General terms and conditions for the NPM/CNP site

Navigating on this site is subject to the applicable regulations and the terms and conditions of use laid down below.

Consequently, by continuing to consult the site, you indicate your acceptance of these general terms and conditions.

1- The contents of the present site are provided purely for information purposes and in no way constitute either a sales proposal or investment advice for the securities that make up the shares or any other stock issued by NPM/CNP, by its shareholdings or by any other third-party. In particular, the company offers no guarantees as to the performance of the stock presented on the site; the past performances of the latter in no way constitute a guarantee of future performances or a basis for their estimation.

2- NPM/CNP will take all necessary precautions to maintain the confidentiality of personal data gathered in the context of its website. Nevertheless, NPM/CNP may forward this information to its employees and to the state authorities or other third parties in compliance with the provisions of the law of 8 December 1992 on the protection of privacy.

In accordance with the law of 8 December 1992, you have the right to access, correct, verify and delete data concerning you.

To do this, simply send a written request to this end to the following address: NPM/CNP, Rue de la Blanche Borne 12, B-6280 Loverval or by e-mail to cnp@cnp.be, or via the mailing list process on the NPM/CNP site and NPM/CNP will modified and update its information accordingly.

3.- The site user is aware of the fact that the Internet is not a perfectly protected medium and that total security in terms of respect for privacy cannot be guaranteed. Consequently, NPM/CNP will not under any circumstances be liable for any harm which may be suffered by the site user further to the introduction by the latter of confidential or sensitive information.

Users acknowledge that they have sufficient experience of the use of the Internet and the related electronic communication functions.

Remote services may be interrupted for the purposes of monitoring and maintenance, in the event of overloading and in general in any case of force majeure beyond the control of NPM/CNP.

Users of the NPM/CNP site are obliged to ensure that their navigating software is compatible with the NPM/CNP site.

The liability of NPM/CNP, as defined in point 4 below, may in any case only be called into question for events originating exclusively in a system over which NPM/CNP has actual control, thereby ruling out all events originating upstream or downstream of the NPM/CNP site, in particular access to the Internet network.

4.- NPM/CNP undertakes to use all reasonable means at its disposal to enable users to make optimal use of the services on offer. Consequently, NPM/CNP only makes a best effort undertaking and not under any circumstances a firm commitment.

NPM/CNP only assumes liability for fraud and serious offences on its part.

NPM/CNP may not be held liable for the consequences of circumstances beyond its control, such as strikes, lock-outs, wars, bad weather, etc., defects in computing systems or means of communication, or any other event which may constitute a case of absolute necessity.

Users accept full liability for the operations they initiate and their consequences and may not under any circumstances seek to hold NPM/CNP liable in this respect. Furthermore, they may not seek to hold NPM/CNP liable for any information, details or comments of any sort obtained or emanating from the NPM/CNP site.

NPM/CNP provides accurate and updated information via this site and therefore reserves the right to modify the contents of the site at any time. However, NPM/CNP is not under any circumstances liable for harm which may be caused further to data provided via the site which may be incorrect, not updated or incomplete.

Users of the NPM/CNP site undertake to inform the company immediately of any fraudulent use of the NPM/CNP site and not to seek to harm the integrity or functioning of the site.

5.- NPM/CNP has no power to check or monitor the creation of links to external sites or the contents of such sites, whether these are commercial sites or not.

The owners of sites consulted from the NPM/CNP site bear sole liability in particular for compliance with all the regulations applicable in the context of services provided on line and in particular laws and regulations relating to distance selling, consumer protection, false or misleading advertising, prices, product conformity, etc.

The user therefore accepts that his decision to access another site via a hypertext link is taken at his own risk and peril.

Consequently, NPM/CNP cannot be held liable for any direct or indirect harm resulting from access to a site linked by a hypertext link.

6.- The contents and presentation of the website ‘http://www.npm-cnp.be’ (HTML or Flash pages, fixed or generated automatically, image files, sounds, videos, brand names, logos, etc. ) are protected by intellectual rights held by NPM/CNP, unless otherwise indicated.

The NPM/CNP database is protected by the law of 31 August 1998 incorporating into Belgian law the European Directive of 11 March 1996 concerning the protection of databases. NPM/CNP, as the database producer, is entitled to forbid the extraction and reuse of a substantial part of the database.

Users undertake to use the information and data available on the NPM/CNP site for their personal use only. They undertake not to exploit them in any way, directly or indirectly. They will in particular refrain from any reproduction, adaptation, modification or communication, in any form whatsoever and by any means whatsoever, even free of charge, and any reconstitution on the basis of information and data obtained, of new files, databases and other documents without the express prior and written permission of NPM/CNP.

7.- A page from this site may not be presented in a frame that does not belong to NPM/CNP (by means of the so-called ‘framing’ technique) nor may a page belonging to the company be inserted in a page that does not belong to NPM/CNP (by means of the so-called ‘on line linking’ technique).

Under no circumstances may NPM/CNP be held liable for direct or indirect harm resulting from the use of its site or other sites linked to it.

NPM/CNP establishes links only on sites from which it has requested authorisation and is not in any way liable for links established to its site. The contents of this website are likely to be modified at various times; users should check that the document they wish to consult is indeed the last available version and/or that this version is up-to-date and appropriate for its intended use. In case of doubt, users may contact the Company by phone at +32 (0) 71 60 60 60.

8.- These general terms and conditions are governed by Belgian law. The courts of Brussels have sole jurisdiction in the event of a dispute relating to the NPM/CNP site.

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