1 General / Scope of application
The following General Terms and Conditions govern the contractual relationship between the
customer and participants (hereinafter referred to as "participants") in seminars, workshops, courses and
(hereinafter referred to as "Events") and Photonics BW e.V. The General Terms and Conditions apply exclusively.
Terms and Conditions apply exclusively. Any terms and conditions of the Participant that
terms and conditions of the participant are not recognised unless we have expressly
unless we have expressly agreed to their validity in writing.
Consumers within the meaning of these Terms and Conditions are natural persons with whom a
with whom a business relationship is entered into without a commercial or self-employed
professional activity can be attributed to them.
Entrepreneurs within the meaning of these terms and conditions are natural persons or legal entities
or partnerships with legal capacity with whom a business relationship is entered into that are acting in the
exercise a commercial or independent professional activity.
Participants within the meaning of these terms and conditions are both consumers and entrepreneurs.
The terms and conditions apply to all current and future business relationships.
2. registration / confirmation of registration
Registration can be made by letter or fax. The registration becomes legally binding with our written
confirmation. As the number of participants for our events is limited,
registrations will be considered in the order in which they are received.
3. bank details
Payments are to be made by bank transfer to the account of Photonics BW e.V.
(Kreissparkasse Ostalb, Photonics BW e.V., BLZ: 614 500 50,
Account no.: 1 000 722 899, IBAN: DE05614500501000722899,
BIC/S.W.I.F.T.-Code: OASPDE6AXXX).
4 Applicable law, place of jurisdiction and place of fulfilment
German law shall apply. If the participant is a merchant, a legal entity under public law
public law or a special fund under public law, the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising
arising from this contract shall be Stuttgart. The same applies if the participant has no general place of jurisdiction
in Germany or if his place of residence or habitual abode is unknown at the time the action is brought.
are not known at the time the action is brought.
5 Due date and payment, default, offsetting
The amount of the participation fees can be found in the corresponding event announcement.
event announcement. They relate to one person and one event date plus statutory value added tax.
value added tax.
The participation fee is due upon receipt of the invoice. Payment by sending cash or cheques is not possible.
cash or cheques is not possible; Photonics BW e.V. is not liable for loss.
If the participant defaults on payment, Photonics BW e.V. is entitled to cancel the event.
If the participant is in default of payment, Photonics BW e.V. is entitled to claim damages for default.
assert the damage caused by default. During the period of default, the consumer shall pay interest on the debt at a rate of 5
above the base interest rate, the entrepreneur 8% above the base interest rate.
Photonics BW e.V. reserves the right to prove and assert a higher damage caused by default against the entrepreneur.
to prove and assert higher default damages.
The participant can only offset claims that have been legally established or recognised by Photonics BW e.V. in writing.
recognised in writing. The participant is only authorised to exercise a right of retention
participant is only authorised to exercise a right of retention if his counterclaim is based on the same contractual relationship.
6 Cancellations
If the event cannot be held due to force majeure or for good cause (e.g.
due to illness of the speaker or insufficient number of participants),
participants will be informed as soon as possible and the event fee will be refunded in this case.
refunded. Any further claims, in particular the reimbursement of travel and accommodation
accommodation costs and loss of working hours are excluded, unless such costs are incurred due to
arise due to grossly negligent behaviour on the part of Photonics BW e.V.
The participant may cancel the event free of charge up to 1 month before the start of the event.
free of charge. Thereafter or in the event of non-appearance of the participant, we will charge the entire
participation fee. Photonics BW e.V. will accept a replacement participant at no additional cost.
Cancellations or the nomination of substitute participants must be sent to us in writing by post or fax.
7. serviceThe participation fee includes participation in the event. If conference documentsand catering are provided, these are also included in the price. Photonics BW e.V.reserves the right to replace announced speakers with others and to make necessary changes to the event programme
the event programme while maintaining the overall character of the event.the overall character of the event.8 CopyrightsThe conference documents are protected by copyright. Any reproduction, dissemination or otheror other use of the conference documents, including parts of the documents, is only permitted with theonly with the express written consent of Photonics BW e.V..
9 LiabilityIn the event of slightly negligent breaches of duty, our liability shall be limited to the foreseeableforeseeable, contract-typical, direct average damage. This also appliesalso applies to slightly negligent breaches of duty by our legal representatives or vicarious
vicarious agents.
We shall not be liable to entrepreneurs for slightly negligent breaches of insignificant contractual
contractual obligations.
This also applies in particular to the up-to-dateness, accuracy and completeness of conference documents
and for the organisation of events.
Liability for culpable injury to life, limb or health remains unaffected.
Unless otherwise stipulated above, liability is excluded.
10. right of cancellation for consumers
The consumer has the right to cancel his declaration of intent to conclude the contract within
within 2 weeks of the conclusion of the contract.The cancellation does not have to contain a reasonand must be declared to the contractor in text form.
Cancellation fees will not be charged. To meet the deadline, it is sufficient to send the cancellationof the cancellation to the following address: Photonics BW e.V., Carl-Zeiss-Straße 1, 73447 Oberkochen.
This right of cancellation does not apply if the booked event has taken place and the participant has taken part in it.has taken part in it.
If the consumer takes part in the event within the cancellation period, the right of cancellation expires.right of cancellation expires.
11. privacy policy
Photonics BW e.V. protects the personal data of participants. Photonics BW e.V. will
treat the data provided by the participant confidentially and only use it in accordance with thedata protection regulations. Personal data is all data that is stored in
stored in connection with the participant's name. The inventory data
(first name, surname, delivery and billing address, e-mail address) are stored by Photonics BW.address) are stored by Photonics BW e.V. in the subscriber or customer file and used for the purpose ofprocessed and used for the purpose of providing the service and for billing purposes and - if necessary - to service providers commissioned for this purpose. Unless otherwise stated, we will inform participants about our events in the future. The consent can be revoked at any time at the office.
12. final provisionsThe Terms and Conditions of Participation shall remain binding in their remaining parts even if individualremaining parts are binding.Ineffective terms and conditions shall be replaced by terms and conditions thateconomic purpose of the invalid provision.Agreements deviating from this contract
agreements are only effective if they are agreed in writing.
Aalen, 19.2.2016
Photonics BW e.V.
Optical Technologies Innovation Network
Anton-Huber-Straße 20
D - 73430 Aalen