durch die Zollbehörde in Anspruch genommen

Paul Skidmore May 9, 2014:

This is an indemnity clause The general gist is as follows ...

If company A [notwithstanding the obligation set out in paragraph 1 or on account of a surrender/release of cargo units initiated/caused by company B, for example in the capacity of operator of a transhipment site or resulting from registration as customs premises] is subject to a claim/assessment by the customs authorities, company B shall indemnify company A on a first request for all payment demands resulting from any tax assessment.

I think there must be something missing in the text you have written. In the second half of the clause "stellt FIRMA A von sämtlichen Zahlungsverpflichtungen ..." It should be "stellt FIRMA B FIRMA A von ..." It has to say who is indemnifying whom. From the logic of the sentence it has to be company B which is indemnifying company A. This is backed up by the second sentence which says that the indemnity does not apply if company A is responsible for the fact that the customs authorities are making demands of it.

HTH Paul

Horst Huber (X) May 9, 2014:

A layman would say the firm is charged by customs, or a claim is laid on the firm. But I leave such matters to the experts!

franglish May 9, 2014:

@asker could it be "...durch die die Zollbehörde in Anspruch genommen wird...", i.e. that the article 'die' is missing in your text (...through which the...)