General Terms and Conditions (GTC) "VANGUARD - Lead & Innovate" magazine

PREAMBLE

The Center for Risk and Crisis Management (CRC for short) is an association registered in the Austrian register of associations, ZVR: 796766303, Vienna Provincial Police Headquarters (www.bmi.gv.at), Austria, with its registered office at Reisnerstraße 5/20a, 1030 Vienna. CRC Beteiligung-, Service und Asset Management GmbH (CRC BSM GmbH for short), 1030 Vienna, Reisnerstraße 5/20a, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the CRC association and fulfills the role of media owner of VANGARD Magazine-LEAD & INNOVATE- on behalf of and in the name of the CRC and is also the billing partner for all advertisement placements and similar in the CRC HUB and in VANGARD Magazine-LEAD & INNOVATE-.

The general GDPR guidelines according to the homepage www.zfrk.org apply

§ 1 GENERAL

1.1. These General Terms and Conditions apply to all agreements relating to the VANGARD Magazine-LEAD & INNOVATE and CRC HUB published by the CRC, which are concluded by telephone or e-mail with the clients (advertisers). Deviating terms and conditions of the clients = advertisers shall only be recognized in the event of express written confirmation by the CRC. The client acknowledges that the CRC acts as contractor for the VANGARD Magazine-LEAD & INNOVATE and CRC HUB. By signing the agreement or the order (advertisement placement), the undersigned expressly declares that he/she is authorized to sign this agreement and agrees to the processing of the order. In addition to the client, the signatory is liable for the fulfillment of the agreement.

1.2 Correspondence and ancillary agreements: Queries, notifications and the like must be addressed to the ZRK alone. This agreement – order for an advertisement placement in VANGARD Magazine-LEAD & INNOVATE- and CRC HUB is agreed exclusively in writing. Employees and agents of the CRC are not authorized to make verbal promises beyond the written contract text – order. Verbal agreements are therefore deemed not to have been made unless they are expressly confirmed in writing by CRC.

1.3 Liability: The client shall also be liable for the correct receipt of the printing and publication documents in the case of specified dispositions. The client shall be exclusively liable for the word and image content of the advertisements and shall also be responsible for the legality of the content of the advertisements. The client shall indemnify and hold the CRC harmless in the event of claims by third parties (in particular due to copyright claims or due to the content of the advertisement being contrary to the Unfair Competition Act), including any costs of publication of a judgment, counterstatement, etc. The client guarantees that the placement – advertisement or advertorial – does not violate any legal provisions and does not infringe the rights of third parties. The CRC is not obliged to examine the advertisement or any request for publication made against it, but is entitled to make any legally necessary adaptations to an insertion without prior consultation with the client.

1.4 Place of performance and jurisdiction: The place of performance for delivery and payment and the exclusive place of jurisdiction is the registered office of CRC and ZRK BSM GmbH. Austrian law shall apply to the exclusion of international private law.

§ 2 REQUIREMENTS and ORDER ISSUANCE

2.1 Terms and conditions: The order shall be governed primarily by the terms and conditions set out in the respective valid advertising price lists of VANGARD Magazine-LEAD & INNOVATE and CRC HUB and the written order confirmation. This can only be done by e-mail. In addition to the agreed net price, a 5% advertising tax will be charged. All prices are quoted in euros. Invoicing is carried out by CRC Beteiligung-, Service und Asset Management GmbH, 1030 Vienna, Reisnerstraße 5/20a, a wholly owned subsidiary of the CRC association. The corresponding VAT rates will also be charged to the client.

2.2 Orders via advertising agencies: Advertising orders placed by an agency are accepted in its name and for its account. Advertising agencies are obliged to adhere to the CRC price list in their offers, contracts and invoices with advertisers. Orders from advertising agencies shall only be accepted for specifically named advertisers. The CRC is entitled to demand proof of mandate from the advertising agency.

2.3 Orders for a CRC HUB BASIC entry: Orders for a Basic entry require at least extraordinary CRC membership for natural persons and legal entities.

2.4 Rejection: The CRC reserves the right to reject legally binding advertisement orders without stating reasons or because of their content, origin or for technical reasons, or to block their publication in whole or in part as soon as the CRC becomes aware that the advertisement violates the law, official regulations or morality, or that its publication is unreasonable for the CRC, particularly in the case of advertisements for competitive offers. The client shall be informed immediately of any rejection or changes to the contractual conditions. Data material provided by the client will only be returned upon special request by the client. The obligation of the CRC or CRC BSM GmbH to store data for the CRC shall end two weeks after expiry of the order.

2.5 Withdrawal: The client only has the right to withdraw from the agreement – advertisement placement order for good cause. The declaration of withdrawal must be received by the CRC in writing no later than one week before the advertising deadline. The CRC shall not accept any withdrawal for reasons attributable to the client in the case of all bindingly agreed preferred spaces, including cover pages.

§ 3 EXECUTION OF ORDERS

3.1 Dates and placement: No guarantee is given for the placement of advertisements in specific locations. Exceptions to this are orders whose validity is expressly made dependent on adherence to specific deadlines or – if the placement surcharge provided for in the rate is paid – on a specific placement.

