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General Subscription Conditions of the
J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger GmbH
for Magazine Subscriptions and Individual Downloads

 

>> Deutsche Version

 

Leserservice Klett-Cotta Verlag
Postfach 13 63
82034 Deisenhofen, Germany
Phone: +49 (89) 85853-868*
Monday to Friday from 8.00am to 6.00pm
Fax: +49 (89) 85853-62868
E-Mail: klett-cotta@cover-services.de

* Your phone provider's standard phone charges will apply.
 

•  I. General Information

•  II. Magazine Subscriptions (Print Versions)

•  III. Magazine Subscriptions (Digital Versions)

•  IV. Special Provisions relating to Subscription Contracts

•  V. Individual Downloads

•  VI. Concluding Provisions

 

 

I. General Information

 

a) These General Subscription Conditions do not apply to commercial resellers.

b) For the business relationship between us, J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger GmbH (hereinafter referred as Klett-Cotta Verlag), and you, the Customer ordering magazine subscriptions presented on the www.klett-cotta.de website (Klett-Cotta Verlag's e-shop), these General Subscription Conditions apply.

c) The General Subscription Conditions for on-line magazine subscriptions apply to the usage of our on-line magazine subscription (see provisions in III.).

d) The provisions regarding individual downloads apply to individual downloads (see provisions in V.).

e) We do not recognise any conditions contradicting or differing from these General Subscription Conditions unless we have expressly consented to their validity. The following Terms and Conditions apply exclusively even if we are aware of contradicting and/or differing conditions and are still providing unconditional delivery and service.

f) Settlement of disputes

aa) We as Klett-Cotta publishing house do our best to reach a good understanding with our customers. However, should there still be any problems, please contact our customer service:

In case of subscriptions:
Leserservice Klett-Cotta Verlag
Postfach 13 63
82034 Deisenhofen, Germany
Phone: +49 (89) 85853-868*
Monday to Friday from 8.00am to 6.00pm
Fax: +49 (89) 85853-62868
E-Mail: klett-cotta@cover-services.de
*Usual telephone charges are incurred.


In case of downloads
Klett-Cotta Verlag, Zeitschriften
Rotebühlstr. 77
70178 Stuttgart
Germany
Tel.: 0711/6672-1225*
Monday to Thursday: 09.00 till 16.30, on Friday: 09.00 till 15.00
Fax: 0711/6672-2032*
E-Mail: info@klett-cotta-zeitschriften.de
*Usual telephone charges are incurred.

This does not affect your statutory rights. You are not obliged to contact our customer service.

bb) An internet platform for online dispute resolution is offered by the European Commission:

www.ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr
This platform can be used to reach an out-of-court settlement.
Our E-Mail adress is: info@klett-cotta.de.

cc) The Klett-Cotta publishing house does not take part in any settlement of disputes before at a consumer arbitration board. Participation in any settlement of disputes before a consumer arbitration board is not obligatory.

 

 

II. Magazine Subscriptions (Print Versions)

 

1. Conclusion of Contract

a) The magazine subscriptions presented in the Klett-Cotta Verlag e-shop do not constitute an offer to conclude a contract, but serve only as a non-binding invitation for you to submit an order.

b) You can order magazine subscriptions by using the respective order form provided at www.klett-cotta.de. You can see your entries directly during the entire duration of the order entry process. Until you click the "Paid Subscription" (Kostenpflichtig abonnieren) button, you can change any incorrect entries using standard keyboard and mouse functions. By clicking the "Paid Subscription" (Kostenpflichtig abonnieren) button, you are submitting a binding offer to conclude the magazine subscription. We will automatically e-mail a confirmation of receipt to the address you have specified. This automatic confirmation of receipt does not constitute an acceptance of your order but merely documents that we have received your order.

c) Magazine subscriptions can also be ordered by fax, letter, phone, or e-mail.

d) The contract with us is not concluded until we have received the written order and/or contract confirmation.

