TEXT 18 A: Supervision of Erection. Claims in Connection with

Short-shipment (Short-delivery) of the Goods.

TEXT 18 B: Supervision of Erection Clause

Vocabulary revision: Sanctions. Penalty.

TEXT 18 C: Border Trade

TEXT 18 A.

A Telephone Conversation a)

P. "Well, Mr Hudson, it's time we discussed the fulfilment of your commitments of supervising the installation of your Avon-powered gas compression stations delivered against Contract No. 46/0525."

H. Yor're welcome. We're ready to afford any assistance you require. When do you want our specialists to arrive at the pipeline laying

site?"

"In a couple of days or so. Would that be convenient for you?" "It's rather a short notice, but since their visas have been cleared, there's no problem. As we have agreed originally, there'll be 5 highly-qualified engineers, and they 11 start their supervision work in 5 points at a time provided they have all the necessary skilled and unskilled labour as well as the equipment required for the erection of the stations at hand."

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30.1ong-standing a.*

W. comb, long-standing

business relations

31. prepared part.

Gr. to be prepared to do

smth. e.g. We are prepared to grant

you a 10 per cent

allowance.

32. drastic a.

W.comb. drastic steps (measures)

drastic changes e.g. We have to take a drastic

step and cancel the

second portion of the

goods ordered.

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33. combat v. Syn.to fight

to struggle

34. environment n.

e.g. Among the duties of the Department of the Environment in the British government

control over air and water pollution takes an important part.

35. pollutant n.

36. pollute v.

W. comb, rivers polluted with filthy waste from factories polluted water

37. pollution n.

38. pulp-and-paper a.

W. comb, a pulp-and-paper industry

39. treatment n.

40. waste n.

W. comb, treatment of waste waste utilisation

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давний, долголетний, длитель­ный длительные деловые отношения

готовый

быть готовым, соглашаться сде

лать что-то (идти на уступки)

Мы готовы предоставить Вам де

сятипроцентную компенсацию.

(скидку).

радикальный, крайний, реши

тельный, крутой

крутые меры

коренные изменения Мы вынуждены принять крутые меры и канцелировать вторую партию заказанного товара.

сражаться, биться, бороться

сражаться

бороться

окружающая (внешняя) cреда

(обстановка), окружение

Среди обязанностей Министера

ва окружающей среды Британс

кого правительства большое мес

то занимает контроль за загрз!

нением воздуха и воды.

загрязнитель, что-л. загрязняю

щее

загрязнять, осквернять

реки, загрязненные грязными отходами производства (заводов)

загрязненная вода (не пригодная

для питья)

загрязнение, осквернение

бумагоделательный

бумажная отрасль промышлснности

обработка, переработка

1. отбросы, отходы переработка отходов использование отходов (вторсырья)

2. ущерб, потеря, убыль

W. comb, waste of fuel

W. comb, waste of money W. comb, waste time 41. purification n. 42 purify v.

W. comb, purifying stations (equipment, facilities) a purifying installation

43. sewage [sju.id]

44. lessen v.

45. insulation n.

46. log v.

47. logging n.

48. crop n.

49. cattle n. . W. comb, to breed cattle cattle

breeding

P.

H.

50. deteriorate v.

51. deterioration n.

52. species n.

перерасход топлива 3. напрасная (непроизводитель­ная) трата

напрасная трата денег трата времени попусту очистка, очищение очищаться (ся) очистные сооружения

очистная установка

сточные воды

уменыпать(ся), преуменьшать

(заслуги, достоинства)

изоляция, обособление

рубить лес, работать на лесоза­готовках

рубка леса, лесозаготовка хлеб на корню, с/х культура, урожай

крупный рогатый скот разводить скот, заниматься ско­товодством скотоводство ухудшаться(ся), портить(ся) ухудшение, порча

1. "класс, род, тип

2. биологический вид/виды, раз­ новидность (разновидности)

P. "That is quite so. I understand that the ancillary equipment and tools necessary for the assembly work have been delivered with the gas generators?"

H. "Yes, you're right."

P. "How long will it take to install one station?"

H. "Oh, not so long, from a fortnight to a month given the necessary conditions of work. I hope all the preparatory work discussed earlier has been properly completed."

P. "I'd say so."

H. "Then everything's OK. We'll telex you the exact date of their departure and the number of the flight. If anything unexpected occurs, don't hesitate to contact me. You're always welcome."

P. "Thank you. Goodbye."

H. "Goodbye and good luck, Mr Popov."

CLAIMS IN CONNECTION WITH SHORT-SHIPMENT (SHORT«^! DELIVERY) OF THE GOODS Letter b)

V/O "Technointorg",

London, 8th May, 199... 32/34, Smolenskaya PI., 121200 MOSCOW G-200, USSR Dear Sirs,

Abt: delivery of refrigerators under Contract No. 24/5-11562

At present our company, Technical and Optical Equipment (Lon­don) Limited, are encountering great difficulty fulfilling our obligation! to supply English and Irish customers owing to delays in the delivery of goods by V/O "Technointorg" and lack of information regarding the new orders for refrigerators for this and next years.

