Terms and Conditions:

• Location: Ostfrieslandhalle, 26789 Leer, Nessestr. 1.
• Sale will be held November 24th 2023, 8.00 p.m. You can start placing bids on Thursday November 23th, 12.00 a.m. (registration needed).
• Responsible organisations are VOST and GenHotel.
• All lots sell on behalf of VOST.
• Each participant in the sale agrees to the terms and conditions of the sale.
• Each consignor warrants to report all depressive defects (i.e. not obviously visible injuries, missing pedigree information) to the sale committee prior to the beginning of the sale.
• All reported or examined depressive defects and incorrect or missing catalog information will be announced prior to the sale.
• All animals are from officially approved tuberculosis-, brucellosis- and leukosis-free herds.
• All German animals are tested negative for BHV1 (IBR) and have a BHV1-free non vaccinated status. All are tested virologically negative for BVD/MD. Further tests for foreign animals can be done in accordance with the buyer.
• Bidding prices are net prices. Buyer pays the following: bidding price + 10% commission + eventual costs for export and transport + VAT.
• In case of two or more claiming the bid and in case of dispute, the final decisions are made by the sales organization.
• The purchase agreement is a fact at the moment that the auctioneer puts down the hammer and assigns the lot. From that moment on all risks of the animal is the responsibility of the buyer whereas the seller has the responsibility to take ‘as good care as possible’ until delivery of the animal.
• Payment has to be made within two weeks after receiving the invoice. The seller will keep ownership until full payment of the buyer has been received by the sales organisation.
• For animals sold to foreign countries, VOST and GenHotel will organize all arrangements depending on the individual export regulations.
• All animals purchased have to be picked up by the buyer within two weeks after the sale. Afterwards feeding costs will have to be paid at 4,-€ per day. If for export a quarantine is needed, the costs for quarantine will have to be paid 50% by the seller and 50% by the buyer. When the quarantine ends the buyer has to pick up the animal themselves or has to organize and pay for a transport. The costs for veterinarian tests besides BHV1 and BVD/MD are the responsibility of the buyer. For all of this, the sales organisations will help and support the export.
• First choice between two or more females offered has to be chosen by the buyer within two weeks after the sale.
• All pedigrees, mating- and embryo-contracts as well as genomic results are available upon request.