Processing Contract
Exhibit
10.27
The
English Translation is for reference only.
This
contract is executed by the following parties:
Party
A:
Shenyang Coca-cola Beverages Co., Ltd.
Address:
Xx. 0, Xx Xxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx and Technology Development Zone,
Shenyang
Authorized
Representative: Xxx Xxxxxx
Tel:
(00)
00000000
Fax:
(00)
00000000
Party
B:
Changchun Taoda Beverage Co., Ltd.
Address:
Xx. 000, Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx and Technology Development Zone,
Changchun
Legal
Representative: Liang Dongxia
Tel:
(0000) 00000000
Fax:
(000) 00000000
Party
A
and Party B have entered into this contract with the agreement of details as
follows in regard of processing “Binglu” Pure Water (hereinafter the
“Products”).
1.
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Names
and specifications for the Products
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1.1
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The
Products to be manufactured and corresponding packing specifications
designated by Party are as follows, which are in compliance with
the most
updated technology and quality requirements published by Coca-cola
(China)
Beverages Co., Ltd.
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Products
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Packing
Specifications
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600ML
PET Bottle
“Binglu”
Pure Water
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24
bottles/box, packing with PEC shrink
films,
40 boxes per board (8*5), wrapping and
packing
by films
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1.2
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Processing
site, equipment, craftwork procedure, packing materials and manufacturing
control shall be in compliance with legal requirements such as allocation
with sewage water disposal system recognized by Environment Protection
Authorities or connection to the government sewage water disposal
system
approved by local competent authorities, which are proposed by local
competent authorities (including but not limited with Quality and
Technical Supervision Bureau, Sanitary Supervision Authorities and
Environment Protection Authorities) and recognized by Coca-cola (China)
Beverages Co., Ltd. The quality of the Products shall be in compliance
with the most updated standards published by Coca-cola (China) Beverages
Co., Ltd., including certain new standard guidance published by Coca-cola
and/or Coca-cola (China) Beverages Co., Ltd., from time to time.
Party B
hereby expressly knows the most updated product quality standards
published by Coca-cola (China) Beverages Co.,
Ltd.
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1.3
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Quantity
- Party A and Party B will negotiate and specify the processing quantity,
the specific quantity shall be decided in the purchase order provided
by
Party A.
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1.4
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Party
B shall obtain effective Sanitary Certificate issued by local Sanitation
and Disease Prevention Authorities, Food Production Certificate (QS)
for
bottle water issued by local Quality and Technology Supervision Bureau
and
Food Sanitary Creditworthiness A Certificate, Sewage Water Discharge
Certificate, permits and approvals relevant with labor safety and
fire
protection and pass the recognition review for processing factory
by
Coca-cola (China) Beverages Co., Ltd. Party B shall provide the
photocopies of aforementioned certificates with the company chop
to Party
A. Party B shall promptly provide Party A with corresponding photocopies
for record after every annual review or change of such Food Production
Certificate (QS) and Sanitary
Certificate.
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2.
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Product
Price and Best Terms
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2.1 | The processing price for such products: |
The price stipulated herein includes
but
not limited with the fees and expenses of water, power, steam, employee
salaries, equipment depreciation, raw materials and ancillary materials,
packing materials, upload and download, storage and various government
tax
payment, regular or irregular product inspection (including various
spot-check fees for such products conducted by competent authorities)
and
other expenses incurred from the
processing.
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2.2
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The
parties shall negotiate to settle the processing fees for products
with
different specifications stipulated herein within the valid term
of this
contract.
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2.3
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Based
on the principle that Party B entitles Party A as the client with
the best
term, Party B hereby confirms that the conditions and price stipulated
herein are the best and promises that it will treat Party A with
the same
or better conditions under the same principle should Party B or its
affiliated parties provide other clients with better conditions or
price
within the valid term hereof.
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3.
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Offer
and Confirmation of the Purchase
Order
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3.1
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Party
B shall manufacture and deliver such Products in complete compliance
with
the Purchase Order or written mail issued by Party
A.
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3.2
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Party
B shall execute the Purchase Order or written mail issued by Party
A
within 48 hours as of the receipt for confirmation and return such
notice
to Party A.
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3.3
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Should
Party A fail to receive the response within 48 hours that Party B
is
unable to manufacture and deliver such Products as per Party A’s
requirements, the Purchase Order shall be deemed as
valid.
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4.
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Supply
of the Materials and the Product Quality
Standards
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4.1
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Party
B will manufacture PET bottles by using the materials and data designated
by Party A. Party B shall also review and inspect PET bottles as
per
Coca-cola (China) Beverages Co., Ltd. during the process of
manufacturing.
