1. Definitions
The words and expressions contained in
these general conditions (hereinafter General Conditions) shall have the
meaning specified here-below:
“Contract”: this General Conditions, as
integrated by the Letter of Confirmation;
“Event”: the event to which the Participant
is registered;
“Price”: the total price of the Services;
“Organising Secretariat”: Publi Creations
SAM” – Lena Group;
“Services”: the activities that the
Organising Secretariat undertakes to perform in favour of the Participant.
“Participant”: the person entering into the
Contract with the Organising Secretariat;
“Letter of Confirmation”: the letter, sent
to the Participant by the Organising Secretariat, containing, inter
alia, the Services.
2. Extension and limits of the
Services
Organising Secretariat undertakes to
perform in compliance with the Contract only the activities specifically
mentioned in the Letter of Confirmation. Organising Secretariat shall not
perform further and/or different activities other than the ones specifically
indicated in the Letter of Confirmation.
3. Forfeiture of the indemnity right
– Limitation of liability
Departing from each different applicable
provision, any defect, error and/or dissimilarity (hereinafter Defects) of one
or more services as regards to what specifically specified in the Letter of
Confirmation, shall be communicated in writing to the Organising Secretariat,
under penalty of forfeiture, within 30 days from the completion of the relevant
service(s), it being understood that, in any case, the Defects, whether well
recognized by the Organising Secretariat, may only result in a reduction of the
value of the service(s) concerned, taking into account the severity of the
Defects. The liability of the Organising Secretariat in such cases is expressly
excluded for any direct or indirect, foreseeable or unforeseeable, typical or
non-typical or consequential damages or loss of profits, whether derived from
torts, breaches of contract, culpa in contrahendo, positive breach of duty or
any other legal theory.
4. Currency – Invoicing and default
interests
All the prices in the Letter of
Confirmation are in Euro. In case of modifications in VAT or other taxes, the
Organising Secretariat reserves the right to inform the Participant and
readjusts the prices.
Terms and conditions of payments of the
fees and the Services are stated in the Letter of Confirmation and are not
subject to any reduction or discount.
5. Responsibility and force majeure
The Organising Secretariat will not be
responsible for any delay or impossibility of performing the Services due to
circumstances out of its control.
The liability of the Organising Secretariat
for any direct or indirect, foreseeable or unforeseeable, typical or
non-typical or consequential damages or loss of profits, whether derived from
torts, breaches of contract, culpa in contrahendo, positive breach of duty or
any other legal theory is hereby expressly excluded.
The Organising Secretariat shall not be
liable in case of delay and/or default in performing the Services whether such
delay and/or default is due or anyhow connected to events, actions or omissions
such as strikes, lock-out, lack of workers, riots, war, threat or preparations
for war, fires, eruption, sabotage, storm, flood, earthquake, epidemic,
pandemic, production facility’s breakdowns, collapse of buildings, execution of
orders of the Public Authorities, requisitions, lack of raw materials or fuel or
any other source of energy, block of transportation and, in general, to an
event or circumstance that prevents or impedes the Organising Secretariat from
performing one or more of its contractual obligations under the Contract
(hereinafter Force Majeure).
It is agreed that, whether an event
referred to in paragraph above occurs:
Where the effect of the impediment or event
invoked is temporary, the consequences set out under paragraph above shall
apply only as long as the impediment invoked prevents performance by the
Organising Secretariat of its contractual obligations, it being understood that
the Organising Secretariat shall notify the Participant, in a reasonable
period, as soon as the impediment ceases to impede performance of its
contractual obligations.
Where the duration of the impediment
invoked has the effect of substantially depriving the Organising Secretariat of
what it was reasonably entitled to expect under the Contract and in any case
whether the duration of the impediment (i) exceeds 60 days, whether the
commencement of the impediment occurs no sooner than 180 days from the
beginning of the Event or (ii) exceeds 5 working days, whether the commencement
of the impediment occurs no sooner than 20 days from the beginning of the Event
or (iii) last at least 1 working day, whether the commencement of the
impediment occurs within 5 days from the beginning of the Event or during the
Event, the Organising Secretariat shall have the right to terminate the
Contract by notification within a reasonable period to the Participant.
Where paragraph above applies and where the
Participant has, by reason of anything done by the Organising Secretariat in
the performance of the Contract, derived a benefit before the termination of
the Contract, the Participant shall pay to the Organising Secretariat a sum of
money equivalent to the value of such benefit.
