Legal Information

By browsing www.valrhona.com, hereinafter referred to as “the Site”, you acknowledge, in your capacity as a user, hereinafter referred to as “you” or “the Internet user”, that you are familiar with the conditions of use set out below, as well as the specific conditions relating to certain services on the Site, and that you accept the terms thereof.

1. General information
The Website publisher is Valrhona SAS, hereinafter referred to as “the Publisher”, with a share capital of €1,539,990, registered with the Registry of Trade and Companies of Romans-sur-Isère (26100 – France) under number 435 480 520 and the Intracommunity VAT No. FR79435480520.
Registered office : 12-14-16-18 avenue du Président Roosevelt 26600 TAIN L'HERMITAGE - France.
Siren : 435 480 520
Email address : scvalrhona@valrhona.fr
Phone number : +33 (0)4 75 07 90 90
Publication manager : Melanie Savoie, Marketing Director

2. Hosting of the website

The host of www.valrhona.com website is Claranet Simplified Shareholding Company (S.A.S.) with capital of € 5.332.300, Rennes company register under number: 419 632 286.

Headquarters : 2 rue des Landelles, 35577 CESSON SÉVIGNÉ
Telephone number : 02 99 12 57 57

3. Réalization of the website

Site created by the Infostrates agency, whose head office is based at 4 Montée du Commandant de Robien, ZAC la Valentine, 13011 Marseille.
infostrates.fr
Contact: info@infostrates.fr

4. Intellectual Property Rights

The Website and all of its content (specifically the business trademarks, logos, and all of the graphic, textual and computerized components of the Website that notably include tree views, layouts, articles, presentations, illustrations, photographs, and/or any other documents) are protected by French and international intellectual property regulations.

All copyrights reserved © - since January 2017.

Under no circumstances may browsing the Site, or the references appearing on it, be interpreted as granting a licence to use or any right whatsoever to use these elements.

As such, it is prohibited to partially or wholly portray, reproduce, merge, circulate or repost them (Article L. 122-4 of the French Intellectual Property Code). Anyone who does so without the ability to prove prior and express authorization from the holder of these rights is subject to the penalties for the crime of infringement (articles L. 335-2 et seq of the French Intellectual Property Code). The Publisher may avail itself of its rights, in particular intellectual property rights, in order to initiate legal proceedings, in particular criminal proceedings. The Publisher reserves the right to improve or modify the information, products, programmes or conditions of use described on the Site at any time, without incurring any liability as a result. The terms and conditions applicable will be those in force at the date of your connection to the Site.

All of the brands cited, specifically Valrhona, are registered trademarks.

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

5. Hyperlinks

The Site may contain hypertext links to third-party sites. Internet users who are redirected to a third-party site via a hypertext link to other sites acknowledge that the Publisher has no control over the content, information, products and services offered on these sites. As a result, the Publisher may not under any circumstances be held liable for any direct or indirect damage resulting from the use of sites accessible via hypertext links. The Publisher is also not responsible for hypertext links pointing to the Site.
Any person wishing to set up hypertext links to the Site must obtain prior written authorisation from the Publisher.

6. Limitation of Liability

The Publisher reminds Internet users of the characteristics and limitations of the Internet. The Publisher may not be held liable for any damage resulting from access to the Site or, on the contrary, from the impossibility of accessing it. Under no circumstances may the Publisher be held liable in the event of the Site being unavailable for any reason whatsoever (technical fault, network congestion, etc.).
Internet users expressly acknowledge that they use the Site at their own risk and under their sole responsibility. The Publisher may not be held liable for any damage, direct or indirect, material or immaterial, caused to Internet users, to their computer or telecommunications equipment, to the data stored therein and to the consequences that this may have on their personal, professional or commercial activity.
The information on the Site is provided for information purposes only. The information published on the Site is periodically updated and checked but may still contain errors. In any event, the information must be taken into consideration at the time it is put online and not at the time the Site is consulted (this data may have been updated between the time it was downloaded and the time you read it). In any event, the Publisher cannot be held liable for this information.

7. Access to password-protected areas

Access to password-protected areas is reserved for authorised persons only. The Internet User undertakes not to force access to these areas, and in particular not to usurp the identity, access code or address of another user. Any unauthorised person attempting to access these areas may be prosecuted.

8. Use of the Website

The Publisher primarily provides the Website for the use of its professional clients, distributors, individuals and anyone else wishing to learn about and purchase its products and services.

When you browse/connect to the Site :

  • you undertake to comply with these terms and conditions and, more generally, with all applicable legislation,
  • you shall refrain from collecting or misusing any personal information to which you may have access and, in general, from any act likely to harm third parties.

When you fill in a form and provide information, you undertake :

  • to provide real, accurate and up-to-date information at the time it is entered, and in particular not to use false names, titles or addresses, or unauthorised names, titles or addresses,
  • to keep registration data up to date to ensure that it is real and accurate at all times,
  • not to make available or distribute information, programmes or elements that are illegal, reprehensible or harmful (such as viruses, pirating or copying software),
  • not to disseminate comments, opinions or information of a defamatory, obscene, violent or racist nature, or in any other way that contravenes the laws and regulations in force, personal rights or accepted standards of behaviour.

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

9. Areas of application / skills

These conditions apply to all Internet users, whoever they may be, without limitation in time or space.
If you are a merchant, you agree that any dispute arising from the use of the site shall be governed exclusively by French law and by the competent courts of Paris.