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4.2
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Party
B shall provide the packing materials (PET slice, bottles, labels,
shrink
films and bottle caps etc.) for the Products, which shall be recognized
by
Coca-cola (China) Beverages Co., Ltd. Party B will inspect and accept
the
packing materials when such materials income the factory and Party
A will
provide Party B with the inspection method for relevant packing materials
which is attached as Exhibit I Incoming Inspection Standards for
Packing
Materials: A. Bottle Germ; B. PET Bottles; C. Bottle Caps; D. Labels;
E.
Shrink Films and F. Sampling Tables. Party B shall conduct the inspection
in complete compliance with the standards and keep the relevant inspection
records for at least three years to make sure the packing materials
used
for manufacturing in accordance with the quality requirements. Should
there be any quality flaw Party B shall promptly notify Party A to
deal
with such issue. Party B takes full legal liabilities for the sanitary
and
safe storage of the packing materials and Party A is entitled with
the
supervision of such storage and usage by Party
B.
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4.3
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Party
B shall manufacture the product and conduct quality control according
to
the most recently released standard (see the attached Exhibit II
Bottle
Drinking Pure Water Quality Control Standard Handbook re detail of
the
standard) by Coca-Cola (China) Beverages Co. Ltd., and Party A will
conduct supervision from time to time. Besides, at the request of
the
Coca-Cola Company, Party B shall provide crude water, filtered water,
RO
water, bottle water to Coca-Cola (China) Beverages Co. Ltd. for bromate
test, bromide test every quarter. Party B shall provide water sample
filtered by carbon to Coca-Cola (China) Beverages Co. Ltd. for THM
test.
Party B shall submit the product sample for inspection and test at
the
request of local quality and technology supervision authority or
at least
two times annually, with all the cost incurred born by Party B. The
duplicates of test reports should be sent to quality control department
of
Party A for filing. Party A specially request that the concentration
of
ozone in the product shall be 0.4mg-0.6mg/1 three minutes after the
water
is bottled, and where there is a increase trend of the amount of
water
microorganism of water treatment carbon filter, the original activated
carbon must be replaced with new one or be disinfected with steam.
Party B
must bear all the expenses incurred relating to complains on the
quality
of the sold Products processed by Party B(including but not limited
to the
compensation claim raised by Party A’s customers against Party
A).
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4.4
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Where
Party B inspect and accept the materials, Party B shall check whether
the
package is sealed or there is any contamination or breakage; whether
the
anti-stolen function normally works, whether packaging xxxx, amount
of the
products is in line with the xxxx of lading; whether import reports
are
complete; whether the described items, including shipping document,
stated
amount unit, analysis certifying documents, are in line with in-kind
products. In case of discovering any abnormal items, Party B shall
notify
manager of quality control department of Party A and preserve the
on-site
evidence for further negotiation by Party A and Party
B.
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4.5
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Party
B shall ensure the products is preserved in a dust-proof,
rabbit-protected, insect-protected, moist-proof, and sunscreen place.
Consignment of the products shall be strictly in line with the principle
of “products firstly put into the warehouse should be firstly consigned”
and “products with the guarantee period firstly expired should be firstly
consigned”. Damages to Party A incurred due to Party B’s failure to breach
the principle should be born by Party
B.
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4.6
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The
packaging materials carrying the product brand can only be used on
Party
A’s product. The remaining packaging materials that are not used on
the
products shall be preserved in good order and shall not used without
Party
A’s permission, otherwise Party B shall be responsible for relevant
economic losses and other legal
liabilities.
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4.7
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Without
Party A’s prior written consent, Party B shall not disclose any
information related to the products processing and quality control
to any
third party, including but not limited to the public, government
authority, or any person, organization or unit outside Party B’s
business.
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4.8
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4.8
Party B must use the packaging materials approved by Party A, including
lids, labels, and boxes, and may not use the materials or permit
the use
of the materials for any purpose not approved by Party A. Where Party
B
orders for label from label producing company, Party B shall copy
the
order for label to Party A. The label can be manufactured only in
the
label producing companies recognized by Coca-Cola (China) Beverages
Co.
Ltd.
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4.9
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Party
B shall preserve accurate record of stock of the products, materials,
and
packaging materials, and provide an stock report regarding the finished
products, materials, and packaging materials every week. Party A
is
entitled to check the stock of finished products, materials, and
packaging
materials and the corresponding report at any working
time.
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4.10
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Party
B shall be in charge of put the crude materials and batch of Products
that
fails to meet the standard in Party B’s warehouse and destroy these
materials and Products under Party A’s supervision or authorization. These
materials and Products can not be distributed to the market with
any
means, unless Party A agrees in
written.
