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Site Publishers :

Banque Libano-Française SAL
Beirut Liberty Plaza
BP 11 0808 Beyrouth
Beyrouth, Liban
Tél : (+961) 1 791332
Fax : (+961) 1 340355

Export Entreprises SA :

154 boulevard Haussmann
75008 - Paris
Tél : 01 55 27 25 25
Fax : 01 55 27 25 27
N° de SIRET : 950 571 224 000 76

Banque du Liban Registry N°: 10
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Conditions of Use of blftrade

1. Définitions
2. Purpose of the site
3. Scope of application of the standard terms
4. Les conditions d'accès aux sections du Site
5. Conditions for accessing the Site’s sections
6. Services offered on the Site
7. Liability of Export Entreprises and BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE
8. Right of ownership on the information
9. Assistance
10. Site maintenance
11. Right of access to the digital file
12. Installation of a cookie
13. Claims

1. Définitions

•  "blftrade " : a set of contents and services offered respectively by BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE, having its registered offices at Beirut Liberty Plaza BP 11 0808 Beyrouth, Lebanon, hereinafter referred to as BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE, and EXPORT ENTREPRISES SA, having its registered office at 154, bd Haussmann 75008 Paris FRANCE, for the purpose of exploring export markets for Lebanese SMEs, hereinafter referred to as EPORT ENTREPRISES.

•  The Site: the site developed by BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE and EXPORT ENTREPRISES under the name Blftrade are described below. The general usage conditions can be looked up on the Site.

•  Export Entreprises SA: the partner company of BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE, specialized in international trade, manager of the Site, and offers and provides all of the services contained on the Site.

•  Registered User: Any Lebanese SME, association or any professional who has created a User Profile and who may use the Site’s free or fee-paying services. Each Registered User is represented by one or more Users, a natural person authorized by the Registered User to act for his account.

•  User: Any natural person accessing the Site and the services offered.

•  Estimate: refers to the document sent to the Registered User by e-mail in which the latter is informed as to the price and wait time for a service it has requested; an Estimate contains a hypertext link to the general sales conditions on the Site

2. Purpose of the Site blftrade

blftrade aims to help Lebanese and Syrian professionals, i.e. companies, self-employed, merchants, craftsmen, associations or any entity seeking information or services involving selling at a distance and international trade.

www.eblftrade.com provides five sub-sections:

Market & Countries

• Country profiles : a database on 82 countries.
• Market information : a sector-based market study search engine for professional.
• Import/Export Flow
• Trade organizations
• International Trade Services : 40 international services for prospection.

Information & Regulation

• Trade regulation
• Search for prospects
• International transport
• Alerts
• Explanations on billing and invoicing on an international level

Research Prospects

• Automatic import/export flow tools
• Business alerts
• Services & guidelines prepare a sales offer
• Services & guidelines to set up financial and international trade transactions

Organization & Travelling

• Trade fair database
• Trade organization database
• Services & guidelines to identify an prospect for commercial partners

The Site is the product of a partnership between BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE and EXPORT ENTREPRISES. The services sold on the Site are offered by BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE and EXPORT ENTREPRISES under their conditions set out in the respective general sales conditions.

3. Scope of application of the standard terms

This document constitutes the standard terms of use of the «www.eblftrade.com» web site. Its purpose is to define the terms and conditions of User’s use of the Site. EXPORT ENTREPRISES and BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE reserve the right to alter the Standard Terms without notice.

4.Conditions for accessing the Site’s sections

www.eblftrade.com may be accessed by consultation, 24 hours a day, with the exception of hours of interruption for updating or maintenance or if there are problems resulting from telecommunications operators. Access to the Site and the Site’s management is provided by EXPORT ENTREPRISES.

Visitors

Visitors are individual Users, who have not created a profile. Visitors have access to a sample of the "Country Profiles" section and explanations about the services that are available on the Site.

Registered Users

Registered Users are individuals who have created a (free) profile to obtain a User ID and a password. To create this profile, the User must fill out an online form. Registered Users have full access to "International Trade Tools" and "Business Intelligence" sections.

