GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS Sustainable Commodities 3 B.V. Lemsterpad 54-A1, unit 103, 8531 AA Lemmer, the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce 99665042 · VAT NL869082814B01 Authoritative text: https://www.sustainablecommodities.eu/terms ======================================================================== Version 2026-08 · in force from 10 August 2026Supersedes the version of 16 April 2026. This page is the authoritative text. Download a plain-text copy · print or save as PDF · a copy of this or of any superseded version is sent free of charge on request. ← Back to homepage · Markets · Contact 1. Definitions 1.1 In these terms and conditions, the following definitions apply: Sustainable Commodities: Sustainable Commodities 3 B.V., having its registered office at Lemsterpad 54-A1, 8531 AA Lemmer, the Netherlands. Client: Any natural person or legal entity that uses, requests, or receives the Services, whether or not a written agreement has been signed. Counterparty: Any third party introduced to the Client by Sustainable Commodities, or that introduces the Client, in connection with a potential or actual transaction. Services: The introduction and brokerage of counterparties in relation to waste-based feedstocks, biofuels, recycled materials and related products, together with any market information, document assistance, facilitation or mediation activity carried out in that connection. Transaction: Any contract for the sale, purchase, exchange, processing or transport of goods entered into between a Client and a Counterparty, whether or not introduced by Sustainable Commodities. 2. Contracting entity 2.1 All activity described on this website, and all Services, are carried out by and under Sustainable Commodities 3 B.V., a private limited company incorporated under the law of the Netherlands, having its registered office at Lemsterpad 54-A1, 8531 AA Lemmer, the Netherlands. 2.2 Sustainable Commodities 3 B.V. is the sole contracting party. Where the trading name Sustainable Commodities appears on this website, in correspondence, in offers or in any document, it refers to Sustainable Commodities 3 B.V. and to no other entity. 2.3 No director, employee or representative of Sustainable Commodities 3 B.V. contracts in a personal capacity, and no personal liability is accepted by any of them. 3. Applicability and precedence 3.1 These terms apply to all offers, quotations, introductions, correspondence, agreements and Services of Sustainable Commodities, and to all legal relationships arising from them. 3.2 The applicability of any purchase, sale or other general conditions of the Client or a Counterparty is expressly rejected, unless accepted by Sustainable Commodities in writing and signed. 3.3 Where a separate written agreement signed by Sustainable Commodities conflicts with these terms, that agreement prevails, and only in respect of the conflicting provision. 3.4 Continuing to use the Services after these terms have been made available constitutes acceptance of them. 3.5 These terms are permanently available at https://www.sustainablecommodities.eu/terms, from which they can be read, saved, downloaded and printed at any time. A copy of these terms, or of any version previously in force, is sent free of charge on request. 3.6 Each version carries a version reference and a date on which it came into force. The version in force on the date the relevant offer, introduction or Service was made applies to it. 4. Our role: introduction only, with one exception 4.1 Except as set out in article 4.7, Sustainable Commodities acts exclusively as an independent intermediary and broker. It introduces parties to one another. In that capacity it does not act as buyer, seller, agent, trustee, fiduciary, distributor or principal. 4.2 In that capacity Sustainable Commodities never takes title to goods, does not take possession of goods, and does not trade for its own account. 4.3 In that capacity Sustainable Commodities is not a party to any Transaction. A Transaction is concluded directly between the Client and the Counterparty, on terms they agree between themselves, and Sustainable Commodities has no rights or obligations under it. 4.4 Sustainable Commodities gives no guarantee, warranty or assurance of any kind regarding a Counterparty, including as to its existence, solvency, creditworthiness, capacity, authority, licences, certifications, honesty, or its performance or non-performance of any obligation. 4.5 Each party remains solely responsible for its own due diligence, including verification of identity, ownership, sanctions status, certification, permits, insurance and financial standing, and for the negotiation, drafting, execution and performance of its own contracts. 4.6 Sustainable Commodities does not receive, hold, transmit or handle funds belonging to the Client or a Counterparty, and does not provide payment, escrow, financing or credit services. 4.7 Additives and blending components: the one exception. In respect of additives and blending components Sustainable Commodities may act as principal. Where it does, it buys and sells for its own account, may take title, and is a party to that Transaction; articles 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 do not apply to it. Sustainable Commodities will state expressly, before the relevant Transaction is concluded, whether it acts as broker or as principal. Absent such a statement it acts as broker. This exception applies only to additives and blending components and to no other product. 5. No advice 5.1 Nothing provided by Sustainable Commodities constitutes legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, insurance, technical, engineering, environmental or investment advice, and none of it may be relied upon as such. 5.2 Sustainable Commodities is not a law firm, not an arbitrator, not an inspection or testing company, not a certification body, not a customs agent and not a licensed financial adviser, and does not hold itself out as any of these. 