You will remember that we were obliged to cancel orders for about 2,000 refrigerators at the end of last year and under this year'i Contract No. 24/5-11562 we have not received 500 refrigerators Snow Cap 150 DL yet.

Moreover, we have received no information regarding the shipment of goods under Contract No. 24/5-11561 which was signed in Cologne, and one of our biggest customers in Ireland has not received the refrigerators ordered yet. Kindly write to us about the measures taken to improve the situation.

Our order for delivery to Ireland of refrigerators of different typea next year could be doubled, to say the teast.

Please take into account the fact that Soviet refrigerators have been supplied to the English and Irish markets for more than fifteen years already, and we have traditional business relations with some firms. We would ask you to pay special attention to this point and let us know the schedule of delivery of refrigerators under the above contracts. Also, please make every endeavour to confirm this year's order for Ireland and the possibilities for next year, as we do not wish to lose our biggest customer.

Bear in mind that refrigerators are seasonal goods and we need to receive at least 50 per cent of our annual order in the first half of the year.

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At the same time we are now having business discussions with some other companies and it seems that it may well be possible to expand our refrigerator business. To attain this end we need additional quantities and would like to know our possibilities prior to completing our talks.

We thank you for your understanding and cooperation in this matter and look forward to your prompt reply.

Yours sincerely, for T.O.E. (London) Limited

P.Ivanov Director

Encs: 1 copy of Contract No 24/5-155 61

copies of telexes concerning above-mentioned business

Letter c)

Dear Sir,

We regret having to inform you that we have got a number of complaints from our Customers concerning the last lot of the goods shipped by m.v. Pirogov. Our Customers write that the actual weights of the goods in many boxes does not correspond to those indicated in the Bill of Lading. Though the short weight in each box is not big, but since it refers to many boxes the total short delivery is quite

considerable.

We shall telex to you in a few days detailed data of the total shortshipment. Meanwhile please let us know whether you prefer to ship the short-delivered goods by the first vessel available or our deducting their value from the amount of your Invoice. .

Kindly let us have your decision by telex. Yours faithfully,

TEXT 18 B. SUPERVISION OF ERECTION CLAUSE

Commissioning the equipment imported on time and achieving the productivity guaranteed is an ever so important problem. Electronics and automated control systems, the long-time delivery of equipment as a rule in a knocked-down condition make it necessary to have the assistance of skilled specialists, usually the Suppliers' workers who have expert knowledge of the design-and technological characteristics of the equipment for its erection and adjustment on the Buyers' premises. Since there is no unanimity in the understanding of the volume of services rendered in the supervision of erection clause, nor the uniformity in its wording, it is necessary to clearly state what is meant by supervision of erection in every contract for sophisticated equipment. There may be specific clauses in the general conditions of the sale of plant and machinery providing for the cervices of supervision of erection or separate agreements or addenda to the same end.

Anyway supervision of erection in our legal regulation is defined as "a special type of erection work which consists in engineering supervision and giving technical instructions and consultancy services as concerns the erection of equipment." Engineering supervision should

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cover several stages in a definite, succession: —supervision of till installation and erection of equipment; —supervision of the starting up and commissioning of a project; —assistance in training engineers and technicians for the projec't constructed. That's why the clause stipulating these services should be worded clearly and completely.

7. Supervision of Erection Clause (an extract)

The Suppliers undertake:

7.1.to supervise the acceptance of the plant and machinery on the

construction site, i.e. its unpacking, testing and removing the

defects in the equipment if necessary. 7.2.to exercise the engineering supervision of the erection of the plant

and machinery, of its adjustment, testing and commissioning.

Note.

Engineering supervision means qualified technical and technological direction and instructions, recommendations and orders to the erecting personnel and consultancy services (written or oral) by the Suppliers' competent specialists concerning the above works.

7.3.to exercise control over the achievement of the productivity and other characteristics of the equipment specified in the Guarantee Clause.

7.4. to train the Buyers' specialists in the methods of erecting, adjusting and operating the plant and machinery as well as to transfer experience, know-how and specific working skills and habits.

The Buyers undertake:

10. to carry out at their expense, using their labour and under their own management, the erection, adjustment, testing and commissioning of the plant and machinery bought as well ai see that it achieves the productivity and other characteristics guaranteed.

10. to pay for the technical services rendered.

To improve the competitiveness of Soviet machinery and equipment, our exporting associations and firms should include in their commercial offers for delivery of machines a detailed list of engineering services during the supervision of erection.