Distribution Agreement
Distribution Agreement
By and Between:
AND
RECITALS:
1. Purpose/Objective:
1.1That the parties hereby mutually agree to enter into this
Agreement. The Supplier hereby agrees that it shall
manufacture the Appliances and shall deliver the same to the
Distributor and the Distributor shall further sell the
Appliances to the end customers, in pursuance of the terms
and conditions as laid down hereinbelow.
1.2It is hereby mutually agreed that the Distributor herein
appointed is a non-exclusive Distributor and the Supplier is
not under an obligation or restriction to appoint another
Distributor for the distribution of its Products.
2. Term:
2.1The Parties hereby agree that the said Agreement shall remain
effective for a period of 3 years unless terminated prior as per
the terms of this Agreement.
2.2The Parties hereby also agree that the terms of the said
Agreement can be extended for the duration, post the expiry
of the term if mutually agreed between the Parties in writing.
3. Pricing:
3.1The Distributor shall raise the Work Order and the Supplier
shall within a period of not more than 7 days will either accept
or reject the Work Order and shall communicate the same to
the Distributor. In case, the parties have mutually agreed on
the price as given in the Work Order, the Supplier shall be
obligated to abide by the same and shall deliver the goods to
the Distributor on the said agreed pricing.
3.2In case there is any conflict in terms of the said Agreement
and the Work Order, the terms of the said Agreement shall
prevail.
5. Delivery:
5.1The Supplier hereby agrees that time is essence and the delivery of
the appliances/goods shall be made within the agreed timeline. In
case, the Supplier fails to deliver the goods within the agreed
timeline, the Distributor shall have the right to reject the goods or
may charge ___% of the invoice amount as a penalty.
6. Invoicing:
6.1The Supplier will raise its invoice at the time of delivery of
the Products and Distributor shall make payments for all the
supplies received from Supplier by way of account payee
cheque drawn in favour of the Supplier or by way of
electronic/online transfer of money to the nominated account
of the Supplier on or within 15 days from the date of receipt
of Products at the location specified by Distributor.
6.2The Parties expressly agree that the delivery location for the
Products shall be communicated to the Supplier well in
advance, allowing sufficient time for logistical arrangements.
It is acknowledged that any last-minute changes to the
delivery location if required, may impact the agreed-upon
delivery timelines.
6.3The Supplier will always supply the fresh stock of the
Products to Distributor having the Batch Numbers and
packaging date maintained on monthly basis.
6.4The Supplier shall maintain true standards prescribed under
the relevant provisions of law, rules and regulations and thus
the Products will adhere to proper quality controls.
6.5Notwithstanding the provisions mentioned above, the Parties
hereby agree that the Supplier shall proceed to load and
deliver the next lot of stocks to Distributor, as per the
Purchase Order/Work Order, solely after receiving due
clearance of the preceding invoice. The clearance of invoices
is a prerequisite for the initiation of subsequent deliveries.
Any delay in the payment beyond the reasonable period not
exceeding 15 (fifteen) days from the date of the delivery of
Products and the receipt of the invoice, shall make the
Distributor liable to pay an additional interest at the rate as
specified in the invoice issued.
7. Title:
7.1Although the title of the Products shall pass to Distributor
when the same is delivered at Distributor’s address, however,
the delivery of Products shall not mean acknowledgment of its
condition, nature, quantity or fitness. In case, there is any
latent defect in the Products delivered or its packaging, the
Distributor shall be obligated to intimate the same to Supplier
within a reasonable time period not exceeding 30 (thirty)
business days from the date of the actual delivery of the
Products.
8. Rejection of Products:
8.1If any Products delivered to the Distributor do not comply
with or are otherwise not in conformity with the applicable
law or with the terms of this Agreement, then, both Parties
shall collaborate and facilitate the issue in the following
manner:
9. Complaints:
10.Arbitration:
11.1 In event of any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out
of or in connection with this Agreement, including without
limitation the breach, termination or validity hereof
(‘Dispute’); the Parties shall try to settle such dispute by
mutual agreement.
11.2 If however, the Parties are unable to settle such Dispute
mutually within 30 days of a Party giving the other Party a
notice that such a dispute has arisen, then the Dispute shall be
finally settled in accordance with Arbitration & Conciliation
Act, 1996. The Award of the arbitrator shall be final and
binding on both the Parties. The Parties will bear their own
cost of any such Arbitration including fees of the Arbitrator.
11.3 The Arbitration shall be conducted in the English
language.
11.4 The seat and venue of the Arbitration proceedings shall
be held at Delhi only.
16.Severability:
17.1 The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any of
the provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this
Agreement. If a provision of this Agreement is declared to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall, to the extent practicable,
be limited or construed in such a manner so that it is valid, legal
and enforceable and reflects, to the greatest extent possible, the
original intent of the Parties or, if not practicable, be severed
from this Agreement.
17.Survival:
18.1 In addition to those provisions expressly stated to
survive termination or expiration of this Agreement, those
provisions which by their nature survive termination or
expiration shall also survive termination or expiration of this
Agreement.
18.2 In the event of any contradiction between the terms
of this Agreement and the terms of the Work Order and
Invoices as raised by either of the party respectively from
time to time, the terms of the Agreement shall prevail.
Supplier
Distributor
Witnesses