Without prejudice of the above, in case the
Event is cancelled due to Force Majeure the Organising Secretariat shall
reimburse to the Participant the sums paid according to the Contract with
deduction of:
It is agreed that the Organising
Secretariat may postpone the reimbursement to the Participant having regard to
the refund period requested by the Organising Secretariat’ suppliers in order
to reimburse the Organising Secretariat for the sums paid.
In case the Event is postponed due to Force
Majeure the following shall apply:
6. Right of privacy
For details on how we use your data please
refer to our Privacy Policy.
7. Applicable law – Place of
Jurisdiction
This Contract shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the Principality of Monaco. Any
dispute related or connected to the present Contract shall be settled by the
Principality of Monaco Court System.
8. Miscellaneous
Unless expressly agreed, no variation or
waiver of any provision or condition of the Contract shall constitute a general
variation or waiver of any provision or condition of the Contract, nor shall it
affect any rights, obligations or liabilities under or pursuant to the Contract
which have already accrued up to the date of variation or waiver, and the
rights and obligations of the parties under or pursuant to the Contract shall
remain in full force and effect, except and only to the extent that they are so
varied or waived.
If any term of the Contract is found to be
illegal, invalid or unenforceable under any applicable law, such term shall,
insofar as it is severable from the remaining terms, be deemed omitted from the
Contract and shall in no way affect the legality, validity or enforceability of
the remaining terms.
Provisions of the Contract which either are
expressed to survive its expiry or termination or from their nature or context
it is contemplated that they are to survive such termination, shall remain in
full force and effect notwithstanding such expiry or termination.
9. Image Rights and License
The Participant acknowledges and agrees to
being filmed and photographed at the occasion of the Conference, as well as by
other participants for their own uses in accordance with the same terms
applicable to me in clause 10 below. The Participant grants to the Organising
Secretariat and any third parties authorized by them all licences and
permissions needed to use his/her image, name, likeness, voice, etc. (“Image”)
and his/her contribution to the Event (which shall be understood as including
any and all contents, elements, data, presentations, speeches, information and
other materials created and/or provided by him/her for or in relation to the
Event, such as, without limitation, documents, texts, still or moving images,
other audio-visual contents, feedbacks, testimonials, quotes, etc.) (“Content”)
(together referred to herein as the “Contribution”).
The Participant agrees and confirms that
the Content may be distributed worldwide through media platforms. The
Participant grants to the Organising Secretariat and any third parties
authorized by them, all licenses and permissions needed to use the Contribution,
in whole or in part, live and on demand, to promote and distribute the
Contribution in any media, format or technology now known or later devised,
without any restrictions, including of time or territory. The Organising
Secretariat and any third parties authorized by them may sub-license the
Contribution and/or the rights thereto, for the purpose of promoting the
Conference. Such licenses and permissions include the right to edit, adapt,
translate, modify, combine with other materials, distribute, reproduce,
broadcast, publish, transmit and/or otherwise use or exploit my Contribution.
It is understood that, in any case, the
Contribution will not be used to produce any content that creates a direct
personal commercial endorsement by the Participant of a particular product or
service, without Participant’s consent. The Participant expressly confirms that
the licenses and permissions are granted for free and no payment shall be due
to any third-party.
10. Creation and Use of Content
The Participant acknowledges that is
authorised to take pictures or videos during the Event, as well as to make
references to the Event on his/her personal owned and/or controlled digital
platforms (such as social media accounts/pages, blogs, websites, etc.) provided
that it (i) is for the sole purpose of promoting the Event, (ii) not used for
any promotional and/or commercial activity or purpose, and (iii) respects the
rights of third-parties, including their right to privacy or private
information and intellectual property rights, any applicable laws, regulations
and rules and does not expose the Organising Secretariat, or any third party or
bring them into disrepute. The Participant authorises the Organising
Secretariat and any third parties authorised by them, to repost and/or share on
their digital platforms, his/her contents and posts related to the Event.
The Participant expressly confirms that all
Content related to the Event are owned by him/her and may be used without
restriction. The Participant warrants to the Organising Secretariat and any
third parties authorised by them that the Content is free of encumbrances and
does not infringe the rights, including intellectual property rights, of any
third-party.
11. CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS
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