INSPECTION AND TESTS

Inspection and tests play a very important role in business relations. They help to avoid many problems, which can arise in respect of the quality of the goods in future. Therefore before shipment the Sellers are to test the goods and the Buyers have the right to inspect and check the goods. They usually test the workmanship and quality of the contractual equipment and the materials used.

Inspection and tests are carried out at the expense of the Sellers or their subcontractors. It is stipulated in the Contract.

The Buyers have the right to send their inspectors to the Sellers their subcontractors and their subcontractors' premises.

Before the inspection and test the Sellers can provide an opportunity for the Buyers' inspectors to study the similar operating equipment manufactured by the Sellers.

The Seller is to notify the Buyer of the readiness of the goods (equipment, machines) for the inspection and test. The Notification of Readiness is to be sent, for example, to the Trade Mission in the Sellers' country, and the Buyer is to be provided with a copy. The Sellers must notify the Buyers not later than 15 days, for example, before the beginning of the test.

The Contract is to stipulate that if the Buyers or their representatives within 15 days from the date of receipt of the Sellers' notification that the goods are ready for shipment, inform the Sellers that the Buyers' inspector cannot be present at the test, or if the Sellers fail to receive any information within the said period, the Sellers are entitled to perform the test without the Buyers' inspector. Sometimes the Buyers can supply the Sellers with the certificate stating that the goods are released for shipment without inspection.

The Sellers may render any assistance that can be required in obtaining visas by the Buyers' inspector and may at their expense furnish the Buyers' inspector with flats or apartments at the hotels during their stay. The Sellers are to place at their expense at the disposal of the Buyers' inspector all the facilities required for inspection of the equipment and materials as well as an interpreter if necessary.

If the tests have proved that the equipment meets the requirements specified in the Contract, the Sellers shall present to the Buyers the Test Report. One copy of the above Report is to be sent by the Sellers to the Buyers' representatives at the Trade Mission in the Sellers' country to obtain the Release Note for Shipment.

If during the tests and inspection any infringements in the technical conditions of the Contract or poor quality of the goods manufactured are found, the Sellers shall eliminate all the defects detected without delay or replace the defective goods at their expense. When the defects have been eliminated, the equipment shall be tested again if required by the Buyers.

The final tests and acceptance of the goods are to be performed in the Buyers' country after finishing the installation and adjustment of the equipment and achieving quantity and quality requirements stipulated in the Contract.

After the tests have been performed, "Report on the Final Test and Putting the Equipment into Operation" is made and signed by the Sellers and the Buyers' representatives, the detailed results of the tests performed being put in this report.

The date of signing the "Report on the Final Test and Putting the Equipment into Operation" is considered to be the date of putting the equipment into operation.

Date: 2015-12-24; view: 827