(1) The General Conditions of Sale stated below regulate the relationship between Hatje Cantz Verlag and the customer within the scope of procurement via the www.hatjecantz.de website. Any diverging conditions on the part of the customer shall not be recognised as applicable by Hatje Cantz Verlag unless Hatje Cantz Verlag has given prior written agreement.

(2) Offers made by Hatje Cantz Verlag are subject to confirmation and are not binding. Should an ordered book not yet be published, the order will be reserved. Orders made by the customer to Hatje Cantz Verlag constitute binding offers to conclude a purchase contract. For orders from our Webshop, the customer will receive confirmation of the order.

This also applies to orders for our Collector´s Editions.

Hatje Cantz Verlag notes that orders are always subject to availability.

(1) Prices given at the time of ordering constitute valid prices inclusive of value-added tax exclusive of delivery charges. The invoice amount is, unless otherwise arranged in writing, to be paid by credit card or advance invoice.

(2) Further details can be found in our current delivery and payment conditions.

As of spring 2007 Switzerland no longer has fixed prices for books; the prices in Swiss francs indicated on our website are suggested retail prices.

(3) The customer may not withhold payment if opposing claims result from a different contractual relationship. Should these arise from the same contractual relationship, the customer may withhold payment only in connection with undisputed or legally asserted counterclaims.

(4) The customer may offset opposing claims only in connection with undisputed or legally asserted demands.

(5) Information on anticipated delivery time is non-binding. The arrangement of a binding delivery time between Hatje Cantz Verlag and the customer must be made in writing.

(1) Hatje Cantz Verlag shall retain the title of all items delivered until all the customer’s obligations, regardless of their legal basis, in connection with the purchase are fulfilled.

(2) In the event the customer processes and/or connects the reserved good with other goods not belonging to Hatje Cantz Verlag, Hatje Cantz Verlag acquires a share of the co-title to the new good to the same proportion as of the processed good to the new good at the time of processing.

(3) If the customer acts in breach of the contract, in particular in relation to payment, Hatje Cantz Verlag shall be entitled to take back the object of purchase or to demand the transfer of the customer’s publication claims against a third party.

(4) In the event of any seizure of the reserved goods by a third party or any ceded claims, the Buyer shall point out the ownership rights of Hatje Cantz Verlag and inform it immediately by handing over the necessary documents for the intervention. The costs of intervention shall be carried by the customer.

(1) In the event of deficiencies in shipments of merchandise for which Hatje Cantz Verlag is accountable, Hatje Cantz Verlag shall be obliged either to rectify such deficiencies or to deliver replacement goods, as it sees fit. Should Hatje Cantz Verlag be unable to rectify deficiencies or provide adequate replacement, or if rectification/replacement is delayed for an unreasonable period of time due to circumstances for which Hatje Cantz Verlag is responsible, or should rectification/replacement fail to occur for any other reason, the customer shall be entitled to cancel the order or to demand a corresponding price reduction.

The following special provisions apply to our Collector`s Editions:
Articles in these editions are produced in small numbers and often bear the personal signature of the artist (e.g. signature, title, number, annotation, processing marks, etc.). These features are inseparable elements of the individual work of art and contribute to its unique value. They are not defects in most cases. However, we request customers who are not satisfied with an article to contact the publisher directly for the purpose of clarifying further procedures.
Articles must be returned by courier in the original packaging, if possible, or in substitute packaging which provides equivalent protection.  

(2) All additional claims on the part of the customer – regardless of their legal basis – are excluded. Hatje Cantz Verlag shall not be held liable for damages apart from those arising from the delivered product itself, and in particular not for lost profits or other losses of assets incurred by the customer.

(3) The limitation of liability described above does not apply to damage/loss attributable to malicious intent or gross negligence nor to cases involving claims filed by the customer pursuant to §§ 1 and 4 of the German Product Liability Act for absence of an assured characteristic or for compensation for damages due to non-fulfilment under §§ 463 and 480, Section 2 of the German Civil Code.

(4) In the event that Hatje Cantz Verlag fails, through neglect, to meet an obligation justifiably regarded as crucial to the fulfilment of the purpose of a contract (cardinal obligation), liability shall be limited to damages or losses judged to be typical or predictable in cases involving the utilisation of the goods in accordance with the provisions of the contract. In such cases, liability shall not exceed the equivalent of twice the amount paid on the basis of the corresponding order.

Personal details transmitted when placing an order are stored and used solely for the purposed of fulfilling orders. This information is stored in a secure environment and is not given or sold to any third party in accordance with German Data Protection laws.

We do not use this information (e.g. drawing up user profiles) in any way other than for statistical purposes in an anonymous way.

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The deletion, disclosure and checking of personal data are carried out in accordance with the Teleservices Data Protection Act and the Federal Data Protection Act.

(1) German Law applies to the exclusion of the provisions of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

(2) Where the customer is a trader, the sole jurisdictional venue for adjudication of all claims arising from business relations is Hamburg.

(3) Should one or more of the conditions in the General Conditions of Sale be invalid, this does not affect the validity of the remaining conditions. Invalid conditions are to be regarded as being replaced by conditions that shall be valid and enforceable and which come closest to the economic objective of the invalid condition concerned.

2007 Hatje Cantz Verlag