5.Services offered on the Site

The services offered on the Site by BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE are reserved for Lebanese & Syrian SMEs and professionals in the Beyrouth or Damas Commerce Registrar and registered on www.eblftrade.com.

They are carried out by BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE or EXPORT ENTREPRISES, under their sole responsibility and in the respective conditions of sales and usage of the Site, as set out by its standard terms and conditions.

6.Liability of Export Entreprises and BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE

Neither EXPORT ENTREPRISES nor BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE may be held liable in any way whatsoever for any direct or indirect harm, such as a loss of Clients, commercial losses, operating losses, loss of profit, deterioration of corporate image, or for any harm which could have been prevented from happening if the Client had acted with reasonable haste to this end, which may result from the use of the Site.

Neither EXPORT ENTREPRISES nor BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE will be held liable for the information displayed on the Site as a result of an act of malice by a third party on the IT system and waive any liability concerning inconveniences, technical incidents, viruses and other problems that could result from the use of the electronics and telecommunications.

Neither EXPORT ENTREPRISES, nor BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE will be held liable in case of force majeure. The following are considered as examples of cases of force majeure, in addition to those normally accepted by case law: any delay, non-fulfillment or improper fulfillment of one of its obligations following a partial or complete strike, internal or external to one or other of the parties having an impact on the activity of said party, war, riot, insurrection, storms, floods, blocking of transport or communications, and, more generally, any event outside the sole control of the party that is the victim of this unforeseeable event or force majeure.

Connection to the Site entails knowledge and acceptance of the characteristics and limits of the Internet, notably as regards technical performance, the risks inherent to any connection and transmission on the Internet, the absence of protection of certain data against possible diversion or theft and the risks of contamination by possible viruses circulating on the network.

Accordingly, BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE and EXPORT ENTREPRISES cannot under any circumstances be held liable for the following, among others:

• the transmission and/or receipt of any data and/or information on the Internet, of telephone liaison problems
• for any malfunction of the Internet network preventing the smooth execution/functioning of the Site
• the defect of any receiving equipment or communications lines
• problems sending and/or the loss of any electronic mail and, more generally, the loss of any data
• the functioning of any software program
• the consequences of any virus, computer bug, anomaly, or technical defect
• human or electrical errors
• any technical, hardware or software defect of any kind whatsoever having prevented or limited the possibility of consultation of the Site and having damaged the system of a User

In addition, EXPORT ENTREPRISES and BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE shall not be held liable for the information, commercial offers or other contents of the sites to which they have established links.

Finally, neither EXPORT ENTREPRISES nor BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE shall be held liable for the information displayed on the Site as a result of an act of malice of a third party on the IT system; and waive all liability concerning inconveniences, technical incidents, viruses and other problems that result from the use of electronics and telecommunications.

Neither EXPORT ENTREPRISES nor BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE can be held responsible for any direct or indirect damage, any loss of any type whatsoever suffered by the User or the Registered User as a result: (I) of the responses provided to Registered Users, (II) the Site’s temporary unavailability, (III) its possible suspensions or interruptions for any cause whatsoever, including in case of defect or suspensions for maintenance, (IV) the awareness or use of the Password or Registered User secret code by unauthorised persons,(V) the exceeding of the time frames announced by EXPORT ENTREPRISES or by its partners and correspondents to provide a reply, (VI) in case of a force majeure.

Neither BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE nor EXPORT ENTREPRISES may be held liable for any direct or indirect damage resulting from interruption, a malfunction of any kind whatsoever, or from any direct or indirect damage caused to the IT equipment of a User and to the data stored there, that result in any way whatsoever from a connection to the Site or from the consequences that may result from its personal, professional or commercial activity.

It is the responsibility of each User to take all appropriate measures in order to protect its own data and/or software programs stored on its IT equipment against all attacks. The connection of any person to the Site takes place under his/her entire responsibility.

7.Right of ownership on the information

The use of the Site does not constitute a right of ownership on the data made available. Users and Registered Users consult the Site for their own account. All of the information, data, texts, tables, photographs and graphics contained on the Site constitute a database for which, based on current legislation, EXPORT ENTREPRISES and BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE hold the rights of ownership.

