Certain Exceptions The provisions of Section 8.3.1 shall not apply to, and Owner shall have no liability hereunder for, Taxes:
(a) imposed on a Tax Indemnitee by the federal government of the United States or any Taxing Authority or governmental subdivision of the United States or therein (including any state or local Taxing Authority) (i) on, based on, or measured by, gross or net income or gross or net receipts, including capital gains taxes, excess profits taxes, minimum taxes from tax preferences, alternative minimum taxes, branch profits taxes, accumulated earnings taxes, personal holding company taxes, succession taxes and estate taxes, and any withholding taxes on, based on or measured by gross or net income or receipts or (ii) on, or with respect to, or measured by, capital or net worth or in the nature of a franchise tax or a tax for the privilege of doing business (other than, in the case of clause (i) or (ii), sales, use, license or property Taxes);
(b) imposed on a Tax Indemnitee by any Taxing Authority or governmental subdivision thereof or therein outside of the United States (including any Taxing Authority in or of a territory, possession or commonwealth of the United States) (i) on, based on, or measured by, gross or net income or gross or net receipts, including capital gains taxes, excess profits taxes, minimum taxes from tax preferences, alternative minimum taxes, branch profits taxes, accumulated earnings taxes, personal holding company taxes, succession taxes and estate taxes, and any withholding taxes on, based on or measured by gross or net income or receipts or (ii) on, or with respect to, or measured by, capital or net worth or in the nature of a franchise tax or a tax for the privilege of doing business (other than, in the case of clause (i) or (ii), (A) sales, use, license or property Taxes, or (B) any Taxes imposed by any Taxing Authority (other than a Taxing Authority within whose jurisdiction such Tax Indemnitee is incorporated or organized or maintains its principal place of business) if such Tax Indemnitee would not have been subject to Taxes of such type by such jurisdiction but for (I) the location, use or operation of the Aircraft, the Airframe, any Engine or any Part thereof by an Owner Person within the jurisdiction of the Taxing Authority imposing such Tax, or (II) the activities of any Owner Person in such jurisdiction, including, but not limited to, use of any other aircraft by Owner in such jurisdiction, (III) the status of any Owner Person as a foreign entity or as an entity owned in whole or in part by foreign persons, (IV) Owner having made (or having been deemed to have made) payments to such Tax Indemnitee from the relevant jurisdiction or (V) in the case of the Pass Through Trustees, the Note Holders or any related Tax Indemnitee, the Owner being incorporated or organized or maintaining a place of business or conducting activities in such jurisdiction);
(c) on, or with respect to, or measured by, any trustee fees, commissions or compensation received by the Pass Through Trustee, Subordination Agent or Mortgagee;
(d) that are being contested as provided in Section 8.3.4 hereof;
(e) imposed on any Tax Indemnitee to the extent that such Taxes result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Tax Indemnitee or any Affiliate thereof;
(f) imposed on or with respect to a Tax Indemnitee (including the transferee in those cases in which the Tax on transfer is imposed on, or is collected from, the transferee) as a result of a transfer or other disposition (including a deemed transfer or disposition) by such Tax Indemnitee or a related Tax Indemnitee of any interest in the Aircraft, the Airframe, any Engine or any Part, any interest arising under the Operative Agreements or any Equipment Note or as a result of a transfer or disposition (including a deemed transfer or disposition) of any interest in a Tax Indemnitee (other than (A) a substitution or replacement of the Aircraft, the Airframe, any Engine or any Part by an Owner Person that is treated for Tax purposes as a transfer or disposition, or (B) a transfer pursuant to an exercise of remedies upon an Event of Default that shall have occurred and have been continuing);
(g) Taxes in excess of those that would have been imposed had there not been a transfer or other disposition by or to such Tax Indemnitee or a related Tax Indemnitee described in paragraph (f) above;
(h) consisting of any interest, penalties or additions to tax imposed on a Tax Indemnitee as a result of (in whole or in part) failure of such Tax Indemnitee or a related Tax Indemnitee to file any return properly and timely, unless such failure shall be caused by the failure of Owner to fulfill its obligations, if any, under Section 8.3.6 with respect to such return;
(i) resulting from, or that would not have been imposed but for, any Liens arising as a result of claims against, or acts or omissions of, or otherwise attributable to such Tax Indemnitee or a related Tax Indemnitee that the Owner is not obligated to discharge under the Operative Agreements;
(j) imposed on any Tax Indemnitee as a result of the breach by such Tax Indemnitee or a related Tax Indemnitee of any covenant of such Tax Indemnitee or any Affiliate thereof contained in any Operative Agreement or the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty by such Tax Indemnitee or any Affiliate thereof in any Operative Agreement;
(k) in the nature of an intangible or similar Tax (i) upon or with respect to the value or principal amount of the interest of any Note Holder in any Equipment Note or the loan evidenced thereby but only if such Taxes are in the nature of franchise Taxes or result from the Tax Indemnitee doing business in the taxing jurisdiction and are imposed because of the place of incorporation or the activities unrelated to the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements in the taxing jurisdiction of such Tax Indemnitee;
(l) imposed on a Tax Indemnitee by a Taxing Authority of a jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent that such Taxes would not have been imposed but for a connection between the Tax Indemnitee or a related Tax Indemnitee and such jurisdiction imposing such Tax unrelated to the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements; or
(m) Taxes relating to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. For purposes hereof, a Tax Indemnitee and any other Tax Indemnitees that are successors, assigns, agents, servants or Affiliates of such Tax Indemnitee shall be related Tax Indemnitees.
