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SCALENS is the publisher of a standard software solution in Software As A Service (Saas) mode for delivering companies with augmented investor relations services (hereafter the "Software").
The Client is a professional who wishes to use the Software and thus be granted a non-exclusive right to benefit from all or part of the Services and from the usage of the Software in the course of his business activity, under the terms and conditions set forth in the General Terms and Conditions.
The Particular Conditions, General Conditions and the annexes constitute all of the agreements of the parties, hereafter the "Contract" and the Client declares that it has read and agreed to it. The General Conditions prevail over any contrary condition, except those expressly accepted in writing by SCALENS.
"Authorized Users" means a user who is designated by the Client to SCALENS under its responsibility, in accordance with a list maintained by the Client and accepted by SCALENS, and who may use the Software in compliance with this Contract.
"Elements": any element created and provided by SCALENS through the Software and used by the Client and its Authorized Users.
"Service(s)" shall mean, whether in the plural of the singular, the services which mainly relate to the Software, which are the subject matter of this Contract.
"Software": means the software published by SCALENS under the name, "SCALENS BOARDDATA", "SCALENS CRM" and/or "SCALENS INVESTIGATE".
This Contract determines the conditions for setting up the Software and access to the Services by the Client and each Authorized User, for its use as an end user, for its own needs and to the exclusion of any resale, sublicense or exploitation on behalf of third parties, including a license to use the Software.
This Contract is concluded for an initial period of twelve (12) months from the date on which it is signed by the contracting parties. It shall continue in effect for successive additional periods of twelve (12) months, unless terminated by either party by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt sent at least forty-five (45) days prior to its anniversary date indicating that party's desire not to extend the term of this Contract.
4.1 SCALENS undertakes to perform the Services on the basis of an obligation to provide the means to perform its obligations but does not guaranty their results. In accordance with this, SCALENS undertakes to make its best commercially reasonable efforts to exercise the due care diligence which is necessary for the provision of quality service in compliance with standard practice of the profession.
4.2 The Client declares that it has been fully advised of all information relating to the use of the Software presented to it before signing this Contract and accepts it as it stands and without restriction.
4.3 The Client will ensure that its infrastructure or any resources, software, networks or hardware likely to connect or use the Software or the Services, are stable and not likely to disturb the operation of the Service, of the Software or of any other resources of SCALENS. The Client is also responsible for the security of its infrastructure. Thus, it is the responsibility of the Client to ensure that all the elements integrated by him or used in relation to the Services or the Software are free from any known viruses or malicious software.
4.4 The Parties agree that as soon as the Software is made available, the Client shall have a period of five (5) working days to express any reservations as to the quality or conformity of the Software made available under the Contract. In the event of reservations expressed by the Client, these, to be admissible, (1) must be written and notified by e-mail to SCALENS within the aforementioned period and confirmed by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt within 48 hours of their notification, and (2) precise and reasoned. Silence on the part of the Client, or failure to send notification within the aforementioned time limit, shall be deemed to constitute compliance of the Software and its compliance with the Contract.
4.5 The contents which circulate, or are stored, through the Services shall be the sole decision and responsibility of the Client, and it is hereby noted that the provision of the Software and the Services made available to the Client by SCALENS have strictly a technical nature. The Client shall ensure that each content complies with the law and practices in force. In this regard, the Client shall perform any monitoring, within the limits of what is legally permitted, of the usage by the Authorized Users of the Software and the provided Services, in order to prevent and address, in particular, any offences against public decency or public policy, or any illegal content.
4.6 The Client is solely liable for direct and indirect losses and damages, damages to property and non-physical damages, caused by the Client, its employees, to SCALENS and /or to any Authorized User, and/or to any third party, and undertakes to indemnify and hold SCALENS harmless from any demands, claims and/or award of damages, which SCALENS may be threatened of, or be subjected to, and/or which may it be sentenced to, including reasonable attorney fees that SCALENS will have spent.
