9.1 Axitech guarantees the quality of the items it delivers for twenty-four months from the delivery of the product.
9.2 If the delivered products do not correspond to the description in the guarantee certificate, the description in the catalogs or on Axitech's website, the buyer can claim a warranty. This is only valid if he notifies Axitech in writing within a period of two months from the day on which the buyer has identified the defect. For customers purchasing products for business or professional use, the period in which notification must be made is 14 days. Together with the notification, the customer must send a detailed description of the defect as well as a copy of the sales invoice. This provision applies only to customers who do not purchase the products for business or professional use.
9.3 Pursuant to a validly exercised warranty claim, the buyer is entitled to a free repair or free replacement (at Axitech's discretion) of the good, except where this would be impossible or disproportionate.
9.4 This warranty does not apply if:
• the item or device was inadequately protected from shipping damage when returned;
• modifications have been made to the item or device;
• there are defects caused by incorrect or improper use, such as failure to observe the accompanying operating instructions;
• the defect was caused by intent or gross negligence;
• there is an external calamity such as lightning, power failure, natural disasters, etc;
• Axitech has not been given the opportunity (in time) to investigate the complaint and possibly to repair the defect.
9.5 The Customer's legal claim shall be time-barred after the expiration of one year from the date on which the Customer established the lack of conformity, without that period being allowed to expire before the end of the two-year period referred to in 8.1.
For buyers who purchase products for business or professional use, the legal claim shall lapse one month from the notification of the defect to Axitech.
9.6 If a lack of conformity becomes apparent within a period of six months from delivery of the product, the presumption that this lack existed at the time of delivery applies as evidence to the contrary, unless this presumption is incompatible with the nature of the product or with the nature of the nonconformity, by taking into account, among other things, the fact that the product is new. This provision does not apply to customers who purchase the products for business or professional use.
9.7 Taking into account the use that the customer has had since the delivery of the product, the customer has the right to demand an appropriate price reduction or the rescission of the purchase agreement:
• if he cannot claim repair or replacement.
• if Axitech has not made the repair or replacement within a reasonable time or without serious inconvenience to the buyer.
The customer is not entitled to demand the dissolution of the agreement if the lack of conformity is of minor significance. This provision applies only to customers who do not purchase the products for business or professional use.
9.8 If the product was delivered to the first buyer for more than one year and Axitech can no longer repair the product or no longer has the item in question in stock, then Axitech offers the option, at the buyer's option, to supply a replacement item at 50% of the purchase price, or to refund 50% of the purchase price paid.
This provision applies only to customers who purchase the products for business or professional use.
9.9 After the expiry of the warranty period as referred to in 8.1, Axitech shall be obliged to indemnify for the hidden defects of the product sold.
