General Terms
These General Terms and Conditions govern the terms, manner and conditions for the sale of goods through Marveltech Ltd’s e-shop based on the website www. marveltech.eu, hereinafter referred to as the ELECTRONIC SHOP.
The General Terms and Conditions are intended to regulate the relationship between Marveltech Ltd, hereinafter referred to as MERCHANT, and the customers who use the ELECTRONIC SHOP and/or wish to conclude a distance contract, hereinafter referred to as USERS/CUSTOMERS, of the electronic shop.
They apply equally to registered and non-registered USERS and constitute a legal agreement which is binding between the MERCHANT and the USERS/CUSTOMERS who have accepted them. The relationship between the parties shall be exclusively and exclusively governed by these General Terms and Conditions, by the Personal Data Policy and other written terms and conditions created and published by the MERCHANT, on the website, which are an integral part of the General Terms and Conditions, as well as by the provisions of the Bulgarian legislation. In case you do not agree with the Terms and Conditions, please do not use the e-shop to make purchases.
Merchant details:
Name ‚Marveltech’ Ltd Registered office and registered address. Registered office and registered address. Registered office and registered address: 1680, Vitosha str. 9A, OFFICE 3 Address for business activity. Sofia, p.k. 1330 Vitosha str. No. 1330, 1330 1330, 1330 1330, No. 3 ‘Mladezhka Iskra’ Correspondence data. Sofia, p.k. 1680, Vitosha district, ul. 9A, OFFICE 3,
E-mail: orders@marveltech.eu
Tel: +359 888 560 399
UIC: 202783376
VAT number in Bulgaria: BG 202783376
Supervisors: Data Protection Commission Data Protection Authority. Data Protection Authority of the Republic of Bulgaria. “Prof. 2, +359 2 91 53 518, Email: kzld@cpdp.bg, website: www.cpdp.bgCommission for Consumer ProtectionThe Consumer Consumer Protection Commission. Consumer Protection Commission, Sofia, Pl. “Petko R. 3, 4 and 6, +359 2 933 0565,
Hotline: 0700 111 22
Email: info@kzp.bg
Website: www.kzp.bg
GENERAL
Art.1. The Merchant shall provide the User with the opportunity, by placing an order and paying the relevant sales price in the order, manner and within the terms set out in these “General Terms and Conditions”, to purchase the goods offered in the e-shop based on the www. marveltech.eu website. USERS registered as legal entities with registered office in the Republic of Bulgaria through the Eshop have the possibility to conclude distance purchase contracts and to request delivery of the goods offered by the E-shop.
Art.2. /1/ The trader publishes on the website of the e-shop: – a description of the main characteristics and an image of each product, according to the information indicated by the manufacturer; – the selling price, including VAT, and a tariff for the cost of courier or transport costs not included in the price of the goods related to their delivery; – any other information which the Seller is obliged to provide to the Buyer in a timely manner prior to the purchase of the goods in accordance with Bulgarian law. /2/ The prices indicated in the e-shop are in Bulgarian levs (BGN), including VAT. The indicated prices of the individual goods are per item and do not include delivery costs.
Art.3. In order to place valid orders for the purchase of the goods offered in the e-shop, the User may register as such by filling in the registration form on the website or fill in directly the order published on the e-shop website, providing only the necessary data for the purchase and delivery of the goods in accordance with these General Terms and Conditions. The User declares that the data provided to the Merchant in the process of registration, ordering and purchasing the goods are true, complete and accurate. In the event that the User provides false data, the Merchant shall be entitled to terminate the contract by suspending its performance without notice, and the User shall be liable to the Merchant for compensation for the damages incurred thereby.
