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General Terms & Conditions of Sale

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Document publication date : 2024/07/22

1. DEFINITIONS: In these General Terms and Conditions of Sale, “Acknowledgement of Receipt” means the acknowledgement of receipt of the Customer’s order, signed by a person duly authorised by Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ; “Customer” means the natural or legal person placing the order; “Contract” means the written agreement between Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ and the Customer for the provision of the Services; “Quotation” means the quotation, commercial proposal or technical proposal from Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ concerning the services covered by the Contract; “Services” means the services described in the Acknowledgement of Receipt from Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ; “Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ” means the Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ Company, signatory of the Acknowledgement of Receipt.

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2. THE CONTRACT: All Customer orders must be made in writing and their acceptance by Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ is subject to Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ‘s General Sales Conditions. The Contract is constituted by the acceptance of the Customer’s order by Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ, materialised by Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ‘s Acknowledgement of Receipt. The Contract contains the following Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ contractual documents (“the Contractual Documents”), listed in order of decreasing contractual priority: the Acknowledgement of Receipt, the General Sales Conditions, the provisions of Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ‘s quotations, commercial or technical proposals. Any condition set by the Client or other mention not contained in the Contractual Documents of Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ or not expressly accepted in writing by Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ is unenforceable against Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ. The Contract comes into force on the date of acceptance of the Customer’s order appearing on Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ‘s Acknowledgement of Receipt.

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3. PAYMENT: All sums billed to the Customer, including a subscription, are due and payable in full, regardless of the duration of use by the Customer of the Services. Unless otherwise specified in the Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ Contractual Documents, the Customer is required to pay all sums due within thirty days of the invoice date. For any delay in payment, late payment interest is automatically due on the unpaid amounts at the interest rate of the marginal lending facility of the European Central Bank in force during the period of delay, plus 7%. Without prejudice to its other rights, Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ reserves the right to suspend the performance of the Contract in the event of ‑non-payment of the sums due on the due date.

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4. DELIVERY TIME: Unless otherwise specified in Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ‘s Contract Documents, all delivery or performance times are from the effective date of the Contract and are indicative only, without any contractual obligation. If Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ is delayed or prevented from performing any of its contractual obligations due to acts or omissions of the Customer or its agents, or third parties (including but not limited to failure to provide specifications or any other information reasonably required by Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ for the prompt performance of its contractual obligations), the delivery or performance time and the price of the Services shall be revised accordingly by Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ.

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5. FORCE MAJEURE: Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ may suspend the Contract, without compensation, if its performance is prevented or delayed for reasons beyond Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ‘s control, in particular in the event of force majeure, war, riot, fire, explosion, accident, flood, sabotage, shortage or delays in the supply of water, gas, electricity, labour, means of transport, total or partial unavailability of all or part of the technical means useful for the provision of Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ‘s Services, in particular computer means or other means of communication; compliance with instructions, laws and regulations, government orders or measures, industrial action, strike, or formal notice. If performance of the Agreement or any part thereof ‑is suspended as a result of this Section for more than 30 consecutive calendar days, Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ may cancel the remaining portion of the Agreement by written notice to the Customer, without compensation to the Customer.

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6. WARRANTIES: The Services provided by Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ are those expressly described in the Contractual Documents of Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ. Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ agrees to provide Services in accordance with the specifications defined in its contractual documents. Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ can not be held responsible for defects due to the use of the Services, or in case of non-compliance with ‑the instructions of Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ, modification not previously authorized in writing by Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ. Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ cannot guarantee the provision of Services in case of total or partial unavailability of all or part of the technical means useful to the provision of Services, including computer or other means of communication, or due to deficiencies resulting from the Customer or third parties.Ìý The warranty under this section constitutes the entire liability of Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ under the Contract, and the only repairs and compensation that the Customer may claim under the warranty on the Services or for any other non-compliance under the Contract.Ìý This warranty is exclusive of any other warranty or remedy to which the Customer may be entitled in the event of a breach by Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ of its obligations under the Agreement.Ìý All other warranties, implied or statutory, are excluded, including but not limited to, any commercial warranty or warranty of fitness of products or Services for a specific purpose.Ìý

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7. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ retains ownership of the intellectual property rights attached to the Services. No intellectual property rights are granted hereunder, except the right for the Customer to use the Services in accordance with the Agreement. The Customer acquires no rights to the tools, processes, methods, or other know-how, used by Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ or in the context of the Agreement or to which the Customer may have access. The Customer agrees not to make available to third parties, directly or indirectly, in any capacity, in any form and for any reason whatsoever, all or part of the intellectual property rights to which it may have had access in performance of the Agreement.