Accordingly, the Registered User and Users undertake to only use the data, information and replies that they have obtained by the Site for their internal needs, not to communicate the same to third parties, whether free of charge or for a fee, and not to commercialize them, directly or indirectly. Failure to comply with this condition will give rise to the termination of the User account and identification, without prejudice to any action for damages that EXPORT ENTREPRISES or BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE could initiate against the violator.

8. Assistance

All information concerning Blftrade INFORMATION AND EXPORT SOLUTIONS and the use of the services offered on the Site, etc., can be obtained by contacting BLFtrade.

9.Site maintenance

EXPORT ENTREPRISES reserves the right to suspend one, some or all of the services and contents the Site offers, for reasons related to maintenance or any other aspect, without this giving any right or claim for compensation, any such claim being without legal founding.

10. Right of access to the digital file

The information communicated by the Registered User will be processed by automated means by BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE.

They are collected by EXPORT ENTREPRISES in order to enable it to process and fill the Registered User’s orders. Information that is critical is indicated by an asterisk on the Site’s pages. This information is transmitted to BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE, which may use the same for the purposes of commercial prospecting.

The Registered User is entitled to access and rectify information concerning him. Should he wish to exercise this right, he will send a letter to BANQUE LIBANO-FRANCAISE Beirut Liberty Plaza BP 11 0808 Beyrouth, Lebanon. If his grounds are legitimate, he may also oppose the processing of information concerning him.

11.Installation of a Cookie

In the case of a subscription, a cookie might be planted in the User's computer. The cookie records information relating to the computer's browsing on the Site (the pages you have looked up, the date and time of your visit, etc.) which EXPORT ENTREPRISES will be able to read when you pay subsequent visits. In the case in point, it contains the information provided within the context of the subscription. The length of time during which this information is stored in the User's computer is 365 days.

The User may oppose the registration of cookies by configuring his browser as follows:
For Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0:

1. choose the "Tools" menu (or We wish (netparadise.fr) to install a cookie in your computer. A cookie does not enable us to identify you. In general, it records information concerning the browsing of your computer on our Site (the pages that you have consulted, the date and time of the consultation, etc.) which we may read during your subsequent visits. In this case, it contains the information that you have just provided us. Accordingly, during your next visit you will not need to once again fill out the form that we provided you. This information is kept in your computer for 365 days. We inform you that you may oppose the registration of cookies by configuring your browser as follows:

For Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0:

1. choose the menu "Tools" , then "Internet Options"
2. click on "Confidentiality".
3. select the desired level using the cursor

For Microsoft Internet Explorer 5: 1

1. choose the menu "Tools" , then "Internet Options".
2. click on "Security".
3. select "Internet" then "Personalise the level" (or "Custom Level").
4. find "cookies" and choose the right option for you.

For Netscape 6.X et 7. X:

1. choose the menu "Edit">"Preferences"
2. Confidentiality and Security
3. Cookies

For Netscape Communicator 4.X:

1. choose the menu "Modify">"Preferences"
2. click on the option "Advanced"
3. "Cookies"

For Opéra 6.0 or higher:

1. choose the menu "File">"Preferences"
2. Privacy "Tools"), then "Internet Options" (or "Internet Options").
3. click on "Confidentiality" (or "Confidentiality")
4. select the desired level using the cursor

For Microsoft Internet Explorer 5:

1. choose the menu "Tools" , then "Internet Options"
2. click on "Security"
3. select "Internet" then "Personalise the level" (or "Custom Level")
4. find "cookies" and choose the right option for you

For Netscape 6.X et 7. X:

1. choose the menu "Edit">"Preferences"
2. Confidentiality and Security
3. Cookies

For Netscape Communicator 4.X:

1. choose the menu "Modify">"Preferences"
2. click on "Advanced"
3. "Cookies"

For Opéra 6.0 and above:

1. choose the menu "File">"Preferences"
2. Privacy

12. Claims

Any claim concerning the use of the Site must be submitted in writing and by registered mail with return receipt within one month to the following address: EXPORT ENTREPRISES, 154 bd Haussmann 75008 Paris FRANCE.

Fait à Paris le 06/01/09