1.             Offers and Cost Estimates

1.1.               Offers and cost estimates submitted by RAS Completions shall be made without commitment. Contracts shall be effective only when confirmed in writing by RAS Completions or upon initiation of the work involved.

1.2.               Cost estimates shall be binding only when submitted in writing and explicitly designated in the text to be binding.

2.             Scope of Order

2.1.               RAS Completions shall be authorized to delegate any work ordered by a customer to a third party without previously notifying the customer or obtaining specific consent of the same.

3.              Prices

3.1.               If no fixed price is agreed upon, RAS Completions shall apply the prices it currently charges for the type of work involved.    Prices are exclusive VAT.

4.             Terms of Payment

4.1.               RAS Completions shall be entitled at any time to demand partial or full payment either in advance or at the time of order fulfillment.

4.2.               In case RAS Completions makes no use of this right, the terms of payment specified on the acceptance form / invoice, which shall form an integral part of the present General Terms of Hangarage and Repair, shall apply. Payment shall be due on the dates fixed even in the event of delivery postponement by customer. The customer shall not be entitled under any circumstances, in particular due to alleged or actual deficiencies, to withhold payment or part-payment for work performed by RAS Completions.

4.3.               Queries concerning invoices shall be submitted in writing and within ten days of the receipt of invoice.  Queries may alternatively be made by email or facsimile. If no query is received within ten days, invoices shall be deemed to have been accepted.

4.4.               Payments shall be made without any deduction whatsoever. RAS Completions shall not be obliged to accept credit cards, cheques, bills of exchange or money orders unless otherwise agreed in writing. In case of acceptance of the same, such payments shall not be considered to have been effected until the date of crediting to RAS Completions for free disposal by the latter.

4.5.               Without prior written approval by RAS Completions, the customer shall not be entitled either to assign any rights and liabilities arising for him from his contract with RAS Completions or to offset possible counterclaims against the claims of RAS Completions.

5.              Acceptance by the Customer

5.1.               The customer or his representative shall be deemed to have accepted the subject of order upon taking delivery of the same. Delivery shall be effected at the place of work performance. RAS Completions shall not be obliged to verify the authorisation of the person taking delivery.

5.2.               Shipment of the subject of order to customer, including temporary storage of the same en route or at destination, shall be entirely at risk and to account of customer.

5.3.               The customer shall be deemed to be in arrears if he fails to take delivery of the subject of the order within three days of being notified of the completion of the work against payment of invoice, if so requested by RAS Completions. Upon expiry of this delay RAS Completions shall be entitled to invoice the customary storage charges. In addition, RAS Completions shall have the right to store the subject of the order, at customer’s expense and risk, outside the hangar, workshops and tarmac areas under its control.

6.              Right of Lien

6.1.               In respect of all claims, whether due or not, resulting from contractual relations with its customers, RAS Completions shall have, in addition to its legal right of retention, a contractual right of lien to such objects in its possession as are the property of its customers, independently of the customer’s proprietary rights. Customers shall be held responsible for the right to grant such lien. RAS Completions shall be entitled to enforce such right of lien for the purpose of securing any of its claims against customers, including claims resulting from prior business relations with the customer concerned.

6.2.               The contractual right of lien shall entitle RAS Completions to sell any objects in its possession on the open market no earlier than one week after advising the customer of its intended action, if by that time the respective claims have not been met. To effect such sale RAS Completions shall not be required to obtain an enforceable writ or to comply with the regulations governing forced sales.