(a) These terms and conditions (“Terms”) apply to the sale or supply of all products or systems (“Products”), and the performance of all services (which includes any software provided as a service) (“Services”) by Signify Hong Kong Limited (“Signify”) to you (“Customer”) and will form a necessary part of any Offer or Agreement therefore. Customer’s ordering of Products or Services from Signify constitutes acceptance of these Terms, as such Terms may have been updated through the date of such order. As used herein, “Agreement” means any written agreement for supply, distribution, sale, or license of any Products or Services entered into between Signify and Customer, or any purchase order that is issued by Customer and accepted by Signify; and “Offer” means any quotation, proposal or offer provided to Customer by Signify.
(b) Products and Services may include web or mobile applications that may be subject to additional terms (“Additional Use Terms”) or software that may be subject to additional (end-user) software license conditions (“EULAs”), both from either Signify or an affiliate, or third parties. Such EULAs or Additional Use Terms will be made available together with the web or mobile application or software, as applicable. Except where specified otherwise in a EULA or Additional Use Terms, such EULA or Additional Use Terms will form part of the Agreement. Software will not be sold to Customer, but licensed subject to the license terms in section 10 below.
(c) In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between these Terms and the terms of any Agreement or Offer the terms of such Agreement or Offer will prevail. With respect to web or mobile applications or software, any Additional Use Terms or the terms of any applicable EULA will prevail over these Terms.
(d) The terms “agreed”, “consent”, “confirmed”, “accepted”, "informed”, “notified” or “notice” and documents or acts of similar meaning will be deemed to be required to be done in writing, where "in writing" means hand-written, type-written, printed or electronically made, and resulting in a permanent record. The terms "includes" or "including" will be construed without limitation to the generality of preceding words.
(e) Any different or additional terms in any purchase order, blanket instructions, terms of purchase or other writing from Customer will be deemed a material alteration of these Terms and are expressly objected to and rejected and will be of no force or effect. Commencement of performance or shipment will not be construed as acceptance of any of Customer's terms or conditions. Course of performance or usage of trade will not be applied to modify these Terms.
(f) These Terms may be amended by Signify by posting an updated version on its website, provided that in respect of an Agreement and an Offer the version of the Terms applicable as of the effective date of the Agreement or the date of the Offer will apply.
(g) Offers by Signify are open for acceptance within the period stated in such Offer or, in the event that no period is stated, within thirty (30) days from the date of the Offer, provided that Signify may amend, withdraw or revoke any Offer at any time prior to the receipt by Signify of the acceptance of an Offer. No order submitted by Customer will be deemed final or accepted by Signify unless and until confirmed by Signify.
(h) Customer is solely responsible for the accuracy of any order, including with respect to the specification, configuration or other requirements of Products and Services, and functionality, compatibility and interoperability with other products (not authorized by Signify), as well as fitness for particular use. Customer warrants that the information provided to Signify under an Agreement is complete, accurate and true, and Customer acknowledges that a failure to provide complete, accurate and true information or instructions to Signify may detrimentally affect Signify's ability to discharge its obligations or exercise its rights under an Agreement.
(i) Any catalog, specification, price sheet or other similar documentation prepared by Signify is strictly for convenience only and will not be deemed as an Offer. Signify believes such documentation is complete and accurate at time of printing, but Signify does not warrant that such documentation is error free. Signify will not accept responsibility for any damages in connection with errors of measurements, descriptions, application recommendations and the like.
(j) Products will be supplied in accordance with the standard functionalities, styles and sizes as described in Signify’s catalogs or, for special or made-to-order Products, in accordance with Signify’s drawings and specifications sheets. In the event of a conflict between an order of Customer and a drawing or specification sheet from Signify approved by Customer, the latter will prevail.
(k) Assumptions, exclusions and qualifications stated by Signify in Offers, Agreements or otherwise will direct the Agreement and will be construed as part thereof and guide its execution and interpretation.
(l) Where the performance under the Agreement relies on the approval, confirmation or acceptance by Customer of a (draft) proposal, design, deliverable, planning or any other action by Signify, Customer shall do so within the period stated in the Agreement, or, in the event that no period is stated, within seven (7) days after receipt of a request from Signify, in the absence of a response within such time period Customer will be deemed to have approved, confirmed or accepted as submitted by Signify.
