Terms and Conditions

Irish International Freight Association (IIFA) 

STANDARD TRADING CONDITIONS (1989 Edition) 
AND WAREHOUSING CONDITIONS (1996 Edition) 

The Customer’s attention is drawn to the Clauses hereof which exclude or limit the Company’s liability  and those which require the Customer to indemnify the Company in certain circumstances. 

DEFINITIONS AND APPLICATION 

  1. In these Conditions:- 

“Company” is the IIFA Member trading under these Conditions. “Person” Includes persons or any Body or Bodies Corporate. “The Owner” Means the Owner of the goods (including any packaging, containers or  equipment) to which any business concluded under these Conditions relates and any  other person who is or may become interested in them. 

“Customer’ Means any person at whose request or on whose behalf the Company  undertakes any business or provides advice, information or services. 

  1. (A) Subject to Sub-Paragraph (B) below, all and any activities of the  Company in the course of business whether gratuitous or not are undertaken subject to  these Conditions. 

(B) If any legislation is compulsorily applicable to any business  undertaken, these Conditions shall, as regards such business, be read as subject to  such legislation and nothing in these Conditions shall be construed as a surrender by the Company of any of its rights or immunities or as an increase of any of its  responsibilities or liabilities under such legislation and if any part of these Conditions  be repugnant to such legislation to any extent such part shall as regards such business  be overridden to that extent and no further. 

  1. The Customer warrants that he is either the Owner or the authorised Agent of  the Owner and also that he is accepting these Conditions not only for himself but also  as Agent for and on behalf of the Owner. 
  2. In authorising the Customer to enter into any Contract with the Company  and/or in accepting any document issued by the Company in connection with such  Contract, the Owner and Consignee accept these Conditions for themselves and their  Agents and for any parties on whose behalf they or their Agents may act, and in  particular, but without prejudice to the generality of this Clause, they accept that the  Company shall have the right to enforce against them jointly and severally any  liability of the Customer under these Conditions or to recover from them any sums to  be paid by the Customer which upon proper demand have not been paid. 

THE COMPANY 

  1. (A) Subject to Clauses 13 and 14 below, the Company shall be entitled to  procure any or all of its services as an Agent or to provide those services as a  Principal. 

(B) The offer and acceptance of an inclusive price for the accomplishment  of any service or services shall not itself determine whether any such service is or  services are to be arranged by the Company acting as Agent or to be provided by the  Company acting as a Contracting Principal.  

(C) When acting as an Agent the Company does not make or purport to  make any Contract with the Customer for the carriage, storage, packing or handling of  any goods nor for any other physical service in relation to them and acts solely on  behalf of the Customer in securing services by establishing Contracts with Third  Parties so that direct contractual relationships are established between the Customer  and such Third Parties. 

(D) The Company shall on demand by the Customer provide evidence of  any Contract entered into as Agent for the Customer. Insofar as the Company may be  in default of this obligation, it shall be deemed to have contracted with the Customer  as a Principal for the performance of the Customer’s instructions. 

  1. When and to the extent that the Company has contracted as Principal for the  performance of any of its services, it undertakes to perform and/or in its own name to  procure the performance of those services, and subject always to the totality of these  Conditions and in particular to Clauses 26-29 hereof accepts liability for loss of or  damage to goods taken into its charge occurring between the time when it takes the  goods into its charge and the time when the Company is entitled to call upon the  Customer, Consignee or Owner to take delivery of the goods. 
  2. When and to the extent that the Company in accordance with these Conditions  is acting as an Agent on behalf of the Customer, the Company shall be entitled and  the Customer hereby expressly authorises the Company to enter into Contracts on  behalf of the Customer:- 

(A) for the carriage of goods by any route or means or person;  (B) for the storage, packing, trans-shipment, loading, unloading or  handling of the goods by any person at any place and for any length of time;  (C) for the carriage or storage of goods in or on transport units as defined  in Clause 19 and with other goods of whatever nature; and  

(D) to do such acts as may in the opinion of the Company be reasonably  necessary in the performance of its obligations in the interests of the Customer. 

