Terms of service

Welcome to our website www.mae-paris.com.

The website www.mae-paris.com is published by MAË PARIS, a Société par Actions Simplifiée Unipersonnelle (Single Member Simplified Limited Company) with a capital of 40 000,00 €, registered in the Paris Trade and Companies Register under number B 832 349 294 and domiciled at 68, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris – France.

These General Terms and Conditions of Use govern the access and use of the website www.mae-paris.com.
Access to and use of this website, as well as the purchase of products on the www.mae-paris.com website, imply acceptance by the user of these General Conditions & Terms of Use. The simple connection to the Site will imply full and complete acceptance of these General Conditions & Terms of Use.
For all other legal information, please consult the following sections: Legal notice, General Terms and Conditions of Sale, Privacy Policy and Return Policy. If necessary, you can also contact us.

MAË PARIS may modify or update all or part of these General Conditions & Terms of Use. Any modification or update of the General Conditions & Terms of Use will be applicable as soon as it is published in this section of the website. Therefore, we ask you to consult this section regularly in order to be aware of the most recent Terms and Conditions of Use of the website www.mae-paris.com. If you do not agree with any part of the Terms and Conditions of Use of www.mae-paris.com, do not use our website.

1. USER RESPONSABILITY

Access to and use of the www.mae-paris.com website, including consultation of the Internet pages, use of the site services, communication with MAË PARIS, downloading of product information, and purchase of products on the website, are carried out exclusively for personal purposes and are not related to any commercial or professional activity and are the sole responsibility of the user.

With regard to the use of the www.mae-paris.com website, you are only authorised to consult the website and its contents. You are also authorised to carry out all other temporary acts of reproduction that have no economic impact, that are temporary or incidental and that constitute an integral and essential part of the consultation of the www.mae-paris.com website and its content. You are also authorised to browse the website for the purpose of lawful use of the www.mae-paris.com website and its contents.

In particular, it is forbidden to use the Site to transmit chain letters, junk mail, spam or any repetitive or unsolicited message (commercial or otherwise), to gather or collect, in any way whatsoever, information concerning third parties, in particular e-mail addresses, without the consent of the third parties concerned, to create or exploit false identities, to falsify an e-mail address or header, or to try to mislead third parties in any way whatsoever as to the identity of the sender or the origin of the message, transmit any inappropriate content such as any material containing viruses or any material that is harmful or injurious to the Site or to third parties or in violation of any law, attempt to gain unauthorized access to the services offered, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the service of the Site, through the use of different passwords or any other means, or interfere with any other user's use and enjoyment of the service.

We remind you that you will be held responsible for your use of the www.mae-paris.com website and its content. MAË PARIS shall not be held responsible for any use of the website and its content that does not comply with the laws and regulations in force or with these General Conditions & Terms of Use, without prejudice to MAË PARIS' liability in the event of wilful malice and gross negligence. In particular, you will be liable for the communication of incorrect or false information or data relating to third parties (particularly if you are unable to demonstrate that the latter have given you their consent), as well as for any inappropriate use of said information or data.

Finally, since all elements are downloaded or obtained through the use of the site at the user's own risk, the user is responsible for any damage that may affect his or her computer systems or for the possible loss of data following the downloading of content, and MAË PARIS will not be held responsible.

You are responsible for ensuring the confidentiality and appropriate use of your personal information, including access identifiers for restricted services, and are also responsible for any damage or prejudice to MAË PARIS or third parties as well as for the loss or deletion of said information, which may result from your actions, for example through inappropriate use.

You agree to indemnify MAË PARIS and to guarantee it against any action for liability, recourse, losses, costs, loss of profit, loss of data, and any other direct or indirect damage resulting from the violation on your part of the any of the provisions of these General Conditions & Terms of Use.

2. RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PUBLISHER

2.1. MAË PARIS endeavours to update the content of the www.mae-paris.com site, to provide users with accurate information and to ensure, to the best of its ability, the accuracy and updating of the information published on this site, the content of which it reserves the right to correct at any time and without notice.

However, MAË PARIS cannot guarantee the accuracy, precision, quality or completeness of the information made available on this site. Any error or omission may be notified to the following e-mail address: info@mae-paris.com.

2.2. MAË PARIS makes every effort to prevent the publication on its website of content describing or representing scenes or situations of physical or psychological violence or which could, depending on the sensitivity of the users of the www.mae-paris.com website, be considered prejudicial to personal convictions, human rights or human dignity, whatever the forms and expressions used.

