Payment Rules for ECMWF Software

For all orders of 500.00 GBP (Great Britain Pound / Pound Sterling) or less :

ECMWF expects the charges to be paid before the software is delivered; the prepayment may be made by cheque, bank transfer or credit/debit card quoting the reference number of your request for software.

Cheques must be made payable to "ECMWF".

The details required for bank transfer are:

• Barclays Bank PLC, High Street, Bracknell, Berks, RG12 1DR, UK
• Bank Code: 20-11-74
• Account Number: 70374180
• Swiftcode: BARCGB22
• IBAN Code: GB83.BARC.2011.7470.3741.80
• CHAPS Euro BIC: BARCGB210BU

ECMWF accepts the following credit/debit cards:

• MasterCard,
• Visa,
• JCB,
• Delta,
• Switch,
• Electron,
• Maestro,
• Pin Train,
• Solo
  

If you wish to pay by credit/debit card, please complete, sign and send by FAX or POST a copy of the software prepayment form .

Please note: All credit/debit card payments to ECMWF are made in GBP. The currency rate will be determined by the credit/debit card company when the payment is processed.

For orders greater than 500.00 GBP :

Prepayment may be made as above; alternatively, the software will only be supplied following
the submission to ECMWF of a formal Purchase Order that:

• Accepts in total the costs quoted by ECMWF for the supply of the software.
• Acknowledges that payment to ECMWF is due within 30 days of receipt of the relevant invoice from ECMWF.
• Is signed by an authorized official of the purchasing organization.

For your convenience you may wish to use the example purchase order form

Please note:

• Payments made to ECMWF should be equal to the invoiced amount, i.e. the customers shall pay all bank, transaction etc charges so that ECMWF receives the gross payment due either in GBP or in the quoted and invoiced convertible currency.
• Payment is preferred in pounds sterling (GBP).
• Quotes and invoices can be produced in pounds sterling (GBP), US dollars (USD), Euros (EUR), Yen (JPY) or any other convertible currency.
• Quotes will be valid for 30 days.
• Quotes in any currency except GBP will be based on the currency exchange rate of the day the quote is made. This rate will be taken from:
  
  http:/www.marketprices.ft.com/markets/currencies/ab
  
  with a 5% factor to cover ECMWF against currency conversion changes.