4.7 The service of "Upload and Processing of Historical Data" on "SCALENS INVESTIGATE" is part of the Services offered by SCALENS and which the Client may opt for in the Particular Conditions. In this case, the Client shall transfer the relevant data to SCALENS in order for the latter to operate the Upload and Processing of Historical Data Service. The Client shall use its best efforts to provide the Historical Data in a standard and structured format. During the processing of the Historical Data, (1) if SCALENS becomes aware that the data transmitted by the Client is not suitable for this specific Service and for the Software, SCALENS is entitled to suspend the Upload and Processing of Historical Data Service at no cost for the Client or (2) if SCALENS realises that the treatment is more extensive than originally planned, SCALENS is entitled to propose a higher fee in a separate quote for this Upload and Processing of Historical Data Service. In case the Client does not accept the new quotation, SCALENS undertakes to suspend the Upload and Processing of Historical Data Service without any additional costs for the Client.
5.1 The Client acknowledges that this Contract does not grant it any title or property right on the Software and its Elements for which SCALENS remains the owner of the property rights including copyright as provided for by the legislation in force. In this regard, the Client will respect any notices concerning the property rights of SCALENS, and ensure that they are respected, which may be included in the Elements of the Software, on any material concerning the Software including any specific development made for the Client.
5.2 The Client shall only be allowed to use all or part of the Software solely for its own needs. In particular: the Client shall not be allowed to make any copy of all or part of the Software and its Elements.
5.3 The Client shall not transfer to a third party all or part of the Software, of its access, of any Elements provided by SCALENS in performance of a Service.
5.4 The Client shall not modify the Software, especially by reverse engineering, alter, adapt, including through translation, all or part of the Software.
5.5 The Client shall not, whether temporarily or permanently, sell, sub-license, lease, distribute by any means, all or part of the Software, of its access, or any Elements which may be provided by SCALENS in performance of the Contract.
5.6 Access to the Software is granted to the Client as a unique non-exclusive and non-transferrable right of usage, excluding any source or object code.
5.7 SCALENS reserves the right to make available, whenever it sees fit, new versions of the Software, new offers delivered through its Software, updates or upgrades, in accordance with his standard rates. The license of usage of the Software which is provided to the Client does not grant it the right to benefit from the new versions of the Software for free or at preferential rates.
5.8 The Client represents and warrants that it is the owner of all the rights on the data which are necessary for the performance of this Contract and any contents integrated into the Software or the Service and that it shall not use in relation to the Software or the Service any illegal content or content which is likely to prejudice public policy, third party's rights and more generally that it shall not use the Software or the Service to commit any illegal act such as insider trading as defined by article L. 465-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, and guarantees on first demand SCALENS against any damage that would result from any claim from a third party for a breach of this guaranty.
6.1 The Client will be given logins and passwords which are strictly personal to each Authorized User, which it undertakes to keep confidential. The Client represents and warrants compliance, by any Authorized User, with the provisions of this Contract governing usage of the Software or the Service. Usage of a login and password by several persons is forbidden, the Client shall, if necessary, request creation of additional accounts for Authorized Users to SCALENS.
6.2 The Client is solely responsible for the usage of the Software and the Service, in compliance with its usage, with any documentation which may be provided by SCALENS, with the Contract. The Client is responsible for the care of its own equipment, of its accesses to the Services, and of the credentials that will be provided to it. It will ensure that no other person has access to the Software or the Service. In the event it comes it its knowledge that another person accesses it, the Client shall inform SCALENS without delay of such fraud and confirm and document this information by registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt.
6.3 The Client undertakes to collaborate in good faith with SCALENS in order to allow it to perform all the Services in good conditions, especially by communicating to it all useful information and by answering rapidly to questions of SCALENS. The Client shall put the Service Provider in contact with all the persons of the company which are concerned about the problem studied and designate among them a person who shall be the contact in charge of the whole operation having a decision power in the solutions proposed by the Service Provider.
6.4 The Client undertakes to use any accesses provided by SCALENS in performance of the Contract solely in compliance with the instructions of SCALENS. In particular, the Client undertakes not to modify or alter in any way whatsoever the accesses, or the operation of the servers, software, and in particular their connections, or connection elements, etc., concerning all or part of the elements of the Software.
6.5 The Client shall have editorial responsibility in its usage of the Software and the Services. It shall also be responsible for ensuring that any prior formalities, declarations, or authorizations are, which are necessary for the collection and processing of personal information, done with any competent authority as a controller of the data processing done through its usage of the Software and the Services. The Client shall be liable for the consequences of any litigation relating to the Software or the Service, especially any legal or factual consequence affecting the contents transiting through, or stored by, the Software or the Service and any legal or factual disturbances caused to a third party in the course of the operation of the Software or the Services, and guarantees on first demand SCALENS against any judgments and their accessories or any sum that SCALENS may be required to pay by enforceable decision or in performance of a settlement.
