ARI KOSHER KFT. — B2B GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Effective as of: 24 July 2026
1. Introductory Provisions
1.1 These General Terms and Conditions (the "GTC") set out the general contractual terms applicable to kosher food deliveries performed by Ari Kosher Kft. as supplier for business partners.
Details of the Supplier:
- Company name: Ari Kosher Kft.
- Registered office: 1152 Budapest, Városkapu utca 6., Building A, Hungary
- Company registration number: 01-09-439124
- EU VAT No.: HU32722015
- EUID: HUOCCSZ.01-09-439124
- Tel.: +36-1-4863500
- Mobile: +36 70 416 8954
- Email: shlomi@kosherfood.hu
- Website: https://www.kosherfood.hu/
1.2 These GTC apply exclusively to sales made to business entities, legal persons, sole entrepreneurs, institutions, traders, resellers, foodservice operators, importers, distributors and other customers acting for business purposes. These GTC shall not apply to consumer contracts.
1.3 By entering into a contract with the Supplier, the Customer declares that it is not acting as a consumer, but within the scope of its own business, economic or professional activity.
2. Definitions
2.1 "Supplier" means Ari Kosher Kft.
2.2 "Customer" or "Buyer" means any domestic or foreign business partner who orders Products from the Supplier or accepts an offer, confirmation, invoice, payment request or delivery note issued by the Supplier.
2.3 "Parties" means the Supplier and the Customer collectively.
2.4 "Product" means any kosher food product, food ingredient, beverage, spice, packaged food, chilled, frozen or dry goods, or any other related product distributed or procured by the Supplier.
2.5 "Individual Contract" means the specific transactional agreement concluded between the Parties by email, in writing, in an order confirmation, payment request, invoice or delivery note, specifying, in particular, the range, quantity and purchase price of the Product, the payment terms, any advance payment, the delivery deadline and the place of performance.
2.6 "Delivery Note" means the document evidencing the handover and receipt of the Product, by signing which the Customer confirms receipt of the Product and acknowledges that it has become familiar with and accepts these GTC.
3. Scope and Acceptance of the GTC
3.1 These GTC apply to all offers, orders, deliveries, sales and performances carried out by the Supplier for the Customer, unless the Parties expressly agree otherwise in writing.
3.2 The Customer accepts the provisions of these GTC in particular by any of the following acts:
- accepting the Supplier's offer, payment request or order confirmation by email;
- taking over the Product;
- signing the delivery note, receipt certificate, invoice or any other performance document;
- partially or fully paying the invoice;
- placing a repeat order.
3.3 By signing the Delivery Note, the Customer expressly declares that it has become familiar with these GTC, accepts their provisions, and considers them binding for the given delivery as well as for the future business relationship between the Parties.
3.4 The Supplier is entitled to publish these GTC on its website and to refer to them in its offers, order confirmations, invoices, payment requests and delivery notes. The Customer may not claim that it was not familiar with the provisions of these GTC if it took over the Product, signed the Delivery Note or accepted the Supplier's performance.
3.5 Any general terms and conditions, purchasing terms, ordering rules or other unilateral contractual terms applied by the Customer shall not become part of the Parties' contract unless expressly accepted by the Supplier in writing. The Supplier's silence, performance or invoicing shall not be deemed acceptance of the Customer's general terms.
4. Conclusion of the Contract
4.1 The Parties shall agree the material terms of the given delivery by email or in another written form. Such terms include, in particular, the name and quantity of the Product, the purchase price, the payment schedule, the amount and due date of any advance payment, the delivery deadline, the place of performance, and any special storage, refrigeration, packaging or logistics conditions.
4.2 A request for quotation, ordering intention or preliminary email correspondence by the Customer shall not in itself create any obligation of performance on the Supplier's side.
4.3 An Individual Contract is concluded when the Supplier confirms the Customer's order in writing, commences performance or delivers the Product.
4.4 The Supplier is entitled to refuse any order without giving reasons, or to make performance conditional upon payment of an advance, settlement of previous debts, provision of payment security or fulfilment of any other commercial condition.
4.5 In the event of any discrepancy between an Individual Contract and these GTC, the provisions of the Individual Contract expressly accepted in writing shall prevail for the given transaction. Such discrepancy shall apply only to the given transaction and shall not constitute a general amendment of these GTC.