Art.4./1 By the act of registration and/or submission of the order on the e-shop website, the User expresses “online” consent to these General Terms and Conditions and is thus deemed to be bound by their provisions. /2/ Registration as a user on the e-shop website is done by filling in all the mandatory fields in the registration form – company name and UIC and VAT registration of the legal entity placing the order, delivery address, telephone number and e-mail address for notifications. After completing the form and accepting these General Terms and Conditions, the User receives a username and password for access to his/her account on the e-shop website at the e-mail address provided by the User./3/ The User shall access the form for placing orders for the purchase of the offered goods, in the eshop, after successively performing the following actions: The user fills in the name and UIC of the legal entity placing the order, VAT registration, delivery address, telephone number and e-mail address for notifications in the field indicated on the website. After completing these, the Buyer determines and confirms the type and size of the goods he wishes to purchase by clicking on the “Add to Cart” button marked opposite the relevant goods, followed by indicating the quantity of the goods he wishes to purchase. The completed order is confirmed by pressing the “Order” button. /4/ When a regular order is placed, the MERCHANT processes it and sends the USER a message to the e-mail address indicated by the USER with summary data about the order placed: order number, selected products, unit value, delivery price, total value of the order, delivery address. The message of a registered order with its summary data is not an acceptance or confirmation of its execution. Until the confirmation of the order, which is done by sending an email about the order sent and the delivery period with an attached invoice, the MERCHANT is entitled not to execute the order in full or in part due to reasons beyond its control under these General Terms and Conditions, for which it notifies the user by email. The COMPANY does not guarantee the availability of the ordered goods prior to the confirmation of the order at the e-mail address indicated therein.
Art.5. In case of an incomplete, incorrect or wrong e-mail address, buyer’s details, delivery address and/or telephone number when placing the order, the order shall be considered invalid and the Merchant shall not be obliged to fulfil it. The contract shall be effective between the parties from the moment of confirmation of the validity of the order and the possibility of fulfilling the order and the delivery period by the Merchant.
Art.6. The Buyer undertakes to pay the sales price for the goods purchased from the E-shop according to the submitted and confirmed order under the previous article, together with the transport or courier costs not included in this price upon its delivery by bank transfer or cash on delivery according to the terms and conditions of the courier company announced on the E-shop website.
Art.7. The goods ordered for purchase shall be delivered within the delivery period specified in the order confirmation notice, with appropriate packaging and transport according to their type, to the delivery address indicated by the Buyer by courier service in accordance with the terms of the courier company announced on the e-shop website. The cost of the courier service is at the expense of the Buyer. The price of delivery is not fixed, and it is calculated according to the courier company’s rates published on the e-shop’s website.
Art.8./1/Shipment shall be delivered to the Buyer’s delivery address or to a third party located at the address, who shall accept and acknowledge receipt of the same on behalf of the Buyer. Upon receipt of the goods, the Buyer or the Buyer’s third party representative shall sign the accompanying documents serving as confirmation of delivery of the goods. In the event that the Buyer is not found at the delivery date at the address indicated by the Buyer or is not provided access and conditions for delivery of the goods within the delivery date, the Seller shall be released from its obligation to deliver the goods requested. The Buyer may confirm his desire to receive the goods after the expiry of the delivery period in which he was not found at the address, bearing all delivery costs. In this case, a new delivery period starts from the moment of confirmation under the previous sentence./2/ By signing the documents accompanying the delivery the Buyer confirms acceptance of the Goods. The risk of perishability of the Goods shall pass to the Buyer from the moment of acceptance of the Goods. Title to the Goods shall pass to the Buyer from the date of payment in full of the Purchase Price. Any loss, theft, damage to the Goods and/or any third party claims against the Buyer shall not relieve the Buyer of its obligation to pay the full Purchase Price for the Goods delivered.
Art.10. The Merchant shall: – transfer to the Buyer the actual possession of the purchased Goods upon payment of the Purchase Price of the specific Goods; – to deliver the Goods requested for purchase in due time after confirming the request to the Buyer’s e-mail address; – to exercise due care in the performance of its obligations; – take care that the information in the e-shop is always kept correct and up to date and does not guarantee the availability of the goods; – warrants the conformity of the goods with the contract of sale; – sells all goods, including those on promotion/discount, until stocks are exhausted, even if this is not expressly stated on the website. In this sense, the Merchant has the right not to deliver some or all of the goods due to out of stock or price change. In any case, the Merchant shall notify the User of this by email or telephone.
Art.11. The Merchant shall be entitled to collect and use information concerning the users of the eshop when they register on the e-shop website or make an order or enquiry, such information may include first name, surname, last name, address, telephone number, e-mail and postal address for correspondence and any other information entered or provided when requesting, receiving or using the services provided by the Company, and the Company will use the same for the pre-contractual relationship with the user and the performance of the concluded purchase and sale contract, in compliance with the legislation in force concerning the protection of personal data.
