TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The following terms and conditions apply to any agreement between The Troopers and the client.

1. Booking fees

All booking fees are to be agreed upon by The Troopers on forehand.
All fees are defined excluding 20% agency fee and excluding 21% VAT.

2. Daily and hourly rates

Photography
1 day = 8 hours 0,5 day = 4 hours
Film
1 day = 10 hours 0,5 day = 5 hours

3. Overtime

Overtime is charged as follows
Overtime between 08:00 and 24:00hrs is charged at 1/8 of the daily rate, per hour.
Overtime between 24:00 and 08:00hrs is charged at 1/4 of the daily rate, per hour.

4. Additional fees

Additional fees are applied in case of following usage:
- POS/Instore usage
- Window displays
- Paid social ads
- Bus stops/tram stops/stickers/packaging
- Usage outside of the Netherlands
- Portrait rights for selling artwork which show our model(s)
- Online or offline usage of the name of our talent/model.

The client will always indicate on forehand for what purpose the images will be used. Otherwise we will give a quotation for optional usage and invoice a buy-out fee accordingly afterwards.

5. Image rights model

The Troopers protects the image rights of the model, if The Troopers does not approve a certain picture/shoot to be published, The Troopers has the right to decline the publication/usage of the picture(s).
- No underwear, swimwear, shirtless and nude without prior written permission from the Troopers.

6. Travel expenses

From home location model to shoot location: 0,19 euro per KM.

7. Cancellation fees

Cancellation fees are not applied to:
Cancellations up to 48 hours before shoot days.

Any cancellation at a later time will be charged the total amount agreed upon booking. In case other options/bookings have been cancelled for a certain job and the client cancels, we will charge 100% of the amount of the cancelled options/jobs.
For some bookings we have another cancellation policy, which can be found on the booking confirmation.

8. Weather related cancellations

Bookings that require favorable weather conditions need to be clearly indicated as such by the client beforehand.
Only in that case, the client is allowed to cancel free of charge when weather conditions do not meet expectations.

9. Options

Options need to be confirmed by the client as a booking no longer than 24 hours before the booking date.
Confirmed bookings take precedence over options.

10. Exclusivity

Exclusivity rights need to be requested by the client before booking. Additional fees will occur in most cases.

11. Payments

11.1. The client will be invoiced by The Troopers on the model's behalf. Payments are due within 30 days after the invoice date. The invoice amount is to be paid to the bank account of The Troopers including the invoice reference.
11.2. For new clients we ask for a deposit of 50% of the total invoice amount, the deposit must be paid before the job takes place.

11.3. All additional expenses incurred by the model for implementation of the model's and/or The Troopers rights, as well as all (out of-) court expenses will be invoiced to the client without further letter of demand or formal notice.

11.4. Any additional expenses made by the model or by The Troopers in order to prove the client's failure of honoring agreed booking conditions are charged to the client. This only applied to proven cases.

11.5. If the client does not submit a written and motivated complaint within 8 days of the invoice date, he is deemed to fully agree with the contents of the invoice received. Otherwise the client is not entitled to suspend his obligations on the basis of any complaints.

11.6. The client remains responsible for the payment of the invoice at all times.

12. Liability

The Troopers is not liable for damage which may have occurred if the model has not or not satisfactorily fulfilled any agreement whether or not through the intervention of The Troopers between the client and the model. The client is liable for all damage that may result for the model or The Troopers from a (booking)agreement.

13. Dispute settlement

All disputes resulting from present agreement are assessed under Dutch law and must be brought to the competent court in Amsterdam.
The Troopers is registered with the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce KVK 88146162

Terms and conditions are subject to change.
2023