5. Products, Kosher Quality and Product Information
5.1 The Supplier undertakes to procure, sell and deliver kosher food products. The exact range of Products shall in each case be set out in the Individual Contract, offer, order confirmation, invoice or Delivery Note.
5.2 The Supplier only undertakes such kosher quality, certification, origin, composition or special compliance with religious or food law requirements as it has expressly confirmed in writing in relation to the given Product.
5.3 The Supplier shall be liable for the content of any kosher certificate, manufacturer's declaration, label, specification or other document relating to the Product only if it issued such document in its own name, expressly and in writing. The Supplier shall be liable for the content of any document issued by a third party, manufacturer, importer, certifying body or authority only to the extent mandatorily required by law.
5.4 Before ordering the Product, the Customer shall indicate any special requirement affecting the use, resale, import, destination-country compliance, allergen-free status, religious requirements, packaging, labelling or logistics handling of the Product.
5.5 The Supplier shall not be liable if the Customer uses or resells the Product for any purpose, on any market, in any country, through any sales channel or in any manner that the Supplier was not aware of in advance and did not undertake in writing.
6. Purchase Price, Taxes and Costs
6.1 The purchase price of the Product shall be determined by the Parties in the Individual Contract, email correspondence, offer, order confirmation or invoice.
6.2 Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the purchase price shall be understood as a net price, to which applicable VAT, customs duties, charges, taxes, fees, bank charges, packaging, loading, transport, refrigeration, storage and other related costs shall be added.
6.3 In the case of a foreign Customer, the Customer shall be responsible for fulfilling all obligations relating to import, customs clearance, taxation, EU VAT number, destination-country notification, official permits and local distribution conditions, unless the Parties expressly agree otherwise in writing.
6.4 The Supplier is entitled to modify the prices stated in an offer if, before performance, the procurement price, exchange rate, transport cost, customs burden, tax burden, energy price, storage cost or any other factor materially affecting the cost of performance changes. In such a case, the Supplier shall inform the Customer and is entitled to make performance of the order conditional upon acceptance of the modified price.
7. Payment Terms and Advance Payment
7.1 The payment terms shall be determined by the Parties in the Individual Contract. The Supplier is entitled to make performance conditional, in whole or in part, upon payment of an advance.
7.2 If an advance payment is stipulated, the Supplier shall be obliged to commence procurement, placing orders with manufacturers, reservation, import, storage or transport organisation only after the advance has been credited to its bank account, unless it has undertaken otherwise in writing.
7.3 The Customer's payment obligation shall be deemed fulfilled when the relevant amount is credited to the Supplier's bank account.
7.4 In the event of late payment, the Supplier is entitled to enforce statutory default interest under the Hungarian Civil Code, the fixed collection-cost compensation and its evidenced additional costs.
7.5 In the event of the Customer's payment delay, the Supplier is entitled to suspend performance of all ongoing orders, refuse new orders, withdraw from orders already confirmed, and make any further performance conditional upon advance payment or security.
7.6 The Customer is entitled to set off, withhold or reduce payment only on the basis of a claim acknowledged by the Supplier in writing or established by a final and binding court decision.
8. Retention of Title
8.1 Title to the Product shall remain with the Supplier until the full purchase price and all related costs have been paid in full.
8.2 Until transfer of title, the Customer shall store and handle the Product separately, in an identifiable manner, for its intended purpose and in accordance with the prescribed storage conditions.
8.3 Until full payment of the purchase price, the Customer shall not encumber the Product, provide it as security, or handle it in any manner that may jeopardise the Supplier's title.
8.4 If the Customer resells the Product before full payment of the purchase price, the Customer's receivable arising from such resale shall be deemed assigned to the Supplier up to the amount of the Supplier's claim, unless prohibited by law.
9. Delivery, Performance and Passing of Risk
9.1 The method and deadline of delivery, the place of performance and the allocation of costs shall be determined by the Parties in the Individual Contract.
9.2 Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the delivery deadline is indicative only. The Supplier shall not be liable for any delay resulting from supplier, manufacturer, importer, carrier, customs clearance, authority, logistics, weather, traffic, religious holiday-related, supply chain or other reasons outside the Supplier's sphere of control.
9.3 The Supplier is entitled to partial performance and partial invoicing.
9.4 Unless otherwise agreed in writing, risk of loss shall pass to the Customer upon handover of the Product to the Customer, its representative, employee, carrier or agent.