e) If we refrain from declaring acceptance, for instance because delivery of the magazines you have ordered is not possible, no contract will be concluded in this case. We will inform you of this immediately and will immediately reimburse any consideration we may have already received. This will void claims for a welcome gift and/or bonus in case of subscriptions with a welcome gift and/or bonus.

f) The contract is exclusively concluded in German. The contractual language is German without exception.

g) We will not save the text of the contract upon conclusion and cannot make it accessible to you. In keeping with statutory provisions, your order data is saved at Cover Service GmbH & Co. KG, Hanns-Klemm-Straße 1A, 71034 Böblingen, Germany, who will process the delivery on our behalf. You can print your order data immediately after submitting an order in the Klett-Cotta Verlag e-shop if you have ordered using the "Paid Subscription" (Kostenpflichtig abonnieren) button; however, this data is not otherwise accessible from the Klett-Cotta Verlag e-shop. If you wish us to provide you with your order data, please e-mail us at klett-cotta@cover-services.de. We will then send you a copy of the saved order data.

2. Delivery

a) Our magazine subscriptions ship worldwide. Individual magazine copies can only be shipped to billing and delivery addresses in the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Austria, and the Swiss Confederation.

b) Your magazine subscription period follows from the order confirmation, and is also indicated on your invoice.

c) Unless expressly agreed otherwise, we will determine the type of shipping and the carrier with reasonable discretion.

d) You have to bear any applicable customs and similar duties.

e) The ordered magazines are shipped by Klett-Cotta Verlag's magazine carrier, Cover Service GmbH & Co. KG, Hanns-Klemm-Straße 1A, 71034 Böblingen, Germany, for Klett-Cotta Verlag and billed on account of Klett-Cotta Verlag. Please contact our subscription service should any questions arise in connection with your order:

Leserservice Klett-Cotta Verlag
Postfach 13 63
82034 Deisenhofen, Germany
Phone: +49 (89) 85853-868*
Monday to Friday from 8.00am to 6.00pm
Fax: +49 (89) 85853-62868*
E-Mail: klett-cotta@cover-services.de

* Your phone provider's standard phone charges will apply.

 

 

3. Pricing and Shipping Costs
a) The applicable prices are those in effect at the time of ordering.

b) All subscription prices indicated in the Klett-Cotta Verlag e-shop are shown in euro (EUR) and Swiss francs (sFr).

c) For deliveries within the Federal Republic of Germany, to countries in the European Union (EU countries) or to Switzerland, the final prices specified in the Klett-Cotta Verlag e-shop include applicable value added tax. For deliveries to non-EU countries apart from Switzerland, final prices specified in the Klett-Cotta Verlag e-shop are net prices, i.e., exclusive of value added tax. For deliveries to this countries, proper payment of any (value added) tax that may apply at your location is your responsibility.

d) All subscription prices are exclusive of shipping costs, which are indicated on the respective order form.

 

 

 

4. Revocation Instruction and Responsibility for Costs

a) If you are a consumer as defined by Sect. 13, German Civil Code (BGB), you have the following right of revocation:

 

 

 

Revocation Instruction

 

Right of Revocation

You have the right to revoke this contract within 14 days without giving reasons.

The revocation period is 14 days and starts as soon as you, or a third-party nominated by you other than the freight carrier, have received the goods.

To exercise your right of revocation, you must inform

Leserservice Klett-Cotta Verlag
Postfach 13 63
82034 Deisenhofen, Germany
Fax: +49 (89) 85853-62868*
E-Mail: klett-cotta@cover-services.de

by means of a clear declaration (e.g., a letter sent by post, a fax, or an e-mail) of your decision to revoke this contract. You may, but are not obliged to, use the attached revocation form template for this purpose. To comply with the terms of the revocation period, it is sufficient to send your notice of exercising your right of revocation before the revocation period expires.

