STANDART CONTRACT № on import of bulk wine material
Moscow " " _____________.
_____________" _____________", _____________, hereinafter referred to as the "Seller", on the one hand, and firm " _____________", _____________, the Russian Federation, hereinafter referred to as the "Buyer", on the other hand, have concluded the present contract as follows:
1. SUBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
The Seller has sold and the Buyer has bought the below-mentioned goods:
bulk wine material untreated and unstable for bottling from red varieties of the grapes, made of a crop of _____________ of an approximate _____________percent alcoholic strength by volume in quantity of _____________ litres +/-_____________% (_____________flexi tanks) and from white varieties of the grapes, made of a crop of _____________of an approximate _____________percent alcoholic strength by volume in quantity of _____________litres +/-_____________% (_____________ flexi-tanks).
2. QUALITY OF THE GOODS
The Goods should fully comply with descriptions, characteristics and other data specified in Appendix No.1 to the present Contract, and its quality will be confirmed with the Certificate of Quality issued by the manufacturer of the goods, and also with the samples, sent to the Buyer before shipment of the goods.
3. PRICE AND THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE GOODS
The Price of the goods specified in paragraph 1 of the present contract is
_____________USD for litre of red wine material and _____________USD for litre of white wine material and is understood on DDU _____________terms, the Russian Federation, (Incoterms 2000) including the cost of the goods in bulk in flexi-tanks, the cost of transport flexi-tanks stacked in 20’ sea containers, marks, transportation till _____________and insurance.
The total value of the goods to be delivered under the present contract is
_____________USD (_____________US dollars). The specified price is not subject to change and includes all taxes, fees and duties arising in territory of _____________in connection with export of the given goods.
4. PACKING AND MARKING.
The goods are to be delivered packed (in bulk) in the disposable flexi-tanks (for one-way using), which are soft bags, made from a synthetic material, allowed for contact with food liquids, and also containing locking fittings necessary for pouring in and poring out a liquid product. The flexi-tank stowed in a _____________’ sea container is filled up by a liquid product, maximal capacity of a flexi-tank - _____________litres. The above described container - packing should provide safety of the goods during transportation from a place of manufacturing up to the customer, and also during transhipment of the goods in a mode of transit. Packing should correspond to the norms and standards of storage established for wine products. The Seller bears the responsibility for the damage caused to the goods by inadequate packing.
Each flexi-tank should be marked as follows:
_____________
_____________wine material in bulk
Gross weight
Net weight
Flexi No. (flexi number/total quantity of flexies in the lot)
Contract No.
Marking should be done in English.
Having shipped the goods the Seller informs the Buyer of the seal No. on the container and on each packing flexi.
The goods are to be delivered to the territory of the Russian Federation at the address of _____________ “_____________” (_____________, _____________).
The Seller is to inform the Buyer by a fax message of the shipment the goods from a port of the Baltic Sea to _____________not later than within _____________hours from the moment of shipment. The Seller is to inform the number of the Contract, date and time of shipment, denomination of the goods, gross and net weight, seal Nos. on the containers, number of waybill, value of the goods.
5. TIME OF SHIPMENT
The first lot of the goods (_____________litres of red wine material, _____________conteiners) will be shipped before November, _____________provided the Letter of Credit in favor of the Seller is opened not later than _____________.
The second lot of the goods (_____________litres of _____________wine material, _____________conteiners) will be shipped before _____________.
The third lot of the goods (_____________litres of white wine material, _____________conteiners) will be
shipped before November _____________.
The fouth lot of the goods (_____________litres of _____________wine material, _____________conteiners) will be shipped before _____________.
The date of the Bill of Lading will be considered as the date of shipment.
The goods are to shipped and to be delivered to the Buyers in different lots.
Upon receipt the goods, the Buyer undertakes to clear up the imported goods from the customs. Free-of-charge time given to the Buyer for unloading and customs clearance of the goods is only 3 ( three) working days from the moment of arrival of the containers with flexi-tanks with the goods in _____________to a customs warehouse of the Buyer. In case of exceeding the given time the Buyer is obliged to pay the idle time of truck and containers at the rate of _____________USD per container for each day of delay, but no more than _____________% from the total value of the Contract.
6. PAYMENTS
6.1. Payment of the value of the goods to be delivered under the present Contract for the amount of _____________USD (_____________00/100 US dollars) will be effected in US Dollars out of irrevocable non-confirmed Letter of Credit to be opened in _____________ (SWIFT: _____________, Telex: _____________ , Fax: _____________) on behalf of the Buyer in favor of the Seller.
6.2. The Letter of Credit is to be advised through _____________ (SWIFT: _____________), _____________.
6.3. The Letter of Credit should be opened for the sum of _____________USD (_____________00/100 US dollars) within _____________days after signing the present Contract and is to be valid within _____________ (_____________) days from the date of its opening for shipment and _____________ (_____________) days for the presentation of the shipping documents).
Payment of the Letter of Credit will be effected partially in accordance with the effectted dispach upon presentation of the documents to the Bank .
