1. Definitions
1. "The
Company" means PRL24 Ltd (Polish Radio London) and includes its
successors in title and assigns.
2. "The
Advertiser" means the person, firm or company by whom an order for
an advertisement booking is placed with the Company and includes its
successors in title and assigns.
3. "Advertisement
Copy" means any advertising material intended for broadcast by the
Company.
4. "Ofcom"
means the Office of Communications or its successors.
2. Advertising Agencies
An Advertiser who is
an advertising agency shall be deemed to contract as principal and will
accordingly be responsible for payment of accounts and will be deemed to have
full authority in all matters connected with the placing of orders and the
approval or amendment of Advertisement Copy.
3. Acceptance of Terms and Conditions
1. The
placing of any order with the Company by the Advertiser is subject to
acceptance of these terms and conditions by the Advertiser.
2. No
terms or conditions other than those set forth herein or any variation
thereof under Condition 11 shall be binding upon the Company or the
Advertiser unless reduced to writing and signed by or on behalf of both
the Company and the Advertiser. All other terms and conditions, express
or implied, are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
3. English
law shall apply to these terms and conditions and the English courts
shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
4. The
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 shall not apply to this
Agreement.
4. Acceptance
of Advertisements
1. All
advertisements will be broadcast subject only to approval of them by the
Company and to their compliance with the Broadcasting Act 1990, "The
Radio Authority code of Advertising Standards and Practice and Programme
Sponsorship" and technical requirements issued by Ofcom and the
Company's technical requirements and submission procedures.
2. Advertisement
Copy must be delivered not less than 7 clear days before scheduled
broadcast date unless the Company shall in any particular case agree to accept
a shorter period. Delivery of Advertisement Copy shall not be deemed to have
been made until the company's technical requirements and submission
procedures have been complied with and the relevant broadcast
instructions have been given. If the Advertiser fails to deliver
Advertisement Copy in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph he
shall remain liable to pay for the advertisement whether or not it is
broadcast.
3. The
form in which Advertisement Copy must be submitted, the procedure for approval
and/or rejection thereof surcharges for late acceptances changes or
alternative copy use and like matters shall be dealt with in accordance
with the Submission Procedures (as shall be published by the Company from
time to time) prevailing at the date of submission of the Advertisement
Copy.
4. The
Company at any time may without incurring any liability whatsoever to the
Advertiser:
1. add
to, delete, change or otherwise amend advertisement copy if so required
by Ofcom or if in the opinion of the Company the advertisement contains
unsuitable copy but the Advertiser shall remain liable to pay for any
such advertisement;
2. decline
to broadcast any advertisement without giving any reason for so
declining but the Advertiser shall not be liable to pay for any such
advertisement;
3. restrict
any repeat broadcast of the same advertisement.
4. Subject
to the provisions of Condition 11 below all bookings are accepted on the
understanding that they will be paid for at the rates in force at the
date of broadcast.
5. Dates/Times
of Broadcast
1. The
Company does not guarantee that the scheduled times or dates of broadcast
will be adhered to, but if for any reason whatsoever an advertisement is
1.not
broadcast during the period arranged; or
2. not
broadcast at all; or
3. broadcast
so that a material part thereof is omitted; or
4. broadcast
containing a material error made by the Company
The Company will use its reasonable endeavours to offer a broadcast or
broadcasts during some other period which may be accepted by the Advertiser
provided that if any offer of such a broadcast is not accepted (or is not made)
the Advertiser shall have no claim against the Company and or Ofcom in respect
of non-broadcast or for any expense or damage whatsoever incurred as a result
thereof: and the Company shall make no charge to the Advertiser for such
advertisement but the Company shall be entitled to be paid by the Advertiser
any agreed fees or such expenses as the Company has incurred in respect of any
facilities arranged or provided
2. In
the event of the Company's activities being restricted, curtailed or
prevented by any law or any other act or thing beyond the Company's
control (a 'Force Majeure' event) the Company may at any time,
notwithstanding anything herein before contained, forthwith determine any
contract without prejudice to the Company's rights to be paid by the
Advertiser any monies due and owing by the Advertiser to the Company at
the time of such determination.
3. In
the event that an advertisement is not broadcast in accordance with the
Advertiser's order, due to a Force Majeure event the Company shall not be
liable for any loss of income, profits or contract or for any incidental
indirect special or consequential loss or damage of any kind resulting
from such failure in part or in whole to broadcast.