6.6 In case SCALENS is informed that all or part of the Services, the Software, or the contents transiting or stored, through or in these, are used for illegal purposes or harm the rights of third parties, SCALENS reserves the right to delete such contents, or make access to these contents impossible, or to all or part of the Services, the Software or their contents.
6.7 In the event of any breach by the Client of its obligations, SCALENS reserves the right to terminate the Contract as indicated in Section 9.
6.8 The undertakings of SCALENS shall be understood as obligation of means, in that SCALENS shall limit to the extent commercially reasonable, in time and in number, the Services interruptions which are necessary to their maintenance or improvement. It shall be the Client responsibility to guard itself against these risks. SCALENS shall not be considered liable for damages suffered by the Client resulting from unavailability of the Services.
6.9 The Client is responsible for establishing regular backup procedures of the data which SCALENS cannot access in performing the Service, restoration of the data is also at the Client's costs.
7.1 The various Services defined in this Contract shall be provided in consideration for the payment of the price set forth in the Particular Conditions according to the practical details mentioned in such document. Any additional service shall be subject to an amendment to this Contract signed by both parties or the signature of other Particular Conditions under these General Conditions.
7.2 Each invoice shall be sent to the Client by e-mail to the e-mail address indicated by the latter. The presentation by the Client of the invoice on a durable medium is an imperative condition for any dispute concerning it, provided that this dispute is notified to SCALENS within a period of 60 days from its issue; the absence of a dispute at the end of this period shall be deemed to be definitive acceptance without reservation by the client.
7.3 Unless otherwise agreed upon in writing in the Particular Conditions, all payments shall be due and payable upon receipt of the invoice.
7.4 Payment under this Contract shall be made exclusively by direct debit or bank transfer. The set-up and installation costs are due in their totality upon signature of the Contract. The Client agrees to update its bank details in order to prevent any failure of payment during the tacit renewal of the subscription.
7.5 In compliance with the applicable law, in case of late payment, without prejudice to other remedies SCALENS may have, SCALENS may invoice the Client late payment interests eligible for capitalization, at an interest rate of the higher of: (i) either three (3) times the legal interest rate in France; or (ii) the legal interest rate of rate of the European Central Bank for capital refinancing operations plus ten (10) points. In addition, SCALENS may obtain from the Client a fixed amount of forty (40) euros (or any other amount determined by the applicable regulations), as an indemnity for recovery costs. As specified by the applicable regulations, in the event the recovery costs are actually higher to the flat indemnity mentioned above, SCALENS shall be allowed to seek additional indemnification upon justification.
8.1 The use of the login and password provided by SCALENS by the Client or its Authorized Users constitutes proof of the use of the Software by the Client and its Authorized Users, this provision serving as a proof agreement within the meaning of Article 1368 of the Civil Code. Likewise, the constant use of the Software proves the conformity of the Software.
9.1 Without prejudice to any other provision of this Contract, in case of failure by one of the parties to comply with an obligation under this Contract, which is not cured after a period of thirty (30) days after the receipt of a registered letter sent with acknowledgement of receipt notifying these failures, the other party shall be allowed to consider this Contract as terminated, without prejudice to any damages such party may claim as a consequence of such failure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case of non-payment of an invoice of SCALENS fifteen (15) days after its due date, SCALENS shall be allowed, without any previous notice to suspend the provision of the Services or notify the termination of this Contract
9.2 The price applicable to an automatically renewed term will be the same as the price applicable for the immediately preceding term, unless SCALENS has notified Client of a pricing increase at least 60 days prior to the end of the then current term, in which case the aforementioned increase will be effective upon renewal.
9.3 The Termination of the Contract may also be done by SCALENS, upon receipt of a registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt, as of right, and without any further formalities, including judicial formalities, if the Client fails to comply with the provisions of this Contract, if SCALENS is informed that the Software or the Service is used for illegal purposes.
9.4 In case of a termination, the amounts which may have been paid by the Client for its subscription shall remain acquired by SCALENS, and the Client undertakes to stop using any credentials to the Software or the Service, to immediately return to SCALENS any Elements and any accessories of its usage of the Software and the Service which it may possess and not to keep any copy, whether total or partial, including of the credentials, on pain of legal prosecution.
