1) In Austria the choice of jurisdiction for all disputes arising out of this Statement of
Limited Warranty and relating thereto, including its existence, will be the competent court
of law in Vienna, Austria (Inner-City); 2) in Angola, Bahrain, Botswana, Burundi,
Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Liberia, Malawi, Malta,
Mozambique, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Sao Tome, Saudi Arabia,
Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, West
Bank/Gaza, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe all disputes arising out of this Statement
of Limited Warranty or related to its execution, including summary proceedings, will be
submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts; 3) in Belgium and
Luxembourg, all disputes arising out of this Statement of Limited Warranty or related
to its interpretation or its execution, the law, and the courts of the capital city, of the
country of your registered office and/or commercial site location only are competent; 4)
in France, Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African
Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo Republic, Djibouti, Democratic Republic of
Congo, Equatorial Guinea, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia,
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania,
Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, New Caledonia, Niger, Reunion, Senegal,
Seychelles, Togo, Tunisia, Vanuatu, and Wallis & Futuna all disputes arising out
of this Statement of Limited Warranty or related to its violation or execution, including
summary proceedings, will be settled exclusively by the Commercial Court of Paris; 5)
in Russia, all disputes arising out of or in relation to the interpretation, the violation,
the termination, the nullity of the execution of this Statement of Limited Warranty shall
be settled by Arbitration Court of Moscow; 6) in South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho
and Swaziland, both of us agree to submit all disputes relating to this Statement of
Limited Warranty to the jurisdiction of the High Court in Johannesburg; 7) in Turkey
all disputes arising out of or in connection with this Statement of Limited Warranty shall
be resolved by the Istanbul Central (Sultanahmet) Courts and Execution Directorates of
Istanbul, the Republic of Turkey; 8) in each of the following specified countries, any
legal claim arising out of this Statement of Limited Warranty will be brought before, and
settled exclusively by, the competent court of a) Athens for Greece, b) Tel Aviv-Jaffa
for Israel, c) Milan for Italy, d) Lisbon for Portugal, and e) Madrid for Spain; and
9) in the United Kingdom, both of us agree to submit all disputes relating to this
Statement of Limited Warranty to the jurisdiction of the English courts.
Arbitration: The following is added under this heading:
In Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, FYR Macedonia, Moldova, Poland,
Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,
Uzbekistan, and FR Yugoslavia all disputes arising out of this Statement of Limited
Warranty or related to its violation, termination or nullity will be finally settled under
the Rules of Arbitration and Conciliation of the International Arbitral Center of the Federal
Economic Chamber in Vienna (Vienna Rules) by three arbitrators appointed in accordance
with these rules. The arbitration will be held in Vienna, Austria, and the official language
of the proceedings will be English. The decision of the arbitrators will be final and binding
upon both parties. Therefore, pursuant to paragraph 598 (2) of the Austrian Code of Civil
Procedure, the parties expressly waive the application of paragraph 595 (1) figure 7 of
the Code. IBM may, however, institute proceedings in a competent court in the country
of installation.
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