Art.12. The trader: – shall not be held liable for failure to provide access to the e-shop, as well as for non-processing or untimely processing of purchase orders for goods in the event of circumstances beyond its control – cases of force majeure, random events, problems in the global Internet network; – does not warrant that access to the e-shop will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free to the extent beyond its ability, control and will; – shall not be liable for any damage caused to software, hardware or telecommunications facilities, or for any loss of data resulting from materials or resources searched for, loaded or used in any way through it, insofar as it does not have the objective ability and obligation, and does not control, the Internet pages and resources made available through the electronic links placed in the shop and in the user profile; – is not responsible for the unlawful nature of the content and materials found on these websites and resources; – is not liable for any damages or loss of profits arising from the use, access or inaccuracy of such materials and content;- has no obligation or objective ability to control the manner in which the User uses the e-shop.
Art.13. The User undertakes: – provide valid details of name, UIC, VAT registration, accurate and valid telephone number, delivery address and e-mail address for correspondence; – pay the price of the goods requested by him, by bank transfer or cash on delivery to the courier who delivers the goods to him and sign the accompanying documents for the goods received; – pay the delivery costs, except in cases where the delivery costs remain the responsibility of the Merchant; – receive the goods; – not submit fictitious or invalid orders or other false information. The User shall be fully liable for any failure to comply with this obligation resulting in damage to the Company; – to comply with the terms and conditions for making warranties and requests for replacement of ordered goods, terms and conditions published on the e-commerce website and declares that he considers himself bound by these terms and conditions; – comply with Bulgarian legislation, these Terms and Conditions, Internet ethics, rules of morality and good morals; – notify the Company immediately of any violation committed or detected in the use of the e-shop;
Art.14. The User has the right to: – to access online the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of access, except in the event of circumstances beyond the Company’s control – cases of force majeure, accidental events, problems in the global Internet network; – to refuse to receive the goods requested for purchase in compliance with the legal requirements /Law on Obligations and Contracts, Consumer Protection Act/; – to receive in full the sums paid by him within 14 days from the return of the goods or from the certification of a valid withdrawal from the contract in the manner provided for in Article 54, paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Consumer Protection Act.
Art.15. The contract between the parties shall also be terminated upon the occurrence of any of the following circumstances: cessation of activity by the Company; cessation of maintenance of the eshop; by giving one week’s notice to the other party in the event of failure to perform its obligations under the contract or in other cases provided for by law.
Art.16. The User shall indemnify the Company and all third parties for all damages suffered and benefits lost, including any costs and attorneys’ fees paid, damages paid, legal costs incurred as a result of claims brought by third parties in connection with the User’s failure to perform its obligations under this Contract, violation of Bulgarian legislation, applicable foreign laws, these General Terms and Conditions, good morals and/or Internet ethics.
Art.17. Right of withdrawal from the contract and return of the goods /1/ The buyer, who has the capacity of a consumer within the meaning of the Consumer Protection Act, shall have the right within 14 (fourteen) calendar days from the date of acceptance of the Goods, without stating the reason for it and without owing any compensation, to withdraw from thepurchase and to return unused, complete and undamaged Goods, in exchange for which the Company shall refund the Consumer the Purchase Price paid by him for the returned Goods. /2/The right of return of Goods by the Consumer may be exercised provided that the Consumer, before the expiry of the relevant period under para. 1 notifies the Company of his/her decision to return the Goods by returning the same to the Company in unused and undamaged condition, packed in its original undamaged and intact packaging, accompanied by a duly completed return form published on the e-shop website and a copy of the original invoice/receipt for the Goods purchased, signed by the Buyer. The cost of returning the Goods shall be borne by the Buyer. The Company shall refund to the User the Purchase Price paid by the User for the returned Goods within 14 (fourteen) calendar days from the date on which it received the Goods returned by the Buyer in the condition specified in these General Terms and Conditions, accompanied by a completed return form and a copy of the original invoice/ticket for the Goods purchased, signed by the Buyer to the bank account specified by the Buyer in the return form. The returned Goods must meet the following requirements: the Goods must be intact; have no mechanical damage; have not been used; the integrity of the protective stickers and other markings must not have been compromised; they must not have been unsealed; they must be accompanied by the accompanying documents and accessories with which they were delivered to the Consumer. The consumer shall not have the right to withdraw from contracts covered by Article 57 of the CPA. /3/ The Company shall have the right to refuse to accept the returned Goods in case the Buyer has not complied with the relevant time limit under Art. 17 par. 1 and/or has not complied with the conditions under Art. 17, par. 2.
