14. Claims
14、索賠

Except those claims for which the insurance company or the owners of the vessel are liable, should the quality, specifications or quantity be found not in conformity with the stipulations of the contract, within 90 (ninety) days after the arrival of the goods at destination, the Buyer can use the Inspection Certificate issued by China National Import and Export Commodities Inspection Corporation to claim for replacement as compensation. All the expenses incurred (such as inspection charges, freight charges for returning and sending of replacement, insurance premium, storage, loading and unloading charges) shall be borne by the Seller.
自貨物到達目的港起90天內，如發現貨物質量、規格、數量與合同規定不符，除那些應由保險公司或由船方承擔的部分外，買方可憑中國進出口商品檢驗總公司出具的商檢證書，有權要求更換或索賠。

In regard to quality, the Seller shall guarantee that if, within 12 (twelve) from the date of arrival of the goods at destination, damages occur in the course of operation by reason of inferior quality of material or bad workmanship, the Buyer shall immediately notify the Seller in writing and put forward a certificate issued by the CCIC. The certificate so issued shall be accepted as the base of the claim. The Seller, in accordance with the Buyer’s claim, shall be responsible for the immediate elimination of the defects, complete or partial replacement of the commodity, or devaluate the commodity according to the state of defects. Where necessary, the Buyer may eliminate the defects themselves at the Seller’s expenses. If the Seller fails to reply within on month after receipt of the aforesaid claim, the claim shall be reckoned as having been accepted by the Seller.
賣方保證，貨物到達目的港12個 月內，如果使用過程中由于材料質量低劣和工藝不佳而出現的損壞，買方立即以書面形式通知賣方并出具中國進出口商品檢驗總公司開列的檢驗證書，提出索賠。商 檢證書為索賠的依據。按買方索賠要求，賣方有責任立即排除貨物的缺陷、全部或部分更換或根據缺陷情況將貨物作降價處理。