14. Claims
14、索赔

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.
自货物到达目的港起90天内，如发现货物质量、规格、数量与合同规定不符，除那些应由保险公司或由船方承担的部分外，买方可凭中国进出口商品检验总公司出具的商检证书，有权要求更换或索赔。

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.
卖方保证，货物到达目的港12个 月内，如果使用过程中由于材料质量低劣和工艺不佳而出现的损坏，买方立即以书面形式通知卖方并出具中国进出口商品检验总公司开列的检验证书，提出索赔。商 检证书为索赔的依据。按买方索赔要求，卖方有责任立即排除货物的缺陷、全部或部分更换或根据缺陷情况将货物作降价处理。