General Terms of Delivery

Unless the contracting parties have expressly agreed otherwise, the present General Terms of Delivery shall apply.   

Placing of orders

• Please quote if it is known: our order number (e.g. IIAMN14013026) or journal shelf mark (e.g. Zsn 123456) on any communication and records.
• Please send us the latest edition of the book ordered, unless expressed otherwise. We usually note in our orders if another edition is acceptable for us; this applies for antiquarian orders too. Please contact us before delivery if you have any questions. In case of a continuation order of multivolume works, please contact us before delivery of a new edition (either of a single book or the complete set).
• We usually prefer a hardback edition, unless otherwise noted.
• For any order not handled within 24 months, it will be understood that the order is cancelled.

Sustainability

• We ask you to choose sustainable solutions for package sizes and packaging material.
• When working with logistics companies, we ask you to cooperate as far as possible with companies whose sustainability works is certified.

Further inquiries / information

• We would like to ask you to send further inquiries and information regarding our orders by preference via e-mail using the following e-mail addresses
  Single / individual orders
  Continuation orders
  Periodicals Processing

• Please do not send information regarding our orders until the first reminder is sent.
• However we ask for immediate notification, if delivery is not possible; possible reasons e.g. not available in booktrade or not published.

• If any of the conditions below exists, please contact us before delivery to make sure that we agree to the conditions, if

• there is a difference in essential details of the order or the item ordered; possible reason e.g. the ordered items are parts of a continuation, journal or a serial not mentioned in the order.
• you receive a duplicate order, not labelled as "Mehrfachex." or "added copy"
• the price, including for antiquarian acquisitions, differs as follows:
• Order without indication of price (€ 0,01):
  Query if the delivery price is € 70,00 and more
• Order with indication of price:
  Query if the delivery price exceeds the price quoted in the order by more than 20 per cent and the price is € 70,00 and more

• Please don’t hesitate to contact us at any time, if you have any questions concerning our orders.

Antiquarian acquisition

• We ask for antiquarian acquisition if the ordered title is out of print.

• We expect antiquarian books to be delivered
• in as good a condition as possible with a well-balanced price-performance ratio; please inquire if the price exceeds the price agreement specified above,
• with a clear and verifiable ownership structure / provenance,
• in the edition we ordered - usually we note in our orders if another edition is acceptable for us. Please contact us before delivery if you have any questions.

• We ask vendors to keep a search list if an antiquarian acquisition is not possible. Titles on the search list should be checked regularly for availability with the maximum of 24 months after order date.
• Please let us know when you put a title on the search list so we won’t claim these titles.
• For any order not handled within 24 months, it will be understood that the order is cancelled. We ask for notification concerning cancellation.

CD-ROM

• Orders for CD-ROMs (also as supplements to books) contain the following note:
  "Single user network licence / Technical requirements: Ability to run in a MS Windows 2008 Environment with Terminal Services / Installation on a network drive"
  This means that we ask for a networking licence and therewith for the permission to install the CD-ROM onto a server, so that accessing is possible from any PC inside the library (also via WLAN for authenticated users) but only from one user at a time. In this case please make sure to mention NETWORKING LICENCE on your invoice.

• Please contact us before delivery to make sure that we agree to the conditions:

• if there is no networking licence available
• if networking licence is only available for an extra charge
• if a single user networking licence allows access only from one special PC

Accounting

1. General requirements, details on the product and the order on the invoice:

• Individual invoice for each product (in case of print publications: in duplicate in each book, also in case of multiple copies)
• For bundles (combination of print and online publications) SBB needs individual invoices for print and online
• If invoice items have different tax rates, SBB requires separate invoices by tax rate

Mandatory information on the invoice:

• Supplier invoice number and invoice date
• Ordering department of the library, e.g. Abt. Bestandsaufbau, IIA
• Our order number, e.g. IIAMN21013026
• Quantity and description of the goods rendered or scope and type of additional services, incl. details on terms of the subscription/license agreement
  (e.g. title, author, „vol 36“ or „1.1.2021-31.12.2021)

The following breakdown of costs is needed:

• Price of the product (if applicable in foreign currency, incl. exchange rate)
• In case of discounts: discount in percent and discounted price of the publication.
  In case of reduced discounts this should be noted on the invoice
• Any surcharges, e.g. auction surcharges, agreed upon service charges, handling fees
• Additional services such as binding, transport and any other are to be listed separately as „additional services“ on the invoice
• Display of the tax rate applied and the amount of tax for each invoice item (if applicable)

Following details on the invoice are desired:

• Our budget code, e.g. 1e3e
• Printing the phrase "Vereinnahmt unter den jeweils angegebenen Zugangsnummern in den Akzessionsjournalen"
• Printing the phrase "Sachlich richtig"
• Type of order, e.g. „zur Fortsetzung“, standing order
• Invoice number as barcode
• Invoice date as barcode

Observation of supplementary specifications as listed below

2. Supplementary specifications for the issuing of invoices by the supplier (i.e. in most cases mandatory elements according to § 14 UStG):

• Name and address of the supplier
• Name and address of the ordering department of Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (beneficiary)
  Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
  Preußischer Kulturbesitz
  Abt. Bestandentwicklung und Metadaten, IIA, H2
  Potsdamer Str. 33
  10785 Berlin
  Deutschland
• Supplier’s tax number or VAT number
• In case of private persons as vendors: add the information „Privatverkauf/private sale“
• Specify on the invoice if a VAT exemption is applicable, for smaller vendors or not-for-profit-organisations
  e.g. „VAT exemption according to …“
• Specify on the invoice if differential taxation is applicable
• Bank details of the supplier
• For deliveries from EU member states SBB requires a net invoice. The supplier has to provide the business‘ VAT number on the invoices as well as SBB’s VAT number: DE 33 820 490 0 (Attention: New VAT number!)
  Additionally, the following specification has to be on the invoices:
  For print publications: . „Within the EU we request VAT-exempt intra-community delivery“
  For electronic resources: „VAT reverse charge according to article 196 of EU VAT directive 2006/112“

Returns

We reserve the right of return without query in following cases:

• mistakes caused by distributor, e.g.: wrong title, duplicate delivery, defective binding,
• delivery of defective copies, e.g.: missing pages / damaged block.        

Last update: Febraur 2022