Consequences of Revocation

If you revoke this contract, we are required to reimburse all payments that we have received from you, including delivery costs (with the exception of any additional costs resulting from your decision to choose another method of delivery other than the most economical standard delivery offered by us), immediately and no later than 14 days from the date on which we receive your notice of revocation of this contract. We will use the same means of payment for this refund as the one used by you in your original transaction, unless we have expressly agreed another means with you. Under no circumstances, will fees be charged to you because of this refund. We are entitled to withhold payment of this refund until we have received the goods returned by you or until you have evidenced that you have returned the goods, whichever event occurs sooner.

You are to return, or hand back, the goods immediately, and in any case no later than 14 days from the date on which you notified us of your revocation of this contract, to

Leserservice Klett-Cotta Verlag
Postfach 13 63
82034 Deisenhofen, Germany

The time limit is observed provided that you send the goods before the 14-day period has expired.

You are responsible for the direct costs of returning the goods.

You shall only have to pay for any loss in value of the goods caused by handling the goods in a manner other than that required in order to check their composition, properties, or functionality.

End of Revocation Instruction—
 

 

b) Exercising the right of revocation for subscriptions with a welcome gift and/or bonus voids the claim for said welcome gift and/or bonus.

 

 


Revocation Form

Please fill in this form and return it to us if you want to revoke the contract.

Leserservice Klett-Cotta Verlag
Postfach 13 63
82034 Deisenhofen, Germany
Fax: +49 (89) 85853-62868*
E-Mail: klett-cotta@cover-services.de

I/we* hereby revoke the contract I/we* have concluded regarding the purchase of the following

 

 

 

Goods_____________________________________________________________

Ordered on______________________Received on__________________________

Name: _______________________________________________________-

Address:

 

Signature (only on printed forms)_____________________________

Date:___________________

*Please delete as appropriate

 

 

 

5. Payment methods and invoicing

a) Unless expressly agreed otherwise, the following payment methods are possible: invoice, direct debit, credit card, PayPal. We reserve the right not to offer certain payment methods in individual cases.

b) Invoices are issued in Euros, in Switzerland for magazine subscriptions in Swiss Francs. Unless otherwise agreed, payment of the subscription price is due 30 days after receipt of the invoice. In the event of late payment, we are entitled to demand the statutory default interest. If we can prove that we have incurred higher damages as a result of the delay, we are entitled to claim these. If the customer is in arrears with the payment of an invoice, all our outstanding invoices shall become due immediately.
If the subscription administration has been provided with an e-mail address, the invoice will be sent by e-mail, otherwise by post.

c) If you have issued a direct debit authorisation (SEPA direct debit), you are obliged to inform us immediately in text form of any change in your bank details if you still have current subscriptions with Klett-Cotta.

d) If you select PayPal as a payment method, you will be redirected to the PayPal homepage after completing the order process on our website and log into your existing PayPal account there or register for a new account in just a few steps. After successful payment, you will be automatically redirected back to our order pages. In order to be able to use the PayPal service, it is necessary that you agree to the debit agreement for debiting your PayPal account in the checkout dialogue. To do this, check the payment details and confirm the amount. By agreeing to the direct debit agreement, we are authorised to debit your PayPal account with amounts of varying amounts - insofar as these are due - until further notice. The validity of our General Terms and Conditions is not affected by PayPal's Payment and General Terms and Conditions, which apply in parallel.

e) If you select credit card as a payment method, you will be redirected to the Stripe homepage after completing the order process on our website and enter your credit card details there. After successful payment, you will be automatically redirected back to our order pages. In order to use the credit card service, you must agree to the debit agreement for charging your credit card in the checkout dialogue. To do this, check the payment details and confirm the amount. By agreeing to the direct debit agreement, we are authorised to debit your credit card with amounts of varying amounts - insofar as these are due - until further notice. The validity of our general terms and conditions is not affected by the payment and general terms and conditions of stripe or the credit card provider; they are applicable in parallel.

f) If you do not fulfil your due payment obligations and do not pay the outstanding and due amount within a period of 7 days after sending a reminder, we are entitled to suspend the delivery of further subscription products or to block your access to the digital products concerned until the outstanding amounts have been settled.

g) You are only entitled to offset if your counterclaims are undisputed or have been recognised by declaratory judgement. You are only entitled to assert rights of retention on the basis of counterclaims arising from the same contractual relationship.

