Common use of Minimum Commitment Clause in Contracts

Minimum Commitment. If for a certain Service a minimum commitment has been determined in the Agreement, the Customer guarantees to respect the minimum commitment described in the Agreement during the entire period of the Agreement. If the Customer does not respect this minimum commitment, the Customer shall pay the compensation mentioned in the Agreement. If no compensation has been mentioned in the Agreement, the Customer has to pay the applicable Charges for the respective Service, or the average of the applicable Charges if different Charges are applied for the respective Service, per missing number of its minimum commitment. Services that are timely cancelled by the Customer or Services for which the Customer has paid a cancellation fee , do not, even not partly, release the Customer from its obligation to respect the minimum commitment . Services cancelled as due to Force Majeure and Services cancelled by Lineas for other reasons than Force Majeure, will be considered as a Services ordered and paid for by the Customer. Services cancelled by the Customer or by Lineas because of holidays do not, even not partly, release the Customer from its obligation to respect its minimum commitment.