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PUBLIC HEALTH CODE. ARTICLES L.3342-1 AND L.3353-3

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE OF THE DOMAINES FRANCIS ABECASSIS WEBSITE (SOCIETE DU MAINE DRILHON)

Article 1. Preliminary provisions

Du Maine Drilhon is a general partnership (Société en nom collectif) with a share capital of EUR 2,286,735, registered with the Angoulême Trade and Companies Register under number 349 261 420, having its registered office at Domaine de chez Maillard – 16440 Claix (France).

Its VAT registration number is FR 69349261420. The company Du Maine Drilhon specialises in the production and online sale of Cognac, vodka, gin, liqueurs and fortified wines, produced by Domaine Francis Abécassis.

The company Du Maine Drilhon is the owner and publisher of the «Domaine Francis Abécassis» website (accessible at https://www.abk6-laboutique.fr), through which the customers of the company Du Maine Drilhon order all the aforementioned products.

Article 2. Definitions

In these terms and conditions of use, the words or expressions starting with a capital letter shall have the following meaning:
ToS: refers to this document, including its appendices.

Client: refers to any person (natural or legal) who purchases a Product sold on the Site, as a consumer, under the conditions agreed herein.

Personal Data / Personal Information: means any information capable of enabling the identification of a natural or legal person, directly or indirectly (surname; first name; email address; IP address; browsing data; etc.), in accordance with the definition given by Article 4 of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR 2016/679).

Party/Parties: individually refers to the Company or a User, and collectively to the Company and a User. Privacy Policy: refers to Article 16 hereof.

Product(s): refers to the various ranges of Cognac, Vodka, Gin, liqueurs and fortified wines produced by the Company, offered for sale on the Site.

Site: refers to the «Domaine Francis Abécassis» website (accessible at https://www.abk6-laboutique.fr/), which is owned and published by the Company.

Company: refers to the company Du Maine Drilhon. User: refers to any person using the Site, in particular to purchase Products there, under the conditions defined in the Company's online general terms and conditions of sale.

Article 3. Legal notices

The Website is published by the company Du Maine Drilhon, which is a general partnership (Société en nom collectif) with a share capital of EUR 2,286,735, registered in the Angoulême Trade and Companies Register under number 349 261 420, with its registered office at Domaine de chez Maillard – 16440 Claix (France).

The publication director is Domaines Francis Abécassis. The domain name is hosted by the company NT CONSEIL, an EURL with a share capital of €50,000, registered with the Angoulême Trade and Companies Register (RCS) under number B 447 669 169, with its registered office located at 102 Rue de Bordeaux, 16000 Bordeaux.

The website is hosted by NT CONSEIL, an EURL with a share capital of 50,000 EUR, registered with the Angoulême Trade and Companies Register (RCS) under number B 447 669 169, whose registered office is located at 102, Rue de Bordeaux – 16000 Bordeaux. The Personal Data collected is hosted by NT CONSEIL, an EURL with a share capital of 50,000 EUR, registered with the Angoulême Trade and Companies Register (RCS) under number B 447 669 169, whose registered office is located at 102, Rue de Bordeaux – 16000 Bordeaux.

Article 4. Subject matter

The purpose of these Terms and Conditions is in particular to detail their scope, as well as the conditions for their acceptance. They also describe in a non-exhaustive manner the Products offered by the Company, as well as the conditions of access to the Site and the Products by Users.

They also deal with the limitation of the Company's liability. The ToU also include a clause relating to the Personal Data privacy policy of its Users.

The procedures for ordering and paying for the Products are described in the Company's terms and conditions of sale.

Article 5. Field application

The Parties agree that their relationship regarding the use of the Website shall be governed by these terms, to the exclusion of any conditions previously available on the Website.

Article 6. Express acceptance of the terms and conditions

Any use of the Site implies the consultation and express acceptance of these terms by the Users. By using the Site, Users acknowledge that they have read, understood and unreservedly accept these terms.