MAË PARIS offers no guarantee concerning the relevance or legality of the content of the website in countries other than France. If such content is considered illicit or illegal in your country, do not access our website. If you choose to access it anyway, the use of the services provided by the www.mae-paris.com website will be your sole and personal responsibility.

2.3. MAË PARIS endeavours to maintain continuous access to the site, without being under any obligation to do so. It is specified that the dynamic nature of the Internet and its contents may lead to problems of suspension, interruption or discontinuity of access to the www.mae-paris.com site. In particular, during site maintenance, updating, and for any other reason, mainly technical reasons, including user behaviour, access to the Site may be interrupted. MAË PARIS is in no way responsible for these interruptions and the consequences that may result for the user. The modification, suspension or interruption of access to the site may not under any circumstances result in the payment of damages to the user.

Furthermore, MAË PARIS cannot guarantee that the website will function continuously, without interruption and without errors or malfunctions due to the Internet connection. For any problem using our website, contact us, your Internet service provider or check that each Internet connection and access device is correctly activated, particularly the Internet browser.

2.4. MAË PARIS takes the greatest care in presenting its products on the Site. However, the photographs illustrating the products offered are only indicative and have no contractual value. Although MAË PARIS makes every effort to ensure that the photographs are faithful to the products presented, it cannot be held responsible for errors or inaccuracies in the photographs, graphic representations or samples, due to any variations that may have occurred.

The information contained on this site is non-contractual and subject to change without notice.

2.5. MAË PARIS does not provide the user with any guarantee of any kind, express or implied, as to the quality of the Site's services or their marketability, the conformity of the service or the result sought to the user's expectations, and disclaims all responsibility for any disputes, actions or recourse by third parties who may claim rights, in particular private rights, over any content not created by MAË PARIS.

2.6. As a user of the site, it is your responsibility to take all appropriate measures to protect your own data and/or software from contamination by any viruses circulating on the Internet.

2.7. MAË PARIS declines all responsibility in the event of damage caused by errors, omissions, deletions of content or resulting from the inaccessibility of the website services or any interruption in service.

Furthermore, MAË PARIS may not be held directly or indirectly liable in any way whatsoever, and for any reason whatsoever, for:

The lack of performance of the Site and/or the software used or downloaded from the Site
Loss of data or services resulting from the user's failure to meet deadlines
Consequences resulting directly or indirectly from the transmission of viruses through its servers
The contamination of the computer equipment of Internet users resulting from the propagation of a virus or other computer infections

MAË PARIS shall also not be held responsible for any direct or indirect damage, including in particular loss of profits, customers, data, any loss of intangible property, loss of earnings or any other loss or damage that may arise from the use of the Site or, on the contrary, from the impossibility of accessing the Site, as a result of the user's faulty use.

MAË PARIS declines all responsibility in the event of damage caused by viruses, corrupted files, errors, omissions, deletion of content, problems with the network, suppliers or telephone and/or data transmission connections, unauthorised access, modification of data, failures and/or malfunctions of the user's electronic equipment.

2.8. Links to other websites - The www.mae-paris.com website contains hypertext links ("links") to other websites unrelated to the www.mae-paris.com website. MAË PARIS does not control or monitor these websites or their content. MAË PARIS cannot be held responsible for the content, advertising, products, services or any other material available on or from these sites and for the rules adopted by them, particularly with regard to the confidentiality of your personal data and their possible processing during your browsing. We therefore ask you to take the utmost care when connecting to these websites via the links on the www.mae-paris.com website and to read their Conditions of Use and data privacy regulations carefully.

MAË PARIS cannot be held responsible for any damage or loss, whether actual or alleged, resulting from the use of or reliance on the content, goods or services available on these external sites or sources. The use of these sites by the User is the sole responsibility of the latter.
We remind you that these General Conditions & Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy do not apply to websites operated by third parties. The www.mae-paris.com website provides links to other websites for the sole purpose of assisting its users to search and navigate, and to facilitate links to other sites on the Internet. The activation of links does not imply any recommendation or notification on the part of MAË PARIS to access or browse these websites, nor any guarantee as to their content, their services or the products they provide or sell to Internet users.