9.5 If the Customer fails to take over the Product, is in delay with acceptance, or fails to provide the data, document, permit, loading or acceptance condition required for performance, the Supplier is entitled to store the Product at the Customer's cost and risk, charge a re-delivery fee, deem performance to have failed, and enforce its damages and costs.
9.6 In the case of perishable, chilled, frozen or short shelf-life Products, the Customer's delay in acceptance shall constitute a particularly serious breach of contract. In such a case, the Supplier is entitled to destroy, sell to another party or otherwise utilise the Product, and the Customer shall reimburse the Supplier for all damages and costs.
10. Acceptance, Inspection and Complaints
10.1 The Customer shall inspect the Product immediately upon acceptance from a quantitative and external quality perspective.
10.2 The Customer shall immediately record any quantity shortage, visible damage, packaging defect, temperature problem or other complaint identifiable upon acceptance on the Delivery Note, acceptance report or transport document.
10.3 If the Customer takes over the Product without complaint, signs the Delivery Note or otherwise confirms acceptance, the Product shall be deemed duly accepted in terms of quantity and external condition.
10.4 In the case of a hidden defect, the Customer shall notify its complaint in writing without delay after discovering the defect, but no later than within 2 business days. In the case of perishable, chilled, frozen or short shelf-life Products, the complaint shall be notified in writing no later than within 12 hours of discovery.
10.5 The complaint shall include the order and invoice identifiers, the exact name and quantity of the Product, a detailed description of the defect, photographic documentation, data evidencing the storage conditions, and all other information necessary for investigating the complaint.
10.6 If a complaint is not submitted in due time, in writing and with appropriate evidence, the Customer may not enforce any warranty, damages or other claim.
10.7 The Customer is entitled to return the Product only with the Supplier's prior written consent. In the case of an unauthorised return, the Supplier shall not be obliged to take over the Product, issue a credit note or refund its price.
11. Storage, Handling and Resale
11.1 After acceptance, the Customer shall be solely responsible for the proper storage, refrigeration, freezing, handling, movement, use within shelf life and resale of the Product.
11.2 The Supplier shall not be liable for any defect, quality deterioration, unfitness for consumption, problem affecting kosher status or authority objection attributable, after acceptance, to the conduct of the Customer, its employee, contributor, carrier, warehouse keeper, buyer or any other third party.
11.3 The Customer shall ensure that the destination-country distribution, labelling, advertising, resale and use of the Product comply with applicable laws, food safety regulations, import rules and authority requirements.
12. Warranty for Defects and Defective Performance
12.1 The Supplier shall be liable for the Products under the warranty rules of the Hungarian Civil Code applicable to contracts between enterprises, subject to the limitations set out in these GTC.
12.2 In the event of defective performance, the Supplier shall primarily be entitled, at its own discretion, to replace the defective Product, provide supplementary delivery, grant a price reduction, or credit the purchase price of the Product affected by the defect.
12.3 The Customer shall not be entitled to make a cover purchase on its own, procure products from a third party at the Supplier's expense, or enforce a damages claim until the Supplier has been provided with an adequate opportunity to investigate the complaint and remedy the defect.
12.4 The Supplier's warranty liability shall not extend, in particular, to the following:
- defects arising from improper storage, refrigeration, freezing or handling;
- damage or quality deterioration occurring after signature of the Delivery Note;
- use or sale after expiry of shelf life;
- problems arising from incorrect or incomplete data provided by the Customer;
- lack of destination-country legal, import, labelling or authority compliance, if not undertaken by the Supplier in writing;
- consequences of repackaging, labelling, mixing, processing, resale or non-intended use by the Customer or any third party.
13. Limitation of Liability
13.1 The Supplier's liability for damages shall be limited to the net purchase price of the Product affected by the given defective or delayed performance.
13.2 The Supplier shall not be liable for indirect damage, loss of profit, loss of business, impairment of goodwill, loss of resale opportunity, production downtime, contractual penalties payable to a contractual partner, authority fines, or damage arising from the Customer's obligations towards third parties, unless the exclusion of liability is not permitted by law.
13.3 The limitation of liability shall not apply to liability for intentional breach of contract or for breach of contract causing damage to human life, physical integrity or health.
13.4 The Customer shall take all reasonable measures to prevent and mitigate damage and to document it with evidence. The Supplier shall not be liable for damage resulting from failure to do so.
14. Force Majeure
14.1 Neither Party shall be liable for any breach of contract resulting from unforeseeable and unavoidable circumstances outside its control.