 

6. Retention of Ownership

We reserve ownership of the delivered item until the sales price has been paid in full. Ownership of the goods is not transferred to you until the sales price has been paid in full.

 

 

7. Guarantee and Liability

a) Unless otherwise agreed below, we are liable for material defects and defects of title according to the pertaining legal stipulations, in particular Sect. 434 ff. of the German Civil Code (BGB). The period of limitation for statutory claims for defects is two years for consumers. The period of limitation begins with the delivery of the goods.

b) We will only assume liability for slight negligence in case of a breach of essential duties, i.e., of obligations, the fulfilment of which makes proper execution of the contract possible in the first place and the observance of which you regularly trust and are entitled to expect. In case of a breach of such duties, our liability is limited to such damages as are typical and predictable. Any liability for slight negligence is otherwise excluded. The above limitations of liability do not apply to (i) damages that arise from a breach of warranty or from injuries to life, limb, or health; (ii) intent or gross negligence; or (iii) a mandatory statutory liability for product defects.
 

 

 

8. Data Security

We will use your personal data (e.g., name, address, date of birth, or e-mail address, IBAN and BIC or bank account no., and sort code) in accordance with the provisions of the German Data Protection Act. For more information, please see our privacy policy: www.klett-cotta.de/datenschutz

 

 

 

III. Magazine Subscriptions (Digital Versions)

 

1. Conclusion of Contract

a) The on-line magazine subscriptions presented in the Klett-Cotta Verlag e-shop do not constitute an offer to conclude a contract, but serve only as a non-binding invitation for you to submit an order. The on-line version of a magazine subscription gives you limited or unlimited access (depends on subscription-typ) to all texts on the respective magazine portal. You will automatically be notified by e-mail as soon as the texts of a new issue are available, and you can then download them.

b) You can order magazine subscriptions by using the respective order form provided at www.klett-cotta.de. You can see your entries directly during the entire duration of the order entry process. Until you click the "Paid Subscription" (Kostenpflichtig abonnieren) button, you can change any incorrect entries using standard keyboard and mouse functions. By clicking the "Paid Subscription" (Kostenpflichtig abonnieren) button, you are submitting a binding offer to conclude the magazine subscription. We will automatically e-mail a confirmation of receipt to the address you have specified. This automatic confirmation of receipt does not constitute an acceptance of your order but merely documents that we have received your order.

c) Magazine subscriptions can also be ordered by fax, letter, phone, or e-mail.

d) The contract with us is not concluded until we have received the written order and/or contract confirmation.

e) If we refrain from declaring acceptance, for instance because delivery of the magazines you have ordered is not possible, no contract will be concluded in this case. We will inform you of this immediately and will immediately reimburse any consideration we may have already received. This will void claims for a welcome gift and/or bonus in case of subscriptions with a welcome gift and/or bonus.

f) The contract is exclusively concluded in German. The contractual language is German without exception.

g) We will not save the text of the contract upon conclusion and cannot make it accessible to you. You can print your order data immediately after submitting an order in the Klett-Cotta Verlag e-shop if you have ordered using the "Paid Subscription" (Kostenpflichtig abonnieren) button; however, this data is not otherwise accessible from the Klett-Cotta Verlag e-shop. If you wish us to provide you with your order data, please e-mail us at klett-cotta@cover-services.de. We will then send you a copy of the saved order data.

 

2. Pricing and Subscription Period

a) Your on-line magazine subscription period follows from the order confirmation, and is also indicated on your invoice.

b) The applicable prices are those in effect at the time of ordering.

c) All subscription prices indicated in the Klett-Cotta Verlag e-shop are shown in euro (EUR) and Swiss francs (sFr).

