General terms and conditions

In short:

• Blaeu Privacy Response Team B.V. (‘Blaeu’) is a private limited company registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under number 75599740.
• Blaeu does not charge office costs.
• Blaeu bills monthly. Invoices are due within 30 days.
• Blaeu's liability is limited to the fee already paid, up to 5,000 euros. Claims expire after one year.
• Blaeu accepts no liability for subcontractors.
• Dutch law applies. The court in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has jurisdiction.

The full terms below set out these points in detail. If this summary and the full terms differ, the full terms prevail.

Full terms and conditions

1. Blaeu Privacy Response Team B.V. (‘Blaeu’) is a private limited company under Dutch law, based in Rotterdam and registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under number 75599740. VAT number: NL860336190B01. Registered address (Chamber of Commerce, not a visiting address): Halfrond 73, 3071 PP Rotterdam. For meetings, see our visiting addresses.
2. These general terms and conditions apply to every legal relationship between Blaeu and the client, unless the parties agree otherwise in writing before they conclude an agreement. Blaeu expressly rejects the applicability of any general terms and conditions of the client.
3. Blaeu may engage third parties to carry out an assignment and takes due care in doing so. Blaeu is not liable to the client for any failure (tekortkoming) of those third parties. The client authorises Blaeu to accept, on the client's behalf, any limitation of liability that such a third party sets. Blaeu performs every assignment, not an individual connected to Blaeu. The parties exclude Articles 7:404 and 7:407(2) of the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek).
4. For each assignment the client owes the fee plus disbursements (such as travel costs) and VAT, unless the work is exempt from VAT, for example under Article 44 of the EU VAT Directive (2006/112/EC). Blaeu does not charge office costs.
5. Blaeu bills the client monthly, unless agreed otherwise in writing. Invoices are due within 30 days of the invoice date. If Blaeu has not received payment within that period, the client is in default without notice of default (ingebrekestelling), and Blaeu may charge statutory interest (wettelijke rente) and any judicial and extrajudicial collection costs (gerechtelijke en buitengerechtelijke (incasso)kosten).
6. Blaeu's liability to the client and third parties for damage resulting from or related to an assignment is limited to the fee already paid for the work to which the damage relates, up to 5,000 euros. Each claim for damages expires one year after the day following the day on which the client became aware, or could reasonably have become aware, of the damage.
7. The client indemnifies Blaeu against all third-party claims related in any way to Blaeu's work for the client, and reimburses Blaeu for all legal costs and all damage connected with those claims. This does not apply to the extent that a claim results from intent or deliberate recklessness (opzet of bewuste roekeloosheid) on Blaeu's part.
8. These general terms and conditions also benefit the people who work or have worked for Blaeu, and anyone involved in carrying out an assignment for Blaeu.
9. Dutch law governs the legal relationship between Blaeu and its client. Only the competent court in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, decides disputes between Blaeu and a client. If the Dutch and English versions of these general terms and conditions differ, the Dutch version prevails.
10. Apart from substantive rate changes, Blaeu adjusts its rates on 1 January each year in line with the consumer price index for all households over the preceding October-to-October period, rounding amounts to a multiple of 5 euros.
11. Blaeu retains ownership of everything it delivers until the client has met all its payment obligations in full.

If you have questions about these terms, email team@blaeu.com.