Defects Liability 11.1 In case of a defect, the Seller will, without undue delay and free of charge, make good any defects and/ or deficiencies in its Supplies and Services which were already existent at the time of transfer of risk to the Customer by, at its sole discretion and as the nature of the defect or deficiency would reasonably require,repair or replacement. The Customer has the obligation to inform the Seller of any defect and/ or deficiency without undue delay after detection of the same.
11.2 Should remedy of a defect and/ or deficiency finally fail, the Customer shall – without prejudice to claim damages – be entitled to terminate the Contract or ask for an equitable adjustment of the Contact price. Except as otherwise provided in the Contract, a remedy shall be deemed to have finally failed after the third unsuccessful attempt by the Seller to rectify the defect and/or deficiency.
11.3 Defect liability claims shall become statute-barred after a period of 12 months, counted from the date of completion of the concerned Supplies and/or Services (“Defect Liability Period”). In case and where a longer Defect Liability Period is mandatory as per applicable law, the Defect Liability Period mentioned in the preceding sentence shall be replaced by such mandatory longer period. If any part of the Supplies and Services has to be repaired or replaced during the Defect Liability Period, the Defect Liability Period for the relevant part of the Supplies and Services shall begin for another period of 12 months, however, provided that the Defect Liability Period shall not be (further) extended beyond 24 months from the from the date of completion of the concerned Supplies and/ or Services.
11.4 The Seller shall not be liable for any damage / defect occurring after transfer of risk to the Customer being a result of careless usage, inappropriate consumables/ fuels, defective and/ or deficient civil works, inappropriate ground conditions or special outside influences which are not specifically provided for in the Contract. Should the Customer or any third party perform improper maintenance works or effect any changes to the Supplies and Services the consequences thereof shall not be covered under subject defect liability obligations of the Seller.
11.5 The Seller shall not be liable for normal wear and tear. Wear-parts are excluded from any defect liability, except in case the Customer provides proof that the damage or defect is not caused by normal wear and tear.
11.6 Any further liability for defect liability claims is – as far as permissible by applicable law – excluded.
Reservations and Exceptions 1. Articles 3, 4, 6 and 12 shall not apply to:
(a) Any existing non-conforming measure that is maintained by:
(i) With respect to Japan:
(A) The central government or a prefecture, as set out in its Schedule in Annex I; or
(B) A local government other than prefectures;
(ii) With respect to the Republic of Peru:
(A) The central government or a regional government, as set out in its Schedule in Annex I; or
(B) A local government
(b) The continuation or prompt renewal of any non-conforming measure referred to in subparagraph (a); or
(c) An amendment or modification to any non-conforming measure referred to in subparagraph (a), provided that the amendment or modification does not decrease the conformity of the measure as it existed immediately before the amendment or modification, with Articles 3, 4, 6 and 12.
2. Articles 3, 4, 6 and 12 shall not apply to any measure that a Contracting Party adopts or maintains with respect to sectors, sub-sectors and activities set out in its Schedule in Annex II.
3. Neither Contracting Party shall, under any measure adopted after the date of entry into force of this Agreement and covered by its Schedule in Annex II, require an investor of the other Contracting Party, by reason of its nationality, to sell or otherwise dispose of an investment that exists at the time the measure becomes effective.
4. In cases where a Contracting Party makes an amendment or a modification to any existing non-conforming measure set out in its Schedule in Annex I or where a Contracting Party adopts any new or more restrictive measure with respect to sectors, sub-sectors or activities set out in its Schedule in Annex II after the entry into force of this Agreement, the Contracting Party shall, prior to the implementation of the amendment or modification or the new or more restrictive measure, or in exceptional circumstances, as soon as possible thereafter:
(a) Notify the other Contracting Party of detailed information on such amendment, modification or measure; and
(b) Hold, upon request by the other Contracting Party, consultations in good-faith with that other Contracting Party.
5. Each Contracting Party shall endeavour, where appropriate, to reduce or eliminate the reservations specified in its Schedules in Annexes I and II respectively.
6. Articles 3, 4, 6 and 12 shall not apply to any measure covered by the exceptions to, or derogations from, obligations under Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement, as specifically provided in Articles 3 through 5 of the TRIPS Agreement.
7. Articles 3, 4, 6 and 12 shall not apply to any measure that a Contracting Party adopts or maintains with respect to government procurement.