general conditions of use of the carbon time site
CARBON TIME is a brand of the company CARBON IMPACT.
CARBON IMPACT is a mission-driven company whose purpose is to help reduce net greenhouse gas emissions to zero. The main role of CARBON IMPACT is to support research on carbon sequestration and to assist companies in reducing their CO₂ emissions. CARBON IMPACT is supported by Team for the Planet, a non-profit investment fund dedicated to combating climate change. Access to the Site by the User implies unconditional acceptance of the CGU.
These terms of use (the "CGU") aim to govern the relationship between CARBON IMPACT, a limited liability company registered in the Paris Companies Registry under number 902 042 373, with its registered office at 128 rue de la Boétie 75008 Paris (hereinafter "CARBON IMPACT"), and the user (hereinafter the "User") of the site accessible at the following URL: https://carbon-time.com/ (hereinafter the "Site") regarding the terms of use of the Site.
ARTICLE 1 : ACCESS TO SERVICES
To access the Services, the User must contact CARBON IMPACT via its contact form available on the Site, which involves accurately filling in the information indicated in the contact form. Users certify that they are of legal age when they make contact. The User guarantees that all the information they provide is accurate, current, and sincere and is not misleading in any way. If the data provided prove to be inaccurate, incomplete, or deceptive, CARBON IMPACT reserves the right to suspend exchanges or access to Services until the User corrects their errors. The User is informed and accepts that the information entered constitutes proof of their identity. CARBON IMPACT reserves the right to request any additional information in case of doubt about an Account.
ARTICLE 2 – SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THE SITE
Any Company can benefit from the expertise of CARBON IMPACT in reducing its carbon emissions by implementing innovative solutions. To do this, the Company must contact CARBON IMPACT via its contact form available on the Site. The terms of use of Carbon Time services are subject to the conclusion of a specific contract between CARBON IMPACT and the User. Carbon Time offers its services to Companies and Investors for the purchase and resale of carbon credits. These services are also subject to the conclusion of a specific contract between CARBON IMPACT and the User.
ARTICLE 3 : CARBON IMPACT'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
CARBON IMPACT holds all intellectual property rights on the brands and content present on the Site. No provision of the CGU grants the User a right of ownership or exploitation of the brands or other elements protected by CARBON IMPACT's intellectual property rights. Therefore, the User may not use any visuals, logos, communication materials of CARBON IMPACT without its express and written consent. The User agrees to notify CARBON IMPACT of any fraudulent use of the brands, its logo, visuals, of which they become aware, and will assist CARBON IMPACT in preserving its rights.
ARTICLE 4 : LIABILITY
The User is solely responsible for all consequences resulting from their use of the Site and, more generally, any content published on the Site. CARBON IMPACT's liability cannot, in any way, be engaged concerning content published by Users on this site or the consequences that may result from their use or interpretation. It is reminded that for all content published by Users on the Site, CARBON IMPACT acts as a host in the sense of Article 6 I 2) of the Law of June 21, 2004, for confidence in the digital economy. In this capacity, CARBON IMPACT commits to promptly removing any content that is manifestly illegal as soon as it becomes aware of it. The notification of manifestly illegal content can be made by email at info@carbon-time.com and by registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt according to the forms prescribed by Article 6 I 5) of the Law of June 21, 2004. It is necessary to specify the link to the content identified as manifestly illegal and to justify its manifestly illegal nature. Under this status, Users acknowledge that CARBON IMPACT does not guarantee the validity, completeness, legality of the content published on the Site by Users. It is up to the Site's Users to take all appropriate measures to protect their own data and/or software from contamination by possible viruses circulating on the Internet.
CARBON IMPACT cannot be held responsible for any indirect damage, including any loss of content or damage that may result from the use or, conversely, the inability to access the Site, following a User's faulty use. The Site may contain links to other sites not managed and/or edited by CARBON IMPACT. CARBON IMPACT does not control the information, products, or services offered by these other sites and cannot be held responsible for the content of such sites. Since the Site depends on an Internet connection, CARBON IMPACT cannot guarantee that access to the Services will be uninterrupted. CARBON IMPACT reserves the right to momentarily interrupt access to the Site for maintenance reasons.
ARTICLE 5 : PERSONAL DATA
For the management of the relationship between CARBON IMPACT and the User, CARBON IMPACT may collect personal data of Users (the "Personal Data") as a data controller. Personal Data will be kept for the duration of the relationship, which may be extended by the applicable limitation periods.
ARTICLE 6 : FORCE MAJEURE
CARBON IMPACT cannot be held responsible or be considered in breach of the CGU, for any delay or failure to perform, when the cause of the delay or non-performance is linked to a force majeure event as defined by the jurisprudence of the French Courts and tribunals including, in particular, in case of hacker attacks, unavailability of materials, supplies, spare parts, personal equipment, or others; and interruption, suspension, reduction, or disturbances of electricity or other or all interruptions of electronic communication networks.
ARTICLE 7 : INTERPRETATION
The CGU express the entire agreement between CARBON IMPACT and the User for the use of the Site. The division into articles and paragraphs has been adopted for convenience only and should not be considered as affecting the meaning and scope of all the clauses, which form an indivisible whole. According to Article 1184 of the Civil Code, when the cause of nullity affects only one or several Articles of the CGU, it does not entail the nullity of the entire act unless this or these Article(s) constitute a determining element of the commitment of the parties or one of them. Apart from the aforementioned case, the nullity or unenforceability of any of the Articles of the CGU does not entail the nullity of the other Articles, which retain their full force and scope.
ARTICLE 8 : ASSIGNMENT
Each party is prohibited from transferring its rights and obligations under the CGU except in the cases limitatively listed below. CARBON IMPACT may transfer its rights and obligations under the CGU to any company that would succeed it in the context of a merger, division, acquisition, partial asset contribution, and more generally, a restructuring operation. The User undertakes to sign, upon first request, any document necessary for the legal and administrative regularization of the transfer of the CGU.
ARTICLE 9 : MODIFICATION OF THE CGU
CARBON IMPACT reserves the right to modify the CGU at any time. The User will be invited to read the modifications and to accept the new version of the CGU when connecting to the Site.
ARTICLE 10 : APPLICABLE LAW AND DISPUTES
The CGU are subject to French law. Any dispute related to the CGU, which has not been resolved amicably, must be submitted to the competent jurisdictions, namely the Paris Commercial Court in the first instance, and the Paris Court of Appeal, even in the case of a third-party appeal, plurality of defendants, or incidental demand.