Conditions of purchase

ABB General Terms and Conditions for Purchase

ABB has developed standard General Terms and Conditions of Purchase (“GTCs”) for the following types of purchases:

Goods and/or Services
Engineering Services
Project Designed Goods
Civil and Installation Works
Site Services
Information Technology
Simplified GTCs
Oil, Gas and Offshore

Each type of GTC is provided in country-specific and global standard versions. The country-specific version representing the country of registration of the ABB purchaser applies if listed below; if a country-specific version is not listed below, ABB’s global standard version applies. Current and archived versions are provided below.

Please review the terms of your ABB purchase order and speak with your ABB Purchasing Representative if you have any questions.

Goods and Services

ABB General Terms and Conditions for Purchase of Goods and/or Services

Countries A-I

Countries I-Z

Argentina and Uruguay, English (2024-1)

Italy, English (2024-2)

Argentina and Uruguay, Spanish (2024-1)

Italy, Italian (2024-2)

Australia, English (2025-1)

Israel, English (2024-1)

Austria, English (2024-2)

Japan, Japanese (2024-2)

Austria, German (2024-2)

Korea, Korean (2025-2)

Brazil, Portuguese (2024-2)

Netherlands, Dutch (2024-2)

Canada, English (2024-1)

New Zealand, English (2021-1)

Canada, French (2024-1)

Mexico, Spanish (2024-2)

China, English Chinese bilingual (2024-2)

Peru, Spanish (2024-2)

Chile, Spanish (2024-2)

Poland, Polish (2024-2)

Colombia, Spanish (2024-2)

Portugal, English (2024-2)

Colombia, English (2024-2)

Portugal, Portuguese (2024-2)

Croatia, Croatian (2024-2)

Saudi Arabia, Arabic, English (2024-2)

Czech, Czech (2024-2)

Serbia, Serbian (2024-2)

Estonian, Estonian (2024-2)

Spain, Spanish (2024-2)

France, English (2024-2)

Spain, English (2024-2)

France, French (2024-2)

Sweden, Swedish (2024-2)

Germany, English (2025-1)

Switzerland, German (2024-2)

Germany, German (2025-1)

Taiwan/Chinese Taipei, Chinese (2024-2)

Greece, Greek (2024-1)

Turkey, English (2019-1)

Hungary, Hungarian (2024-2)

Turkey, Turkish (2024-2)

Hungary, English (2024-2)

United Kingdom, English (2024-2)

Indonesia, English and Indonesian (2024-2)

United States of America, English (2025-2)

Ireland, English (2024-2)

Vietnam, Vietnamese (2024-2)

USG addendum required for United States Government Procurements

ABB GTC Goods and Services (2024-2 Standard), English

ABB GTC Goods I Business Unit Industrial Automation oil, gas & chemicals (2018-2 Standard), English

ABB GTC Goods II Business Unit Industrial Automation oil, gas & chemicals (2018-2 Standard), English

ABB GTC Services Business Unit Industrial Automation oil, gas & chemicals (2018-1 Standard), English

*Until an updated Country specific Version dated 2024 is ready, the current country specific versions can be applied together with the Integrity Provision available at the following link here.

2025

ABB GTC Good and Services (2025-01) United States of America, English

2024

ABB GTC Good and Services (2024-1) United States of America, English

ABB GTC Goods and Services (2024-1) Poland, Polish

ABB GTC Goods and Services (2024-1) Hungary, Hungarian

ABB GTC Goods and Services (2024-1) Hungary, English

ABB GTC Goods and Services (2024-1 Standard), English, Chinese, bilingual

ABB GTC Goods and Services (2024-1 Standard) Taiwan, English, Chinese, bilingual

2023

ABB GTC Goods and Services (2023-1 Germany) English

ABB GTC Goods and Services (2023-1 Germany) German