3.1.1 Details of the start and duration of the circuit are binding.

3.1.2 If the start of the activation period is not specified, the next possible period shall apply.

3.1.3 If the agreed placement in the CRC HUB is prevented by an obstacle for which the client is responsible, e.g. if the advertisement/placement document and data are not delivered to the CRC on time, the delivery date shall be postponed by the duration of the delay, but by no more than one week (7 days). If no delivery is possible within this period due to the fault of the client, the delivery date shall be rescheduled between the client and the CRC. If no agreement is reached within two weeks (14 days), CRC BSM GmbH may demand and invoice 50 percent of the order value as a contractual penalty.

3.2 Print documents: The client is responsible for providing the print documents in good time. In the event of delay, the order shall be deemed to have been fulfilled if the insertion is made using a different printing material provided by the client or if only the name and address of the client are used. The obligation to retain printing material ends two weeks (14 days) after publication of the insertion.

3.4 Reproduction: The CRC or CRC BSM GmbH guarantees the technically flawless reproduction of advertisements on the basis of the printing material provided. In the event of significant defects, CRC BSM GmbH shall provide compensation in the form of a replacement insertion or, if the purpose of the advertisement can no longer be fulfilled by a replacement insertion, by granting an appropriate price reduction of 50 percent. Any further claims are expressly excluded.

3.5 Printing authorization: Proofs shall only be sent by post at the express request and against payment of costs by the client; proofs by e-mail shall be sent on request and free of charge. In this case, the client is obliged to approve the proofs within the specified period with a release note. The client shall be responsible for the correctness of the returned proofs. If the client does not return the proof sent to him in good time, approval for printing shall be deemed to have been granted.

3.6 Complaints: Complaints about inserts will only be accepted within eight days of publication.

3.7 Cancellation: Cancellation of the order free of charge is only possible if this is submitted to CRC in writing at least 14 working days before the respective editorial deadline. After the editorial deadline, CRC BSM GmbH will charge a cancellation fee of 80% of the order amount.

§ 4 INVOICING / TERMS OF PAYMENT / WARRANTY / LIABILITY

4.1 Invoice: If no advance payment is made, the invoice will be sent before the agreed copies of VANGARD Magazine-LEAD & INNOVATE are dispatched. The invoice amount must be paid within the period shown on the invoice without deductions. In the event of late payment or deferral of payment, interest of 9.5% p.a. and reminder fees of EUR 20.00 will be charged.

4.2 Printing material costs: Costs for the production of printing material for the advertisement and advertorial of VANGARD Magazine-LEAD & INNOVATE- shall be borne by the customer.

4.3 Complaints: Invoice complaints will only be recognized upon receipt of the invoice.

4.4 Prices: The prices for the placement of advertisements in VANGARD Magazine-LEAD & INNOVATE and/or CRC HUB are based on the prices stated in the media data on the CRC website www.zfrk.org/hub and https://vanguardmag.eu at the time the order is placed.

4.5 Default of payment: In the event of default of payment by the client, the CRC or ZRK BSM GmbH may postpone further execution of the current order until full payment has been made and demand advance payment for further advertising orders by the client. In the event of justified doubts about the solvency of the client, the CRC or its CRC BSM GmbH shall be entitled to demand advance payment for further advertisements, even during the term of an advertising contract, and to make their publication dependent on the settlement of outstanding invoice amounts.

4.6 Liability: The CRC and its ZRK BSM GmbH assume no liability for the content of the advertisements or for the content of other websites to which the advertisement refers or for errors in the advertisement for which the contractor is responsible.

4.7 Warranty: The CRC or its ZRK BSM GmbH assumes no warranty for the functionality of communication networks. No warranty is assumed in the event of a computer failure of the Internet provider on whose computer the services of the CRC or its ZRK BSM GmbH are hosted, or for non-updated or incomplete offers on so-called proxy servers of commercial online services.

4.7.1. If the execution of the order is not possible for technical reasons, in particular computer failure, force majeure, disruptions from the area of responsibility of providers, network operators or line providers or for comparable reasons by the CRC or its ZRK BSM GmbH, the order shall be rescheduled if possible.If the postponement of the performance time is not insignificant, the client shall be informed of this.

4.7.2 If the order is not fulfilled due to circumstances for which the CRC and / or its ZRK BSM GmbH are not responsible, the client shall, without prejudice to any legal obligations, reimburse the difference between the discount granted and the discount corresponding to the actual acceptance of the CRC and / or its CRC BSM GmbH, i.e. reimburse a partial service rendered.

§ 5 DATA PROTECTION

5.1 The client agrees that any personal data may be stored.

5.2 The stored data will only be collected, processed and used to the extent necessary for the establishment, structuring or amendment of the contract.

5.3 The general GDPR guidelines according to the homepage www.zfrk.org apply

§ 6 OTHER PROVISIONS

6.1 Additions or amendments to these GTC and changes to this provision can only be made in writing.

6.2 Should any provision of these GTC be legally invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions shall remain unaffected. The invalid provision shall be replaced by an appropriate provision which, as far as legally possible, comes closest to what the contracting parties intended and would have intended according to the meaning and purpose of the agreement if they had considered this point when concluding the agreement.

Vienna, March 25, 2024