 

3. Payment methods and invoicing

a) Unless expressly agreed otherwise, the following payment methods are possible: invoice, direct debit, credit card, PayPal. We reserve the right not to offer certain payment methods in individual cases.

b) Invoices are issued in Euros, in Switzerland for magazine subscriptions in Swiss Francs. Unless otherwise agreed, payment of the subscription price is due 30 days after receipt of the invoice. In the event of late payment, we are entitled to demand the statutory default interest. If we can prove that we have incurred higher damages as a result of the delay, we are entitled to claim these. If the customer is in arrears with the payment of an invoice, all our outstanding invoices shall become due immediately.
If the subscription administration has been provided with an e-mail address, the invoice will be sent by e-mail, otherwise by post.

c) If you have issued a direct debit authorisation (SEPA direct debit), you are obliged to inform us immediately in text form of any change in your bank details if you still have current subscriptions with Klett-Cotta.

d) If you select PayPal as a payment method, you will be redirected to the PayPal homepage after completing the order process on our website and log into your existing PayPal account there or register for a new account in just a few steps. After successful payment, you will be automatically redirected back to our order pages. In order to be able to use the PayPal service, it is necessary that you agree to the debit agreement for debiting your PayPal account in the checkout dialogue. To do this, check the payment details and confirm the amount. By agreeing to the direct debit agreement, we are authorised to debit your PayPal account with amounts of varying amounts - insofar as these are due - until further notice. The validity of our General Terms and Conditions is not affected by PayPal's Payment and General Terms and Conditions, which apply in parallel.

e) If you select credit card as a payment method, you will be redirected to the Stripe homepage after completing the order process on our website and enter your credit card details there. After successful payment, you will be automatically redirected back to our order pages. In order to use the credit card service, you must agree to the debit agreement for charging your credit card in the checkout dialogue. To do this, check the payment details and confirm the amount. By agreeing to the direct debit agreement, we are authorised to debit your credit card with amounts of varying amounts - insofar as these are due - until further notice. The validity of our general terms and conditions is not affected by the payment and general terms and conditions of stripe or the credit card provider; they are applicable in parallel.

f) If you do not fulfil your due payment obligations and do not pay the outstanding and due amount within a period of 7 days after sending a reminder, we are entitled to suspend the delivery of further subscription products or to block your access to the digital products concerned until the outstanding amounts have been settled.

g) You are only entitled to offset if your counterclaims are undisputed or have been recognised by declaratory judgement. You are only entitled to assert rights of retention on the basis of counterclaims arising from the same contractual relationship.

 

 

4. Revocation Instruction

a) If you are a consumer as defined by Sect. 13, German Civil Code (BGB), you have the following right of revocation:

 

 

Revocation Instruction

 

Right of Revocation

You have the right to revoke this contract within 14 days without giving reasons.

The revocation period is 14 days starting from the date of contract conclusion.

To exercise your right of revocation, you must inform

Leserservice Klett-Cotta Verlag
Postfach 13 63
82034 Deisenhofen, Germany
Fax: +49 (89) 85853-62868*
E-Mail: klett-cotta@cover-services.de

by means of a clear declaration (e.g., a letter sent by post, a fax, or an e-mail) of your decision to revoke this contract. You may, but are not obliged to, use the attached revocation form template for this purpose. To comply with the terms of the revocation period, it is sufficient to send your notice of exercising your right of revocation before the revocation period expires.

Consequences of Revocation

If you revoke this contract, we are required to reimburse all payments that we have received from you, including delivery costs (with the exception of any additional costs resulting from your decision to choose another method of delivery other than the most economical standard delivery offered by us), immediately and no later than 14 days from the date on which we receive your notice of revocation of this contract. We will use the same means of payment for this refund as the one used by you in your original transaction, unless we have expressly agreed another means with you. Under no circumstances, will fees be charged to you because of this refund.

b) If you have requested that the service (access to the on-line portal) is to start during the revocation period, you will be required to pay us an appropriate amount corresponding to the percentage of services rendered by the time you notify us of your decision to exercise your right of revocation, relative to the entire volume of the services provided for in the contract.