  1. The Company reserves to itself a reasonable liberty as to the means, route and  procedure to be followed in the handling, storage and transportation of goods. 
  2. The Company shall be entitled to perform any of its obligations herein by  itself or by its parent, subsidiary or associated Companies. In the absence of  agreement to the contrary any Contract to which these Conditions apply is made by  the Company on its own behalf and also as Agent for and on behalf of any such  parent, subsidiary, or associated Company, and any such Company shall be entitled to  the benefit of these Conditions. 

10 (A) Subject to Sub-Clause (B) hereof, the Company shall have a general  lien on all goods and documents relating to goods in its possession, custody or control  for all sums due at any time from the Customer or Owner, and shall be entitled to sell  or dispose of such goods or documents as Agent for and at the expense of the  Customer and apply the proceeds in or towards the payment of such sums on 28 days  notice in writing to the Customer. Upon accounting to the Customer for any balance 

remaining after payment of any sum due to the Company and the costs of sale or  0disposal the Company shall be discharged of any liability whatsoever in respect of  the goods or documents.  

(B) When the goods are liable to perish or deteriorate, the Company’s right  to sell or dispose of the goods shall arise immediately upon any sum becoming due to  the Company subject only to the Company taking reasonable steps to bring to the  Customer’s attention its intention of selling or disposing of the goods before doing so. 

  1. The Company shall be entitled to retain and be paid all brokerages,  commissions, allowances and other remunerations customarily retained by or paid to  Freight Forwarders. 
  2. (A) If delivery of the goods or any part thereof is not taken by the  Customer, Consignee or Owner, at the time and place when and where the Company  is entitled to call upon such person to take delivery thereof, the Company shall be  entitled to store the goods or any part thereof at the sole risk of the Customer,  whereupon the liability of the Company in respect of the goods or that part thereof stored as aforesaid shall wholly cease and the cost of such storage if paid for or  payable by the Company or any Agent or Sub-Contractor of the Company shall  forthwith upon demand be paid by the Customer to the Company.  

(B) The Company shall be entitled at the expense of the Customer to  dispose of (by sale or otherwise as may be reasonable in all the circumstances):- (i) on 28 days notice in writing to the Customer, or where the  Customer cannot be traced and reasonable efforts have been made to contact any  parties who may reasonably be supposed by the Company to have any interest in the  goods, any goods which have been held by the Company for 90 days and which  cannot be delivered as instructed; and 

(ii) without prior notice, goods which have perished, deteriorated  or altered or are in immediate prospect of doing so in a manner which has caused or  may reasonably be expected to cause loss or damage to Third Parties or to contravene  any applicable laws or regulations. 

  1. (A) No Insurance will be effected except upon express instructions given in  writing by the Customer and all Insurances effected by the Company are subject to the  usual exceptions and conditions of the Policies of the Insurance Company or  Underwriters taking the risk. Unless otherwise agreed in writing the Company shall  not be under any obligation to effect a separate Insurance on each consignment but  may declare it on any open or general Policy held by the Company.  

(B) Insofar as the Company agrees to arrange Insurance, the Company acts  solely as Agent for the Customer using its best endeavours to arrange such Insurance  and does so subject to the limits of liability contained in Clause 29 hereof. 

  1. (A) Except under special arrangements previously made in writing or  under the terms of a printed document signed by the Company, any instructions  relating to the delivery or release of goods in specified circumstances only, such as  (but without prejudice to the generality of this Clause) against payment or against  surrender of a particular document, are accepted by the Company only as Agents for  the Customer where Third Parties are engaged to effect compliance with the  instructions. 

(B) The Company shall not be under any liability in respect of such  arrangements as are referred to under Sub-Clause (A) hereof save where such  arrangements are made in writing.  

(C) In any event, the Company’s liability in respect of the performance or  arranging the performance of such instructions shall not exceed that provided for in  these Conditions in respect of loss of or damage to goods. 

