General Terms of Use Ticket Shop
General Terms and Conditions for the online purchase of tickets on the website of the respective Deutsche Messe AG event.
The following Terms of Use apply to contracts for the sale of event eTickets and registration codes ("Tickets") concluded between Deutsche Messe AG, Messegelände, 30521 Hannover, Germany ("Deutsche Messe"), and the buyer online via the website ("Website") of the event.
Deutsche Messe reserves the right to amend these Terms of Use at any time. Any such amendments will take effect as soon as they are published on this Website. Deutsche Messe further reserves the right at its absolute discretion to take down or change the whole Website or any part thereof.
By placing an order, the buyer of Tickets ("Customer") acknowledges, accepts and agrees to be bound by these Terms of Use. In the case of any conflict between these Terms of Use and any terms or conditions of the Customer, these Terms of Use will prevail.
The Customer agrees to use this Website exclusively for the purpose of acquiring Tickets. The Customer is prohibited from making deep links to pages on this Website – for any purpose whatsoever – without the express permission of Deutsche Messe.
The Customer must not use robot or spider software, nor attempt by any other means, automated or manual, to monitor or copy this Website or its content. The Customer must not impair the proper functioning of this Website by any means whatsoever, including, in particular, by intentionally overloading Deutsche Messe’s system infrastructure.
Deutsche Messe will investigate any illegal and/or unauthorized use of this Website, including, in particular, any unauthorized Ticket purchases, any unauthorized framing or linking of this Website, and any unauthorized use of any robot, spider or other software, and will take all appropriate legal steps, both at civil and criminal law.
Deutsche Messe is the issuer of the Tickets. The contractual relationship created by the purchase of such Tickets exists exclusively between the Customer and Deutsche Messe.
Tickets ordered on this Website are required to be personalized by means of registration. Information regarding how the data collected during registration is processed can be found at https://www.messe.de/en/privacy-policy.
Once registered on the website of the respective event, the Customer can log in and place an order for Tickets (eTickets) that are personalized in his/her name. He/she can also order Tickets (registration codes) for third parties.
By clicking on the relevant button and submitting an order, the Customer makes a legally binding offer to enter into a contract for the purchase of Tickets. Before submitting the order, the Customer must enter certain details including, in particular, the number of Tickets required, the Customer’s correct e-mail address and shipping address and all information necessary for processing payment.
Once the order has been submitted and received, the Customer will receive a purchase confirmation e-mail. No contract ("Contract") for the purchase of Tickets is formed between the Customer and Deutsche Messe until the above-stated confirmation e-mail ("Purchase Confirmation") is sent out to the Customer.
The Purchase Confirmation also includes the invoice for the purchase and the Tickets/registration codes ordered.
Once purchased, Tickets (including registration codes) are generally non-returnable. In other words, each order for Tickets becomes legally binding as soon as the Customer receives the Purchase Confirmation, with the result that the Customer is then legally required to take and pay for the Tickets supplied. Unregistered and/or unused registration codes are non-refundable.
The sole exception to this is when the event to which the Tickets relate is (a) canceled or (b) postponed. In these cases, the original Customer has the right to a refund of the Ticket price actually paid. In such cases, the Tickets do not need to be returned; they will be automatically invalidated. Damages claims for wasted-expenditure loss (reliance loss) are expressly excluded.
Loss of the Tickets does not give the Customer any right to a refund of the Ticket price.
Right of cancellation
Any Customer who is a consumer as defined by section 13 of the German Civil Code (BGB) has a 14-day period within which he/she may revoke his/her declaration of legal intent to enter into the Contract, without any requirement to state reasons. To exercise this right, the Customer must give notice of cancellation to Deutsche Messe within the 14-day period, either using the cancellation form provided (see cancellation form template below) or via some other written means of explicit declaration of intention to cancel (e.g. letter, e-mail or fax). The definitive time for determining observance of the above 14-day period is the time at which the cancellation form is sent or the declaration of intention to cancel is by other means issued to Deutsche Messe. The 14-day cancellation period starts at the time of contract formation, but not before Deutsche Messe has advised the Customer of his/her consumer rights, as required by law (section 312 j subsection 2 BGB in conjunction with Art. 246a section 1 subsection 1 sentences 1, 4, 5, 11 and 12 of the Introductory Act to the German Civil Code (EGBGB).
If the Customer wishes to exercise his/her consumer right of cancellation, he/she must do so within the above 14-day period and before the Ticket loses its validity; in the case of day Tickets, that means before the close of the event’s public opening hours on the day for which the Ticket is valid; and in the case of full-event Tickets, that means before the close of the event’s public opening hours on the last day of the event.
Consumer cancellations must be sent to:
Deutsche Messe AG
Messegelände
30521 Hannover
Tel.: + 49 511 89-37777
Fax: +49 511 89-32342
E-Mail: service-hotline@messe.de
Consequences of cancellation by consumer
Once the consumer’s right of cancellation has been duly exercised, the Tickets affected will be blocked so that they are no longer valid for admission to the event. Once the cancellation is effective, Deutsche Messe will refund the Ticket price paid by the consumer without delay and certainly no later than 14 days after cancellation.
