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The present General Conditions of Sale govern the relations between the company VIOLLEAU SARL, designated hereinafter by the term “Seller,” and paying users or Clients, designated hereinafter by the term “Client.”

BIOMATDEV is the business name of the company VIOLLEAU SARL and is a trade name filed with the Institut National de Propriété Intellectuelle PARIS on 01 December 2006 under National Number: 06 34 66 738.

The company VIOLLEAU SARL editor and advertising agency of the professional site (BtoB) www.biomatdev.com.

Purpose

These General Conditions of Sale define the legal framework of the subscription contracts on company data sheets, product data sheets, free write-ups and all other services proposed by the Seller on the biomatdev.com site.

Conditions on order taking

The technical design of the site allows the Client full autonomy in the area of commercial registration, and this in all operations necessary for its presence from obtaining an identification number to the insertion of information, texts and photos in the various sections where he wishes to be present: company directory, technical sheets, mini-site, etc.

It is thus provided for that the Client can carry out operations he judges useful twenty-four hours a day by making additions or corrections of information he wishes to see appear.

Thus, the order can be issued only through the Internet site, either by securitised payment with Visa card or by bank transfer.

Placing an order entails full acceptance of the General Conditions of Sale and of the General Conditions of Use of the site.

Acknowledgement of receipt of the order will be issued by the Seller automatically in the following format: e-mail.

The order will be considered definitively accepted only subject to verification of conformity of the order with the General Conditions of Sale and with the General Conditions of Use of the site and subject to validation of payment by the banking institution.

An invoice is then sent to the Client specifying the order placed on the biomatdev.com site.

Seller’s Obligations

The Seller shall execute the order in application of the Client’s request as quickly as possible.

Clients Obligations

The Client states that he is acting on behalf of a legal entity.

He states that he guarantees the exactness, accuracy and completeness of the information transmitted, and in particular the legal information, contacts and coordinates given.

In case of change or removal of certain information sent to the Seller in the course of the contract and necessary for this contract, whether or not this information is intended for publication, the Client shall communicate it to the Seller and/or integrate it forthwith into the pages that concern him.

The Client shall insert the information necessary for completing the order, such as this information is defined at the time the order is placed, within a reasonable period of time.

Liability

The Seller declines all liability with regard to temporary shutdown of the site, temporary inaccessibility of the servers, loss of data and acts of computer malevolence (virus, attempts at piracy, etc.).

However, the Seller shall implement all means necessary in order to prevent the risks mentioned above and, if the case arises, shall make haste to resolve the problems generated by these defects.

Force majeure – Accidental case

Considered to be accidental cases or cases of force majeure which relieve the Seller of all obligation to act are strikes, civil or foreign war, riots, acts of terrorism, total or partial destruction of premises and installations, disturbances to the telephone or on the network affecting the Seller or its subcontractors.

Transfer of the contract

Participants are not authorised to transfer all or part of their rights resulting from the contractual relation with biomatdev.com to third parties.

Termination of the contract

The contract is subject to termination ipso jure:

- By the Seller: in the event of failure by the Client to observe the General Conditions of Sale or the obligations resulting therefrom, and in particular non-payment of the price of the service provided, supplying inaccurate or immoral information or failure by the Client to respect the rules of French law. The Seller is authorised to suspend the contract for one (1) month in the event of non-compliance with the General Conditions of Sale, particularly if the information provided is inaccurate. If the situation is not regularised by the Client, le contract shall be terminated ipso jure at the close of this period.

Suspension or termination of the contract can be notified by the Seller by any means (e-mail, fax, letter);

In the event of termination of business by the Seller.

- By the Client: in the event of failure by the Seller to observe the General Conditions of Sale or the obligations resulting therefrom.

Termination of contract is notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt two (2) months at the latest prior to the anniversary date of the contract;

In the event of termination of business by the Client.

In the event of termination of contract, the Seller shall remove, on request made within one (1) month following termination of the contract, data representing the presence of the Client on the site www.biomatdev.com. Termination of all or part of the services by the Client shall not result in reimbursement of the sums collected by the Seller. All sums collected by the Seller for purchases of services or for any other services provided by the Seller will not be reimbursed. Advance payments will not be reimbursed by the Seller. The Seller will be entitled to terminate the subscription for services without prior notice subject to informing the Client thereof.

The Client will not be entitled to claim damages from the Seller.

Price

Prices applicable for the current year are available on the biomatdev.com site.

Payment

Payment is due in cash, the Client being the sole, exclusive and permanent operator of its presence down to the last detail on the biomatdev.com site.

Property

Intellectual Property

The Seller remains owner of the formats, graphs, programs and other features developed for the services and structurally attached to the biomatdev.com site.

All information inserted by the Client included in the contract remains fully in the ownership of the Client.

Protection of data

Data which is established or transmitted to the Seller shall be kept and exploited by the Seller, but cannot be transmitted to third parties.

The Seller saves on a regular basis the data which is transmitted to it. However, the Seller cannot be held responsible for losses of Clients’ data saved in the data bases present on the servers of its host.

The biomatdev.com site is declared to the [French] National Data Processing and Liberties Commission under number: 1218411

Information concerning you is intended for www.biomatdev.com. It will never be transmitted to third parties. You have a right of access, modification, correction and removal of data concerning you (article 40 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 known as the law “Data Processing and Liberties”).

Disputes

The present General Conditions of Sale form the legal framework of the relations between the Seller and the Clients and are considered accepted once the Client subscribes for one of the Seller’s services. Not accepted by the Seller are any General Conditions of a Client which are contrary to or divergent from the present General Conditions of Sale.

In case of provisions in the General Conditions of Sale that run counter to the General Conditions of Sale, the latter shall prevail. In case of provisions in the General Conditions of Sale and Subscription that run counter to the Specific Conditions attached to a service, the latter shall prevail.

Should one of the provisions of the present General Conditions of Sale prove to be totally or partially in opposition with the governing law, it shall be considered unwritten, the other clauses of the present General Conditions of Sale maintaining their full force and effect.

In the event of a dispute arising out of application of these General Conditions of Sale or, more generally, out of the Purpose of the contract, the parties pledge to reach an amicable agreement. Otherwise, the dispute shall be brought before the courts of law of the place where the Seller’s registered offices are located.

Clause of assignment of competence – Power of jurisdiction

Relations between the Client and the Seller are governed exclusively by and in agreement with the laws of France.

The Commercial Court of Soissons (France) alone is competent to hear any disputes whatsoever that might arise from the present General Conditions and from the contracts to which they apply.

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