  1. Advice and information, in whatever form it may be given, is provided by the  Company for the Customer only and the Customer shall indemnify the Company  against any liability, claims, loss, damage, costs or expenses arising out of any other  persons relying upon such advice or information. Except under special arrangements  previously made in writing, advice and information which is not related to specific  instructions accepted by the Company is provided gratuitously and without liability. 
  2. (A) Except under special arrangement previously made in writing the  Company will not accept or deal with bullion, coin, precious stones, jewellery,  valuables, antiques, pictures, human remains, livestock or plants. Should any  Customer nevertheless deliver any such goods to the Company or cause the Company  to handle or deal with any such goods otherwise than under special arrangements  previously made in writing the Company shall be under no liability whatsoever for or  in connection with such goods howsoever arising.  

(B) The Company may at any time waive its rights and exemptions from  liability under Sub-Clause (A) above in respect of any one or more of the categories  of goods mentioned herein or of any part of any category. If such waiver is not in  writing, the onus of proving such waiver shall be on the Customer. 

  1. Except following instructions previously received in writing and accepted by  the Company, the Company will not accept or deal with goods of a dangerous or  damaging nature, nor with goods likely to harbour or encourage vermin or other pests,  nor with goods liable to taint or affect other goods. If such goods are accepted  pursuant to a special arrangement and then in the opinion of the Company they  constitute a risk to other goods, property, life or health, the Company shall where  reasonably practicable contact the Customer, but reserves the right at the expense of  the Customer to remove or otherwise deal with the goods. 
  2. Where there is a choice of rates according to the extent or degree of the  liability assumed by carriers, warehousemen or others, no declaration of value where  optional will be made except under special arrangements previously made in writing. 

THE CUSTOMER 

  1. The Customer warrants: 

(A) that the description and particulars of any goods furnished by or on  behalf of the Customer are full and accurate. 

(B) that all goods have been properly and sufficiently prepared, packed,  stowed, labelled and/or marked, and that the preparation, packing, stowage, labelling  and marking are appropriate to any operations or transactions affecting the goods and  the characteristics of the goods.

(C) that where the Company receives the goods from the Customer already  stowed in or on a container, trailer, tanker, or any other device specifically  constructed for the carriage of goods by land, sea or air (each hereafter individually  referred to as “the transport unit”), the transport unit is in good condition, and is  suitable for the carriage to the intended destination of the goods loaded therein or  thereon. 

  1. Should the Customer otherwise than under special arrangements previously  made in writing as set out in Clause 17 above deliver to the Company or cause the  Company to deal with or handle goods of a dangerous or damaging nature, or goods  likely to harbour or encourage vermin or other pests, or goods liable to taint or affect  other goods, he shall be liable for all loss or damage arising in connection with such  goods and shall indemnify the Company against all penalties, claims, damages, costs  and expenses whatsoever arising in connection therewith, and the goods may be dealt  with in such manner as the Company or any other person in whose custody they may  be at any relevant time shall think fit. 
  2. The Customer undertakes that no claim shall be made against any Director,  Servant, or Employee of the Company which imposes or attempts to impose upon  them any liability in connection with any services which are the subject of these  Conditions and if any such claim should nevertheless be made, to indemnify the  Company against all consequences thereof. 
  3. The Customer shall save harmless and keep the Company indemnified from  and against:- 

(A) All liability, loss, damage, costs and expenses whatsoever (including  without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, all duties, taxes, imposts, levies,  deposits and outlays of whatsoever nature levied by any authority in relation to the  goods) arising out of the Company acting in accordance with the Customer’s  instructions or arising from any breach by the Customer of any Warranty contained in  these Conditions or from the negligence of the Customer, and 

(B) Without derogation from Sub-Clause (A) above, any liability assumed  or incurred by the Company when by reason of carrying out the Customer’s  instructions the Company has reasonably become liable or may become liable to any  other party, and 

(C) All claims, costs and demands whatsoever and by whomsoever made  or proffered in excess of the liability of the Company under the terms of these  Conditions regardless whether such claims, costs and demands arise from or in  connection with the negligence or breach of duty of the Company, its Servants, Sub Contractors or Agents, and 

(D) Any claims of a General Average nature which may be made on the  Company. 