 

End of Revocation Instruction—
 

 

c. Your right of revocation expires in the case of contracts for the supply of digital content not on a tangible medium (e.g. digital subscriptions) if we have begun performance of the contract after you have expressly agreed that we may begin performance of the contract before the expiry of the revocation period and you have confirmed your knowledge that, by giving your consent, you lose your right of revocation upon commencement of performance of the contract.

 

6. In addition, we refer to the provisions in II.6. to 8. of these General Subscription Conditions.

 

6. Availability
a) Klett-Cotta Verlag assumes no guarantee and liability for the permanent electronic availability of electronic content as limitations may arise due to technical requirements. Interruptions in the quality of Internet access and of the data communication on the Internet due to force majeure and events for which Klett-Cotta Verlag is not responsible and which make its services considerably more difficult or impossible shall not constitute a basis for claims for damages due to non-availability.

b) Klett-Cotta Verlag reserves the right to change, update, modify, block, or delete the digital content at any time and without prior notice. This context constitutes no basis for claims against Klett-Cotta Verlag. You will bear the risk of loss after purchase as well as of loss of the digital content including loss due to a computer or hard drive failure. Klett-Cotta Verlag accepts no liability for damages sustained by you from submitting, storing, or using digital content of any kind.

 

7. Conditions of Use
a) Upon conclusion of contract between you and Klett-Cotta Verlag, you are granted a basic, non-transferable right for private use of the digital content. You may copy or save the digital content for private purposes only, in keeping with the conditions of use. You assure and agree that you will use the digital content only for private purposes and not for reselling or other purposes. While using the digital content, you undertake to refrain from infringing any property rights and to comply with all applicable laws.

b) You also undertake to refrain from redistributing, transmitting, ceding, selling, broadcasting, leasing, sharing, lending, changing, adapting, editing, licensing, or communicating or using the digital content in any other way unless Klett-Cotta Verlag has expressly allowed you to do so. Libraries are prohibited interlibrary loan and the associated electronic data transmission.

 

 

8. Guarantee and Liability

a) With regard to the guarantee, the general statutory warranty provisions shall apply.

b) It is your sole responsibility to select and use the works.

c) We make no guarantees that the information contained in the works offered for individual downloading is correct, up-to-date, or usable, or that your product search has the desired result. In this respect, all liability on our part is excluded.

d) We make no guarantees that interactive processes reach you successfully and that you can log in to the Internet at any time. Additionally, we do not guarantee that data is transmitted at a certain speed. Outside of our domain, we also assume no liability for data security. Interruptions caused by defects or disruptions affecting your computer or the communication paths from you to the server are also excluded from the statutory warranty.

e) We will only assume liability for slight negligence in case of a breach of essential duties, i.e., of obligations, the fulfilment of which makes proper execution of the contract possible in the first place and the observance of which you regularly trust and are entitled to expect. In case of a breach of such duties, our liability is limited to such damages as are typical and predictable. Any liability for slight negligence is otherwise excluded. The above limitations of liability do not apply to (i) damages that arise from a breach of warranty or from injuries to life, limb, or health; (ii) intent or gross negligence; or (iii) a mandatory statutory liability for product defects.
 

 

 

 

 

IV. Special Provisions relating to Subscription Contracts

 

1. Term and Termination of Subscription Contracts

1.1 Unless specified otherwise in the relevant product description, the minimum subscription period is in each case one year.
1.2 Subscription Contracts may be terminated by either party. During the minimum subscription period, notice of termination must be given no later than one month before the expiry of the minimum subscription period.

1.3 Any termination must be effected in text form. Written notices of termination may be sent by post to the address or fax number given in the legal notice, while notices of termination by e-mail should be sent to klett-cotta@cover-services.de. The date on which we receive your notice of termination will be decisive.
1.4 In the absence of timely notice of termination, Subscription Contracts will be extended indefinitely after expiry of the minimum subscription period. They may then be terminated at any time with a notice period of one month.

