Terms of use

1. Content/Disclaimer
2. Links and References on this Site
3. Authorised Use (Copy Rights & Trademark)
4. Links of Third Parties to this Site
5. Safety of Message to SAFEDOR via E-Mail
6. Changes in the Content of this Site and the Terms of Use
7. Choice of Law and Jurisdiction
8. Miscellaneous

1. Content/Disclaimer  
The information contained and accessed on this Site is provided by SAFEDOR for general guidance and is intended to offer You general information of interest on a non-binding basis. SAFEDOR owns all text, data, images and other materials on the Site. SAFEDOR has made every effort to ensure that the information contained on this Site is accurate and reliable. However, errors may sometimes occur. Therefore SAFEDOR expressly disclaims all expressed or implied warranties of any kind as to any matter whatsoever relating to these pages. In no event shall SAFEDOR be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage (whether for loss of profit or otherwise) arising out of or in connection with the use of this information. All content, functions, material and information accessed through the Site are provided "as is". SAFEDOR makes no warranties of any kind whatsoever for the content, material, information and functions accessed through the Site, for any products or services or hypertext links to third parties or for any breach of security associated with the transmission of sensitive information through linked sites. All offers are not-binding and without obligation. Parts of the pages or the complete publication including all offers and information might be extended, changed or partly or completely deleted by the author without separate announcement. SAFEDOR shall not be liable for any damages caused by viruses that may infect computer equipment, operating systems or browsers. For the rest, SAFEDOR can only be held liable for wilful or gross negligent acts and for claims brought under the German law on product liability, if applicable. Except in case of breach by SAFEDOR of an essential contractual obligation, liability of SAFEDOR for negligent performance of its obligations towards clients shall be limited to five times the remuneration of the individual obligation, but not exceeding a maximum of € 10.000 to which the breach relates.

2. Links and References on this Site  
Despite the fact that this Site may refer to and/or provide links to other Web sites, the use of such other Web sites is entirely at own risk and SAFEDOR is not responsible for loss, expense, claim or damage, whether direct, indirect or consequential, arising from the use of such other Web sites. SAFEDOR does not adopt these third parties´ pages to be reached by such links as its own and is not responsible for their contents. If any damage occurs by the use of information presented there, only the author of the respective pages might be liable, not the one who has linked to these pages.

3. Authorised Use (Copy Rights & Trademark)  
The information contained on this Site is the exclusive property of SAFEDOR or its members or is licensed to SAFEDOR and is protected by copyright and other proprietary rights. Nothing contained in this Site may be reproduced, distributed or edited in any manner without the prior written authorisation of SAFEDOR. This Site may contain trademarks and other industrial property rights which are owned and registered by SAFEDOR or its members, to distinguish its services. No licence to use any of aforesaid rights is hereby granted or implied. No reproduction is permitted without specific written authorisation. All mentioned and registered/protected trademarks of third parties on this Site are absolutely subject to the provisions of the respective effective trade mark and property rights of the respective registered owner. No conclusion can be drawn simply from mentioning on this Site that trade marks are not protected by third parties´ rights.

4. Links of Third Parties to this Site  
In general, composition of links to SAFEDOR´s Site are subject to the prior written consent of SAFEDOR. This does not apply to hyperlinks to the opening side of this Site like e.g. www.safedor.org being permitted if

• the link results in the complete new downloading of the site referred to without composing the target side in a frame;
• SAFEDOR will be informed within twenty four hours after composing the link by email to the address pcs@gl-group.com;
• the design of these hyperlinks
  • points out the existence of such a hyperlink;
  • ensures that the referring site uses the terms "Link to SAFEDOR";
  • ensures that the title of the respective site of SAFEDOR to be referred to will be mentioned together with the terms "Link to SAFEDOR".

5. Safety of Message to SAFEDOR via E-Mail  
Due to the technical structure of the Internet you should take care for own measures in respect to confidentiality and integrity of the contents of your emails if these will be sent via your private email-account to SAFEDOR (e.g. by using standard encoding software). In case you are sending emails directly from SAFEDOR´s contact sphere, please note that these data will be transmitted uncoded. For this reason, no warranty can be given in respect to confidentiality and integrity for such emails´ contents.

6. Changes in the Content of this Site and the Terms of Use  
SAFEDOR reserves the right to change and amend the content of this Site as well as these Terms of Use at any time. In this respect, please take notice of the respective applicable version of the Terms of Use.

7. Choice of Law and Jurisdiction  
Usage of this Site and the Terms of Use are governed by German law. The exclusive place of jurisdiction for any legal action against SAFEDOR is Hamburg, provided that the user is a merchant in the legal sense.

8. Miscellaneous  
This disclaimer is to be regarded as part of the internet publication which you were referred from. If sections or individual terms of this statement are not legal or correct, the content or validity of the other parts remain uninfluenced by this fact.