Legal information | Condition of use
Sud de France Développement
L'Acropole 954
avenue Jean Mermoz
34000 Montpellier
1. Définitions
2. Purpose of the site
3. Scope of application of the standard terms
4. Conditions for accessing the Site’s sections
5. Services offered on the Site
6. Liability of Export Entreprises and Sud de France Développement
7. Right of ownership on the information
8. Assistance
9. Site maintenance
10. Right of access to the digital file
11. Installation of a cookie
12. Claims
"Sud de France Développement " : a set of contents and services offered respectively by Sud de France Développement, having its registered offices at L'Acropole 954 avenue Jean Mermoz 34000 Montpellier , hereinafter referred to as Sud de France Développement, and EXPORT ENTREPRISES SA, having its registered office at 154, bd Haussmann 75008 Paris FRANCE, for the purpose of exploring export markets for Languedoc Roussillon SMEs, hereinafter referred to as EXPORT ENTREPRISES.
The Site: the site developed by Sud de France Développement and EXPORT ENTREPRISES under the name Sud de France Développement are described below. The general usage conditions can be looked up on the Site.
Export Entreprises SA: the partner company of Sud de France Développement, specialized in international trade, manager of the Site, and offers and provides all of the services contained on the Site.
Registered User: Any Languedoc Roussillon Region SME, association or any professional who has created a User Profile and who may use the Site’s free or fee-paying services. Each Registered User is represented by one or more Users, a natural person authorized by the Registered User to act for his account.
User: Any natural person accessing the Site and the services offered.
Estimate: refers to the document sent to the Registered User by e-mail in which the latter is informed as to the price and wait time for a service it has requested; an Estimate contains a hypertext link to the general sales conditions on the Site
Sud de France Développement aims to help Languedoc Roussillon Region professionals, i.e. companies, self-employed, merchants, craftsmen, associations or any entity seeking information or services involving selling at a distance and international trade.
www.suddefrance-developpement.com provides five sub-sections:
The Site is the product of a partnership between Sud de France Développement and EXPORT ENTREPRISES. The services sold on the Site are offered by Sud de France Développement and EXPORT ENTREPRISES under their conditions set out in the respective general sales conditions.
This document constitutes the standard terms of use of the www.suddefrance-developpement.com web site. Its purpose is to define the terms and conditions of User’s use of the Site. EXPORT ENTREPRISES and Sud de France Développement reserve the right to alter the Standard Terms without notice.
www.suddefrance-developpement.com may be accessed by consultation, 24 hours a day, with the exception of hours of interruption for updating or maintenance or if there are problems resulting from telecommunications operators. Access to the Site and the Site’s management is provided by EXPORT ENTREPRISES.
Visitors are individual Users, who have not created a profile. Visitors have access to a sample of the "Country Profiles" section and explanations about the services that are available on the Site.
Registered Users are individuals who have created a (free) profile to obtain a User ID and a password. To create this profile, the User must fill out an online form. Registered Users have full access to "International Trade Tools" and "Business Intelligence" sections.
The services offered on the Site by Sud de France Développement are reserved for Languedoc Roussillon Region SMEs and professionals.
They are carried out by Sud de France Développement or EXPORT ENTREPRISES, under their sole responsibility and in the respective conditions of sales and usage of the Site, as set out by its standard terms and conditions.
Neither EXPORT ENTREPRISES nor Sud de France Développement may be held liable in any way whatsoever for any direct or indirect harm, such as a loss of Clients, commercial losses, operating losses, loss of profit, deterioration of corporate image, or for any harm which could have been prevented from happening if the Client had acted with reasonable haste to this end, which may result from the use of the Site.
Neither EXPORT ENTREPRISES nor Sud de France Développement will be held liable for the information displayed on the Site as a result of an act of malice by a third party on the IT system and waive any liability concerning inconveniences, technical incidents, viruses and other problems that could result from the use of the electronics and telecommunications.
Neither EXPORT ENTREPRISES, nor Sud de France Développement will be held liable in case of force majeure. The following are considered as examples of cases of force majeure, in addition to those normally accepted by case law: any delay, non-fulfillment or improper fulfillment of one of its obligations following a partial or complete strike, internal or external to one or other of the parties having an impact on the activity of said party, war, riot, insurrection, storms, floods, blocking of transport or communications, and, more generally, any event outside the sole control of the party that is the victim of this unforeseeable event or force majeure.
