General Terms and Conditions

§ 1 Applicability, Definitions
(1) WM aquatec GmbH & Co.KG, WM aquatec GmbH & Co.KG, Uracher Straße 22, 73268 Erkenbrechtsweiler, Germany (hereinafter: “we” or “WM aquatec GmbH & Co.KG Online Shop”) operates an online store for goods under the website https://wm-aquatec.de. The following General Terms and Conditions (GTC) apply to all services between us and our customers (hereinafter: “Customer” or “you”) in their version valid at the time of the order, unless expressly agreed otherwise.

(2) A “Consumer” within the meaning of these GTC is any natural person who enters into a legal transaction for purposes that are predominantly neither commercial nor self-employed professional activities. An “Entrepreneur” is a natural or legal person or a legal partnership that acts in the exercise of its commercial or self-employed professional activity when concluding a legal transaction, whereby a legal partnership is a partnership endowed with the capacity to acquire rights and incur liabilities.

§ 2 Formation of Contracts, Storage of Contract Text
(1) The following provisions on contract formation apply to orders placed via our online shop at https://wm-aquatec.de.

(2) Our product descriptions on the website are non-binding and do not constitute a binding offer to conclude a contract.

(3) The following rules apply when an order is received in our online shop: The Customer submits a binding contractual offer by successfully completing the order process in our online shop. The order process consists of the following steps:
– Selection of the desired product,
– Adding the product(s) by clicking the corresponding button (e.g., “Add to Cart”),
– Reviewing the items in the shopping cart,
– Accessing the order summary by clicking the corresponding button (e.g., “Proceed to Checkout”),
– Entering/checking address and contact details, selecting payment method, confirming the GTC and cancellation policy,
– Completing the order by clicking the “Purchase Now” button. This constitutes your binding order.
The contract is formed when we send you an order confirmation via email to the provided email address within three business days.

(4) Upon contract formation, the contract is concluded with WM aquatec GmbH & Co.KG, Uracher Straße 22, 73268 Erkenbrechtsweiler, Germany.

(5) Prior to placing the order, the contract data can be printed or saved electronically using the browser’s print function. The processing of the order and transmission of all information required for the contract conclusion, including order details, GTC, and cancellation policy, will be sent via email after you submit your order, partly automated. We do not store the contract text after conclusion.

(6) Input errors can be corrected using standard keyboard, mouse, or browser functions (e.g., the browser’s “Back” button). You may also correct errors by canceling the order process, closing the browser window, and restarting the process.

(7) Order processing and transmission of all contract-related information occur via email, partly automated. You must ensure that the email address provided to us is correct, that emails are technically received, and that delivery is not blocked by SPAM filters.

§ 3 Subject Matter of the Contract and Key Product Features
(1) The subject matter of our online shop is:
– The sale of goods. The specific goods offered can be found on our product pages.

(2) The key features of the goods are described in the product details.

(3) For digital products, the restrictions evident from the product description or circumstances (e.g., hardware/software requirements) apply. Unless otherwise agreed, the contract grants the right to private and commercial use of the products, excluding resale or sublicensing.

§ 4 Prices, Shipping Costs, and Delivery
(1) The prices and shipping costs stated in the offers are total prices and include all components, including applicable taxes.

(2) The purchase price is due prior to product delivery (advance payment), unless expressly offered as “purchase on invoice.” Available payment methods are indicated under a designated button in the online shop or offer. Unless otherwise specified, payment claims are due immediately.

(3) Shipping costs may apply unless the product is marked as “free shipping.” Shipping costs will be clearly displayed on product pages, in the shopping cart, and on the order summary.

(4) All products are ready for immediate shipment (delivery time: 1–3 business days after payment receipt), unless stated otherwise in the product description.

(5) Delivery is restricted to the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Croatia, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia.

§ 5 Right of Retention, Retention of Title
(1) You may only exercise a right of retention if it concerns claims arising from the same contractual relationship.

(2) We retain ownership of the goods until full payment of the purchase price is received.

§ 6 Right of Withdrawal
Consumers have a right of withdrawal. This is governed by our Cancellation Policy.

§ 7 Liability
(1) Our liability for contractual breaches and tort is limited to intent or gross negligence, except as stated below.

(2) We are fully liable for slight negligence in cases of injury to life, body, health, or breach of essential contractual obligations. For slight negligence causing delay, impossibility of performance, or breach of essential obligations, liability for material or financial damages is limited to foreseeable, typical contractual damages. Essential obligations are those enabling proper contract execution, whose breach jeopardizes the contract’s purpose, and which you may reasonably rely on. This includes our obligations under § 3.

§ 8 Contract Language
The contract language is exclusively German.