6.4. For receipt of payment under the Letter of Credit the Seller should present to the bank specified in item. 6.2 the following documents:
three originals and two copies of “Clean on Board” Bill of Lading
the original invoice (with indication " For the goods under the contract № …)
a copy of the shipping specification
a copy of the certificate of quality of the manufacturer;
a copy of the Inssurance Policy issued in favour of the Buyer.
All the above-stated documents should be submitted to the bank within the validity of the Letter of Credit as per p. 6.3.
The Letter of Credit is to allow partial shipments. The Letter of Credit is to be subject
to " Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits " (1993 Revision), ICC Publication No. 500.
6.6. All bank charges and commissions connected with effecting payment under the present Contract on the territory of the Russian Federation and also its confirmation will be for the account of the Buyer. All bank charges and the commissions outside of territory of the Russian Federation connected with the use of the Letter of Credit will be borne by the Seller. Charges for alteration of the terms of the Letter of Credit are to be paid by that party under whose initiative they were made.
6.7. In case of infringement by the Seller of the schedule of shipments or other terms of the Contract, all charges on prolongation of the Letter of Credit are charged to the Seller unless this infringement is caused by force majeure circumstances or because of delays, cancellations or changes in the program of shipments of the transport company. 6.8. Final settlement of the payment under this contract is made on the basis of the Certificate of quantity, according to really accepted quantity of the goods.
6.9. The full set of the shipping documents in English should be sent by the Seller by currier mail to the direction of the Buyer within 5 ( five) days from the date of shipment of the goods. All charges connected with sending of documents are to be for the account of the Seller.
7. CLAIMS.
The seller exclusively is responsible for the quality of the goods which should correspond to the data specified in the Appendix of 1 present contract, and also to the quality of samples of the shipped lot of the goods. At the same time, the Buyer himself has the right to carry out the examination of the goods at his own expense. The Seller guarantees the quality of the delivered goods to the data, specified in the present Contract and to the samples handed over provided that transportation and storage of the goods are carried out in accordance with the requirements stated in the Appendix 2 to the present Contract. In case of delivery of the bad-quality goods, the Buyer has the right to present the claim on quality to the Seller and to demand either return of the value of the goods or its replacement by the goods of the required quality, and also compensation of already suffered losses, including delivery of the goods up to the customer, customs clearance of the goods, payment of rent and storage of containers and other expenses. In case of shortage of the goods at the flexies, which are in intact conditions, and in the presence of seals on packing flexies and containers, the Buyer has the right to present the Seller the claim and to demand return of cost of the missing goods, and also compensation of all already suffered charges on import. The Seller has the right to be convinced of validity of the claim directly or through the representatives.
In case of the loss of the part of the goods during the transportation of the goods and
Inssurance Company’s refuse occurred by any reason to compensate this damage in favour of the Buyer, the Buyer has the right to claim on the Seller requiring to return the value of the missed goods. The Seller will have the right to be convinced of reasonability of the claim directly or through the representatives.
8. TRANSPORT CONDITIONS.
The goods sold under the present Contract, should be shipped from a port of the manufacturer of the goods to a port of the Baltic Sea to address of the Buyer in _____________’ sea containers of the international standard. For transportation are to be used containers in good condition only providing for technical norms and securing necessary safety of flexi-tanks and the goods .
The Seller should provide safe keeping the contents of containers with imposing not less than two seals which description should be shown in the Bill of Lading. The Seller should place in each container the shipping specification in 4 copies, with the indication of the following information:
name of the Seller
name of the Buyer
index and number of the container
denomination of the goods
marks of the goods
weight of the goods in the container (net and gross separately), and also volume of the goods in the container.
The shipping specification should be signed by the Seller and have his stamp. One copy of the shipping specification together with the certificate of quality should be placed in each container. Not later than in 24 hours from the date of shipment, the Seller is obliged to notify the Buyer by telegraph or a telex of the following data:
name of a vessel
date of sailing of a vessel from port
number of Bill of Lading
denomination of the goods
quantity of containers under each Bill of Lading and their numbers
Contract №
net and gross weight
9. DELIVERY AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE GOODS.
Receipt of the goods is carried out as follows:
The goods will be considered as delivered by the Seller and accepted by the Buyer:
as for quantity - according to the Certificate of quantity;
as for quality - according to paragraph 2.
The quantity and quality of the goods can be controlled by the experts of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation in accordance with the quality of samples under each lot of the goods. Samples (4 litres) of the goods ready for shipment, should be sent by express mail by the Seller to the Buyer. If during procedure of acceptance of the goods shortage of the goods or damage of packing will be found out, the Buyer will have the right to demand from the Seller the reimbursement to the sum of damage on the basis of the prices of the present Contract and to apply to the Insurance Company for receiving the compensation due to insurred accident maturing on.
In case of discrepancy of the quality of the goods to the agreed on, the Consignee should inform the Seller within _____________hours from the date of statement this fact by the expert appointed the Buyer. The Seller will have the right to be convinced of reasonability of the claim directly or through the representatives. In case the representatives of the both parties confirm that quality of the goods does not correspond to the agreed on, the Seller should, at the choice of the Buyer to replace the goods or to return its value to the Buyer, as well as to compensate already suffered losses. In case of occurrence of disagreements between the parties, the matter will be submitted to Arbitration in accordance with paragraph 12 of the present contract.
