General terms for contracted works and services

1 GENERAL TERMS FOR CONTRACTED WORKS AND SERVICES ARTICLE 1 – Nature and effectiveness of general terms 1.1 These General Terms and Conditions are applicable to all purchase orders (hereinafter referred to as “ Order ” or “Orders”) issued by LU-VE (hereinafter referred to as the “ Client ”), through its duly authorised proxies, to the Contractor for the supply of works and services. These General Terms and Conditions form an integral and substantial part of the Order to which they refer and are intended to establish the general terms and conditions that govern the performance of individual orders. The Contractor must inform LU- VE that it accepts the Order by sending a specific order confirmation (hereinafter " Order Confirmation ”). 1.2 The Order and the Order Confirmation form the “ Supply Contract ”. Where an express Order Confirmation is not provided, the Supply Contract will be considered concluded and subject to the General Terms if the Contractor begins to carry out the works or provide the services indicated in the Order. 1.3 These General Supply Terms are also applicable in the event that LU-VE and the Contractor have drafted specific supply contracts in addition to the Order and Order Confirmation. 1.4 Contractual terms which are attached, referred to, added to or amended by the Contractor and differ from the General terms will not be considered valid unless expressly accepted in writing by LU-VE. 1.5 For the purposes of these General Terms and Conditions and the relative Supply Contracts, the “ LU-VE Internal Contact ” shall refer to the LU-VE company representative responsible for communicating with the different LU-VE company functions with the aim of ensuring the correct performance of the Supply Contract. ARTICLE 2 - Supply Regulations Pursuant to and for the purposes provided for by Article 1655 et seq. of the Italian Civil Code, and pursuant to Article 29, paragraph 2 of Legislative Decree 276/03, for the purposes of fulfilling the obligations detailed in the Supply Contract, the Contractor declares the following: a) that the business risk lies completely and exclusively with its Company, including any claims made by any subcontractors; b) that its own organisation and management has access to autonomous capital, means, equipment and staff; c) that, for all activities pertaining to the performance of the Supply Contract, it will use exclusively staff who are duly insured and with social security as provided for by the relevant laws; d) should LU-VE become aware of an existing debt which the Contractor has not paid to its staff or to social security bodies or regarding withholding taxes related to employee income, it will have the right to immediately suspend payments due in relation to the performance of the Supply Contract, and withhold them on behalf of the party that is due the amounts until the Contractor provides proof of the payment of the due amounts; e) LU-VE will have the right to pay any relative amounts due to the Contractor, providing prior communication to the Contractor, where it has received a request which asserts its responsibility for the Contractor's debts as according to the afore section d) and as according to the regulations in