6. Cancellations
1. Subject
to the provision of Condition 11, any booking may be cancelled by either
side, provided that notice in writing is received by the Company or the
Advertiser as the case may be, not less than 28 clear days before the
scheduled broadcast date.
2. If
the cancellation is made by the Advertiser less than 28 clear days before
schedule broadcast date the campaign will be charged at the rate
appropriate to the number of advertisements booked but may be offset
against future campaigns booked within three months of the date of
cancellation at the then prevailing rate card.
3. In
the event of cancellation in accordance with these terms the Company
shall use reasonable endeavours to remove all Advertisement Copy from the
schedules but can not guarantee its removal.
4. The
Company reserves the right to cancel any unexecuted part of a booking
with immediate effect in the event that the Advertiser makes any
voluntary arrangement with its creditors or becomes subject to an
administration order (within the meaning of the Insolvency Act 1986) or a
receiver is appointed or the Advertiser goes into liquidation or ceases
or resolves to cease to carry on business or the Advertiser (not being a
company) becomes bankrupt or dissolved. On cancellation the Company shall
be entitled to receive payment for any work done in respect of the
booking up to the date of cancellation.
7. Material
and Property Liability
While reasonable care will be taken in respect of recordings, scripts or
other material, the Company cannot accept liability for the loss, damage,
delay in delivery thereof howsoever caused whether in the studios or in
transit and whether or not such recordings, scripts or other materials are
supplied by the Company.
8. Accounts
1. Where
the Company has agreed in writing to provide a credit facility to an
Advertiser accounts shall be invoiced at the end of the month of
broadcast and shall be due within 15 days of date of invoice.
2. Other
accounts shall be invoiced in advance and shall be due the earlier of 15
days of date of invoice or 7 clear days before the scheduled broadcast
date and in default of such payment the Company shall be entitled to
refuse to broadcast the advertisement.
3. The
Company shall be entitled to charge interest both before and after
judgement at the rate of 4% per annum above the Barclays Bank Base rate
from time to time in force from the date payment is due until payment is
made.
4. All
charges are subject to Value Added Tax.
9. Warranties
and Indemnities
The Advertiser warrants and undertakes that:
1. he
will be responsible for obtaining and paying for all necessary licences
and consents for the broadcast of any advertising copyright material
contained or the inclusion of any person in his advertisement.
2. no
Advertising Copy shall contain any libellous, slanderous or defamatory
statement, or any matter infringing the copyright, trademark,
performance, privacy or other rights of third parties or otherwise be in
breach of English Law.
3. he
will indemnify and keep the Company indemnified against all actions,
proceedings, costs, damages, expenses, penalties, claims, demands and
liabilities arising from any breach of the above warranties or in any
manner whatsoever in consequence of the use, recording or broadcasting of
any Advertisement Copy or matter supplied by or broadcast for the
Advertiser.
10. Publicity
and Information
The Advertiser shall only publish any information in connection with any
advertisement which has been broadcast or is scheduled for broadcast if
the Company has given its prior written consent.
11. Changes
in Rates and Conditions
1. The
Company reserves the right to change the advertisement rates, time
segments, classifications and any of these terms and conditions by not
less than 14 clear days notice, and in the event of such a change, the
rates payable and the terms and conditions applicable shall be those in
force at the time of broadcast, but the Advertiser concerned shall (by
serving written notice on the Company within 10 clear days of receiving
notice of such change) be entitled to cancel any order for an
advertisement to which the changed rates or terms and conditions would
otherwise be applicable.
2. The
Company may from time to time make special charges and/or conditions for
certain types of advertisements or for bookings at certain specified periods.
12. Data
Protection
The Company will use the Advertiser's information (including relevant
employee information) for marketing and accounting purposes, primarily to
keep the Advertiser informed of its key services and products. The Company
may disclose such information to its service providers and agents for
these purposes. It may also share such information with any other company
within the Sara-Int Ltd group of companies or its business partners. The
Company will keep the Advertiser's information for a reasonable period to
be able to contact the Advertiser about its services and for accounting.
The Company may contact the Advertiser by mail, telephone, fax, SMS or
email. If the Advertiser does not wish to receive the Company's
communications it must notify the Managing Director at the Company's
registered office.
13. Third
Party Rights Act
The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 shall not apply to these
terms.