Rental conditions

General Rental Conditions

1. Applicability

These general rental conditions apply to all rental agreements concluded by Project-FX (neonopmaat.be) with tenants and concern the equipment mentioned in these general rental conditions, unless expressly agreed otherwise.

2. Definitions

In these rental conditions, the following definitions apply:
Lessor: Project-FX, Kortrijksestraat 425, 8020 Oostkamp. VAT BE 0788 966 722
Lessee: the natural or legal person who rents equipment from the lessor for a certain period based on an agreement.
Equipment: all (electrical) devices in the field of neon/lighting equipment, as well as other items that the lessor makes available for rental, and all accessories, cabling, and packaging materials belonging to the aforementioned items.

3. Rental Period

The equipment is rented for a single period of at least 1 day or 24 hours.
The rental period commences at the time the equipment rented according to the agreement leaves the Project-FX warehouse and ends at the time the rented equipment returns to that warehouse, unless otherwise agreed in writing.
The lessee can in no case claim an implicit extension of the rental period.

4. Rates

The lessee is deemed to be aware of and agree to the rental rates used by the lessor. The lessee must pay the full rental price before or at the start of the rental period, unless otherwise agreed in writing.

5. Cancellation

If the lessee has placed an option with the lessor for equipment to be rented and subsequently wishes to withdraw from renting it, the following cancellation provisions apply.
If the lessee cancels the intended rental agreement,
- earlier than on the seventh day before the start of the rental period, cancellation can be made free of charge;
- earlier than on the fourth day before the start of the rental period, the lessee owes 50% of the rental price;
- later than on the third day before the start of the rental period, the lessee owes the full rental price.

6. Identification Obligation

Before entering into the rental agreement with the lessee, the lessor will ask the lessee to identify himself by showing and allowing his electronic ID card to be scanned.

7. Use

The lessee shall use the equipment exclusively for the purpose for which it was designed.
The lessee shall handle the equipment as a good family man and shall also ensure appropriate and safe storage.
The lessee is obliged at all times to provide free access to any place where the rented equipment is located to an authorized representative of the lessor to inspect the condition of that equipment.

8. Transport

The lessee transports the equipment rented by him in the packaging provided by the lessee, ex-warehouse, entirely at his own expense and risk.
The lessee is not permitted to remove equipment configured in the packaging from that packaging or to modify it in the packaging.

9. Functionality

9.a. The lessee declares to ascertain that the equipment is delivered to him in good condition from the lessor's warehouse. Any complaints regarding the condition of the rented equipment must therefore be formulated upon receipt. By entering into the rental agreement, the lessee declares to be familiar with the operation of the equipment and acknowledges that the equipment rented by him meets the purpose for which he rents the equipment.

9.b. If a malfunction in or of the rented equipment occurs during the rental period, the lessee must immediately report this to the lessor. The lessee is not permitted to remedy malfunctions himself and/or perform repairs to the rented equipment, unless expressly agreed otherwise in writing between the parties. If malfunctions or defects in, on, or of the rented equipment are not reported immediately or at all to the lessor, the lessee is fully liable for all damage that will result therefrom.

10. Default and Damages

10.a. The equipment must be collected by the lessee from the lessor's warehouse, unless expressly agreed otherwise. If the lessee does not collect the rented equipment in time at the agreed time of the commencement of the rental period, this is entirely at his own expense and risk. The rental price is at all times due for the rental period agreed in writing.

10.b. The equipment must be returned by the lessee to the lessor's warehouse no later than the date on which the agreed rental period ends, unless otherwise agreed in writing. If the lessee has not returned the rented equipment by that end date, for whatever reason, as well as in the event of damage to the equipment, for whatever cause, the lessee is in default without any demand or notice of default being required. In that case, the lessee, notwithstanding his other obligations towards the lessor, owes the lessor compensation for damages. In the event of late return, this compensation for damages amounts to the daily rental price for each day by which the agreed rental period is exceeded, increased by 50% of that rental price. In the event of damage to the equipment, the lessee owes the costs of repair of that damage as compensation for damages, as well as the daily rental price for each day that will be involved in that repair, increased by 50% of that rental price.

10.c. If the lessor suffers a higher amount of damage as a result of late return by the lessee and/or as a result of damage to the equipment than the amount of compensation for damages that would be due from the lessee on the basis of the provisions in the preceding paragraph, 10.b., of this article, the lessor will have the right to claim this additional amount of compensation for damages from the lessee as well.

11. Reporting Obligation

In the event of theft, loss, or damage to the equipment, the lessee is obliged to immediately report this in writing to the lessor. In the event of theft, damage, or loss, the lessee will also immediately report this to the police of the municipality where the damage occurred and provide a copy of that report to the lessor.

12. Insurance

12.a. By signing the agreement, the lessee declares to agree to the fact that the goods rented by him are NOT insured from the moment they leave the warehouse.

12.b. The lessee is free to take out comprehensive insurance for the rented equipment against damage, loss, theft, vandalism, natural damage, etc., or any other damage caused by or to the rented equipment during the entire rental period. The value of the rented items to be insured will be communicated by the lessor upon written request from the lessee.

13. Damage / Loss / Theft

13.a. All damage to the equipment that occurred during the rental period, regardless of its cause or nature, is at the expense of the lessee.

13.b: The lessee shall compensate the lessor for the cost of repair or replacement at new value of the rented equipment and for the loss of rental income during the period required for repair or replacement.

13.c. The lessor is never liable for direct or indirect damage that arises during the rental period as a result of the rented equipment not functioning, not functioning properly, or not functioning as expected, or damage caused to persons and/or property by or when working with the rented equipment.

13.d: The return of the rented goods by the lessor does not immediately imply acceptance and does not exclude a claim for damages. The lessor has a period of 72 hours after the return of the rented equipment, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays, to inform the lessee of his findings regarding damage, depreciation, etc.

13.e: The lessee shall return the rented goods in the same (tidy) condition.

14. Lessor's Right of Refusal

The lessor has the right at all times to refuse to enter into a rental agreement without stating reasons. The lessor is not liable for any consequential damage that may arise therefrom.

15. Agreement

By signing a rental agreement, the lessee declares to agree to the above general rental conditions.

16. Guarantee/Deposit

If the Lessor so chooses, it may require the lessee to pay a deposit.