2. Price Adjustments for Subscription Contracts

2.1 In the case of subscriptions, we have the right to adjust prices to the extent that our own purchase prices and costs increase or decrease. A price increase can only be made to a reasonable extent due to increased production or distribution costs: such costs include paper, printing, wages and shipping costs. For our digital products the cost of hosting, maintenance as well as further development of the technical means used for the provision of the service will also apply.
2.2 We will inform you of price changes in your magazine in good time before they take effect under the heading "Publisher's notification". In the event of a price increase, you will have the right to extraordinary termination of the affected contract within four weeks of notification of the price increase at the time the price increase comes into effect. If you do not make use of this right, the relevant contract will be continued at the changed prices.

 

 

 

V. Individual Downloads

 

1. General Information

Klett-Cotta Verlag's download portals of the respective magazines (Klett-Cotta eLibrary unter https://elibrary.klett-cotta.de und den Download-Portalen der Zeitschriften Merkur: volltext.merkur-zeitschrift.de und Musik & Ästhetik: www.musikundaesthetik.de) offer digital content (magazine articles) for paid download. This digital content is subject to the following special regulations, overriding the remaining regulations in these General Terms and Conditions:
 

2. Conclusion of Contract
a) You can select digital articles provided in the download portal of the respective magazines and collect them in a shopping basket using the "Add to Shopping Basket" (in den Warenkorb) button. In the shopping basket, you can also check your product selection and other information for errors and correct them if necessary.

b) By clicking the "Pay" (Bezahlen) button and by paying the price, you are submitting a binding offer to purchase the digital content specified in the shopping basket. By activating the PDF, Klett-Cotta Verlag can accept your offer. Activating the PDF concludes a contract between you and Klett-Cotta Verlag.

c) Following conclusion of the contract, you will receive a contract confirmation from us, showing the contractual content. The emailed contract confirmation acts as payment document.

d) Following completion of the payment process, you can access the documents for download. Additionally, you can retrieve your documents at any time by entering your order code in "My Purchases" (Meine Einkäufe).

 

3. Terms of Payment

Payment is possible by
- credit card (VISA or MASTER)
- the electronic payment system PayPal; for this purpose, you will be forwarded from the pages of our download portal of the respective magazines to the website of PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. & Cie, S.C.A., headquartered in Luxembourg. You can log in to your PayPal account there, using your PayPal e-mail address and password, to authorise the payment. Please see www.paypal.com for more information on PayPal's privacy policy.

 

4. Conditions of Use
a) Upon conclusion of contract between you and Klett-Cotta Verlag, you are granted a basic, non-transferable right for private use of the digital content. You may copy or save the digital content for private purposes only, in keeping with the conditions of use. You assure and agree that you will use the digital content only for private purposes and not for reselling or other purposes. While using the digital content, you undertake to refrain from infringing any property rights and to comply with all applicable laws.

b) You also undertake to refrain from redistributing, transmitting, ceding, selling, broadcasting, leasing, sharing, lending, changing, adapting, editing, licensing, or communicating or using the digital content in any other way unless Klett-Cotta Verlag has expressly allowed you to do so.

 

5. Revocation Instruction and Right of Revocation
a) If you are a consumer as defined by Sect. 13, German Civil Code (BGB), you have the following right of revocation:

 

 

Revocation Instruction

Right of Revocation

You have the right to revoke this contract within 14 days without giving reasons.

The revocation period is 14 days starting from the date of contract conclusion.

To exercise your right of revocation, you must inform

Klett-Cotta Verlag Aboservice
Rotebühlstr. 77
70178 Stuttgart
Fax: 0711/66722032
E-Mail: info@klett-cotta-zeitschriften.de

by means of a clear declaration (e.g., a letter sent by post, a fax, or an e-mail) of your decision to revoke this contract. You may, but are not obliged to, use the attached revocation form template for this purpose. To comply with the terms of the revocation period, it is sufficient to send your notice of exercising your right of revocation before the revocation period expires.