  1. (A) The Customer shall pay to the Company in cash or as otherwise agreed  all sums immediately when due without reduction or deferment on account of any  claim, counterclaim or set-off. 

(B) In respect of all sums which are overdue the Customer shall be liable  to pay to the Company interest calculated at 4% above the Prime Lending Rate for the  time being of Allied Irish Banks Plc.

  1. Despite the acceptance by the Company of instructions to collect freight,  duties, charges or other expenses from the Consignee or any other person the  Customer shall remain responsible for such freight, duties, charges or expenses on  receipt of evidence of proper demand and in the absence of evidence of payment (for  whatever reason) by such Consignee or other person when due. 
  2. Where liability for General Average arises in connection with the goods, the  Customer shall promptly provide security to the Company or to any other party  designated by the Company in a form acceptable to the Company. 

LIABILITY AND LIMITATION 

  1. The Company shall perform its duties with a reasonable degree of care,  diligence, skill and judgement. 
  2. The Company shall be relieved of liability for any loss or damage if and to the  extent that such loss or damage is caused by:- 

(A) strike, lock-out, stoppage or restraint of labour, the consequences of  which the Company is unable to avoid by the exercise of reasonable diligence;  (B) any cause or event which the Company is unable to avoid and the  consequences whereof the Company is unable to prevent by the exercise of reasonable  diligence. 

  1. Except under special arrangements previously made in writing the Company  accepts no responsibility for departure or arrival dates of goods. 
  2. (A) Subject to Clause 2(B) above and Sub-Clause (D) below the  company’s liability howsoever arising and notwithstanding that the cause of loss or  damage be unexplained shall not exceed 

(i) in the case of claims for loss or damage to goods  

(a) the value of any goods lost or damaged, or 

(b) a sum at the rate of two Special Drawing Rights as  

defined by the International Monetary Fund (hereinafter referred to as SDR’s), per  kilo of gross weight of any goods lost or damaged whichever shall be the least.  (ii) in the case of all other claims 

(a) the value of the goods the subject of the relevant  

transaction between the Company and its Customer, or 

(b) a sum at the rate of two SDR’s per kilo of the gross  

weight of the goods the subject of the said transaction, or 

(c) 75,000 SDR’s in respect of any one transaction 

whichever shall be the least.  

For the purposes of Clause 29(A) the value of the goods shall  

be their value when they were or should have been shipped. The value of SDR’s shall  be calculated as at the date when the claim is received by the Company in writing.  (B) Subject to Clause 2(B) above, and Sub-Clause (D) below, the  Company’s liability for loss or damage as a result of failure to deliver or arrange  delivery of goods in a reasonable time or (where there is a special arrangement under  Clause 28) to adhere to agreed departure or arrival dates shall not in any  circumstances whatever exceed a sum equal to twice the amount of the Company’s  charges in respect of the relevant transaction. 

(C) Save in respect of such loss or damage as is referred to at Sub-Clause  (B) and subject to Clause 2(B) above and Sub-Clause (D) below, the Company shall  not in any circumstances whatsoever be liable for indirect or consequential loss such  as (but not limited to) loss of profits, loss of market or the consequences of delay or  

deviation however caused. 

(D) By special arrangement agreed in writing, the Company may accept  liability in excess of the limits set out in Sub-Clauses (A) to (C) above upon the  Customer agreeing to pay the Company’s additional charges for accepting such  increased liability. Details of the Company’s additional charges will be provided upon  request. 

  1. (A) Any claim by the Customer against the Company arising in respect of  any service provided for the Customer or which the Company has undertaken to  provide shall be made in writing and notified to the Company within 14 days of the  date upon which the Customer became or should have become aware of any event or  occurrence alleged to give rise to such claim and any claim not made and notified as  aforesaid shall be deemed to be waived and absolutely barred except where the  Customer can show that it was impossible for him to comply with this Time Limit and  that he has made the claim as soon as it was reasonably possible for him to do so.  