9.5 In case of termination, the Client shall not have access to the Service anymore. Notwithstanding the foregoing, SCALENS undertakes to make its best commercially reasonable efforts to keep the data of the Client for thirty (30) days after the effective date of termination. The data thus kept may be provided in a standard format determined by SCALENS subject to them being requested in this time period. Beyond the time period mentioned in this Section, the Client data will be anonymised.
10.1 Usage of the Software and the Service is granted "AS IS" without warranty of any kind whatsoever, whether express or tacit, as to its quality, its performances or results. The risks relating to its quality, its performances or results shall be borne solely by the Client.
10.1.1 In particular, the Client acknowledges that it has been able to evaluate the capacities of the Software and of the Service. The Client shall not be allowed to request the inclusion of new services, new functionalities, or evolutions, except for services, corrections or changes voluntarily done by SCALENS, which the Client shall then accept.
10.2 In no case SCALENS shall be held liable for damages caused by the usage of the Software or the Service, including loss of data or resulting from non-availability of the Software or the Service.
10.3 In any case, SCALENS does not guarantee any indirect damage, nor any damage resulting from a possible loss of turnover or activity. SCALENS shall not be held liable for any damage originating in usage of the Software or the Service in conjunction with a software or hardware used by the Client, or any user whatsoever, or originating in any technical problem of the Client, including the Client infrastructure, and it shall be the Client's responsibility to subscribe to any maintenance necessary contracts and to establish, in particular, any data backup procedure.
10.4 SCALENS is liable for performing obligations of means in performance of its obligations and does not guarantee the results of these. Consequently, SCALENS shall not be held liable for faulty operation of the Software or the Service based on the sole fact that such faults exists. SCALENS does not guarantee a continuous operation of the Software or the Service, or that they will be free from errors. Responsibility of SCALENS shall only be established in case of serious misconduct or proved negligence in the performance of its obligations and shall be expressly limited as set forth in this Section 10, excluding any other damages, of any kind whatsoever, especially business interruption losses, indirect damages, loss of information and damages caused to third parties.
10.5 SCALENS shall not be held liable for time losses, disruptions to the production caused by performance of the services it is to provide in performance of this Contract or resulting from a failure of all or part of the Software the Service.
10.6 It shall be the Client's responsibility to subscribe to an insurance covering the risks which are excluded or limited further in this Contract and in accordance with this Section 10 or to be its own insurer.
10.7 Liability of SCALENS for all damage shall, in any case, be limited to a maximum amount, whatever is the legal ground of its responsibility, equal to the amount of the yearly subscription for the concerned Service by an Authorized User. This clause shall be considered as essential and a condition precedent to the agreement of SCALENS to enter into this Contract and into any subscription to the Software.
10.8 The Client shall indemnify SCALENS for any damage resulting from any claim and originating in a breach of this Contract.
Each of the Parties undertakes not to disclose to any third party the Confidential Information of the other Party with a prior and written agreement of such Party for the duration of this Contract and for a duration of five (5) years after its termination for any reason whatsoever. The Parties undertake that they shall have their personnel and their possible allowed sub-contractors to comply with this confidentiality undertaking.
The Confidential Information shall designate the information identified as such by a "confidential" notice as well as the information which are confidential in nature for one of the Parties given their nature and, in particular, those that are related to its activities, its finances, the technologies it uses, its commercial secrets, its price lists, its methods, know-how, procedures, products, documents, hardware, software and tools.
In case the confidential nature of an information is uncertain, either Party undertakes to request a written agreement from the other before any disclosure of such information.
The signature of this agreement and its terms constitute Confidential Information.
Shall not be deemed to be Confidential Information, information: (1) which are or become public domain without any breach by the receiving Party; (2) which were known by the receiving Party prior to their disclosure, without a fault of the receiving Party; (3) which were communicated to the receiving Party by a third party without breach of a confidentiality undertaking; (4) which were developed independently by the receiving Party, without any use of a Confidential Information from the other Party; (5) which disclosure is required as per an applicable law or regulation or the order of a Court within the limits of what is strictly needed.
Either of the Parties shall take any reasonable steps to protect Confidential Information of the other Party, by taking at least the same level of precautions that it uses to ensure the confidentiality of its own Confidential Information.
