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 The purpose of these General Terms and Conditions of Use is to define the procedures regarding the access and use of any service (hereinafter "the Services"), whether free or on payment of a fee, offered to any Internet user (hereinafter "Customer"), by assortis.com on its web site which as found at the following URL http://www.assortis.com By accessing the assortis.com services, the Customer expressly accepts that these general terms and conditions apply to his relationship with assortis.com. Any correspondence should be addressed to Assortis.com, 72 Avenue de Tervueren, 1040 Brussels. A full description of the services can be found on the website http://www.assortis.com. Accessing the services The rights to access and use the assortis.com services are non-exclusive and non-transferable rights. By issuing a password and a login access code, assortis.com thereby authorises the Customer to connect to its services. The connection right is exclusively linked to the Customer and may not be used by any other party. Should the Customer be a corporate entity, only its agents and employees are entitled to connect. The customers may only access the assortis.com pay services once the relevant payment has been made. The Customer is entirely responsible for the use of the relevant personal identification codes. Price The prices charged for the assortis.com services are available for consultation at www.assortis.com or by sending a written request to assortis.com. assortis.com reserves the right to modify its prices. The Customer hereby undertakes to pay for the assortis.com services by credit card, by cheque or by bank transfer. The sum charged shall be the one established for the selected service. The Customer should provide assortis.com with their V.A.T (Value Added Tax) number when making any form of payment in relation to any assortis.com products or services. Organisations based within Belgium are liable to pay 21% V.A.T on the quoted subscription price. Organisations based outside of Belgium are not liable to pay 21% V.A.T., but must still provide a valid V.A.T number of their organisation to be legible in paying 0% V.A.T on subscription to any of assortis.com's products or services. Liability The Customer hereby acknowledges that he is solely liable for the usage he makes of the Services. assortis.com may therefore not be held legally responsible, either from an express or tacit obligation, towards the Customer for any indirect or direct damages resulting from the use of the Services. The registered Customer hereby undertakes to regularly update the information that concerns him. The Customer expressly acknowledges: - That he is solely responsible for the accuracy of the information sent to assortis.com. - That he undertakes to honestly answer any accepted service orders and in accordance with the rules of professional conduct. - That assortis.com is free to offer its Services to any other customers that it so chooses. The Customer hereby undertakes not to object to any other customer using the Services, even in the case of those involved in activities that are in competition with his. - That assortis.com is duly authorised to send him any information that assortis.com deems to be of interest. The Customer hereby undertakes to compensate assortis.com, its management, its employees, suppliers and sub-contractors in the case of any claim, lawsuit, sentence and for any losses, expenses, including legal fees, and damages incurred by assortis.com as the result of all or part of the information given to assortis.com and which appear on the assortis.com web site and/or services provided by the Customer following orders placed through the intermediary of assortis.com. Internet Use Rules By accepting these general terms and conditions, the Customer states that he is aware of how Internet Services operate and accepts the rules in force regarding using Internet. assortis.com hereby undertakes to do its utmost to ensure that its Services are operational 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, within the limits set out herein. The Customer acknowledges that the stability of the Internet network cannot always be guaranteed. The Customer hereby expressly exonerates assortis.com from any liability in the case of the Services not being operational following an overload or defective operating of the Internet network, deliverers, web hosting services and access providers of assortis.com. assortis.com reserves the right to temporarily interrupt or restrict the use of the Services in the case of failure, overload, defective operating or maintenance, repair work or to improve the site. assortis.com shall inform the Customer whatever the circumstance. It is up to the Customer to take any necessary measure in order to protect his own data and/or software from being infected by any virus downloaded by means of the assortis.com web site and/or information. Limitation of liability The Customer hereby acknowledges that assortis.com does not guarantee and is not liable for the contents of its customer profiles. The Customer is solely liable for the use he makes of the information provided by assortis.com. assortis.com is not liable for any transaction entered into between its Customers and/or between its Customers and a third party. Under no circumstances shall assortis.com be a party to the contract. assortis.com does not guarantee any minimum level of orders, income or results. Licence The Customer grants assortis.com worldwide rights to use his details. The rights granted mainly include assortis.com’s right to adapt them in order to be included in the database and to communicate them to the public in any way it considers necessary, mainly by Internet. The Customer expressly authorises assortis.com to refer to him as a customer of assortis.com. assortis.com may therefore use the name of the Customer in advertising or promotional documents without assortis.com needing to ask the Customer for any authorisation or permission. Cancellation assortis.com is entitled to refuse or to suspend the access to these Services to any Customer for any reason damaging the reputation, reliability and professionalism of the assortis.com network. Under no circumstances shall any sum already paid to assortis.com be returned. Contents of the assortis.com site The Customer acknowledges that any item appearing on the assortis.com site, hereinafter known in its entirety as the "Contents”, and in particular the texts, articles, programmes, photographs, graphics, images, designs, logos, design of the pages making up the assortis.com site and any other document appearing on the assortis.com are protected by the provisions regarding copyright pursuant to the Intellectual Property Act, as well as the applicable international copyright conventions and by trade mark law and patent law, where applicable. The Customer is authorised to use the Contents solely within the framework of the services provided by assortis.com. The Customer is forbidden from entering into competition with the activities of assortis.com. The Customer is not authorised, whether for commercial or purely complimentary means, to copy, reproduce, transmit, distribute or translate all or part of the Contents without the prior and written permission of assortis.com. assortis.com may insert hypertext link in its pages. However, assortis.com is not able to control the sites of third parties referred to on its site and is not responsible for the contents that appears on the sites of these third parties. Personal Details The Customer is entitled to access and rectify any personal information that he provides to assortis.com as a result of using the Services. General Points These general terms and conditions may be amended. assortis.com notifies the Customers of any modification by posting a message on the home page or by e-mail. assortis.com is entitled to amend the characteristics of the services offered to the Customer under any circumstances and without prior notice. Settlement of disputes The General Terms and Conditions of Use of the assortis.com site, together with the different relations between assortis.com and its users are governed by Belgian law, independently of any other jurisdiction. The failure of assortis.com to exercise the rights granted herein does not mean that it waives its rights to enforce these rights. Should any dispute arise from this contractual relationship, their parties hereby undertake to seek a friendly settlement before going to court. Should the parties not reach a friendly settlement, they hereby accept to submit their action to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Brussels. © 2000-2008 assortis.com |