(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sub-Paragraph (A) above the  Company shall in any event be discharged of all liability whatsoever howsoever  arising in respect of any service provided for the Customer or which the Company has  undertaken to provide unless suit be brought and written notice thereof given to the  Company within nine months from the date of the event or occurrence alleged to give  rise to a cause of action against the Company. 

JURISDICTION AND LAW 

  1. These Conditions and any act or contract to which they apply shall be  governed by the laws of the Republic of Ireland and any dispute arising out of any act  or contract to which these Conditions apply shall be subject to the exclusive  jurisdiction of the Courts of the Republic of Ireland. 

COPYRIGHT © IIFA May 1989 

WAREHOUSING CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT 

CUSTOMER’S UNDERTAKINGS 

(“The Company”) is a member of the Irish International Freight Association, is not a  common carrier, and undertakes all services subject solely to the following Conditions  which can be varied only in writing by a Director, Company Secretary or Partner of  the Company. If a Customer’s acceptance document, purchase order or other  documentation, received by the Company before or after notification of these  Conditions, contains terms or conditions additional to, or at variance with these  Conditions, then every such additional or varying term or condition shall be of no  effect. 

IMPORTANT NOTE 

The Customer’s attention is drawn specifically to Condition 3. Condition 3 (ii) has  been included herein solely to relieve the owner of the goods (including any  associated packing and equipment) the subject of this contract (“the Goods”), or the  owner’s agent, of the additional costs that the Company would need to include to  recover insurance charges were its liability not limited as provided for in Condition 3  (ii). Condition 3 (iii) will become operative at the option of the Customer on the terms  provided therein. 

WARRANTY OF AGENCY  

  1. The Customer warrants that it is either the owner of the Goods or is authorised  by such owner to accept these Conditions on the owner’s behalf. 

Customer’s Undertakings  

  1. (i) The Customer undertakes that:- 

(a) When presented for warehousing, the Goods shall be securely  and properly packed in compliance with any statutory regulations or official or  recognised standards and in such condition as not to cause damage or injury or the  likelihood of damage or injury to the property of the Company or to any other goods,  whether by spreading of damp, infestation, leakage or the escape of fumes or  substances or otherwise howsoever. 

(b) Before presentation of the Goods for warehousing, the  

Customer will inform the Company in writing of any special precautions necessitated  by the nature, weight or condition of the Goods and of any statutory duties specific to  the Goods with which the Company may need to comply. 

(c) It will reimburse all duties and taxes that the Company may be  required to pay in respect of the Goods, except to the extent that the Company is  required to accept responsibility for them in accordance with Condition 3. 

(d) Unless prior to acceptance of the Goods by the Company, the  Company receives written notice containing all appropriate information, none of the  Goods constitute “Waste” as defined in the Environmental Protection Act 1990. (e) Unless prior to acceptance of the Goods by the Company, the Company receives  written notice containing all appropriate information, none of the Goods are or  contain substances the storage of which would require the obtaining of any consent or  licence or which, if they escaped from their packaging, would or may cause pollution  of the environment or harm to human health. 

  1. (ii) Notwithstanding any notice under Condition 3 (iii), if there is a breach  of contract by the Customer, the Customer will indemnify the Company against any  loss or damage it suffers which is related to the breach, and will pay all costs and  expenses (including professional fees) incurred in, and the Company’s reasonable  charges for, dealing with the breach and its consequences. The Customer will pay an  extra storage charge equal to the amount of 

any fine or penalty payable by the Company wholly or partly as a result of a breach  by the Customer of this contract. If the Company suspects a breach of warranty in  Condition 1 or of any undertaking in Condition 2 (i), it may demand the immediate  removal of any goods held for the Customer, or itself arrange their removal without  notice, at the Customer’s expense. 

