General terms and conditions

Terms and Conditions for Gold Meat

These are the general terms and conditions (hereinafter: “General Terms and Conditions”) of Gold Meat with registered office at Industrieweg 6 3550 Heusden-Zolder and registered in the KBO under number 0454925644. (Hereinafter: “Gold Meat”).

Article 1 – Scope

These General Terms and Conditions apply to every offer, every quotation and every agreement concluded with regard to products and/or services offered by us.

These General Terms and Conditions apply to the exclusion of the Customer's general terms and conditions.

Article 2 – Quotations

Our offers are purely indicative and non-binding and expire if they are not accepted by the Customer within 30 calendar days. Offers only become legally valid as an agreement when the offer is signed by the Customer and by us. We also reserve the right to refuse certain orders without giving any reason.

Article 3a – Price and payment

The price for our goods/services is that stated on the quotation.

All our invoices are payable within 14 days of receipt, unless the quote specifies a different due date. If we ask for an advance payment, we will only commence our activities after receipt of the advance payment.

For any delay in payment, the Customer owes, by operation of law and without prior notice of default, a late payment interest of 1% per commenced month from the due date of the invoice, whereby each commenced month counts as a full month, without prejudice to any compensation and costs. Also, by operation of law and without prior notice of default, a fixed compensation amounting to 10% of the invoice amount is due with a minimum of 250 euros as compensation, without prior notice of default and in addition to the principal sum, late payment interests, collection, reminder, prosecution costs and expenses. due to loss of time and court or legal costs. This compensation clause is without prejudice to the obligation to pay the stipulated late-payment interest.

Disputes must be made known to us by registered letter within five working days after sending the invoice, under penalty of inadmissibility.

Article 3b – Orders and incoming billing

Orders are only valid when you receive them with a Goldmeat order, including order number. This order number must be stated on the delivered bulk packaging, the delivery note and the invoice. A signed delivery note must be included with the invoice. A breach of any of the above will result in the refusal of the invoice.

Article 4 - Duration of the agreement and termination

Our agreements can be entered into as described in our quotations. The agreement can be terminated by us unilaterally and without judicial intervention at any time if the Customer is in a state of bankruptcy or judicial composition or if the customer does not pay its invoices.

Article 5 – Intellectual property rights

Our website, logos, texts, photos, names and in general all our communication are protected by intellectual property rights that are either owned by us or by our suppliers or other entitled parties.

Intellectual property rights are understood to mean patent, copyright, trademark, drawing and design rights and/or other (intellectual property) rights, including whether or not patentable technical and/or commercial know-how, methods and concepts.

It is prohibited to use and/or make changes to the intellectual property rights as described in this article. For example, the customer cannot copy or reproduce our drawings, photos, texts, logos, color combination, etc. without our prior and express written permission.

Article 6 – Confidentiality and Privacy

We are responsible for the processing of your personal data and process it in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation;

For more information about the processing of personal data, we refer to our Privacy & Cookie Policy.

Article 7 – Liability

We are not liable except in case of intent or gross error. In addition, we are not liable for any direct or indirect damage (such as e.g. consequential damage, lost profit, lost savings or damage due to business interruption) for which we have not expressly determined our liability in these terms and conditions. Our liability will in all cases be limited to the amount of the price stipulated for that order (excl. VAT).

We make every effort to provide access to the website 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Given the technical characteristics of the Internet and IT resources and the need to carry out periodic maintenance, update or upgrade work, however, we cannot guarantee uninterrupted access and service. In the event of a normally acceptable interruption or disruption of access or service, we will make every effort to remedy this within the shortest possible time. Such normally acceptable interruptions or disruptions are inherent to the service provided via the internet and cannot be regarded as shortcomings.

Article 8 - Force majeure

In case of force majeure, we are not obliged to fulfill its obligations. In that case, we can either suspend our obligations for the duration of the force majeure, or dissolve the agreement definitively.

Force majeure is any circumstance beyond our will and control that prevents the fulfillment of its obligations in whole or in part. This includes, but is not limited to: strikes, unexpected traffic jams, accidents on European roads, fire, business failures, power failures, failures in a (telecommunication) network or connection or communication systems used and/or the unavailability of the website, non-delivery or late delivery by suppliers or other third parties engaged,…

Article 9 – Invalidity and completeness

These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between the customer and us regarding the subject matter contained herein.

If one or more provisions of these Terms and Conditions should at any time be wholly or partially unlawful, void or for any other reason unenforceable, then such clause shall be deemed severable from these Terms and Conditions and shall not affect the validity and affect the enforceability of the remaining provisions.

Article 10 - Jurisdiction and Applicable Law

Belgian law applies to all disputes related to or arising from our offers and/or agreements. In the event of a dispute or dispute, only the courts of the judicial district of our registered office are competent.