Legal Notice

TERMS OF USE

By browsing www.citeduchocolat.com, hereinafter “the Website”, you acknowledge, in your capacity as a user, hereinafter referred to as “you” or “the User”, that you are aware of the terms of use set out below, as well as the specific terms and conditions relating to certain services on the Website, and that you accept their terms.

1- LEGAL INFORMATIONS

The Website’s publisher is VALRHONA, hereinafter the “Publisher”.
SIREN number: 435 480 520 R.C.S ROMANS
SIRET number: 435480520 00012
and whose intracommunity VAT no. is fr794354480520
The registered office is located at 12 avenue du président Roosevelt, 26600 Tain l'Hermitage.
Email: webmaster@valrhona.fr

2- WEBSITE HOSTING

This site is published and hosted by the company: Agence Netdesign.
Registered office: ZAC Valparc
Telephone no.: +33 04 50 244 244

3- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

The Website and all its content (in particular commercial brands, logos, any graphic, text and IT elements including tree structures, formatting, articles, presentations, illustrations, photographs, and/or any other document) are protected by French and international intellectual property regulations.

Under no circumstances may browsing on the Website, or the information contained therein, be interpreted as granting a licence or any right to use these elements.

In this respect, their representations, reproductions, interconnections, broadcasts and rebroadcasts, partial or total, are prohibited (Article L. 122-4 of the French Intellectual Property Code). Any person so doing without being able to prove prior and express authorisation from the holder of these rights shall incur the penalties relating to the offence of infringement (Articles L. 335-2 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code). The Publisher may exercise its rights, in particular intellectual property rights, to bring criminal proceedings.

The Publisher reserves the right to improve or modify the information, products, programmes or terms of use described on the Website at any time, without incurring any liability as a result. The applicable terms and conditions will be those in force on the date of your connection to the Website.

The photographs used on the Website are protected by copyright. For practical reasons, credits are not mentioned on the photograph. For more information about the author of the photographs, you can contact the Publisher via the contact form on the Website.

4- HYPERTEXT LINKS

The Website may contain hypertext links to third-party websites. Users who are redirected to a third-party website via a hypertext link to other websites acknowledge that the Publisher does not control the content, information, products and services offered on these websites. Consequently, the Publisher may not under any circumstances be held liable for any direct or indirect damage resulting from the use of websites accessible via hypertext links.
The Publisher is also not responsible for hypertext links to the Website.

Any person wishing to set up hypertext links to the Website must obtain the Publisher’s prior written authorisation.

5- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

The Publisher reminds internet users of the characteristics and limits of the internet. The Publisher may not be held liable for any damage resulting from access to the Website or, on the contrary, from the impossibility of accessing it. Under no circumstances may the Publisher be held liable in the event that the Website be unavailable, for any reason whatsoever (technical defect, network congestion, etc.).

You expressly agree to use the Website at your own risk and under your sole responsibility. The Publisher shall not be held liable for any damages, material or immaterial, caused by Users, to their computer or telecommunication device(s) or to data stored therein, and the consequences that may ensue with regard to their personal, professional or commercial activity.

The information on the Website is provided for information purposes only. The information published on the Website is updated and checked regularly but may still contain errors. For all intents and purposes, information must be taken into consideration relative to the time of its being posted online and not when the Website is viewed (this data may have been updated between the time you downloaded it and the time you became aware of it). In any event, the Publisher shall not be held liable for such information.

6- ACCESS TO PASSWORD PROTECTED AREAS

Access to password protected areas is restricted to authorised persons only. You undertake not to force access to these areas and in particular not to usurp the identity, access code or address of another User. Any unauthorised persons attempting to access these areas may be subject to legal proceedings.

7- USE OF THE WEBSITE

The Publisher provides the Website primarily for the use of any customers wishing to buy its products or services.

When browsing/logging into the Website:
- you undertake to comply with these instructions and, more generally, with applicable laws,
- you refrain from any collection or misuse, in particular of personal information that you may access and, in general, any act likely to harm third parties.

When completing a form and providing information, you undertake to:
- provide true, accurate and up-to-date information at the time it is input and in particular not to use false names, qualities or addresses, or names, qualities or addresses without authorisation,
- keep the registration data up to date in order to ensure that it is true and accurate at all times,
- not make available or distribute illegal, objectionable or harmful information, programmes or elements (such as viruses, hacking or copying software),
- not to disseminate statements, opinions or information of a defamatory, obscene, violent or racist nature and, more generally, that contravene the laws and regulations in force, the rights of persons and common decency.

In the event of a breach of these provisions, the Publisher reserves the right to prohibit you from accessing the Website or the services offered, to your sole detriment, without prejudice to any liability action.

7- SCOPE

These terms and conditions apply to all internet users, without limitation in time or space.

IF YOU ARE A RETAILER, YOU AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE THAT MAY ARISE FROM THE USE OF THE WEBSITE IS EXCLUSIVELY GOVERNED BY FRENCH LAW AND THE COMPETENT COURTS.