Art.18. Warranties and Claims /1/ The goods on the Website, for which this is required by the legislation in force, are offered for sale with a manufacturer’s warranty in accordance with the law and the manufacturers’ commercial policies. The categories of Goods which, due to their nature, cannot have a guarantee are offered for sale without a guarantee. /2/ Where the warranty cards of the Goods are issued directly by the manufacturer on paper, the Goods are offered for sale and delivered to the Buyer together with the warranty cards contained inside their packaging/box. /3/ Except in the cases referred to in paragraph 2, the warranty cards containing the manufacturer’s warranties for the Goods shall be in electronic format and shall be made generally available to Customers via the Website in a manner that allows them to be stored and reproduced on a durable medium. /4/ For Buyers who have the status of consumers within the meaning of the Consumer Protection Act. The CPA also provides for legal guarantees for safety and conformity of goods with the contract of sale, which are regulated in Chapter V, Section II and Section III of the CPA, including the guarantee under Article 112 – Article 115 of the CPA. /5/ The Buyer may make a claim for Goods purchased through the Online Shop in accordance with the terms and conditions of their commercial warranty, if such is provided for the goods, and for a Customer – consumer within the meaning of the Consumer Protection Act – in accordance with the provisions of the same Act.Complaints shall be accepted at the address of the Merchant’s place of business, during business hours 9 am – 5 pm or at the e-mail address indicated. When making a complaint, the Customer shall indicate the invoice number of the purchase of the goods.
Art.19. Personal data policy /1/ Marveltech EOOD shall carry out its activities in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data. /2/ The Company collects and processes the personal data of natural persons on the basis of Art. 1 of Regulation 2016/679 on: performance of the Company’s obligations under a contract; performance of a legal obligation applicable to the Company; for the purposes of the legitimate interests of the Company or of a third party; consent obtained from the individual for direct marketing purposes; /3/ By accepting these Terms and Conditions, the User expressly agrees that the Company has the right to collect, process, use and store information relating to the User in connection with registration for use of the Online Shop. Information by which a person may be identified may include: first name, last name, address, e-mail address, contact telephone number, as and any other information that the person voluntarily provides when registering on the Online Shop. The information also includes any other information that the Customer enters, uses or provides when requesting, concluding and executing contracts, obtaining and/or using goods and services through the Online Shop to participate in promotions, to receive promotional offers and special offers, when filling in questionnaires, questionnaires, forms, etc. /4/ By completing and submitting/uploading the electronic registration form on the E-shop website, it is assumed that the User has voluntarily provided the information about him/herself, constituting personal data within the meaning of the PDPA and the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, that he/she is aware of the following with the information provided by the Company pursuant to Article 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and that he agrees that his personal data may be processed for the purposes and in the ways set out in the General Terms and Conditions and Marveltech Ltd’s Privacy Policy, including disclosure and provision to categories of recipients set out in Marveltech Ltd’s Privacy Policy. /5/ The User provides his/her personal data voluntarily. The User may at any time request access to and correction and/or deletion of the registration and the information and personal data attached to it from the Online Shop. /6/ The Company processes the following personal data of users – individuals who have made an order for the purchase of goods: name, address, telephone number, e-mail, which are collected for the purpose of identification, processing the order and delivery of the purchased goods. The Company also processes payment-related information for the purpose of conducting its business and accounting activities, fulfilling legal obligations and protecting the legitimate interests of the Company. /5/ The Company carries out the following operations with personal data of natural persons for the following purposes:payment processing and accounting – to enable payment and accounting; order processing – for the purpose of order acceptance and delivery of goods from the e-shop to the Buyer. Maintenance of the User’s profile /6/ The Company does not collect or process special (sensitive) personal data relating to data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs or trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data, data concerning health or data concerning sex life or sexual orientation. /7/ The Company shall keep the personal data received of individuals for as long as it has a reason for keeping them. The retention period is for a period of 5 years after the termination of the contractual relationship with the User. After the expiry of the period, the Company shall take due care to delete and destroy all data without undue delay. The data retention period may be extended in order to comply with a legal obligation, the purposes, the performance of the contract, in order to protect the legitimate interests of the Company or another person. /8/ The Company may, at its own discretion, transfer part or all of the personal data to processors for the fulfilment of the processing purposes, subject to the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
Art.20. Natural persons, subjects of personal data have the following rights in the collection, processing and storage of their personal data:
20.1. Right to information and access – the right to request and obtain from the Company information as to whether the personal data of the entity are processed and, if so, the right to obtain the information relating to the collection, processing and storage of personal data and access to them. Upon request, the company shall provide the data subject with a copy of the processed data in electronic or other appropriate form.