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8. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INDEMNIFICATION: Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ agrees to defend, under its sole control and direction, any action brought against the Customer claiming intellectual property rights as a result of the Customer’s use of the Services pursuant to the Agreement, and to pay the costs and damages that may be claimed from the Customer under a judgment finding such infringement of intellectual property rights by the Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ Services, provided that the Customer: (i) notifies Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ in writing as soon as possible of an existing or future claim, (ii) provides Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ with all the information and assistance necessary to defend and resolve the dispute, (iii) grants Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ control of the procedure and decisions allowing the dispute to be brought to an end. In the event of a judgment finding an infringement of intellectual property rights pursuant to the preceding paragraph, Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ agrees, at its sole discretion and expense, (i) to replace the infringing Service, (ii) to obtain the right for the Customer to continue to use the infringing Service, (iii) or to terminate the Agreement and reimburse to the Customer the sums paid by the Customer to Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ for the exploitation of the infringing rights under the Agreement. Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ cannot be held responsible if the infringement of intellectual property rights is founded or results from: (i) the use of the Service with a service or any other process which is not provided by Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ to the Customer, (ii) a modification of the Service not carried out by Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ, (iii) or the use of the Service with other infringing processes.Ìý Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ shall not be liable to indemnify Customer under this section in the event that: (i) Customer has, without Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ‘s prior written consent, made any admission or taken any other action that may be prejudicial to Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ in connection with any such claim or action, or (ii) the Services have been modified without Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ‘s prior written consent.Ìý This section defines the overall liability of Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ and the sole remedy available to the Customer for infringement of intellectual property rights under the Agreement, which are exclusive of any other liability or remedy, direct or indirect, express or implied, statutory or conventional. Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ shall in no event be liable for any direct or indirect, consequential or non-consequential damages, including commercial, technical or financial damages, resulting from the infringement of intellectual property rights under the Agreement.Ìý The Customer agrees to compensate Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ for any expense or loss resulting from actions to claim an Intellectual Property right (patent, trademark, copyright, etc..) resulting from Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ having complied with any specification or instruction of the Customer, and to defend Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ in the event of an action brought against it, provided that Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ: (i) notifies the Customer in writing of the action brought, and allows the Customer to resist the action with counsel of its choice, (ii) provides the Customer with all information, assistance and powers requested by the Customer and necessary for the defence and resolution of the dispute, at the Customer’s expense.ÌýÌý

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9. LIABILITY: Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ is expressly subject to an obligation of means. If Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ‘s responsibility is called into question, it will be limited to the guarantees provided by the Contract in the article “GUARANTEES”. Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ‘s responsibility can only be engaged in the case of a proven contractual fault and established by a judge.Ìý If a pecuniary condemnation were to be pronounced against Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ, and this, for any reason whatsoever, the condemnation of Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ to damages is limited to the amount actually received by Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ for the Services directly at the origin of the damage for which the responsibility of Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ will have been found. In any case, each condemnation is limited to the amount actually collected by Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ for the execution of the Contract in the year in which the incident or the difficulty having led to the responsibility is noted. The total condemnation of Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ is limited, in a global way, to the sums actually collected by Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ under the Contract.Ìý Notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Contract, are excluded from all claims for compensation, financial or commercial damages, loss of profits, orders, data, commercial disturbances, indirect damages or not directly consecutive or possible damages suffered by the Customer or by third parties, or the consequences of claims, complaints or other actions made by a third party against the Customer or Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ.Ìý

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10. MISCELLANEOUS: The Customer may terminate the Agreement with respect to all or part of the Services, provided that the Customer gives Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ reasonable written notice of such termination and reimburses Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ for all losses (including but not limited to loss of anticipated profits), damages and expenses, and lost profits to Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ resulting from such termination. In particular, all sums invoiced in respect of subscriptions taken out by the Customer or lump sum invoicing will be payable by the Customer, regardless of the duration of use of the Services by the latter. If any article, paragraph or other provision of the Contract is declared invalid under the terms of the law, the said provision shall be deemed omitted without affecting the validity of the other provisions of the Contract. Customer may not assign its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ.

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11. APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION
    The Contract is governed by and subject to French law.Ìý ANY DISPUTE OR CONTROVERSY TO WHICH THIS CONTRACT MAY GIVE RISE, CONCERNING ITS VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION, PERFORMANCE, TERMINATION, THEIR CONSEQUENCES AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES, WHICH COULD NOT BE THE SUBJECT OF AN AMICABLE AGREEMENT WITHIN A PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS, SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE COMMERCIAL COURT IN THE JURISDICTION OF THE REGISTERED OFFICE OF KEEEX, EVEN IN THE EVENT OF MULTIPLE DEFENDANTS AND THIRD PARTY CLAIMS.