(m) In the event that Customer resells Products or incorporates Products and/or Services in offerings to its customer, Customer shall ensure that all its customers and/or end users of Products or Services comply with all relevant Customer’s obligations under the Agreement and these Terms, and that the terms of its agreement with each of its customer(s) or end user(s) are consistent with the Agreement and these Terms, failing which Customer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Signify and its affiliates, and their officers, directors, agents, employees, successors, and assigns from and against, all losses, liabilities, costs (including legal costs) and expenses arising out of or in connection with any non-compliance.
(a) In consideration of the sale of Products and/or the performance of Services by Signify, Customer shall pay all prices and fees (“Prices”) in accordance with the Agreement and this section 2. Prices are in Hong Kong Dollars and unless agreed otherwise based on Ex Works – Signify facility (INCOTERMS latest version). Unless stipulated otherwise by the applicable INCOTERMS, Prices do not include any taxes, duties or other governmental fees, now or hereafter enacted, including value-added or similar taxes levied by any government, and Signify may add these to the Price or invoice separately, and Customer will reimburse Signify promptly on first request.
(b) Subject to notice to Customer, Signify reserves the right to adjust Prices for Products and/or Services not yet delivered or performed to reflect variations in individual costs of more than five percent (5%) including any foreign exchange rate fluctuations, raw materials and other costs of manufacturing and distribution, and labor costs, that take effect between the date of the Agreement and delivery of Products and/or performance of Services. In addition, if an Agreement has a term longer than twelve (12) months, Signify may adjust Prices as of each 1st April (i) for the change in the most recently published consumer price index compared to twelve (12) months earlier; and (ii) to reflect variations in the foreign exchange rate between Hong Kong currency and the Euro currency of more than 5% since the date of an Offer.
(c) Any cancellation, delay or other change by Customer of a purchase order previously accepted by Signify will require the prior approval of Signify and the approval will be without prejudice to any rights or remedies Signify may have under the Agreement or at law. If, on request of Customer, Signify agrees to any such change in purchase order or a change in an Agreement, including an (partial) cancellation, delay or suspension, the addition, omission, alteration, substitution or modification of the design, quality, standard, quantity, manufacturing site or performance (including sequence, quantities or timing) of Products and/or Services (each, a “Variation”), or a Variation is required due to (i) changes in applicable laws, regulations or industry standards, (ii) emergency situations, (iii) incorrect or incomplete information provided by Customer, or (iv) non-compliance by Customer of any of its obligations under an Agreement, Customer shall reimburse Signify for all costs and expenses incurred in respect of such Variation promptly on first request.
(d) Signify may invoice Customer upon shipment of Products, or when Services have been performed. Signify may require (i) Customer to pay on fixed payment days; (ii) an advance payment of (part of) the Price; and/or (iii) invoice per separate specified phase, time period or milestone of performance. Customer shall make net payment within thirty (30) days of date of invoice to the designated bank account of Signify. Customer shall pay all amounts due to Signify in full without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction or (tax) withholding.
(e) In the event Customer fails to make any payment due under an Agreement on the due date, then, whether or not Signify has made a formal demand for payment and in addition to any other rights and remedies available to Signify, to the extent permitted by applicable law: (i) all amounts due from Customer will be considered payable and non-disputed, admitted debt; (ii) Customer shall pay Signify interest on all due amounts from the due date until Signify has received full payment thereof, at the rate of eighteen percent (18%) per annum or the applicable statutory rate, whichever is higher, and shall pay Signify all costs of payment collection, including attorneys’ fees; and (iii) Signify may cancel any credit issued to Customer and require, to its satisfaction, that Customer provides (additional) security, pre-payments or deposits, and may implement additional conditional payment terms or accelerate payments schedules for any outstanding performance.
(f) Signify may set off against and deduct from any amount that Signify (or any of its affiliates) owes to Customer under any agreement any amount that Customer owes to Signify or against any advance payments or deposits made by Customer. In the event that Signify sets off amounts in different currency it will use a commonly used currency conversion rate.