12.1 The Parties shall comply with all applicable personal data protection laws, especially to the EU Data Protection Regulation n°2016/679 "GDPR". Each Party confirms that it will obtain from its employees, contractors or third parties all the necessary consents to the processing of personal data by the other Party within the framework of any personal data processing carried out under this Contract.
The Client is the Data Controller of the personal data used and included in the Software, and thus must ensure that all the measures prescribed by the GDPR are complied with. In the context of the execution of the Contract, and/or documented instructions of the Client, SCALENS is likely to host, receive, access or process personal data on behalf of the Client. In this regard, SCALENS acts as a Data Processor within the meaning of the GDPR. In this situation, SCALENS undertakes:
(i) to not transfer any personal data to a third-party outside the European Union, or if required, to inform the Client about it and to take all the measures required by the laws and regulations in force, mainly by the GDPR, in order to ensure that this transfer has the appropriate guarantees;
(ii) to ensure that its personnel authorised to process the personal data undertake to respect the confidentiality and only process the personal data in the context of the Contract and/or upon the instructions of the Client;
(iii) to only process the personal data upon the documented instructions of the Client, mainly in accordance with the Contract.
(iv) In view of the economics of the Contract, state of the art, and the information provided to SCALENS by the Client, SCALENS implements the means suitable to maintain the confidentiality and security of the personal data processed on behalf of the Client. The objective is to avoid this data being distorted, damaged or communicated to unauthorised persons. It is the responsibility of the Client to assess the level of sensitivity/risky nature of the processing operations and/or the personal data handled by SCALENS on its behalf, and to request SCALENS, if need be and without any delay, to establish a suitable level of securing, subject to the agreement of the Parties as regards the terms, especially the financial ones, for this set-up;
(vi) SCALENS undertakes to provide the Client with all the information necessary to show the compliance with the obligations stated in this article and to allow carrying out audits. The Parties agree that these audits will be carried out by an independent auditor who should be validated by SCALENS, and who will sign a Non Disclosure Agreement. The cost of the audit is paid by the Client. Prior to the audit operations, the Client will indicate the specific purpose of the audit and the types of information that the auditor will have to access, which should only pertain to the obligations stated in this article, with the exception of any other domain. SCALENS undertakes to collaborate, in good faith, with the independent auditor to carry out the audit operations. The audit operations cannot disturb the activity of SCALENS, the proper functioning of its infrastructure, or the execution of this Contract. A full copy of the audit report prepared by the auditor will be submitted to SCALENS at the same time as the Client. In the absence of this submission, such a report is not binding on SCALENS. The option of audit is open to the Client once (1) per year, and within the limits of a load of two (2) days/men provided by SCALENS, at the expenses of the Client;
(vii) to notify the Client, as soon as possible, about any violation of personal data within the meaning of the GDPR after hearing about the same;
(viii) In general, the Client authorizes SCALENS to call upon other subcontractors, for the sole purpose of the proper execution of this Contract, provided that they undertake in writing to respect the terms of this Contract, that they are established within the European Union or, being outside the European Union, are established in an adequate country or present appropriate guarantees within the meaning of the regulations and in particular the GDPR.
The personal information provided by the Client during its subscription to the Software is exclusively used for the management of the subscription and the business relations between the Client and SCALENS. This data might be transferred to SCALENS's processor the company Hubspot, Inc., a software publisher, for the use of their CRM software. In this context, the data might be transferred outside the EU with the appropriate safeguard (Standard Protection Clause).
For more information about this company: https://www.hubspot.com/data-privacy/gdpr.
SCALENS ensures that its employees authorized to process these personal data have committed themselves to confidentiality.
The individuals acting on behalf of the Client using the Software and the Service shall have a right of access, rectification, opposition, limitation and deletion of personal data concerning him, as well as a right to the portability of his data, which may be exercised by writing to: Scalens, 10, Cité Paradis, 75010 Paris, France or by email: data.protection@scalens.com.
12.4 The Client is informed and accepts that the personal data integrated into the Software are anonymized and used by SCALENS for statistical purposes and improvement of the Services.
13.1 The Client benefits, during the Contract, from support in the event of an incident affecting the normal use of the Software by writing to the following email address: customerservice@scalens.com.
13.2 In the event of a malfunction concerning the accessibility of the Software and its hosting, SCALENS undertakes to restore the service within 24 hours during the opening hours of SCALENS.