3. PRIVACY POLICY

MAË PARIS has taken the necessary technical and organisational security measures to protect its services, the integrity of traffic data and electronic communications on the www.mae-paris.com site, in order to prevent the use of data, or unauthorised access to them, the risks of dissemination, destruction and loss of confidential or non-confidential data and information relating to users of the www.mae-paris.com site, as well as unauthorised or illegal access to said data and information.

We recommend that you read the Privacy Policy , which also applies when accessing and using the services of www.mae-paris.com without making a purchase. The Privacy Policy allows you to understand how and for what purposes MAË PARIS, via the www.mae-paris.com website, collects and uses some of your personal data.

4. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

4.1. Content of the site

The content of the www.mae-paris.com site, including but not limited to the works, images, photographs, dialogue, music, sounds, videos, documents, drawings, illustrations, logos and any other element published on the www.mae-paris.com site, including the menus, web pages, graphics, colours, plans, tools, fonts and design of the Internet site, diagrams, layouts, methods, procedures, functions and software forming part of the www.mae-paris.com site, are protected by copyright and all other MAË PARIS' intellectual property rights, such as trademarks or drawings & models.

You undertake to respect the copyright of MAË PARIS and of the artists who publish their work on the site www.mae-paris.com, or who have collaborated with the site www.mae-paris.com in the creation of new forms of expression or art intended for exclusive or non-exclusive publication on the website or forming an integral part of it.

The reproduction, representation and modification, whether total or partial, temporary or permanent, in any way, in any form or on any medium whatsoever, of the www.mae-paris.com site and its content is prohibited without the written consent of MAË PARIS.

Any reproduction is subject to the written authorisation of MAË PARIS on a case-by-case basis. These reproductions must be made for legal purposes and in accordance with the copyright and other intellectual property rights of MAË PARIS or its partners.

Failure to comply with this prohibition constitutes an infringement which may give rise to civil or criminal liability for the infringer.

4.2. Trademarks and domain names

All signs allowing the identification of products sold on the www.mae-paris.com site and published on the website are trademarks of MAË PARIS, its affiliated companies or its partners, where applicable.

They are used on the www.mae-paris.com site for the exclusive purpose of distinguishing, describing and promoting the products sold on the www.mae-paris.com site. MAË PARIS, its affiliates or partners, where applicable, are entitled to exclusive use of the trademarks they respectively own.

Any illegal or unauthorised use of the said trademarks is prohibited and constitutes an infringement that may incur civil or criminal liability for the infringer.

The said trademarks and any other distinctive sign published on the www.mae-paris.com website must not be used under any circumstances to obtain undue advantages, due to their distinctive character or reputation, or with the aim of harming them and their owners.

The reproduction and/or representation of these elements is only authorised for information purposes for strictly personal and private use. Any use of the elements of this site for different purposes, in particular for public, commercial or humorous purposes, will be subject to legal proceedings in France and abroad.

4.3. Links to www.mae-paris.com

The presentation, in whole or in part, of one of the pages of this site in a web page not belonging to MAË PARIS is prohibited.

To create links to the home page and other publicly accessible Internet pages of the www.mae-paris.com site, contact MAË PARIS at the following e-mail address: info@mae-paris.com. MAË PARIS is entitled to object, at its own discretion, to the use of certain links to its website, in particular in the event that the applicant wishing to activate links to the www.mae-paris.com has in the past been involved in unfair commercial practices or practices that do not conform to the customs of the sector, or in acts of unfair competition against MAË PARIS, or when MAË PARIS fears that the applicant may adopt such behaviour in the future, or when the applicant has in the past undertaken actions that discredit MAË PARIS and the www.mae-paris.com site or when there is reason to fear that he or she may do so in the future. In any case, it is forbidden to publish deep links (such as deep frames) on the www.mae-paris.com site or to use unauthorised meta tags without the written consent of MAË PARIS.

5. APPLICABLE LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

The present General Conditions & Terms of Use are governed by French law. Any difficulty or dispute concerning the present General Conditions & Terms of Use that is not settled between the parties shall fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of the French courts.

In the event that any provision of the General Conditions & Terms of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be construed to best reflect the intentions of the parties and the remaining provisions shall be deemed to apply as of right.
The non-application or the absence of a claim of application by MAË PARIS of any of the provisions of the General Conditions & Terms of Use or of any right shall in no way be interpreted as a waiver by MAË PARIS of such a provision or right.

Version dated 28/06/2022