Consequences of Revocation

If you revoke this contract, we are required to reimburse all payments that we have received from you, including delivery costs (with the exception of any additional costs resulting from your decision to choose another method of delivery other than the most economical standard delivery offered by us), immediately and no later than 14 days from the date on which we receive your notice of revocation of this contract. We will use the same means of payment for this refund as the one used by you in your original transaction, unless we have expressly agreed another means with you. Under no circumstances, will fees be charged to you because of this refund. We are entitled to withhold payment of this refund until we have received the goods returned by you or until you have evidenced that you have returned the goods, whichever event occurs sooner.

 

End of Revocation Instruction—
 

 

 

b) The right of revocation for a contract to deliver digital content not contained on a physical data carrier (e.g., individual downloads) shall lapse if we have started executing the contract after you have expressly agreed that we are to start executing the contract before the revocation period expires, and if we have confirmed your awareness of the fact that your agreement to start executing the contract nullifies your right of revocation.

 

6. Availability

a) Klett-Cotta Verlag assumes no guarantee and liability for the permanent electronic availability of electronic content as limitations may arise due to technical requirements. Interruptions in the quality of Internet access and of the data communication on the Internet due to force majeure and events for which Klett-Cotta Verlag is not responsible and which make its services considerably more difficult or impossible shall not constitute a basis for claims for damages due to non-availability.

b) Klett-Cotta Verlag reserves the right to change, update, modify, block, or delete the digital content at any time and without prior notice. This context constitutes no basis for claims against Klett-Cotta Verlag. You will bear the risk of loss after purchase as well as of loss of the digital content including loss due to a computer or hard drive failure. Klett-Cotta Verlag accepts no liability for damages sustained by you from submitting, storing, or using digital content of any kind.

  

7. Guarantee and Liability

a) With regard to the guarantee, the general statutory warranty provisions shall apply.

b) It is your sole responsibility to select and use the works.

c) We make no guarantees that the information contained in the works offered for individual downloading is correct, up-to-date, or usable, or that your product search has the desired result. In this respect, all liability on our part is excluded.

d) We make no guarantees that interactive processes reach you successfully and that you can log in to the Internet at any time. Additionally, we do not guarantee that data is transmitted at a certain speed. Outside of our domain, we also assume no liability for data security. Interruptions caused by defects or disruptions affecting your computer or the communication paths from you to the server are also excluded from the statutory warranty.

e) We will only assume liability for slight negligence in case of a breach of essential duties, i.e., of obligations, the fulfilment of which makes proper execution of the contract possible in the first place and the observance of which you regularly trust and are entitled to expect. In case of a breach of such duties, our liability is limited to such damages as are typical and predictable. Any liability for slight negligence is otherwise excluded. The above limitations of liability do not apply to (i) damages that arise from a breach of warranty or from injuries to life, limb, or health; (ii) intent or gross negligence; or (iii) a mandatory statutory liability for product defects.
 

 

 

 

VI. Concluding Provisions

a) The laws of the Federal Republic of Germany apply. Application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) is excluded. If you are a consumer, and your main residence is in an EU country other than Germany, and you have no address in the Federal Republic of Germany, the mandatory consumer protection rules of the EU country of your main residence still apply.

b) If you are a (i) merchant as defined by Sect. 1 Para. 1 of the German Commercial Code (HGB); or (ii) legal person under public law; or (iii) public law special fund, the place of jurisdiction for all disputes between you and us arising in connection with contractual conditions is Stuttgart or any other admissible place of jurisdiction chosen by Klett-Cotta Verlag.

 

 

Provider and Contractual Partner

J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger GmbH
Rotebühlstr. 77
70178 Stuttgart, Germany

Authorised representatives of the management board: Dr. Andreas Falkinger, Philipp Haußmann, Tom Kraushaar

Domicile: Stuttgart
Commercial register: Stuttgart District Court
Commercial Register Number: HRB 1890

Phone: +49 (0)711/6672-0
Fax: +49 (0)711/6672-2030
E-mail: info@klett-cotta.de

VAT ID: DE 811 122 517

 

Last updated: 15.11.2023