4. (General contract conditions of the principal) General contract conditions of the principal are not to be applied. 5. (Form of the commission) Commission (acceptance) must be put in writing. Principal is obliged to confirm commissions given by telephone or verbally immediately in writing. Any consequences arising from the principal failing to do so are the principal’s liability. 6. (Commitments in co-operation and information) Principal and forwarder are obliged to co-operate and to inform each other about the essential circumstances of the contract during the discussions, at the contract completion, within its existence and termination. 7. (Usage in the relationship of the parties) Branch’s usages and those formerly developed between the parties became part of the contract only, if parties explicit agree on those. 8. (Content of the forwarding commission) Commission must contain data and all information necessary for the execution of the forwarding contract complete and exact. Any consequences arising from incomplete or inexact commission are the responsibility of the principal. 9. (Verifying data) The forwarder has no obligation to verify the authenticity, correctness, exactness, etc. of data received from principal. § 3. Fulfilment of the Commission 1. (Priority of principal’s interests) In the course of fulfilment of the commission the forwarder must represent the interests of the principal. Representing of the principal’s interests does not include any action, or abstention from any action with which the forwarder would cause damage, costs or other disadvantages for itself. 2. (Instructions) Forwarder is obliged to follow the instructions of principal, but it has to draw principal’s attention to their unprofessionalism. Consequences of inexpedient, unprofessional, incomplete, false und delayed instructions will be borne by principal. 3. (Principal buoying the instruction) 2
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