Article 7. Features offered by the Site

The Site allows the User in particular: - to discover Products, under the conditions of accessibility defined in Article 9 hereof; - to make purchases, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the Company's online terms and conditions of sale; - to follow the news of the Company and its brands, from the «BLOG» tab of the Site.

The list of features is provided for information purposes only. The Company reserves the right to add to or remove them, temporarily or permanently, without the User's agreement.

Article 8. Products

The Company offers a selection of Products for online sale via the Website. The Company reserves the right to modify this selection at any time. Furthermore, this selection is valid while stocks last.

Therefore, in the event of a stockout of a Product ordered, the Company shall notify the Customer thereof. The Parties shall mutually agree: (i) on the delivery of a Product offering characteristics similar to the Product initially ordered, subject to an increase/decrease in the initial selling price, depending on the price of the replacement Product; (ii) on shipping the order, without the Product concerned, by offering a credit note valid for one year (in the amount of the out-of-stock Product) or the refund of the said Product (within a maximum period of fourteen (14) days).

The characteristics of each Product are detailed on the specific page for each Product. The Customer agrees to read them carefully before placing an order on the Site. The Products are also presented visually by means of photographs. The Products dispatched always comply with the photographs and descriptions displayed on the Site.

Article 9. Access to the Site and Products

Access to the Site and the Products is free for adults. Any costs that may result from access to and use of the Site shall be borne exclusively by the Users. The Site is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Company is entitled to modify, without compensation or notice, the servers or the hours of accessibility to the Site, as well as to close access to one or more Products in order to carry out updates, modifications or improvements.

Article 10. Opening a personal account

Users also have the option of having a personal account on the Site. Registration on the Site is carried out by creating a personal account, by following the instructions provided for this purpose on the Site. In particular, the User must provide personal information by means of successive forms on the Site (email; password; first name; last name; company where applicable; address; mobile telephone).

Article 11. User Commitments

As part of their use of the Site, Users undertake:
- not to use a username that infringes upon the rights of third parties, public order and accepted standards of morality, and to provide accurate information and keep it updated; ;
- not to disclose their login details by any means whatsoever. The confidentiality and use of their login details are their sole responsibility; ;
- not to use all or part of their elements, other than herein or in a manner that would infringe regulations; ;
- not to use all or part of their elements for purposes other than normal use, it being specified that any use and activity deemed disproportionate shall in particular be considered as not falling within normal use; ;
- to report any suspected or unauthorised use of their accounts or fraudulent access to their passwords; ;
- not to publish, transmit, broadcast, edit or make accessible via the Site any content which could constitute, without this list being exhaustive, defamation, abuse, disparagement, threats, blackmail, harassment, incitement to violence, racial hatred and more generally to the commission of crimes and offences, the spread of fake news or financial information covered by confidentiality, as well as any content intended to represent or offer for sale objects and/or works, software, content prohibited by law or infringing the rights of third parties, infringement of the authority of the judiciary, invasion of privacy, protection of personal data or the confidentiality of correspondence, justification of crimes against humanity or denial of genocide, disclosure of information covered by confidentiality or the right to privacy, or any act endangering minors, in particular through the production, transmission, broadcasting or accessibility of messages of a violent, pornographic or paedophilic nature, likely to infringe human dignity or likely to allow the manufacture of explosives; ;
- not to falsify data, messages or documents, message headers or identification or connection data, or in any other way manipulate an identifier or information in order to disguise the origin of the transmission of content via the Site; ;
- not to knowingly download, display, broadcast, distribute, transmit or otherwise make available any content comprising or constituting computer viruses or any other computer code or program designed to interrupt, destroy, hijack or limit the functionality or performance of the Site. In the event of failure to comply with any of the User's commitments, the Company reserves the right to suspend automatically, without compensation or prior formality, the account of the User concerned, as well as to cancel any Order for Products that may have been placed and not yet fulfilled with respect to them.

