General Terms and Conditions Governing Participation in Online Seminars and Live Presentations by Pepperl+Fuchs

Last updated: October 2020

1 Scope of Services

1.1 The following General Terms and Conditions apply to participation in webinars and online training events, e.g., Inhouse (hereinafter referred to as "Events"), offered and conducted by Pepperl+Fuchs GB Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Pepperl+Fuchs").

Regulations deviating from or supplementing these General Terms and Conditions will only apply if they have been confirmed by Pepperl+Fuchs in writing. This will also apply if Pepperl+Fuchs provides the services in the knowledge that terms contradict or deviate from these General Terms and Conditions.

1.2 The services offered by Pepperl+Fuchs are intended exclusively for companies and traders. If this information is not provided and Pepperl+Fuchs is unable to identify that a participant is a consumer, the participant will be treated as a trader. Contracts with and registrations by consumers are only valid if Pepperl+Fuchs expressly consents to the consumer participating.

1.3 The scope of the contractual service is determined by the description of the respective Event, which is available on the Pepperl+Fuchs website.

2 Conclusion of Contract and Registration

2.1 The Events offered by Pepperl+Fuchs do not constitute a legally binding offer, but a request to register.

2.2 The contract is concluded when a participant registers for an Event via the online forms provided on our website and Pepperl+Fuchs confirms the participation in the event, thus accepting the offer from the participant. Pepperl+Fuchs is entitled to deny registration for an Event without giving reasons.

2.3 The online forms must be completed truthfully and in full with the information required for registration and must be submitted to Pepperl+Fuchs. Pepperl+Fuchs will send participants a confirmation of registration by email. If the data that a participant has specified during registration changes, the participant must immediately inform Pepperl+Fuchs of this in text form (e.g., email, fax).

2.4 Pepperl+Fuchs stores the data provided by the participant when registering in compliance with data protection regulations; for further details, refer to the respective privacy policies.

3 Obligations to Cooperate for Participants in Events

3.1 To participate in an event, participants must meet the technical requirements specified by Pepperl+Fuchs (e.g., stable internet connection, current browser version, speaker or headset, Adobe Flash Player). Participants are responsible for checking and ensuring that they can meet the technical requirements. Any failure by participants to fulfill the technical requirements, including during the Event, does not release participants from the contractual payment obligation.

3.2 The access details for the Event will be sent prior to the Event/upon registration to the email address specified by participants during registration. Participants are obliged to store the access details carefully, not to share them with unauthorized third parties, and not to allow unauthorized third parties to access them.

4 Event Fee and Payment Methods

4.1 The relevant Event fee is determined by the description of the respective Event and is subject to the applicable statutory sales tax.

4.2 Participants will receive an invoice for chargeable Events after the Event has been held. Invoices must be paid within 30 days of issue unless Pepperl+Fuchs has agreed otherwise with participants.

5 Cancellation/Prevention of Participation

5.1 Participants may only cancel their participation in Events in text form (by mail, fax, or email). Instead of cancelling, participants may nominate someone to attend in their place free of charge.

5.2 In the event of cancellation, the following fees apply:

• Cancellation up to 14 days before the Event starts: free of charge
• Cancellation within 14 days of the start of the Event: 100 percent of the participation fee plus sales tax. This also applies if the registered participant does not log in.

5.3 The date on which the mail/email is received by Pepperl+Fuchs will apply with respect to adherence to cancellation deadlines. Cancellation fees will be offset commensurate with any payments already made.

6. Cancellation of Events and Exclusion

6.1 Pepperl+Fuchs is entitled to cancel Events for economic or organisational reasons. There is no right to execution. Participants will be informed of any cancellation immediately in writing or by email. Any participation fees already paid will be refunded. Participants are not entitled to make any further claims against Pepperl+Fuchs.

6.2 Pepperl+Fuchs is entitled to block participants from accessing and Event if these Terms and Conditions are violated.

7 Copyright and Rights of Use

7.1 The content of all Events and all materials (webinar documents, provided recordings, etc.) are the intellectual property of Pepperl+Fuchs and are protected by copyright. They may not be published, distributed, or reproduced by participants, or shared by participants with third parties. Participants undertake to protect the copyrights and to use the webinars only for personal purposes and within the scope of the contractual agreement.

7.2 The right to participate in the respective Event includes the right of participants to access the available content and to use it for training purposes. The right is limited in time to the duration of the Event and may not be transferred to a third party, except where a replacement participant is nominated section 5. In particular, it is not permitted to allow participants other than those who have registered to attend a chargeable Event (e.g., by showing the Event using a projector).

8 Warranty and Liability

8.1 Pepperl+Fuchs plans the events with the diligence of a prudent business person and conducts them accordingly. Pepperl+Fuchs assumes no liability for the correctness, completeness, or accuracy of the content provided during Events, or for the attainment of a purpose or end result desired by participants by virtue of participating in an Event. The description of services relating to the Event contained in the respective descriptions or otherwise made known to participants in connection with the conclusion of the contract does not constitute a guarantee or assurance of the contents of the Event.

8.2 Insofar as no essential obligations arising from the contractual relationship are concerned, Pepperl+Fuchs will only be liable—regardless of the legal basis—for property damage and financial losses that can be proven to be the result of a deliberate or grossly negligent breach of duty within the scope of the contractual relationship and that are furthermore foreseeable and typical in nature.

In the event of liability for simple negligence, the liability of Pepperl+Fuchs for property damage and resulting financial losses will be limited to the amount of the participation fee paid by the participant in question.

8.3 The aforementioned exclusions and limitations of liability apply equally to employees and other vicarious agents of Pepperl+Fuchs.

9 Withdrawal

If participants register for an Event in their capacity as consumers as specified in section 1.2, they have a right of withdrawal in accordance with the statutory provisions. A consumer means every natural person who enters into a legal transaction for purposes that predominantly are outside his trade, business or profession. The following applies for consumers:

9.1 Cancellation policy—right of withdrawal: You have the right to withdraw your contractual declaration in text form (e.g., letter, fax, email) within fourteen (14) days of conclusion of the contract without giving any reasons. Sending the notification that you are exercising your right of withdrawal before the expiration of the withdrawal period is sufficient to constitute compliance with the withdrawal period. The withdrawal must be addressed to:

Pepperl+Fuchs GB Ltd. 
77 Ripponden Road
Oldham, OL1 4EL, Great Britain

Email: webinars@gb.pepperl-fuchs.com

9.2 Consequences of withdrawal: If you withdraw from the contract with legal effect, we will repay to you immediately all payments we have received from you with reference to the individual canceled booking no more than fourteen (14) days after the date on which we received notice of your withdrawal from this contract. You will not incur a charge for this reimbursement. The right of withdrawal expires as soon as the Event to which the canceled booking relates has been held.

10 Final Provisions

10.1 The place of performance and jurisdiction is Mannheim if the participant is a trader, a legal person under public law, or a special fund under public law, or if the participant does not have a general place of jurisdiction in Germany. This will also apply if participants move their seat or habitual residence out of the jurisdiction of the German Code of Civil Procedure after conclusion of the contract or if their seat or habitual residence is not known at the time when the action is filed.

10.2 These Terms and Conditions are subject to German law to the exclusion of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods unless mandatory consumer protection regulations prevent this.

10.3 If individual provisions of these Terms and Conditions prove to be invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions will not be affected.