§ 9 Warranty
(1) Warranty claims are governed by statutory provisions.

(2) For Entrepreneurs, the warranty period for goods is 12 months.

(3) Consumers must inspect goods/digital products upon delivery for completeness, obvious defects, or transport damage and notify us or the carrier promptly. Failure to do so does not affect statutory warranty rights.

§ 10 Final Provisions/Dispute Resolution
(1) German law applies. For Consumers, this choice of law does not deprive them of mandatory protections under their country of residence (principle of favorability).

(2) The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) is excluded.

(3) For disputes involving Entrepreneurs, legal entities under public law, or public funds, the provider’s registered seat is the exclusive jurisdiction.

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WM aquatec GmbH & Co. KG (www.uv-c.tech)
Uracher Strasse 22
73268 Erkenbrechtsweiler
Phone: +49 70 26 / 93 210 90
Fax: +49 70 26 / 39 697 33
Mail: info@wm-aquatec.de

HRA 728104 / Register court: District Court of Stuttgart
VAT ID no. according to § 27 a sales tax law: DE286795698
Managing directors: Stephan Würtemberger, Michael Würtemberger
Personally liable managing partner (general partner) is Würtemberger Verwaltungs-GmbH HRB 743293. Limited partners are Stephan Würtemberger and Michael Würtemberger.

Disclaimer of liability
1. Content of the online offer
The author assumes no liability for the topicality, correctness, completeness or quality of the information provided. Liability claims against the author relating to material or immaterial damage caused by the use or non-use of the information provided or by the use of incorrect and incomplete information are excluded in principle, unless the author can be proven to have acted intentionally or with gross negligence fault exists.
All offers are non-binding. The author expressly reserves the right to change, supplement or delete parts of the pages or the entire offer without prior notice or to temporarily or permanently cease publication.

2. References and Links
In the case of direct or indirect references to external websites (“hyperlinks”) that are outside the author’s area of responsibility, liability would only come into effect if the author was aware of the content and it was technically possible and reasonable for him to do so to prevent the use of illegal content.
The author hereby expressly declares that no illegal content was discernible on the linked pages at the time the link was created. The author has no influence whatsoever on the current and future design, the content or the authorship of the linked/connected pages. He therefore hereby expressly distances himself from all content on all linked / connected pages that were changed after the link was created. This statement applies to all links and references set within our own website as well as to third-party entries in guest books, discussion forums, link directories, mailing lists and all other forms of databases set up by the author, the content of which can be accessed externally. The provider of the page to which reference is made is solely liable for illegal, incorrect or incomplete content and in particular for damage resulting from the use or non-use of such information, not the person who merely refers to the respective publication via links.

3. Copyright and trademark law
The author endeavors to observe the copyrights of the images, graphics, sound documents, video sequences and texts used in all publications, to use images, graphics, sound documents, video sequences and texts he has created himself or to use license-free graphics, sound documents, video sequences and texts .
All brands and trademarks mentioned within the website and possibly protected by third parties are subject without restriction to the provisions of the applicable trademark law and the property rights of the respective registered owner. The conclusion that trademarks are not protected by the rights of third parties should not be drawn solely on the basis of the mere mention!
The copyright for published objects created by the author himself remains solely with the author of the pages. Reproduction or use of such graphics, sound documents, video sequences and texts in other electronic or printed publications is not permitted without the express consent of the author.

4. Privacy
If the opportunity for the input of personal or business data (email addresses, name, addresses) is given, the input of this data takes place on an expressly voluntary basis. The use and payment of all services offered is – as far as technically possible and reasonable – permitted without providing such data or by providing anonymous data or a pseudonym. The use of the contact data published in the imprint or comparable information such as postal addresses, telephone and fax numbers and email addresses by third parties to send information that has not been expressly requested is not permitted. We expressly reserve the right to take legal action against the senders of so-called spam mails who violate this prohibition.

4.1 Data protection declaration for the use of Google Analytics
“This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and that enable your use of the website to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. If IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The full IP address is only transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there in exceptional cases. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator IP address is not merged with other data from Google. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading the browser plug-in available under the following link and install The current link is http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

5. Validity of this disclaimer
This disclaimer is to be regarded as part of the internet offer from which reference was made to this page. If parts or individual formulations of this text do not, no longer or not completely correspond to the applicable legal situation, the remaining parts of the document remain unaffected in their content and validity.

Complaints Procedure
Alternative dispute resolution according to Art. 14 para. 1 ODR-VO and § 36 VSBG:
The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution (OS), which you can find at http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/ . We are neither obliged nor willing to participate in a dispute settlement procedure before a consumer arbitration board.