Article 12. User Connection

To log in to their account on the Site, the User enters their username and password using the form provided for this purpose.

Article 13. Amendment of the Terms of Use

The applicable T&Cs are those in force on the date on which the User enters the required information on the Site to purchase a Product. These T&Cs are available on the Site.

However, the Company may amend these terms at any time, without notice, provided that it informs its Users as soon as these amendments come into force by email and/or by publishing the said amendments on the Site. The Company shall update the T&Cs by indicating the date of the last update at the top right-hand corner of this document.

Article 14. Limitation of liability

The Company cannot be held liable for any inconvenience or damage inherent in the use of the internet network, in particular an interruption or break in service, external intrusion or the presence of computer viruses.

Article 15. Intellectual property

All the elements contained on the Site published by the Company are protected by intellectual property laws. Accordingly, the Company alone holds all rights, titles and interests, including all intellectual property rights related to said Site, as well as the ideas, suggestions, enhancement requests, feedback, recommendations and other information that Users and third parties may communicate concerning the Site.

Furthermore, the Company holds the usage rights to all elements accessible on its Site, including texts, images, graphics, logos, icons, sounds, software, etc. Consequently, any total or partial reproduction, representation, modification, publication or adaptation of the elements of the Site, by any means or process whatsoever, is prohibited, except with the prior express consent granted by the Company.

Article 16. Privacy policy

16.1. Purpose
The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to define the principles and guidelines implemented by the Company regarding the processing of Users' Personal Data. More specifically, this Privacy Policy details all processing of such Data, the purposes pursued by them, as well as the means available to its Users to exercise their rights. For any further information on the protection of Personal Data, the Company recommends that Users visit the CNIL website (www.cnil.fr).

16.2. Personal Data
Collection of Personal Data Personal Data is notably collected by the Company from the website https://www.abk6-laboutique.fr/ (in particular via forms or when Users register for the newsletter), from cookies, scripts and the User's browser. Types, purposes and duration of processing of collected Personal Data In accordance with Act No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended by the Acts of 6 August 2004 and 20 June 2018, the Company undertakes to process the Personal Data of its Users in order to:

- responding to Customer requests sent to the Company's customer service department. The Company processes Personal Data in order to respond to Customer requests sent to the Company's customer service department. In this context, the Company manages the User's identity information (first name; surname), as well as their contact information (telephone number; email address; tracking number; delivery address).

Processing is necessary in order for the Company to fulfil its obligations to Users, in accordance with its online terms and conditions of sale.

These Personal Data will be deleted by the Company two (2) years after the Client's last contact with the Company. - to process Clients' online orders.

The Company processes Personal Data in order to process Customers' online orders and notably enable payment for them. In this context, the Company manages the User's identity information (first name; surname), as well as their contact information (telephone number; email address; tracking number; delivery address).

Processing is necessary in order for the Company to fulfil its obligations towards Users, in accordance with its online terms and conditions of sale. Personal Data sent to the Company's delivery service providers are kept for one (1) year following the delivery of an order to the User concerned.

All other order-related data is kept for ten (10) years, with the exception of data relating to the User's bank card, which is kept for only twelve (12) months.
- provision of newsletters. The Company processes the Personal Data of Users in order to provide them with newsletters.

The Company processes the following Personal Data to provide newsletters: identity information (first name and surname) and contact information (telephone number and email address). By subscribing to the Company's newsletter, the User gives their consent to the processing of their Personal Data for this purpose. The User has the right to unsubscribe from the Company's newsletter lists at any time.

This Personal Data is retained for this purpose for as long as the User is subscribed to the Company's newsletter. - legal obligations. The Company processes Personal Data in order to fulfil its legal obligations, for example in terms of accounting. To this end, the Company processes the following Personal Data: identity information (first name and surname), contact information (telephone number and email address) and payment information.