10. FORCE MAJEURE.
In case arise the circumstances of force majeure , such as fire, acts of terrorism, war, military operations, blockade, interdictions on export and import and others which will prevent any of the parties to perform fully or partially their obligations under the present Contract, the time of fulfilment of these obligations will be postponed for that period of time during which these circumstances operate. Meaning, that natural grape materials are received from agricultural raw material, as force majeure circumstances will be considered climatic anomalies (frosts, hailstorms, drought etc.) which could damage a crop of grapes in zones of its manufacture. These circumstances should be properly proved by the announcement of extreme agricultural situation in the given zone.
If the above-stated circumstances are in force more than 6 months, each of the parties has the right to refuse to perform their obligations under the present Contract, and in this case neither party can present any claims to another party. Each party is obliged to inform the other party on occurrence or the termination of the force majeure circumstances preventing fulfillment of obligations under the present contract
11. CLAIMS.
In case delay in delivery of the goods will exceed _____________days, the Seller will be obliged to pay to the Buyer the penalty which should be calculated as follows:
in case of delay in delivery from _____________to _____________days - _____________% from the total value of the goods per every day of delay;
in case of delay of the goods from _____________to _____________days - _____________% from a total value of the goods per every day of delay.
If delay of the goods prevails more than three months, the Buyer unilaterally has the right to terminate the present contract by the notice in writing on it.
If the Buyer delays payment of actually delivered quantity of the goods, the Buyer is obliged to pay to the Seller the penalty at the rate of _____________% from a total value of the goods per each day of delay.
12. ARBITRATION.
The Seller and the Buyer will take all measures for settlement in a friendly way of disputes and disagreements which can arise in connection with the present contract.
In case the parties can not come to any friendly decision, the dispute should be transferred on consideration of the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, _____________.
An applicable law - the Legislation of the Russian Federation. The arbitral award will be final and obligatory for both parties.
13. OTHER CONDITIONS.
If for export of goods under the legislation of _____________presentation of any license or a sanction of competent state bodies is required or will be required, the Seller at his own expense is obliged to receive such licenses and sanctions.
All changes and additions to the present contract will be valid only in the event that they are made in writing and signed by properly authorized persons.
After signing the present contract all previous negotiations and previous correspondence will be considered null and void.
Neither party can transfer the rights and obligations under this contract to a third party without the written approval of the other party.
The present contract is signed in 4 copies having identical force, two copies in Russian and two copies in English.
The validity of the the present contract is till _____________
14. LEGAL ADDRESSES of the PARTIES(SIDES).
The Seller: “_____________”,_____________
_____________
The Buyer: _____________" _____________", _____________, _____________
INN _____________
В/с _____________
The SELLER
The BUYER
General Director /_____________/
Appendix No. 1
to Contract No.
The name of a product: natural grape wine material untreated in bulk (a code of the commodity nomenclature of foreign trade activities № 220430). Quality of the goods should fully comply with the below-mentioned description of the goods and characteristics, namely: the description. The initial raw material - the grape must, produced by pressing of a fresh grapes and its separatihg from the solid parts, represents a muddy liquid, containing a mixture of the various substances inherent in a grapes. Due to presence at a grapes of barmy cells(cages), the grape must starts immediately the fermentation. The process of fermentation (unrest) of a must stops as a result of its processing by sulphurous anhydride.
Natural grape wine materials are produced from a local varieties of red and white grapes, all grades of a grapes belong to the botanical kind _____________, cultivated in _____________. Natural grape wine material untreated in bulk, delivered under the present contract, are intended for use in the winemaking industry and after delivery on a winery of the Buyer should be subjected to the following technological operations: to clarification, removal of sediment with a filtration and thermal processing before bottling.
Physical and chemical characteristics. _____________wine material _____________wine material
The content of alcohol at _____________
The content of Sugars not more than _____________
Total acidity in tartaric expression _____________
Acidity volatile _____________
Alkalinity _____________
Chromaticity: _____________
Content of dioxide sulfur
Content of an extract
Organoleptic parameters:
Appearance
Color
Cleanliness
Taste
Aroma
The SELLER:
“_____________”
_____________
The BUYER:
_____________" _____________" _____________
INN _____________
В/a _____________
General Director /_____________/
APPENDIX № 2
to contract No.
TRANSPORTION and STORAGE
TRANSPORTATION for natural grape wine material in bulk should be observed ordinary norms of safety on the transportation in the fleksi-tanks stacked in _____________foot sea containers: to avoid physical damages, not to overturn them and not to open.
STORAGE
Wine material in bulk should be stored in clean, aired and cool place. Ideal temperature of storage is between _____________and _____________C. The guaranteed period of time for storage of wine material in bulk at the above-stated temperature is _____________months. The storage temperature should not fall below _____________ гр. and rise above _____________C.
THE SELLER THE BUYER
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