(a) Customer shall use Products and Services only for their intended purposes and in accordance with all instructions contained in the manuals, guidelines, warranty terms and any other terms and conditions applicable to such Products and Services or provided by any personnel of Signify, deployed or subcontracted by Signify in the performance of an Agreement (“Personnel”). Customer shall maintain the site, site conditions and equipment supplied and/or used by Signify in the performance of Services (including cablings, fittings and electricity supply) in good condition, repair, and working order, and shall protect same against damage and external influences.
(b) Customer shall use and, where applicable, shall cause and ensure that end-users use web-applications, mobile applications and software in accordance with applicable Additional Use Terms and/or EULAs, and where applicable, keep a full back-up of such software installed readily available. In the event of a software error, Customer shall provide Signify with alerts or error messages and support Signify in updating or replacing software used in connection with performance under the Agreement.
(c) Customer shall not perform (or permit) any activity on any equipment or software supplied and/or used by Signify in the performance of Services, except normal use in accordance with the specifications or otherwise with the prior approval by Signify. In the event of any unauthorized actions, Signify may suspend the Services until the equipment or software has been restored to its original compliant state and charge Customer on the basis of a Variation, and until confirmed any warranty obligations of Signify with respect to such Services will be null and void. Any changes to equipment or software owned by Signify (or its licensors) will be exclusively owned by Signify (or its licensors), even if such changes have been performed by or for Customer.
(d) Unless expressly included in Services, for any Services requiring connection to a system from a remote location, Customer shall at its own expense and risk establish external system access for service staff of Signify (or its subcontractors). Customer shall make available technically competent staff as and when required to support Signify and, where applicable, Customer authorizes Signify to make use of Customer's IT infrastructure to connect to and share data with specified systems and/or services to perform Services.
(e) Signify shall not be responsible for the failure of any of its Products or Services to provide the expected performance, benefits, effects or outcome arising from: (i) Customer’s failure to comply with the terms under the Agreement; (ii) failures or fluctuations of electric power; (iii) sunset/shutdown of connectivity and communication technologies; (iv) Force Majeure and other unusual external influences; or (v) Variations.
This section applies where Signify (or its subcontractor) will perform construction, cabling or installation activities (“Installation” or “Install”) or other Services at a site owned or controlled by Customer.
(a) Customer is responsible for the timely completion of preparatory works and site preparations in conformity with requirements set by Signify. Customer shall prior to the agreed start of Installation or other Services on site, and in such a manner that Signify can perform in the most efficient manner and within agreed time schedules: (i) provide and maintain the site conditions (including infrastructure); (ii) provide all necessary information, instructions, inspections, authorizations, approvals, permits and notify Signify about the location of any cables, electric power lines, water pipes or the like, including surveys describing physical characteristics, legal limitations and utility locations for the site; (iii) provide site access, including traffic management, where applicable; and (iv) put at the disposal of Signify all materials, tools, constructions and other facilities, and all other reasonable assistance in an accurate and timely manner, and at no additional costs to Signify, all in compliance with applicable laws, including all applicable health and safety, electrical and building codes.
(b) Customer shall not call Signify upon site before the obligations under section 6(a) have been satisfactorily completed. In the event of waiting times of more than four (4) hours on a day, Signify may reschedule and charge Customer a full working day for that day for the resources concerned. Customer shall (i) provide a fully qualified representative to support Signify as and when required while working on site; (ii) provide utilities (including gas, water, electricity and connectivity), heating and lighting necessary for the performance on site; (iii) provide adequate and lockable rooms for Personnel (equipped with sanitary installations) and storage of materials, tools and instruments on or near the site; (iv) decommission and collect the materials that are replaced by Products and remove these from the site; and (v) assist Signify during (performance) tests. Upon request of Signify, Customer shall arrange for the temporary shutdown of facilities at the site (including water systems).