The processing is necessary in order for the Company to comply with its legal obligations, in accordance with national and European laws and regulations. Recipients of Personal Data The Company undertakes to guarantee the confidentiality of the Personal Data processed in the context of the performance of its obligations.

Furthermore, as this data may be shared with the Company's partners responsible for the execution, processing, management and payment of orders, the Company ensures that these partners provide sufficient guarantees regarding the implementation of appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure that the processing meets the requirements of the applicable regulations.

In addition, the Company reserves the right to disclose Users' Personal Data if required by law or in the event of a breach of these terms by said Users. Transfer of Personal Data to third countries The Company endeavours to process Personal Data within the EU/EEA, so that Users can be reassured regarding the protection of said Personal Data. In certain cases, however, Personal Data may be transferred to and processed by service providers located in countries outside the EU/EEA.

To ensure that Personal Data is always protected, the Company implements, under all circumstances, adequate security measures, for example through data protection agreements that oblige processors to protect Personal Data in the same manner as the Company. An up-to-date list of the countries to which the Company transfers Personal Data, where applicable, may be obtained upon request. Users also have the option to request information regarding the security measures put in place by the Company.

16.3. Consent
Users' consent is presumed for the purpose of using such data solely for the fulfilment of their orders and related payments. Where Users' Personal Data are used for marketing purposes, the prior express consent of the Users is required.

Users always have the option to withdraw their consent by sending an email to: boutique@abk6-cognac.com 16.4. Storage The website is hosted by NT CONSEIL, an EURL [private limited company] with a share capital of EUR 50,000, registered with the Angoulême Trade and Companies Register under number B 447 669 169, whose registered office is located at 102, Rue de Bordeaux – 16000 Bordeaux.

The Personal Data collected is hosted by the company NT CONSEIL, an EURL with share capital of €50,000, registered in the Angoulême Trade and Companies Register under number B 447 669 169, with its registered office located at 102, Rue de Bordeaux – 16000 Bordeaux.

16.5. Safety
The Company undertakes to implement all necessary means to ensure the security and confidentiality of Personal Data. Thus, in order to protect the Personal Data of its Site visitors, the Company takes a set of precautions and follows best practices in this area, to ensure that the said data are not inappropriately lost, misappropriated, accessed, disclosed, modified or destroyed.

16.6. Cookies
What is a cookie? A cookie or tracker is an electronic file placed on a device, such as a computer, tablet or smartphone, and read in particular when visiting a website, reading an email, installing or using software or a mobile application, regardless of the type of device used.

Why does the Company use cookies? In this specific case, the proper functioning of the Site involves the use of cookies placed on the User's computer when connecting, in order to record information relating to browsing (pages viewed, date and time of viewing, etc.) and the identity of its visitors. When first connecting to the Site, an explanatory banner regarding the use of «cookies» will appear.

By continuing to browse, the User shall therefore be deemed to have been informed and to have accepted the use of the said «cookies.» The validity period of this acceptance is a maximum of 13 months. Upon expiry of this period, consent must be collected again. The User is entitled to object to the use of cookies by configuring their browser software themselves.

The User also has the option to withdraw their consent to the use of cookies at any time. Type of cookies used on the Site Session cookies - these cookies expire when the User closes their web browser. The Company uses this type of cookie, inter alia, to facilitate navigation on the Site.

Some of these cookies are essential for the proper functioning of the Site. This means that if the User completely blocks the use of cookies, they will not be able to use all the functions of the Site. Persistent cookies - these cookies remain on the User's device for a specified period or until they delete them.

This type of cookie is used to improve the User's experience on the Site, notably by ensuring that they do not have to log in every time they visit the Site. The Company also uses information from persistent cookies to maintain statistics on the Site, so that it can improve its Services based on what the User wants and appreciates.

Specific cookies used on the Site Social networks To enable you, Users, as a visitor, to share news on social networks such as Facebook or Instagram, the Company uses «cookies.» The stored «cookies» are also used to offer targeted marketing via retargeting using the Facebook Pixel.

