agent here.

X. Data protection

The customer agrees to the collection, storage and processing of his personal data to the extent that this is necessary for the implementation of this contract. This also applies to the invoicing of the remuneration.

XI. Place of jurisdiction, applicable law

1. The contract is subject to the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany and the United Kingdom.

XII. Severability Clause

If a clause of these terms and conditions is invalid, this does not affect the validity of the other clauses. If a clause of these terms and conditions is only partially invalid, the other part remains valid. The parties are obliged to replace an invalid clause with an effective replacement provision that comes as close as possible to the economic purpose of the invalid contractual provision.

XIII. Print files / advertising material

Schlichter-Media has advertising materials printed by third parties. All advertising materials must be returned within 7 days – from delivery to the customer or to Schlichter-Media itself – in order to be able to cancel them. If the customer does not meet this deadline, Schlichter-Media is not liable for these advertising materials. The customer must pay for the advertising materials in full. (see also IX. External services) If the customer has approved the advertising materials, Schlichter-Media is no longer liable for errors in content or similar.

have the services provided by third parties.