COMPANY’S LIABILITY FOR GOODS AND OTHER LOSSES

  1. (i) Except as provided in Condition 3(iii) below, the Company does not  insure the Goods and the Customer shall make arrangements to cover the Goods  against all risks to the full insurable value thereof. 

(ii) The Company excludes liability for any claim relating to loss, damage,  deterioration, delay, non-delivery, mis-delivery, unauthorised delivery or  miscompliance with instructions of or to or in connection with the Goods (“Claim”).  This exclusion does not apply if a Claim arises from the neglect or wilful act or  default of the Company, its employees (acting in furtherance of their duties as  employees) or sub-contractors (acting in furtherance of their duties as sub contractors). In any case, the Company’s liability shall not exceed a total of Euro127  per tonne weight of that part of the Goods in respect of which a claim arises. In no  case shall the Company be liable for any loss of profit or indirect or consequential  loss of any kind. 

(iii) The limit of liability in Condition 3 (ii) may be increased by written  notice, in which event:- 

(a) The Customer shall give written notice to be received by the  Company at least 7 days before the date on which the increased liability is required to  be operative and shall specify the nature and the maximum value of the Goods  to be at risk inclusive of duty and taxes paid or payable thereon.  

Under no circumstances will the Company’s liability to the Customer exceed the  value given under this notice. 

(b) The Customer shall accept an increase in the Company’s  

charges to cover the costs incurred in insuring against the Company’s additional  liability hereunder. 

(iv) (a) The Company shall not be liable for any Claim unless it has  received written notice of the Claim from the Customer within 21 days (7 days in the  case of sub-contract carriage) of the cause of the Claim coming to the Customer’s  knowledge or of the Goods being delivered by the Company to or to the use of the  Customer, whichever is the later. 

(b) No legal proceedings may be brought against the Company  unless they are issued and served, and no counterclaim may be raised unless full  written details are received by the Company, within 9 months of the event giving rise  to the Claim. 

(v) The Company shall not be liable hereunder for any loss or damage to  the extent that the same is caused or contributed to by a breach of any of the  Customer’s warranties and undertakings (or by any of the circumstances by virtue of  which the Company is relieved of its contractual obligations in accordance with  Condition 8). 

EMPLOYEES AND SUB-CONTRACTORS  

  1. (i) The Customer and the Owner of the Goods will not take any  proceedings against any employee or sub-contractor of the Company for a Claim. (ii) Without prejudice to Condition 4 (i), if an employee or sub-contractor  pays or is liable to make a payment to the Customer or Owner of the Goods in  connection with a Claim, the Customer and the Owner of the Goods will each fully  indemnify the Company against any claim (including all costs and expenses) by the  employee or sub- contractor against the Company for reimbursement of or indemnity 

against that payment to the extent that it exceeds €127 per tonne weight of that part of  the Goods the subject of a Claim or any higher figure agreed under Condition 3(iii). (iii) In any of the circumstances referred to in Condition 4 (iv) hereof, and  otherwise with the written consent of the Customer, the Company shall be entitled to  sub-contract all or any part of its business and in this event these Conditions shall  apply to such services. The Company shall be entitled to sub-contract with others for  the security, cleaning, maintenance, repair and other services and works at the  premises where the Goods are located. 

(iv) The circumstances referred to in Condition 4 (iii) hereof are actual or  anticipated storm, flood, fire, explosion, breakdown or failure of plant and/or  machinery, riot, civil disturbance, industrial dispute, labour disturbance, requirement  of a responsible Authority or any emergency reasonably requiring such action by the  Company. 

CHANGE OF CUSTOMER 

  1. The Customer may give written authority for the Goods or any part thereof to  be transferred by the Company to the account of another party but subject to the  Customer ensuring before the effective date of the transfer that such other party  notifies the Company in writing that it is to become the Customer and is to be bound  by these Conditions and by any notice given under Condition 3(iii) (a). Further, the  Customer agrees to continue to pay the Company’s charges until receipt by the  Company of the other party’s written notification. 