13.3 SCALENS will endeavour to provide a 24-hour a day access, every day of the year except in case of force majeure, as defined in Section 14, in case of breakdowns, of failures due to the hosting provider, to maintenance operations which are necessary for the proper functioning of the Software.
13.4 In the event that, following a malfunction, a restart of the servers with restoration of a backup is necessary, SCALENS undertakes to carry out these operations within 6 hours, during working hours, i.e. Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (CET), excluding public holidays, by means of the last available backup. The provisions of this paragraph shall constitute the sole responsibility of PRAXO in the event of loss of data attributable to SCALENS.
13.5 SCALENS reserves the right to interrupt the availability to Authorized Users of all or part of the Software, or the Services to carry out updates, maintenance and/or improvement work. In such a case, except in case of emergency, Authorized Users will be informed by SCALENS 72 hours in advance.
14.1 The Client expressly undertakes not to assign, whether for a consideration or not, all or part of its rights and obligations which it has pursuant to this Contract.
14.2 Subject to complying with its undertakings, SCALENS may sub-contract all or part of the performance of this Contract or assign all or part of this Contract.
14.3 Any claim or complaint of the Client against SCALENS shall be done in writing by the Client no later than 72 hours from the fact that gave rise to them, on pain of forfeiture of rights. The claim terms and/or disagreement arguments in writing shall in particular include the detail of the services, the amounts, etc. which are the subject matter of the claim and/or disagreement and the motives of claim and/or disagreement.
14.4 Notwithstanding the foregoing, no proceeding, regardless of form, arising out of the subject matter of this Contract will be brought by the either party more than two (2) years after the claim becomes known or reasonably should have been known to the party.
14.5 SCALENS reserves the right to interrupt without notice all or part of the Software and/or the Services in case of manifest misuse of those which is likely to be damageable to SCALENS or to third parties.
14.6 The responsibility of either of the parties may not be sought is the performance of its obligations is delayed or prevented by reason of a force majeure event such as: social unrest, blockage of transportation means, intervention of the civil or military authorities, natural disasters, fire, water damage, malfunction or interruption of the telecommunications network or the electricity network. If the event extends itself over a three months period, the Contract may be terminated by the Client by registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt, unless the parties agree otherwise. It is expressly agreed that the loss, by SCALENS, of one of its providers involved in the performance of this Contract, especially any hosting provider, or the non-provision of services expected from such providers, shall be deemed to be a force majeure event, the only obligation of SCALENS being then to search for an alternative provider, having similar characteristics, if such a provider exists.
14.7 This Contract shall constitute the entire agreement of the parties in relation to its subject matter and replaces and cancels any other proposal or prior agreement relating to the subject. No provision of this Contract shall be deemed to be waived, amended, or altered by any of the parties without a prior written document signed by the legal representatives of both parties, or their authorized representatives. Such prior and written document shall take the form of an addendum to this Contract, which expressly decides to take out a contractual provision, to amend it or change it. Consequently, no particular conditions or general conditions of the Client, unless expressly and formally accepted in writing by SCALENS, may prevail over these General Terms and Conditions. Any condition contrary opposed by the Client shall be, unless expressly accepted, be inapplicable to SCALENS, whatever is the time when it has been brought to its notice.
14.8 Advertising. For the duration of the Contract, SCALENS may mention the Client's name as one of its clients and/or use its logo as a commercial reference in its written documentation or on its website, provided that (i) it uses the logo provided by the Client in accordance with the relevant rules of use and (ii) it does not use it in a way that would be disparaging to the Client. In addition, SCALENS may ask the Client to respond to calls from prospective customers as a customer reference and/or to participate in events to testify about its project with SCALENS
14.9 If any of the provisions of this Contract is considered as void with respect to a current law or a legal decision having become final, it shall then be considered as never to have existed, but nevertheless shall not lead to the nullity of this Contract or alter the validity of its other provisions. Where one or the other of the parties does not require the performance of a clause of the Contract or agrees for it not to be performed, either permanently or temporarily, shall not be construed as a renunciation for such party to its rights resulting from such clause. Any notices to be given hereunder shall be given to the addresses where the parties declare to have their domicile in their respective registered office.
14.10 This Contract shall be governed and construed in accordance with the law of France. In case of litigation, exclusive jurisdiction is given to the Tribunal of Commerce of Paris, France.
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