5.3 Membership of any trade association is a commercial membership only. It does not constitute a professional qualification in that association's rules, contracts or arbitration procedures, and confers no expert status. 5.4 Where Sustainable Commodities refers to standards, regulations, contract forms, deadlines or industry rules, such references are general and indicative, may be incomplete or superseded, and are no substitute for the Client obtaining its own professional advice on its own contract. 5.5 The Client is advised to obtain independent professional advice before entering into any Transaction. 6. Information, specifications and market data 6.1 Information passed on by Sustainable Commodities, including specifications, analyses, certificates, origin declarations, volumes, availability, prices, indications, market commentary, trends and rumours, originates from third parties and is passed on without verification, without adoption and without warranty of any kind. 6.2 Sustainable Commodities does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, currency, authenticity or fitness for purpose of any such information, and accepts no liability for any inaccuracy, omission, misinterpretation, forgery or consequence arising from it. 6.3 Price indications and market reads are non-binding, are not an offer, are not a valuation, and are not a price assessment. They may be out of date at the moment of receipt. 6.4 Nothing published on the website of Sustainable Commodities constitutes an offer, a guarantee of availability, or a representation that any product is fit for a particular purpose or compliant with any particular regulation. 6.5 Any document template, specimen or example made available is provided for illustration only. It is not a regulatory document, has no legal effect, must not be relied upon and must not be used or presented as a genuine document. 7. Sampling, inspection, quality and quantity 7.1 Sustainable Commodities does not sample, inspect, weigh, gauge, survey, test or analyse goods, and does not verify the results of any party that does. 7.2 Quality, quantity, condition, packing, labelling, classification and conformity are matters exclusively between the Client and the Counterparty, to be determined under their own contract. 7.3 Sustainable Commodities accepts no liability whatsoever in connection with quality or quantity claims, off-specification material, contamination, deterioration, loss, shortage, demurrage, detention, storage, rejection or the outcome of any inspection. 8. Certification, sustainability and regulatory compliance 8.1 The Client is solely responsible for determining and maintaining its own regulatory position, including but not limited to certification scheme requirements, sustainability declarations, mass balance bookkeeping, waste classification, shipment notification and permitting, customs classification and import or export licensing. 8.2 Sustainable Commodities does not issue, validate, endorse or verify certificates, proofs of sustainability, sustainability declarations, safety data sheets, certificates of analysis or any other document, and is not a supplier within the meaning of applicable chemicals legislation. 8.3 Statements by Sustainable Commodities as to whether material may qualify under any scheme or list are preliminary observations only and must be confirmed by the Client with its own certification body or competent authority before any commitment is made. 9. Sanctions, know your counterparty and financial crime 9.1 The Client warrants that it is not, and is not owned or controlled by, and does not act on behalf of, any person subject to sanctions, and that it will not involve Sustainable Commodities in any Transaction that would breach applicable sanctions, export control, anti money laundering or counter terrorist financing rules. 9.2 The Client shall conduct its own screening of every Counterparty and of the goods, vessels, routes and end use concerned. 9.3 Sustainable Commodities may decline, suspend or withdraw from any introduction or Service at any time, without liability and without being required to state reasons. 9.4 Neither party shall offer, promise, give, request or accept any improper payment or advantage. The Client shall comply with all applicable anti bribery and anti corruption laws. 10. Commission and payment 10.1 Commission is earned upon conclusion of a Transaction between parties introduced by Sustainable Commodities, unless agreed otherwise in writing. 10.2 Where an introduction made by Sustainable Commodities leads, directly or indirectly, to a Transaction between the introduced parties or their affiliates within twenty four months of the introduction, commission is due on that Transaction, whether or not Sustainable Commodities was involved in the negotiation. 10.3 The Client shall not circumvent, bypass or attempt to circumvent Sustainable Commodities in respect of an introduced Counterparty, including through an affiliate, nominee or successor. 10.4 Invoices are payable within fourteen days, without set off, deduction, counterclaim or suspension. Amounts are exclusive of VAT and other levies. 10.5 In case of late payment the Client owes statutory commercial interest, together with all judicial and extrajudicial collection costs. 10.6 Commission remains due irrespective of whether the Transaction is subsequently performed, varied, suspended, cancelled or terminated, and irrespective of any dispute between the Client and the Counterparty. 11. Confidentiality 11.1 Each party shall keep confidential all non public information received from the other, and shall not disclose it except to those of its personnel and advisers who need to know it and are bound by equivalent obligations. 