PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Governing Law: The following replaces this Section:
Both you and IBM consent to the application of the laws of the State of New York (except
when local law requires otherwise) to govern, interpret, and enforce all your and IBM’s rights,
duties, and obligations arising from, or relating in any manner to, the subject matter of this
Agreement, without regard to conflict of law principles.
Any disputes arising from or in connection with this Agreement will first be resolved by
friendly negotiations, failing which either of us has the right to submit the dispute to the China
International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission in Beijing, the PRC, for arbitration
in accordance with its arbitration rules in force at the time. The arbitration tribunal will consist
of three arbitrators. The language to be used therein will be English and Chinese. An arbitral
award will be final and binding on all the parties, and will be enforceable under the
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (1958).
The arbitration fee will be borne by the losing party unless otherwise determined by the
arbitral award.
During the course of arbitration, this Agreement will continue to be performed except for the
part which the parties are disputing and which is undergoing arbitration.
EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA (EMEA)
THE FOLLOWING TERMS APPLY TO ALL EMEA COUNTRIES:
The terms of this Statement of Limited Warranty apply to Machines purchased from IBM or an
IBM reseller.
Warranty Service:
If you purchase an IBM Machine in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway,
Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland or United Kingdom, you may obtain warranty service for
that Machine in any of those countries from either (1) an IBM reseller approved to perform
warranty service or (2) from IBM. If you purchase an IBM Personal Computer Machine in
Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic,
Slovenia, or Ukraine, you may obtain warranty service for that Machine in any of those
countries from either (1) an IBM reseller approved to perform warranty service or (2) from
IBM.
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