(c) Upon finalization of Installation or other Services on-site, Signify shall notify Customer in accordance with the acceptance protocol agreed between the Parties. In the event that no such protocol has been agreed, within five (5) days after notice to Customer of finalization of installation or other Services on-site, Customer shall check and test the Service set-up, the Products supplied and/or Installed by Signify and, subject to sections 3(b) and 3(c), notify Signify of any Defect (as defined in section 9(a)), in the absence of which Customer will be deemed to have accepted the Service set-up, the Products supplied and/or Installed five (5) days after notice. Signify shall resolve Defects so notified within a reasonable period in accordance with section 9.
Signify will not be liable for any breach resulting from a Force Majeure event. If a Force Majeure event occurs, Signify’s performance will be suspended for the period of such Force Majeure event. “Force Majeure” means any circumstances or occurrences beyond the reasonable control of Signify, whether or not foreseeable at the time of an Agreement, as a result of which Signify cannot reasonably perform or execute its obligations, including, without limitation, acts of God, natural catastrophes including earthquake, lightning, hurricane, typhoon, flooding or volcanic activities or extreme weather conditions, strikes, lock-outs, war, terrorism, political situation, civil unrest, riots, sabotage, vandalism, industry-wide shortages, breakdown of plant or machinery, fault or loss of electricity supply, cyber attacks and hacking or non-performance by suppliers of Signify or by other third parties on which Services rely (including connectivity and communication services). In the event that Force Majeure event extends (or is reasonably expected by Signify to extend) for a period of three (3) consecutive months, Signify will be entitled to cancel all or any part of an Agreement without any liability towards Customer.
(a) Subject to Customer’s fulfillment of all obligations under the Agreement and these Terms, the supply of Products and/or Services (including software embedded in Products or Services) includes a non-exclusive and non-transferable limited license (without the right to grant sublicenses) to Customer under any intellectual property rights (including patents, utility models, registered and unregistered designs, copyrights, database rights, trademarks, domain names, trade secrets, know-how, semiconductor IC topography rights and all registrations, applications, renewals, extensions, combinations, divisions, continuations or reissues of any of the foregoing, collectively: “IPR”) of Signify, to the limited extent that such IPR is embodied or embedded in the Products or Services purchased, to use or resell the Products (including Documentation) as sold by Signify, and/or, for Services, to use the Services (including Documentation) during the term of the applicable Agreement in accordance with the applicable Services description. No rights to IPR are conferred to Customer or any third party other than explicitly granted under the Agreement or these Terms.
(b) In respect of any (embedded) software or other applications supplied to Customer, Customer shall not and shall not permit any third party to: (i) copy, reproduce, distribute, modify, adapt, alter, translate, or create derivative works therefrom; (ii) assign, sublicense, lease, rent, loan, transfer, disclose, or otherwise make available such software or other works; (iii) merge or incorporate such software with or into any other software; or (iv) reverse assemble, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code or the algorithmic nature for such software, or to decode, de-crypt or neutralize any security measures in software or remove or circumvent the protection of software, without authorization from Signify except as explicitly allowed under applicable law; (v) perform any action with regard to software in a manner that would require the software, or any derivative work thereof, to be licensed under Open Source Terms, including but not limited to: (a) combining the software or a derivative work thereof with Open Source Software, by means of incorporation or linking or otherwise; or (b) using Open Source Software to create a derivative work of the software, where “Open Source Software” means any software that is licensed under open source license terms that require as a condition of use, modification or distribution of a work: (1) the making available of source code or other materials preferred for modification, or (2) the granting of permission for creating derivative works, or (3) the reproduction of certain notices or license terms in derivative works or accompanying documentation, or (4) the granting of a royalty-free license to any party under IPR regarding the work or any work that contains, is combined with, requires or otherwise is based on the work.
(c) Customer acknowledges that third parties may own IPR related to Products or Services. Customer shall reproduce, without any amendments or changes, any proprietary rights legends of Signify or its third party suppliers in any software or Documentation provided by Signify.
(d) Signify will be free to use in any way or form any ideas, suggestions, feedback or recommendations by Customer to Signify regarding Products or Services ("Feedback"), without payment of royalties or other consideration to Customer. Signify will own all IPR in Feedback. Signify is entitled to use output, deliverables and creations resulting from the performance of Services for its own publicity or for promotional purposes.
