Common use of General Clause in Contracts

General. The Client is liable vis-à-vis the Freight Forwarder and shall, regardless of the amount, upon first written request, indemnify him, hold him harmless, provide sufficient guarantee: - from and against any damage or loss that the Freight Forwarder suffers or expects to suffer, directly or indirectly, in the performance of contract as a result of the nature and the packaging of the goods, the incorrectness, inaccuracy or incompleteness of instructions given, data or information provided, the non-delivery or untimely delivery of the goods to the Freight Forwarder at the agreed time and place, as well as the failure to provide, or to provide in a timely manner, documents or instructions, any fault or negligence in general on the part of the client or on the part of the third parties whose services he enlisted; - from and against any damage or loss, costs and expenditure which are claimed from the freight forwarder by authorities, contractors, agents or third parties, for whatever reason, with regard to, among other things, the goods, any damage, expenditure, costs, duties, claimed directly or indirectly as a result of the service provided or to be provided on the authority of the Client, unless the Client shows that the claim was directly, to the exclusion of any liability on his part, caused by a fault for which only the Freight Forwarder is liable, to the exclusion of any third party whose services were enlisted by the Freight Forwarder; - from and against any damage or loss, in connection with the order given to the Freight Forwarder, costs and expenditure which are claimed from the Freight Forwarder in cases where, under Community or national laws and regulations, the freight forwarder is under any personal and/or joint and several liability for the payment or settlement of customs duties and/or other tax debts; - damage or loss shall mean in the broadest sense: among other things, material or immaterial damage or loss, direct and indirect damage, consequential damage, including economic loss, fines and interest, forfeitures, claims caused by product liability or intellectual property rights, legal fees and costs associated with legal assistance.