11.2 Sustainable Commodities does not disclose the identity of a counterparty, the terms of a transaction, or any commercially sensitive information to any other party, other than with consent or where required by law or a competent authority. 11.3 This obligation survives termination for a period of five years. 12. Personal data 12.1 Sustainable Commodities processes personal data in accordance with applicable data protection law, including the General Data Protection Regulation, and only to the extent necessary to provide the Services and to comply with legal obligations. 12.2 Requests concerning personal data may be addressed to the contact details published on this website. 13. Liability 13.1 The Services are provided on a best efforts basis. Sustainable Commodities accepts no obligation of result. 13.2 To the fullest extent permitted by law, Sustainable Commodities is not liable for any damage of any nature whatsoever, including but not limited to direct damage, indirect damage, consequential damage, loss of profit, loss of turnover, loss of contract, loss of goodwill, loss of opportunity, business interruption, price movements, currency movements, demurrage, storage, disposal or reprocessing costs, regulatory penalties, or damage caused by or attributable to a Counterparty or any other third party. 13.3 Use of the Services, and any decision taken on the basis of information received, is entirely at the Client's own risk. 13.4 Sustainable Commodities is in particular not liable for: the non performance, delay, default, misrepresentation, insolvency or fraud of any Counterparty; non payment for goods delivered; rejection of goods; the accuracy or authenticity of documents; the loss of any right through the expiry of a contractual or arbitral deadline; the interruption, unavailability or malfunction of any website, e-mail or communication service; or any act or omission of a carrier, terminal, inspector, laboratory, certification body or authority. 13.5 If and to the extent that liability is nevertheless established, such liability is in all cases limited to the amount of commission actually received by Sustainable Commodities 3 B.V. in respect of the specific Transaction to which the claim relates. Where no commission has been received, liability is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. In no event does the aggregate liability arising from all claims in any calendar year exceed the total commission received from the Client in that year. 13.6 Any claim lapses if it is not notified in writing, with reasons, within thirty days of the Client becoming aware of the relevant facts, and in any event expires twelve months after the event giving rise to it. 13.7 The limitations in this article do not apply in the case of intent or deliberate recklessness on the part of the management of Sustainable Commodities, or where mandatory law does not permit their application. This carve out is stated deliberately: under Netherlands law an exclusion that purports to cover every case, including intent, risks being set aside in its entirety, which would leave no protection at all. 14. Indemnity 14.1 The Client indemnifies and holds harmless Sustainable Commodities, its directors and its personnel against all third party claims, proceedings, penalties, losses, damages and costs, including reasonable legal costs, arising out of or in connection with the Services, any Transaction, any information supplied by the Client, or any breach by the Client of these terms or of applicable law. 15. Force majeure 15.1 Sustainable Commodities is not liable for any failure or delay resulting from circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including natural events, fire, flood, epidemic, war, terrorism, civil unrest, strike, cyber attack, failure of telecommunications, energy or internet services, sanctions, embargo, port or terminal closure, or acts of government. 15.2 If force majeure continues for more than sixty days, either party may terminate the affected Service in writing without liability. 16. Duration, suspension and termination 16.1 Either party may terminate the relationship in writing at any time, without prejudice to accrued rights, including any commission already earned or falling due under article 10.2. 16.2 Sustainable Commodities may suspend or terminate the Services with immediate effect if the Client breaches these terms, becomes insolvent, or if continuation would in its reasonable opinion expose it to legal, regulatory or reputational risk. 17. Miscellaneous 17.1 The Client may not assign or transfer its rights or obligations without prior written consent. 17.2 Notices shall be given in writing, by e-mail to the address published on this website being sufficient. 17.3 If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force, and the invalid provision shall be replaced by a valid provision approximating its purpose as closely as possible. 17.4 Articles 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13 and 14 survive termination. 17.5 Failure or delay in exercising a right does not constitute a waiver of it. 17.6 The English text of these terms prevails over any translation. 18. Governing law and jurisdiction 18.1 These terms and all legal relationships between the parties are governed exclusively by the law of the Netherlands. 18.2 The applicability of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is excluded. 18.3 All disputes shall be submitted exclusively to the competent court of the Netherlands having jurisdiction in the district in which Sustainable Commodities has its registered office, without prejudice to the right of Sustainable Commodities to bring proceedings before any other competent court. 19. Changes 19.1 Sustainable Commodities may amend these terms. The version published on this website at the time the Services are used applies. ← Back to homepage · Markets · Contact