These sites may use «cookies» when Users log in to use their services. Given that these cookies originate from third-party providers, the Company cannot be held liable in this regard. For more information, the Company recommends that its Users read the privacy policies of these third-party providers. Google Analytics and Adwords The Company uses «cookies» to maintain statistics on the Site, which allows it to improve the information contained on the Site. To this end, the Company uses Google Analytics and Adwords «cookies».

The Company uses Google Analytics to get a good idea of how the Website works and the number of visits it receives, as well as to be able to offer targeted marketing via retargeting. Google AdWords «cookies» are stored so that the Company can measure the conversion rate of its Google advertisements. For more information, the Company recommends that its Users read the privacy policy of this third-party provider here.

The Site also uses Google Ads cookies. The Company does this to measure the number of visitors who come to the Site from the Google search engine. For more information, the Company recommends that its Users read this provider's privacy policy here. The site uses Semrush cookies; the Company does this to check the keywords used by users on search engines, as well as the source sites, i.e. the link the user clicked on to land on the boutique.abecassis-cognac site.

More information about cookies https://www.cnil.fr/fr/cookies-les-outils-pour-les-maitriser Questions If you have any questions regarding this cookie policy, please feel free to contact the Company by email at boutique.abk6-cognac.com

16.7. Data Protection Rights
In accordance with current national and European regulations, the User has a permanent right of access, modification, rectification, restriction, opposition and portability regarding the information concerning them.

To exercise their rights, the visitor simply needs to write to the following email address: boutique.abk6-cognac.com If the User no longer wishes to receive news from the Company, its solicitations (by telephone, SMS, post or email) and invitations, they have the option to inform it via the link provided for this purpose, to modify their choices by contacting it under the conditions mentioned above or, where applicable, by modifying their online account settings.

Furthermore, if a User has reason to believe that the security of their Personal Data has been compromised or that such Data has been subject to misuse, they have the right to contact the Company at the following email address: boutique.abk6-cognac.com. The Company will investigate complaints regarding the use and disclosure of Personal Data and will attempt to find a solution in accordance with the regulations in force.

For any further information or complaints, the User may contact the CNIL (www.cnil.fr).

16.8. Payment
Payment for the Products is made by cheque, by bank transfer, by credit/debit card, via Paypal, by means of secure payment services. Information relating to User transactions is kept for as long as necessary to fulfil the corresponding orders.

Once these are completed, the information relating to the corresponding transactions is deleted. All direct payment gateways adhere to the PCI-DSS standard, managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands such as Visa, MasterCard and American Express.

Article 17.

Miscellaneous 17.1.
Entirety The Parties acknowledge that this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between them relating to its subject matter and supersedes all prior commitments, verbal and/or written, entered into between the Parties relating to said subject matter. Except as expressly provided otherwise, the terms, conditions and obligations of this document shall prevail over all others.

17.2. Voidness
The nullity, unenforceability, or more generally, the lack of effect of any of the provisions hereof shall not affect the other provisions, which shall remain fully valid and binding.

17.3. Non-waiver
The failure of either Party to enforce any of the obligations referred to herein shall not be construed for the future as a waiver of the obligation in question.

Article 18. Applicable law and jurisdiction

The Terms of Use are governed by French law. Any dispute relating to these presents shall be brought before one of the courts with territorial jurisdiction pursuant to the Code of Civil Procedure. Furthermore, the User is reminded that they have the option to submit any dispute relating to these presents either before the court of the place where the consumer resided at the time of the conclusion of the contract, or before that of the place where the harmful event occurred.

In any event, the User is duly informed that they are entitled to resort to mediation in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 111-1 of the Consumer Code.

Article 19. French and foreign versions

These T&Cs are drawn up in French. In the event of any contradiction or misinterpretation, they shall prevail over any other version that may be drawn up in another language at the User's request.