20.2. Right to rectification or replenishment – The consumer as a personal data subject shall have the right to ask the Company to correct his personal data which are incorrect or incorrect and to complete incomplete personal data relating to him or her. The adjustment shall be made by the Company in good time, taking into account the technical feasibility.
20.3. Right of erasure – The consumer as a data subject shall have the right to request the Company to erase personal data relating to him or her where there are any of the following grounds: the personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected, or processed; withdrawal of consent if the processing of personal data is based on consent, and there is no other legal basis for the processing; Art. 26. (1) The provisions in force in the Republic of Bulgaria shall apply to outstanding issues. (2) The Parties declare that, in the event of the invalidity of certain parts of these General Conditions, this would not invalidate the present General Conditions and that the individual invalidity clauses would be regarded as legally substituted by mandatory rules of law. Art.27. All disputes between the parties will be settled in a spirit of understanding and goodwill. In the event of agreement not being reached, any unresolved disputes arising from or relating to the contract between the parties, including disputes arising out of, or relating to, its interpretation, nullity, execution or termination, and disputes relating to the settlement of gaps in the contract or its adaptation to new circumstances, shall be settled by judicial process by the competent court. These general conditions are adopted and published on the electronic store’s website on 10.01.2023. and entered into force on the same date. the personal data of the entity have been unlawfully processed; the personal data of the entity must be erased in order to comply with a legal obligation under EU law or the law of a Member State which applies to the Company. A company shall not be obliged to delete personal data if it stores and processes: to comply with a legal obligation requiring processing provided for by EU law or by the law of the Member State which applies to the Company; for reasons of public interest in the field of public health; the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. 20.4. Right to restriction of processing – The consumer as a data subject shall have the right to request the Company to restrict the processing of the data relating to him where you do not wish to have them deleted under the conditions laid down in Article 20.3 but only to restrict the processing of personal data. 20.5. The right to the portability of personal data – the consumer as the subject of personal data shall have the right to request that the personal data stored for him be transferred to a third party; 20.6. Right of defence – The consumer as a data subject shall have the right to lodge a complaint in respect of the processing of his personal data with the Commission for the protection of personal data or to bring an appeal before the courts.
Art. 21. If the Company identifies a personal data breach of a Consumer which may pose a high risk to his rights and freedoms, it will be informed without undue delay of the breach and of the measures taken or to be taken. The company need not inform the Consumer if appropriate technical and organisational protection measures have been taken in respect of the data affected by the security breach or measures have been taken subsequently to ensure that the breach does not result in a high risk to the consumer’s rights.
Art. 22. Provision of your personal data to third parties (1) The company transfers some or all of the personal data to processors for the purpose of processing in compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679. The company does not grant any right to use, sell, disclose or share personal data with other persons or with unrelated companies, except where necessary for the purpose of providing the services you requested and where you have granted permission. For the purposes of processing consumer personal data and providing services, the Company may provide the data to trusted partners working on the company’s assignment on the basis of contractual relations and confidential agreements. These companies are not allowed to share this information themselves.The current personal data protection policy applies only to the site managed and owned by the Company. It does not apply to links to other websites and to data collected from third parties that manage other sites and use cookies on them. Further information on the categories of personal data processed, purposes, grounds for their processing, categories of recipients of the data, organisational and technical data protection measures, data retention period, user rights as data subjects and modalities for their exercise are contained in the Data Protection Policy of Marveltech EDI, which is located on the company’s website at www. marveltech.eu.
