‘13 Commencement and term of agreement
13.1 This agreement shall (subject to earlier termination as herein provided) commence upon 1st August 1998 and continue in force fore an initial period of 3 years and thereafter shall continue unless and untill terminated by not less than three months notice given by one party to the other such notice not to be given prior to the expiry of the said period.
13.2 The Distributor shall obtain at its own expense all necessary permissions consents and licenses (including but without limitation those required to be given by any government department or any body constituted under the law of the Territory for licensing or other regulatory purposes relating tot the Products) to enable the Distributor to market distribute and sell the Products in the Territory and to ensure the full and legal operation of this agreement.
13.3 If the said permissions consents and licences are not obtained and fully operative within a period of [six months] from the aforesaid date of commencement the Principal shall thereafter have the option to terminate this Agreement immediately by notice to the Distributor. The said option shall cease if (prior tot its exercise) the aforesaid permissions consents and licenses have in fact been obtained and are fully operative even though this has been achieved outside the said period of [six months].
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15 Effect of Termination
15.1 Upon termination of this Agreement from any cause whatsoever (including but without limitation expiry by affluxion of time) the Distributor shall at the request of the Principal promptly return to the Principal all documentation of any nature whatsoever in its possession or control relating to the Products or to the Principal and to the activities of the Distributor in relation to the Products or the Principal (other than correspondence between the Distributor and the Principal which does not relate to technical matters).
15.2 Upon such termination the Distributor if so required by the Principal shall sell back to the Principal, at the prices set out below, the following classes of products (which shall in all cases exclude Products covered by cl 16.3) (bedoeld moet zijn 15.3, vzr) purchased by the Distributor from the Principal hereunder and remaining unsold.
15.2.1 Products invoiced within twelve months of the termination date of this Agreement - landed cost (including customs duties) into Distributor’s warehouse;
15.2.2 Products invoiced more than twelve but less than twenty-four months from the termination date of this Agreement - sixty per cent of landed cost (including customs duties) into the Distributor’s warehouse
15.3 Upon such termination Products invoiced more than twenty-four months before the said termination date and Products (irrespectively of when invoiced) which are unmerchantable obsolete illegal damaged deteriorated defective or otherwise unfit for sale or (where any Product has a shelf life) with more than half of their shelf-life expired shall be destroyed forthwith by the Distributor in the presence of the Principal at the expense of the Distributor and without making any charge upon the Principal.
15.4 Upon such termination the Distributor shall have no further rights to use the Trade Mark in any way whatsoever and in particular but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing shall cease to use the Trade Mark on its letterheads packaging vehicle liveries or elsewhere and shall at the request of the Principal sell any stocks of the Products not disposed of under the previous sub cl 16.3 (bedoeld moet zijn 15.3, vzr) in packaging which bears neither the Trade Mark nor the name of the Principal
15.5 Upon such termination the Distributor shall supply the Principal with a list of the Distributor’s customers for the Products to include the name, department and address of the hospital where the Products are installed complete with serial numbers, batch numbers and consumable expiry dates together with a list of Products under warranty with details of installation dates and any outstanding training programmes.
15.6 Upon such termination the Distributor shall (if legally possible) assign to the Principal free of charge all permissions consents and licences (if any) relating to the marketing and or sale of the Products and execute all documents and do all things necessary to ensure that the Principal shall enjoy the benefit of the said permissions consent and licences after the said termination to the entire exclusion of the Distributor
15.7 Upon such termination the Distributor shall also forthwith
(a) pay all sums owing to the Principal at the date of termination
(b) withdraw all notices signs and representation or references to the Distributor being a distributor of the Principal
(c) cancel all unexecuted orders
(d) supply to the Principal all records or copies of all records relating to the Products
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22 Proper Law
The construction performance and validity of this Agreement shall in all respects be governed by the laws of England.’