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4.11
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The
Products with the same manufacturing date are deemed as one batch,
COA of
which shall be send by fax or email in the next day after the production
by Party B to quality control department of Party A. COA report for
this
batch should be faxed to quality control department of Party A after
all
the test results for this batch are finished in five days. Party
B shall
pick two bottles of water during the each stage of the start, the
middle
and the end of the manufacturing process, and the six bottles of
water
shall be sent to quality control department of Party A for quality
confirmation in two days of the manufacturing date of the batch.
Quality
control department of Party A can sign the delivery notice instrument
based upon the COA, sample analysis, and microorganism analysis results,
and notify Party B through logistics Department of Party B. The products
can not be distributed from the warehouse without the delivery notice
instrument signed by quality control department of Party A. Party
B must
stop the consignment of the Products and notify quality control department
of Party A when Party B finds any item not in conformity with the
standard
during the microorganism tests and taste tests, and disposes the
Products
according to the opinion by quality control department of Party
A.
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4.12
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Party
B shall email to purchase department, quality department, and logistics
department of Party A the batch number, amount, and destination of
the
Products to be delivered twelve hours before the delivery according
to
Party A’s order.
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5.
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Trade/Intellectual
Property
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5.1
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The
trade xxxx, enterprise trade name, product design are all owned by
Party A
and Coca-Cola (China) Beverages Co. Ltd.. Under no circumstances,
Party
may act or assist others to engage in any act violating Party A’s above
mentioned interests. Otherwise, Party B shall be held for the compensation
liability for tort or joint compensation liability, and Party A can
determine to cease the agreement in advance depending on the
situation.
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5.2
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The
agreement does not authorize Party B to sell the Products. Party
B shall
process the Products according to amount Party A designated, and
Party A
is entitled to check and certify Party B’s production statement. Without
Party A’s written consent, Party B’s sales of Products(combined products
and half-products), such items specialized for the Products as bottles,
label, lids, PE film, and packaging materials carrying Party A’s trade
name or brand. Party B shall be held for compensation liability or
other
legal liability for Party A’s above acts, and Party A can determine to
cease the agreement in advance depending on the
situation.
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5.3
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Party
B shall preserve the Products and materials carrying Party A’s brand and
trade name in good order. The items failing to meet the standard
(including Products, finished Products of raw materials, half-products)
found during the manufacturing and inspection should be destroyed
to
prevent any damage to Party B’s business credit when these items entering
the market. If these items enter the market and damage the interests
of
Party A’s intellectual property due to Party B’s failure to perform its
obligations of safeguarding, Party B shall be held for joint compensation
liability or other legal liability, and Party A can determine to
cease the
agreement in advance depending on the
situation.
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5.4
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Party
B shall make a statistical report on the order amount, warehouse-in
amount, deterioration amount, deterioration rate, destroying method,
the
person supervising the destroying, and destroying date every quarter.
The
report shall be emailed to quality control department of Party A
in five
days following the end of each quarter, and the combined annual reports
based on each quarter reports shall be emailed to quality control
department of Party A.
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6.
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Others
Agreed by the Parties
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6.1
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Party
A can dispatch staff to Party B if necessary to supervise the quality
of
the Products and manufacturing situation of Party B. Party B shall
provide
the board and lodging for these dispatching staff with cost born
by Party
A. Party A shall pay the salaries for the dispatched staff and pay
the
bills for phone calls and fax
expenses.
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6.2
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Party
B must have the warehouse qualified for the preservation of the crude
materials, packaging materials for the Products, and the finished
Products. The warehouse should have the capacity of 15 days turnover
for
crude materials and packaging materials, and 10 days turnover for
finished
Products.
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6.3
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In
case any market change that affecting Party B’s demand for the Products,
Party B is entitled to cease the agreement by written notice 30 days
in
advance.
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6.4
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In
case of ceasing the agreement in advance, Party A and Party B shall
dispose the Products as the following:
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- Party A purchases the Products manufactured by Party B under the Article 3 of the agreement at a price agreed by the parties; |
- Party A purchase the materials
ordered
by the Party B for Party A (including but not limited specialized
bottles,
lids, labels, and shrinking film) and agreed by the Party A, at a
price
agreed by the parties;
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- All the materials purchased
by Party B
with Party A’s consent and carrying Party A’s brand shall be disposed at
Party A’s request with the cost born by Party B. Party B shall compensate
the losses born by Party A due to Party B’s improper disposal of the above
materials.