CHARGES, PAYMENTS AND LIEN 

  1. The Company’s charges, which may be increased from time to time by at least  21 days prior notice to the Customer, shall be payable free of any deductions at such  periodic intervals as may have been agreed between the parties and in any event on  the earlier of (a) the expiry of any agreed period of credit and (b) the time  immediately before the removal of the Goods from the Company’s custody or control.  Interest on amounts due and unpaid shall be payable from the date when payment of  such amounts fell due and shall be calculated at the rate of 2 per cent for each  calendar month during all or part of which a payment is overdue. Further, the  Company shall have on the Goods a particular lien, as well as a general lien entitling  it to retain the Goods as security for payment of all sums due from the customer on  any account (relating to the Goods or not). Storage charges shall continue to accrue on  any goods detained under lien. 

TERMINATION 

  1. (i) The Goods shall be removed by the Customer from the custody or  control of the Company at such date as may have been agreed between the parties. In  the absence of such agreement, and otherwise where reasonably necessary, the  Company may at any time by notice in writing to the Customer require the removal of  the Goods within 28 days from the date of such notice or, in the case of perishable  goods, within 3 days. 

(ii) In the event of failure by the Customer to pay any amount due to the  Company or to remove any of the Goods from the custody or control of the Company  (notice in accordance with Condition 7 (i) having been given) at the due time, the  Company may, without prejudice to its other rights and remedies against the 

Customer, give notice in writing to the Customer of the Company’s intention to sell or  otherwise dispose of the Goods at the Customer’s entire risk and expense if such  amount is not paid and/or such Goods are not removed within 28 days, or in the case  of perishables within three days from the date of such notice. On the expiry of such  period, if such payment has not been made and/or the Goods have not been so  removed the Company shall be entitled to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part  of the Goods at the Customer’s own risk and expense by the best method reasonably  available, and the proceeds of any sale or disposal shall be remitted to the Customer  after deduction there from of all expenses and all amounts due to the Company from  the Customer on any account. 

(iii) In the case of perishable goods, notice under Condition 7 (ii) may be  combined with a notice under Condition 7(i). 

FRUSTRATION OF CONTRACT 

  1. The Company shall be relieved of its contractual obligations to the extent that  their performance is prevented by, or their non-performance results wholly or partly,  directly or indirectly from the act, neglect, or default of the Customer, including any  

breach by the Customer of these Conditions, or by storm, flood, fire, explosion,  breakdown or failure of plant and/or machinery, riot, civil disturbance, industrial  dispute, labour disturbance or cause beyond the reasonable control of the Company. 

GENERAL 

  1. (i) Each exclusion or limitation in these Conditions exists separately and  cumulatively. 

(ii) When reasonably necessary and at the discretion of the Company the  Goods may be carried, stored or handled with other compatible goods or transferred  between stores.  

(iii) Any notice or statement of account given by the Company to the  Customer shall be duly given if left at or sent by first class post to the last known  address of the Customer or by facsimile to the last notified number and such notice or  account shall if posted be deemed to have been given 2 working days after posting  and, if by facsimile, the next working day. 

GOVERNING LAW 

  1. All contracts between the Company and the Customer shall be governed in all  respect by the Laws of the Republic of Ireland and the Customer hereby submits to  the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of the Republic of Ireland. 

OTHER CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS 

  1. If the business undertaken comprises or includes any of the following  activities, then these Conditions shall still apply to the activity except to the extent  that they are inconsistent with the Company’s own standard terms (if any) for such  activity in which case those standard terms shall apply. 

(a) Carriage of goods over public roads (other than in connection with the  loading or unloading of the goods and the transfer of the Goods as referred to in  Condition 9 (ii) ). 

(b) Vehicle repair and maintenance.

(c) Freight Forwarding. 

Copyright ® IIFA May 1996 

IIFA does not accept any responsibility for these conditions which are issued by IIFA for use by its Trading Members  who have completed the indemnity required by the IIFA.