Art. 23. Cookies policy (1) The electronic store website stores and extracts information from the browser by means of cookies. Cookies are small file sizes that store and receive identifiers and other information about computers, phones, and other devices (for example, the date and time of visits to the website, the pages visited, the time spent on the website and sites visited just before and immediately afterwards) and that the e-mail store website wants your browser to store on your computer or mobile device. This information is used to improve and customise the relevant User’s web experience by enabling the company to offer products and goods that are relevant to the needs and interests of users and to make the next visit to the site easier and faster. (2) When you visit the Electronic Store site, the Company uses “cookies” primarily to customize content, support anonymous traffic statistics, ensure safe entry into the account and select appropriate advertisements. (3) Two types of cookies are used on the electronic store website: “sessional cookies” — they’re temporary and they’re deleted from the computer when you close your browser. They are intended for the proper functioning of the electronic store’s website and related applications. Permanent cookies – They remain stored on your computer until they are deleted or until they expire and are intended to recognize you as a recurring visitor on the website and adapt its contents to your preferences. (4) By the act of adoption of these general conditions, you agree with the company’s policy on the use of cookies. Any user can renounce cookies at any time and revoke the consent given to use cookies by setting the appropriate settings in their browser or by specifying the user’s usage. In this case, some functionalities on the website may not work as intended. Additional information is contained in the ‘Cookies policy’, which is available on the company’s website, www. marveltech.eu.
Art.24. Security and protection measures (1) The company shall take technical and organisational security measures to protect the data administered from manipulation, loss, destruction and access by unauthorised persons who comply with the applicable provisions on the protection of personal data. Security measures shall be continuously improved in line with technological developments. (2) The company uses technical means to protect personal data against acquisition or modification by unauthorised persons, including:24.1. Encrypt the link between the site and the end device. 24.2. Protection of the database from unauthorised access. 24.3 Anti – virus and non – authorised access protection programmes. (3) The company limits access to the personal data of the Users only to the employees, processors and third parties to whom such information is necessary and authorised to receive it. (4) For the protection and exercise of his rights, the data subject may contact the Company by post by letter addressed to the company Marveltech Ltd, at: gr. Sofia, p.k.a. 1680. SINACON LAKE No 9A OFFICE 3 or by e-mail to e-mail: orders@marveltech.eu, contact person: Peter Dickoff, Tel. +359888759538 Data of the Commission for the protection of personal data: correspondence address: Sofia city 1592, boul. “Prof. Lazarov Colour No 2, Telephone: 02/91-53-518 Website: www.cpdp.bg Final provisions
Art. 25. (1) The EOC is entitled to unilaterally change the General Conditions, including but not limited to reflecting the way the Site operates, to change the Goods/Services, their parameters and characteristics, all conditions formthe supply of the Goods and any other information published on the Site. The general conditions may be updated and modified at any time. When changes are made to the General Conditions, the EDO shall inform clients by prominently publishing in the Electronic Store the text of the amended General Conditions or a link to an Internet site where the amended General Conditions are accessible. (2) Customers who disagree with changes in the General Conditions have the right to erase their Buyer Profile and to cease using the Site/Electronic Store.
Art. 26. (1) The provisions in force in the Republic of Bulgaria shall apply about outstanding issues. (2) The Parties declare that, in the event of the invalidity of certain parts of these General Conditions, this would not invalidate the present General Conditions and that the individual invalidity clauses would be regarded as legally substituted by mandatory rules of law.
Art. 27. All disputes between the parties will be settled in a spirit of understanding and goodwill. In the event of agreement not being reached, any unresolved disputes arising from or relating to the contract between the parties, including disputes arising out of, or relating to, its interpretation, nullity, execution or termination, and disputes relating to the settlement of gaps in the contract or its adaptation to new circumstances, shall be settled by judicial process by the competent court.
These general conditions are adopted and published on the electronic store’s website on 10.01.2023. and entered into force on the same date.