Connection to the Site entails knowledge and acceptance of the characteristics and limits of the Internet, notably as regards technical performance, the risks inherent to any connection and transmission on the Internet, the absence of protection of certain data against possible diversion or theft and the risks of contamination by possible viruses circulating on the network.
Accordingly, Sud de France Développement and EXPORT ENTREPRISES cannot under any circumstances be held liable for the following, among others:
In addition, EXPORT ENTREPRISES and Sud de France Développement shall not be held liable for the information, commercial offers or other contents of the sites to which they have established links.
Finally, neither EXPORT ENTREPRISES nor Sud de France Développement shall be held liable for the information displayed on the Site as a result of an act of malice of a third party on the IT system; and waive all liability concerning inconveniences, technical incidents, viruses and other problems that result from the use of electronics and telecommunications.
Neither EXPORT ENTREPRISES nor Sud de France Développement can be held responsible for any direct or indirect damage, any loss of any type whatsoever suffered by the User or the Registered User as a result: (I) of the responses provided to Registered Users, (II) the Site’s temporary unavailability, (III) its possible suspensions or interruptions for any cause whatsoever, including in case of defect or suspensions for maintenance, (IV) the awareness or use of the Password or Registered User secret code by unauthorised persons,(V) the exceeding of the time frames announced by EXPORT ENTREPRISES or by its partners and correspondents to provide a reply, (VI) in case of a force majeure.
Neither Sud de France Développement nor EXPORT ENTREPRISES may be held liable for any direct or indirect damage resulting from interruption, a malfunction of any kind whatsoever, or from any direct or indirect damage caused to the IT equipment of a User and to the data stored there, that result in any way whatsoever from a connection to the Site or from the consequences that may result from its personal, professional or commercial activity.
It is the responsibility of each User to take all appropriate measures in order to protect its own data and/or software programs stored on its IT equipment against all attacks. The connection of any person to the Site takes place under his/her entire responsibility.
The use of the Site does not constitute a right of ownership on the data made available. Users and Registered Users consult the Site for their own account. All of the information, data, texts, tables, photographs and graphics contained on the Site constitute a database for which, based on current legislation, EXPORT ENTREPRISES and Sud de France Développement hold the rights of ownership.
Accordingly, the Registered User and Users undertake to only use the data, information and replies that they have obtained by the Site for their internal needs, not to communicate the same to third parties, whether free of charge or for a fee, and not to commercialize them, directly or indirectly. Failure to comply with this condition will give rise to the termination of the User account and identification, without prejudice to any action for damages that EXPORT ENTREPRISES or Sud de France Développement could initiate against the violator.
All information concerning Sud de France Développement INFORMATION AND EXPORT SOLUTIONS and the use of the services offered on the Site, etc., can be obtained by contacting Sud de France Développement.
EXPORT ENTREPRISES reserves the right to suspend one, some or all of the services and contents the Site offers, for reasons related to maintenance or any other aspect, without this giving any right or claim for compensation, any such claim being without legal founding.
The information communicated by the Registered User will be processed by automated means by Sud de France Développement.
They are collected by EXPORT ENTREPRISES in order to enable it to process and fill the Registered User’s orders. Information that is critical is indicated by an asterisk on the Site’s pages. This information is transmitted to Sud de France Développement, which may use the same for the purposes of commercial prospecting.
The Registered User is entitled to access and rectify information concerning him.
Should he wish to exercise this right, he will send a letter to Sud de France Développement L'Acropole 954 avenue Jean Mermoz 34000 Montpellier.
If his grounds are legitimate, he may also oppose the processing of information concerning him.
In the case of a subscription, a cookie might be planted in the User's computer. The cookie records information relating to the computer's browsing on the Site (the pages you have looked up, the date and time of your visit, etc.) which EXPORT ENTREPRISES will be able to read when you pay subsequent visits. In the case in point, it contains the information provided within the context of the subscription. The length of time during which this information is stored in the User's computer is 365 days.
The User may oppose the registration of cookies by configuring his browser as follows:
For Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0:
For Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0:
For Microsoft Internet Explorer 5: 1
For Netscape 6.X et 7. X:
For Netscape Communicator 4.X:
For Opéra 6.0 or higher:
For Microsoft Internet Explorer 5:
For Netscape 6.X et 7. X:
For Netscape Communicator 4.X:
For Opéra 6.0 and above:
Any claim concerning the use of the Site must be submitted in writing and by registered mail with return receipt within one month to the following address: EXPORT ENTREPRISES, 154 bd Haussmann 75008 Paris FRANCE.