Help with sentence please?

English translation: explanation

15:36 Nov 12, 2003

German to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents / print production, legal Terms and Conditions

German term or phrase: Help with sentence please?

Hi all,
I dont know if i have just been sitting at this one too long, but I just can't get my head around the following sentence - again from the T&C for print production. Could someone possibly give me a hand? I am having problems specifically with the bits enclosed by *** ***. Thank you very much!

...so hat der Auftraggeber ***unbeschadet etwaiger weiterer Rechtspflichten*** den ***Unterschied zwischen dem gewährten und dem der tatsächlichen Abnahme entsprechenden Nachlass*** an Firma X zurück zu vergüten

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English translation:explanation

Explanation:

therefore the client, without prejudice to further means of compensation, [is required] to compensate Company X for the difference between the discount that was allowed and the discount actually applied to the sale

In other words, if this is a distribution contract and the manufacturer authorizes a certain discount (say 5%) but the distributor gives a 10% discount, the distributor has to pay the 5% difference out of his own pocket

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Note added at 2003-11-12 15:52:28 (GMT)
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\"Without prejudice to\" means that the distributor can still claim other forms of compensation besides just getting the 5% difference.

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Note added at 2003-11-12 16:51:00 (GMT)
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As Steffen suggests, it\'s probably better to say \"without prejudice to any other means of compensation\"

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William Stein
Costa Rica
Local time: 20:17

Grading comment

Thank you very much William - and "agreers"! I am really glad that you explained "w/o prejudice" too, as I have to admit that I wasn't sure exactly what it meant!
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Thank you very much William - and "agreers"! I am really glad that you explained "w/o prejudice" too, as I have to admit that I wasn't sure exactly what it meant!

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