14.2 Force majeure includes, in particular, war, armed conflict, epidemic, authority measure, import or export ban, customs clearance obstacle, border closure, natural disaster, fire, flood, strike, traffic disruption, energy supply disruption, failure of supplier or manufacturer performance, disruption of the logistics chain, and any other circumstance that materially impedes or renders impossible the Supplier's performance.
14.3 In the event of force majeure, the Supplier is entitled to extend the performance deadline, suspend performance, provide partial performance, or withdraw from the affected order without any obligation to pay damages.
15. Customer Representations and Obligations
15.1 The Customer declares that it has all permits, registrations, professional conditions and authority compliance required for ordering, importing, storing, processing, distributing and reselling the Product.
15.2 The Customer shall immediately inform the Supplier of any circumstance that may affect performance of the order, lawful distribution of the Product, food safety compliance or kosher status.
15.3 The Customer shall reimburse the Supplier for all damage, costs, fines, losses and third-party claims arising from the Customer's breach of contract, unlawful conduct, incorrect data provision, improper storage, violation of destination-country laws or resale activity.
16. Product Recall and Authority Matters
16.1 If an authority inquiry, quality complaint, food safety problem or recall request arises in relation to any Product, the Customer shall immediately notify the Supplier in writing.
16.2 The Customer shall cooperate with the Supplier, provide the necessary documents, track the path of the Product and act in accordance with the Supplier's instructions.
16.3 If the reason for the recall or authority measure arose within the Customer's sphere of interest, the Customer shall reimburse the Supplier for all related damage and costs.
17. Confidentiality
17.1 The Customer shall keep confidential the Supplier's business, commercial, pricing, procurement, partner, logistics and contractual information.
17.2 Without the Supplier's prior written consent, the Customer shall not make the Supplier's offers, prices, procurement sources, contractual terms or other confidential information accessible to any third party.
17.3 The confidentiality obligation shall survive termination of the Parties' business relationship.
18. Data Processing
18.1 The Supplier processes the personal data of the Customer's contact persons for the purposes of establishing, maintaining and performing the business relationship between the Parties, invoicing, communication, enforcement of claims and compliance with legal obligations.
18.2 The Customer shall ensure that its contact persons and contributors receive appropriate information regarding the transfer of their data to the Supplier.
19. Electronic Communication
19.1 The Parties accept that declarations, offers, order confirmations, amendments, complaints and notices made by email shall qualify as written communication.
19.2 The Customer shall ensure that the email address provided to the Supplier is operational. A notice sent to the provided email address shall be deemed delivered if the Supplier does not receive an automatic delivery failure message.
19.3 Electronic communications addressed to the Supplier shall be deemed delivered only on business days between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Electronic communications sent outside this period, on a non-business day, weekend or public holiday shall be deemed delivered at 8:00 a.m. on the next business day, irrespective of whether they became technically accessible in the Supplier's email system earlier.
20. Amendment of the GTC
20.1 The Supplier is entitled to amend these GTC unilaterally.
20.2 The amended GTC shall apply from the date of publication or dispatch to the Customer to new orders and to ongoing orders in respect of which the amendment does not materially impair performance.
20.3 Placing a repeat order, taking over a Product or signing a Delivery Note shall constitute acceptance of the amended GTC.
21. Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Choice of Court
21.1 These GTC, the Individual Contracts and all legal relationships between the Parties shall be governed by Hungarian law.
21.2 The Parties exclude the application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
21.3 The Parties agree that all disputes arising from or in connection with the contract shall fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Hungarian courts having jurisdiction according to the Supplier's registered seat, depending on subject-matter jurisdiction.
21.4 The Customer acknowledges that the choice of Hungarian law and Hungarian courts constitutes a material condition of the Parties' business agreement.
22. Final Provisions
22.1 If any provision of these GTC is invalid, ineffective or unenforceable, this shall not affect the validity and effect of the remaining provisions.
22.2 The Parties shall replace the invalid or unenforceable provision with a valid provision that comes as close as possible to the original provision in terms of its economic purpose.
22.3 The Supplier informs the Customer that the provisions set out in Sections 3.2, 4.3, 6.4, 13.1, 21.2 and 21.3 of these GTC materially differ from the provisions of the Hungarian Civil Code and other laws and from any previous terms that may have applied between the Parties.
22.4 The Customer declares that it has read and understood these GTC and accepts them as binding upon its business relationship with the Supplier.