Wildberries Offer: The company is exempt from liability for failure…
Wildberries Offer: The company is exempt from liability for failure to fulfill obligations if such failure is caused by force majeure, which includes any consequences resulting from the application, impact, fall, launch, or activation of weapons, military equipment, aircraft (including UAVs), means of destruction, ammunition and their parts, as well as shelling and explosions and other means of destruction, including objects considered neutralized despite the issuance of acts (other documents) stating that no explosive items are present on this territory.
Consensus
- Яндекс Маркет updated its offer to sellers to include drone attacks and other military actions as force majeure events.
- The change means Яндекс Маркет is exempt from liability for non-performance of contractual obligations due to such events.
- Ozon and Wildberries previously made similar changes to their contracts with sellers.
- The updated Яндекс Маркет offer was published on July 20, 2024, and came into effect the same day.
- The new terms include consequences of military equipment use, including drones, explosions, and shockwaves as force majeure.
Points of divergence
- In the previous version of Яндекс Маркет's offer from July 1, only general terms for force majeure were present without specific details. — meduza
- The new rules now exempt only the executor (Яндекс Маркет), not both parties as in the previous version. — meduza
- The obligation to immediately inform the other party about force majeure and provide documentation was removed from Яндекс Маркет's contract. — meduza
- Ukraine conducted drone attacks on Wildberries' warehouses in Kотовск (Tambov region) and Elektrostal (Moscow region) on July 18, and in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk on June 22. — meduza
- Wildberries stated it would make payments to sellers for lost goods after attacks but did not specify timing or calculation methods. — meduza
Coverage (5 sources)
- Marketplaces define the insurmountable. 'Yandex Market' updated its terms after attacks on Wildberries warehouses — Фонтанка
- Yandex Market Refuses to Bear Responsibility for Drone Attack Consequences; Wildberries and Ozon Did the Same Earlier — Meduza
- Yandex Market removed itself from liability in drone attacks — Дождь
- Yandex Market disclaims liability for drone attack obligations, per updated terms — Varlamov News
- Yandex Market disclaims liability for drone attack obligations after Ozon and Wildberries — Дождь (Telegram)