Presentation of the site

Pursuant to Article 6 of Law No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy, users of the franceallium.com site (hereinafter referred to as “the site”) are informed of the identity of the various parties involved in its creation and monitoring:

Company name: FRANCE ALLIUM (hereinafter referred to as “the publisher”)
SAS with capital of €633,000 – RCS: SEDAN 433 857 091 – VAT: FR 65433857 091 – SIRET: 433 857 091 00022
Address: Z.I. de SERMAISES – 2 rue du Soleil Levant, 45300 Sermaises, France
Registered office: Rue des Marlis – BP 5111 – 08300 ACY-ROMANCE
Publication manager: K. SOCHOY – k.sochoy@franceallium.com.

Host: Atmédia & Partner’s – 69 rue du Colombier, 45000 ORLÉANS – contact@atmedia.fr

 

General conditions of use of the site and services offered

Use of this site implies full acceptance of the general conditions of use described below. These conditions of use may be amended or supplemented at any time, and users of the site are therefore advised to consult them regularly.

This site is normally accessible to users at all times. However, the publisher may decide to interrupt the site for technical maintenance purposes, in which case it will endeavour to inform users of the dates and times of the intervention in advance.

The site is updated regularly by the publisher. In the same way, the legal notices may be modified at any time: they are nevertheless binding on the user, who is invited to refer to them as often as possible in order to read them.

Description of services provided

The publisher endeavours to provide information on the site that is as accurate as possible. However, it cannot be held responsible for any omissions, inaccuracies or failures to update the information, whether these are its fault or the fault of third-party partners supplying the information.

All information provided on the site is given for information only and is subject to change. Furthermore, the information on the site is not exhaustive. It is given subject to modifications having been made since it was put on line.

Contractual limitations on technical data

The website uses JavaScript technology.
The website cannot be held responsible for any material damage linked to the use of the site. In addition, users of the site undertake to access the site using recent, virus-free equipment and with an up-to-date, latest-generation browser.

Intellectual property and counterfeiting

The publisher is the owner of the intellectual property rights or holds the rights of use on all the elements accessible on the site, in particular the texts, images, graphics, logos, icons, sounds and software.

Any reproduction, representation, modification, publication or adaptation of all or part of the elements of the site, whatever the means or process used, is forbidden without the prior written authorisation of the publisher.

Any unauthorised use of the site or of any of the elements it contains will be considered as constituting an infringement and will be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 335-2 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code.

Limitation of liability

The publisher may not be held liable for direct or indirect damage caused to the user’s equipment when accessing the site, and resulting either from the use of equipment that does not meet the specifications indicated in point 4, or from the appearance of a bug or incompatibility.

The publisher may also not be held liable for indirect damage (such as loss of market or loss of opportunity) resulting from use of the site.

Management of personal data

In France, personal data is protected by law no. 78-87 of 6 January 1978, law no. 2004-801 of 6 August 2004, article L. 226-13 of the Criminal Code and the European directive of 24 October 1995.

When the site is used, the following information may be collected: the URL of the links through which the user accessed the site, the user’s access provider, the user’s Internet Protocol (IP) address.

In any event, the publisher only collects personal information relating to the user for the purposes of certain services offered by the site (contact, e-mail notification). Users provide this information with full knowledge of the facts, particularly when they enter it themselves. Site users are then informed whether or not they are required to provide this information.

In accordance with the provisions of Articles 38 et seq. of Law 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties, all users have the right to access, rectify and object to any personal data concerning them, by making a written and signed request, accompanied by a copy of the identity document bearing the signature of the bearer of the document, specifying the address to which the reply is to be sent.

No personal information of the user of the site is published without the user’s knowledge, exchanged, transferred, assigned or sold on any medium whatsoever to other third parties. Only the assumption of the repurchase of the editor and its rights would allow the transmission of the aforementioned information to the possible purchaser who would be in turn held of the same obligation of conservation and modification of the data with respect to the user of the site.

Databases are protected by the provisions of the Law of 1 July 1998 transposing Directive 96/9 of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases.

Hypertext links and cookies

Browsing the site may cause cookies to be installed on the user’s computer. A cookie is a small file which does not allow the user to be identified, but which records information relating to the browsing of a computer on a site. The data obtained in this way is intended to facilitate subsequent browsing of the site, and is also used to measure visitor numbers and optimise the site. Only those cookies that are necessary for the site to function properly will be stored. You can choose whether or not to have optional cookies deposited at any time.

The publisher uses the Google Analytics statistical monitoring service, which deposits cookies for its operation. However, these cookies are completely anonymous (IP address masked). Google may place cookies _ga, _gid, _ga_N7DNSYQXPL to identify sessions and measure usage behaviour. These cookies expire after 2 years for _ga and _ga_N7DNSYQXPL and 24 hours for _gid.

Refusal to install a cookie may make it impossible to access certain services. However, users can configure their computer as follows to refuse the installation of cookies:

In Internet Explorer: Tools tab (wheel-shaped icon at top right) / Internet options. Click on Confidentiality and choose Block all cookies. Confirm with OK.
Firefox: at the top of the browser window, click on the Firefox button, then go to the Options tab. Click on the Privacy tab. Set the Retention Rules to: use personalised settings for history. Finally, uncheck it to deactivate cookies.

On Safari: click on the menu icon (symbolised by a cog) in the top right-hand corner of the browser. Select Settings. Click on Show advanced settings. In the Confidentiality section, click on Content settings. In the Cookies section, you can block cookies.
In Chrome: click on the menu icon (symbolised by three horizontal lines) in the top right-hand corner of the browser. Select Settings. Click on Show advanced settings. In the Privacy section, click on Preferences. In the Confidentiality tab, you can block cookies.

Applicable law and jurisdiction

Any dispute relating to the use of the site is subject to French law. The courts of Paris have exclusive jurisdiction.

The main laws concerned

Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended by Law no. 2004-801 of 6 August 2004 on data processing, data files and individual liberties.

Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy.

Glossary

User: Internet user connecting to and using the aforementioned site.
The site: the FRANCE ALLIUM site (franceallium.com).
The publisher: FRANCE ALLIUM.

Personal information: “Information which enables, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, the identification of the natural persons to whom it applies”. (Article 4 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978).