ViaMichelin A simplified joint-stock company with a capital of €80,574,000 RCS (Companies Registry) Nanterre 433 677 721
110, Avenue Victor Hugo 92514 Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex France Tel (from the UK): 09010 234 0000 (€0.319/min) Tel (from other English-speaking countries): 00 44 20 89 38 63 53
Website publication director: Mr. Alain Cuq
The www.ViaMichelin.com website host is:
Easynet 69, rue Beaubourg 75003 Paris France
Please read this legal notice carefully before visiting www.ViaMichelin.com.
ARTICLE 1: PURPOSE
The purpose of this notice is to define the conditions under which ViaMichelin makes its www.ViaMichelin.com website available to users and the conditions under which users may have access to and use this website. All connections to the www.ViaMichelin.com website are subject to compliance with the present legal notice, for which ViaMichelin reserves the right to modify and update at any time. By entering and using the www.ViaMichelin.com website, you indicate your acceptance of the present legal notice. If you do not agree with any of the clauses below, we advise you to not use the services on this website.
ARTICLE 2: ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE SERVICES
Access to the website services is possible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except in the case of natural disasters or events beyond the control of ViaMichelin, and subject to any breakdowns or maintenance operations required to ensure the smooth operation of the website service and equipment. ViaMichelin grants users, who accept, the right to connect one or more workstations to its website. Access to the website services is by means of the user's computer(s), connected to a telecommunications network allowing access to the www.ViaMichelin.com website. The communication protocols used are those currently used by the Internet network. The rights of access to and use of the ViaMichelin website are non-exclusive and non-transferable.
None of the contents of the www.ViaMichelin.com website, in particular maps, may be copied, reproduced, published, downloaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any manner, except in the case of a simple recording of documents on your personal computer for your own use and without any commercial purpose. In this case, you should ensure that the indications of ownership are kept intact. Modification of the contents or their use with another aim constitutes an infringement of ViaMichelin's property rights. It is forbidden to use these contents on another website or in a computer network environment.
ARTICLE 5: HYPERLINKS
5.1 Hyperlinks to the www.ViaMichelin.com website
5.1.1 Forbidden links
In order to respect the integrity of the www.ViaMichelin.com website contents and avoid creating confusion amongst Internet users regarding the origin of the aforementioned contents, the following are forbidden: - Extended links which allow Internet users access to pages within the www.ViaMichelin.com website without first passing through the Home Page of the website or through subsections of the website; - Inline links which allow the user to automatically see www.ViaMichelin.com website contents at a specific location; - Framing links, which enable a page from the www.ViaMichelin.com website to appear in a frame within the page of the website visited by the user.
5.1.2 Authorised links
The following are permitted: - Simple links to the Home Page of the www.Viamichelin.com website; - Simple links to the home page of the various subsections of the www.ViaMichelin.com website; - So-called “personal” links to a map from the www.ViaMichelin.com website saved by registered My ViaMichelin account holders. These “personal” links to a map can only be inserted by My ViaMichelin subscribers in a personal e-mail or website, to the exclusion of any link inserted in a professional e-mail and/or website for professional or commercial use.
In any event, links from websites containing immoral, violent, pornographic or paedophilic material, websites that undermine human dignity or that are intended to display or sell objects, substances and/or works that are banned or illicit, are strictly forbidden.
Under no circumstances shall a hyperlink to the www.ViaMichelin.com website from the website of a third party imply co-operation between ViaMichelin and said third-party website. ViaMichelin has no control over third-party websites and therefore assumes no responsibility with respect to contents, products, services, information, hardware or software of websites containing a hyperlink to the www.ViaMichelin.com website.
5.2 Hyperlinks to third-party websites
The www.ViaMichelin.com website may contain links to the websites of ViaMichelin partners or to the websites of third party companies.
ViaMichelin has no control over these websites and therefore assumes no responsibility with respect to the availability of these websites, their content, advertising material, and the products and/or services available at or through these websites. ViaMichelin shall accept no liability for any direct or indirect damage that may result from a user's visit to the partner and/or third-party websites, or from the use of the contents and services of theses websites by the user.
ARTICLE 6: E-MAILS
To correspond with ViaMichelin by e-mail, Internet users must fill in the electronic correspondence forms proposed on the www.ViaMichelin.com website. ViaMichelin's replies to e-mails may not be equated to or considered proof of advertising, promotional or commercial activity in the destination country of these replies.
ARTICLE 7: LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
The data and information supplied on www.ViaMichelin.com are provided 'as is', without any express or tacit guarantee of any kind. ViaMichelin reserves the right to modify or correct the contents of its website at any time, without notice. ViaMichelin cannot be held liable in the event of contamination of users' computer equipment as a result of virus propagation or other computer 'infections'. The website user is responsible for taking all appropriate measures to protect the user's own data and/or software from contamination by any viruses circulating via the Internet.
Under no circumstances may ViaMichelin, its employees, suppliers or the third parties mentioned on its website be held liable in action for contractual liability, liability in tort or any other action, for any direct or indirect, incidental or ancillary damage, or damage of any other kind, or for any harm, particularly of a financial or commercial nature, resulting from the use of its website or of any information obtained from its website. ViaMichelin categorically rejects any interpretation that aims to equate the contents of its website with purchase offers or incitement to invest or acquire shares or other transferable securities, whether listed or unlisted, in the Michelin Group companies.
ARTICLE 8: JURISDICTION AND APPLICABLE LAW
Any dispute arising from this legal notice shall be brought before the courts of Nanterre and shall be governed by and analysed according to French legislation, irrespective of the rules on conflict of laws. The use of the www.ViaMichelin.com website implies your express agreement with the application of this jurisdiction clause. In the event of one of the provisions of this legal notice being judged illegal, null and void or inapplicable for whatever reason, it shall be considered as no longer forming part of this legal notice and shall not affect the validity or application of the other provisions.