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6.5
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Except
the Article 4.2, under any circumstance, Party B shall not, with
any
cause, keep such Products and any raw material and package material
branched Party A’s trademark and
logo.
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6.6
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Party
B shall give the preference to ensure the normal production of Party
A.
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6.7
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If
Party A requires Party B to process other pure water products in
the
future, the processing expenses will be negotiated and determined
by Party
A and Party B, and such agreement will be attached to this contract
with
the same legal effectiveness.
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6.8
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Upon
the date of execution of this contract, both parties hereby confirm
that
Party B, currently, exclusively processes bottle pure water and mineral
water for Coca-cola packaging factories in China (“Cola Packaging
Factories”). If Party B processes the products set forth above for other
packaging factories besides Cola Packaging Factories in the future,
Party
B shall notify Party A in writing
promptly.
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6.9
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For
any complaint arising out of the bottle water’s quality manufactured by
Party B, Party B shall compensate Party A all the cost incurred by
quality
complaints settlement, and Party B consents that Party B will pay
Party A
¥2000.00
as
penalty for each quality complaint which is attribute to Party
B.
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7.
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Delivery
Methods and Place
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The delivery place of such Products shall be designated by Party A, and shall be determined subject to Party A’s email and the written notice. |
8.
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Settlement
Methods
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Party B shall attach the inspection
report
to each batch of Products, and issue the effective VAT invoice according
to the quantity of actual storage agreed by both parties and inspected
and
accepted by Party A at the end of the month. Party A will pay all
the
amount of such Products to Party B within thirty (30) working days
upon
the receipt of the effective
invoice.
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9.
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Term
of the Processing Contract
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The effective term of the contract
is from
the date it is executed by each party’s authorized representative to
December 31st, 2009. When the contract expires, the contract will
be
extended for additional one year period through the negotiation between
Party A and Party B.
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10.
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Breach
Responsibility
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10.1
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If
Party B fails to deliver the products in accurate quality and quantity
according to the manufacture schedule which is not attribute to force
majeure, Party B shall take breach responsibility of delay in delivery
and
compensate the economic losses to Party A. If Party B fails to deliver
the
products over seven (7) days, Party A has the right to require Party
B’s
affiliate company (but it shall be the processing factory of Coca-cola
(China) Beverages Co., Ltd.) to supply the products with same price
to
Party A; or Party A is entitled to purchase the products from other
processing factories which are recognized by Coca-cola (China) Beverages
Co., Ltd., and Party B shall pay the incurred additional amount for
Party
A. If Party A can not acquire the replacement products immediately
due to
Party B’s nonperformance, Party B shall compensate all the losses to Party
A, including but not limited to, extra losses and benefit losses
incurred
by the supply interruption. If Party B fails to deliver the products
over
fifteen (15) days, Party A is entitled to terminate this contract,
and
Party B shall compensate the actual losses arising out of this contact’s
termination to Party A.
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10.2
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If
the products delivered by Party B are inconsistent with any specification
required by Coca-cola (China) Beverages Co., Ltd. or any condition
specified in Party A’s inspection standards through sampling acceptance or
sampling acceptance in market (including sampling by governmental
department or Coca-cola (China) Beverages Co., Ltd.), through both
parties’ confirmation, Party B will recall such inconsistent products
which are attributed to Party B immediately and destroy such products
under Party A’s supervision and bear the incurred
losses.
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11.
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Dispute
Settlement
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The disputes of this contact
will be
settled by both parties’ consultation. If there is no agreement is reached
through the consultation, the dispute will be filed to the People’s Count
where the Party A’s located.
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12.
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General
Provisions
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12.1
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The
exhibits hereto are the part of this contact and have the same legal
effectiveness.
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12.2
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Party
B shall complete the following tables (as the exhibits hereto) according
to Party A’s requirements: Clean and Sterilization Records, Net Content of
PET Bottle Products Testing Records, Water System Testing Records,
Microorganism on Production Line Testing Records, Daily Report of
Finished
Stock and Daily Report of Raw Material and Package
Material.
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12.3
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Any
issue not covered in this contract will be concluded a supplementary
agreement between both parties. This contract is made in two original
set
with Party A and Party B each having one original set, and each set
has
the same legal effectiveness.
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This
contract will become effective upon the date it is executed by each party’s
authorized representative.
Party A: Shenyang Coca-cola Beverages Co., Ltd. | Party B: Changchun Taoda Beverages Co., Ltd |
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By:
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By:
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Authorized
representative: Xxx Xxxxxx
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Authorized
representative:
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Chop:
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Chop:
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Date:
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Date:
March 29, 2007
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