Terms and Conditions » Commercial Account 2021-11-25
Commercial Account - Road Diesel, Marine Fuel, Commercial Lubricants
1. Definitions
(a) Irrespective of the date of order all products supplied are chargeable at the price ruling on the day of delivery.
(b) The Buyer is responsible for providing safe and suitable Bulk Storage and associated filling and ancillary equipment which complies in all respects with
all relevant requirements of and/or regulations, made to the competent authority and for ensuring that it will take the full quantity ordered. The Buyer shall also indemnify the Seller against any damages, injuries, claims, expenses, or costs of any kind whatsoever arising as a result of the Buyer not observing these conditions.
(c) The Seller will effect delivery by a connecting hose laid through the premises of the Buyer on the condition that the Buyer thereby indemnifies the seller against any loss or damage to the premises or its contents as a result of spillage or rupture of the hose.
(d) It is a condition of every bulk sale through hose that the quantity shown by the Seller’s tank wagon dip rod or other measuring devices employed
by the Seller shall be accepted by the Buyer as the quantity delivered, but the Buyer may be represented at the taking of these measurements to verify them if he so desires; the Seller cannot accept any responsibility whatsoever or discrepancies in the Buyer’s tank, dip rods or other measuring devices. If on any delivery the Buyer or any representative of the Buyer, whether or not for the purpose of verifying the Sellers’measurement of quantity for that delivery, mounts any tank wagon used on that delivery the buyer or his representative (as the case may be) shall do so at his own risk and the Seller accepts no responsibility whatsoever therefore.
(e) The Seller shall not accept liability for any change in the quantity of the product after delivery has been affected arising from unsuitability of the Buyer’s storage/handling facilities.
(f) The Deposits charged on returnable Packages which remain the Seller’s property and due for payment with the account and will be credited in full on their return in good condition carriage paid. Other packages on which no deposit is charged are free and non-returnable. In the event of the Buyer failing to return the Seller’s packages, the Buyer will in addition to forfeiture of the deposits, be liable for payment to the Seller of value Added Tax at the rate applicable at law.
(g) Prices are inclusive of Customs/Excise duty (if any) at the appropriate rate and any variation of duty at any time is for the Buyer’s account.
(h) Value Added Tax which is shown separately on the Seller’s invoices is in addition to the Seller’s price of the goods.
(i) Upon delivery of the products the risk shall pass to the buyer who shall be responsible thereafter for any loss in or damage to the products. Notwithstanding this the property in the products shall not pass to the Buyer until all outstanding sums due by the Buyer to the Seller have been paid. In the interim the Buyer shall hold the products and the process of sale of the products in trust for the Seller. If the Buyer fails to make payment of sums when due, the Seller may without further notice enter upon the Buyer’s premises and remove forthwith the products delivered and in respect of the Buyer has failed to make payment.
(j) Direct debit payment is colleted on the 15th and 30th of each month. If payment is not made within 14 days of being due the Buyer shall pay to the Seller interest on outstanding sums at the rate of 2 1/2% per month until payment of all sums due is received by the Seller.
(k) Deliveries to ships in respect of which value Added Tax is shown on the Seller’s invoice at the zero rate are supplied on the basis of a declaration from the Buyer or his agents that the ship is going to a place outside the State. In other cases where Value Added Tax is not shown or is shown at the zero rate, the product must not be used for a purpose which renders it liable to Value Added Tax at any other rate.
(l) The Buyer hereby agrees with the Seller strictly to observe all the conditions of the Buyer’s Petroleum Storage Licence and not to allow any smoking or
naked lights nor permit any stoves, electric or gas fires or radiators or any other naked flame, to function in proximity to a tank or inlet pipe into which a delivery is being made or a vent pipe connected to such tank and will indemnify the Seller against any damages, injuries, claims or costs arising out of the breach of this condition.
2. Gas/Diesel Oil
(a) Winter Grade gas/diesel oil is manufactured to a Cold Filter Plugging Point oil reverts to -12°Celsius (known as winter grade) from 1th November
– 15th March and as such is suitable for use in normal winter conditions in Ireland provided it is not mixed with any oil not meeting the same specifications. The Cold Filter Plugging Point oil reverts to -4°Celsius (known as summer grade) from 16th March – 31st October and as such is suitable for use in normal summer conditions in Ireland provided it is not mixed with any oil not meeting the same specifications. Buyers should take precautions to protect the equipment in which the oil is stored and used against severe weather conditions, which precautions, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, should include keeping the equipment/piping in good condition, cleaned and suitably protected in the case of motor vehicles keeping them garaged when not in use.
(b) The Seller’s other usual terms and conditions of sale also apply and acceptance of goods will be treated as an acceptance of the Seller’s Conditions.
3. Gas and Fuel Oils
(a) The Oil is for the Buyer’s own use and not for resale and the Buyer undertakes that the oil will not be used as fuel in mechanically propelled vehicles constructed or adapted for use on roads in contravention of the Finance Act 1935 and/or amending legislation.
4. Diesel/Motor Fuel for Road Vehicles to Commercial Customers
(a) Diesel/Motor Fuel for road vehicles is sold exclusively for the Buyer’s own use in the Buyer’s own commercially licensed vehicles hired or worked by
the Buyer in the course of the Buyer’s business and the Buyer undertakes not to sell or dispose of any of it to any other Company, firm or person.
For assistance please email the depot closest to you:
- Kilmacanogue@glenfuels.com
- Arklow@glenfuels.com
- Gorey@glenfuels.com
- Rosslare@glenfuels.com
- NewRoss@glenfuels.com