For the consumer, this 14-day refund period starts when his/her declaration of intention to cancel is issued, whether by sending the form or by other explicit written means. For Deutsche Messe, the period starts when the declaration is received. Deutsche Messe is free to select the means of refund. The cancellation and refund will be processed at no charge to the consumer.
Cancellation form template
The form in the download area on this page (under "General Terms and Conditions Ticketshop") can be completed and sent to Deutsche Messe in the event of cancellation in accordance with the above consumer rights advice. Use of this form is not mandatory. Notice of cancellation can also be given by other explicit written means.
All Ticket prices are subject to change without prior notice and include VAT at the rate required by law. The definitive prices are those stated on the Website at the time of ordering.
The total price, including VAT, is due and payable as soon as the Contract is formed. Payment can be made via credit card (Visa card, Euro MasterCard), SOFORT transfer or PayPal.
All Tickets remain the property of Deutsche Messe until payment has been made in full. If a credit card payment is reversed (charged back), the Tickets/registration codes will be automatically invalidated.
The issuer of the invoice is Deutsche Messe AG, Messegelände, 30521 Hannover, Germany, VAT No. DE 115674754. The invoice will be sent to the Customer electronically as a PDF file together with the Purchase Confirmation.
By placing an order for Tickets, the Customer gives his/her agreement for the invoice to be issued and delivered electronically. The Customer has no right to invoice issuance in hardcopy form.
In the case of questions regarding payment, please contact Deutsche Messe directly (ticket-team@messe.de).
Tickets and registration codes are sent at the risk of the Customer as PDF files via e-mail dispatched together with the Purchase Confirmation at the time the Contract is concluded. On receipt of the Tickets, the Customer must immediately check them for correctness and completeness. In particular, the Customer must check the name of the event, the event dates and times, and the quantity and price of the Tickets and must lodge any complaints to Deutsche Messe within three working days in writing via e-mail.
The ordered Tickets will be delivered directly to the Customer using the print-at-home method.
Unauthorized duplicates of print-at-home Tickets are not valid for admission to the event. Resold print-at-home Tickets are likewise not valid for admission to the event. Each Ticket has a single-use barcode that is electronically invalidated by a barcode scanner when the Ticket is presented for admission. It is therefore not possible for additional individuals to again admission to the event using duplicates of the barcodes.
If duplicates of a print-at-home Ticket are presented, Deutsche Messe reserves the right to refuse admission to the holders of the duplicates and/or to the holder of the original Ticket. Deutsche Messe further reserves the right to demand payment by the Customer of the full purchase price in respect of all unauthorized duplicates that have been made of the Customer’s print-at-home Ticket as a result of fault on the part of the Customer.
Print-at-home Tickets should be treated with the same care as cash or conventional Tickets and should be stored in a safe place in order to prevent possible misuse. Deutsche Messe accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any loss and/or misuse of Tickets.
Deutsche Messe is liable without limitation only for those losses suffered by the Customer that are the result of intentional or grossly negligent conduct on the part of Deutsche Messe.
Deutsche Messe is liable for slight negligence only in the case of breach of material contractual duties or obligations. In such cases, Deutsche Messe’s liability is limited to losses suffered that are typical for the type of Contract, are foreseeable at the time when the Contract is concluded and are caused directly by the breach of duty. This limitation of liability also applies to breaches of duties or obligations by Deutsche Messe’s legally authorized representatives and/or vicarious agents.
The above-stated limitation of liability does not affect liability for culpable bodily injury, injury to health or death.
While Deutsche Messe endeavors at all times, subject to technical feasibility, to operate the Website free of disruptions and faults, it makes no representations and gives no warranty regarding the undisrupted, fault-free operation of the Website. Deutsche Messe likewise makes no representations and gives no warranty that the Website is free from viruses or other factors that might potentially cause faults or outages. Consequently, Deutsche Messe accepts no liability whatsoever for disruptions, faults, viruses or other factors that may impair the operation of the Website.
The acquisition of Tickets for the purposes of re-sale is prohibited.
These Terms of Use and all Contracts formed under them are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (UN CISG) is hereby expressly excluded.
The place of jurisdiction for all lawsuits arising from or in relation to the Contract is Hannover, Germany, if the parties are traders (Kaufleute) within the meaning of the German Commercial Code (HGB), legal persons under public law or separate accounting entities under public law, or if at least one of the parties has no general place of jurisdiction in Germany, has since entering into the Contract changed his/her/its domicile or habitual place of residence to a location outside Germany or if his/her/its domicile or habitual place of residence is unknown at the time when legal proceedings are instituted. Deutsche Messe may also elect to file proceedings in the general place of jurisdiction of the Customer. The place of performance for all obligations arising from this Contract is Hannover, Germany.
If any provision of these Terms of Use should be or become invalid or unenforceable, then that provision will be severed and the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use will continue to be valid and enforceable.
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