9. Costs
(1) The Platform Operator makes self-engineered applications and information services available for use on a cost-neutral basis by User Entities on VW Group Supply.com.
(2) The use of VW Group Supply.com requires in general a high-speed data connection and a standard commercial Internet browser.
(3) Each party shall bear its own costs arising in connection with its use of VW Group Supply.com and the website's applications, including without limitation personnel costs, the cost of procuring and operating its communications facilities and related software, the cost of correcting malfunctions of its equipment, the cost of tracing real or supposed errors, and the cost necessary to keep its communication facility up to the state of the art.