(a) In the event of (i) a breach by Customer of any of the provisions of the Agreement or these Terms, including any failure to pay any amount as and when due; or (ii) in the reasonable opinion of Signify, the financial position of the Customer (or a material change thereof) is likely to affect Customer’s ability to perform its obligations under the Agreement; or (iii) any proceedings in insolvency, bankruptcy (including reorganization), liquidation or winding up are instituted by or against Customer, whether filed or instituted by Customer (voluntarily or involuntarily), a trustee or receiver is appointed over Customer, or any assignment is made for the benefit of creditors of Customer; or (iv) Customer ceases, or threatens to cease, to carry on business, or (v) the control over or ownership of Customer changes, then Signify may declare all amounts outstanding by Customer immediately due and payable and may set off any amount that Signify (or any of its affiliates) owes to Customer under any agreement including any advance payments or deposits made by Customer, against amounts due pursuant to section 18(b). In addition, Signify may in its sole discretion by notice to Customer with immediate effect suspend or cancel any performance due from Signify (including production, delivery, installation and commissioning of Products, obligations under warranty and performance of Services) or terminate the Agreement or any part thereof, without any liability, and/or suspend or cancel any credit terms offered to Customer. Signify may only use the right to terminate an Agreement pursuant to this section if, in respect of an event under (i) above that is capable of being remedied, Customer fails to remedy the breach within fourteen (14) days, or in respect of an event under (ii), Customer fails to provide Signify with a bank guarantee or other security to the satisfaction of Signify within fourteen (14) days.
(b) Customer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Signify and its affiliates, and their officers, directors, agents, employees, successors, and assigns from and against, all losses (including loss of profits or turnover), liabilities, costs (including legal costs and costs incurred in relation to unfinished products) and expenses arising out of or in connection with any of the following events: (i) a breach by Customer of any of the provisions or obligations of the Agreement or these Terms, or the occurrence of any of the other events set out in section 18(a); (ii) any claim by third parties for any loss, damage or injury or death caused or alleged to be caused by the negligent use, application, or installation of Products, or caused by any modification of Product or integration of Product into other products not authorized by Signify, by Customer or its contractors, agents, affiliates or customers to whom it sold Product; or (iii) non-compliance by Customer with section 7(b), in which event costs will include the full replacement costs of products, systems or other equipment.
(c) Upon (early) termination or expiration of an Agreement, (i) all rights and licenses granted to Customer under that Agreement will immediately cease; (ii) Customer shall return, delete (including from all hard disks and memory) or destroy (and a duly appointed officer shall certify to such destruction) all information disclosed under section 13, including software not embedded in Products, and all copies thereof; (iii) return to Signify, at the costs of Customer, any Products of which (legal) title has not passed to Customer (in accordance with section 7) and any other products, systems or equipment supplied and/or used by Signify in the performance of the Services; and (iv) all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Signify (including a reasonable profit) for any activities related to work performed by Signify prior to such termination will be considered due, payable and non-refundable.
(d) In the event of a suspension that lasts for more than two (2) months, the provisions of section 18(c)(iv) will also be applicable to any activities related to work performed by or for Signify prior to such suspension.
(e) The rights of Signify pursuant to this section 18 will be in addition to any other rights and remedies Signify may have at law or in equity. In the event of termination of an Agreement, the terms and conditions destined to survive such termination or expiration will so survive. Termination will not affect the rights of the Parties accrued up to the date of termination.
(a) The laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (“HKSAR”) govern all Agreements, Offers and these Terms, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any legal action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with an Agreement, an Offer or these Terms that cannot be settled through consultation in good faith within thirty (30) days after notice from either Party that a dispute exists, will be brought exclusively in the courts of the HKSAR, provided that Signify will always be permitted to bring any action or proceedings against Customer in any other court of competent jurisdiction. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods will not apply.
(b) Nothing in this section 19 will be construed or interpreted as a limitation on either Party’s right under applicable law to seek injunctive or other equitable relief, to take any action to safeguard its possibility to have recourse on the other Party or to bring action or proceedings in relation to any failure to pay any amount as and when due.