Scope
These Conditions of Sales apply to all subscriptions, workshops, conferences and exhibition spaces sold by Driving Vision News, a French SAS registered with the Nanterre Trade and Companies Register under number 503 632 135, whose head office is at 116 Rue Jules Guesde, 92300 Levallois-Perret, France (“DVN”).
By placing an order, the customer accepts these Conditions of Sales. They prevail over any other conditions, unless otherwise agreed in writing by DVN. The use of DVN websites is also governed by the General Conditions of Use published on each website.
■ Article 1 – Subscription offers
DVN offers three annual subscriptions:
– Annual Single-user Gold subscription: one named user, as stated on the subscription offer and the corresponding invoice.
– Multi-users Platinium subscription: up to 10 users belonging to the subscribing company or its subsidiaries.
– Multi-users Diamond subscription: an unlimited number of users belonging to the subscribing company or its subsidiaries.
Each subscription is taken out for one of DVN’s business units: Lighting, Interior, or Sensing & Applications.
Prices differ according to the business unit. A company may take out several subscriptions, for example one for each business unit.
What your subscription includes:
For the 12-month subscription period, each subscription includes:
– 48 newsletters for Lighting & Interior or Bi-monthly newsletters for Sensing & Application;
– access to all past content of the subscribed business unit;
– a presentation of your company on the DVN Community platform;
– free tickets to attend DVN workshops, as described below.
Free workshop tickets
The number of free tickets depends on the subscription level:
– Gold: 1 ticket;
– Platinium: 3 tickets;
– Diamond: 6 tickets.
These tickets can be used during the subscription period for the events of the subscribed business unit:
– Lighting: the four DVN Lighting workshops of the year (Germany, USA, China, and Japan or India);
– Interior: the DVN Interior workshops in Germany and China;
– Sensing & Applications: the Germany conference.
Members benefit from preferential prices for any additional workshops.
Each subscription offer also states its price excluding VAT and, for promotional offers, the period during which the offer is valid.
■ Article 2 – Workshops and conferences
Attendance fees for workshops and conferences organised by DVN are those stated in the event documentation.
Registrations are personal: they apply only to the person(s) and company named on the invoice, which details the services included.
When an exhibition space is included, DVN provides the floor space and access to power outlets, together with tables, chairs and tablecloths. No booth structure is provided.
■ Article 3 – Prices and VAT
Prices are stated in euros, excluding taxes, unless otherwise indicated on the offer or invoice.
Offers for customers in the United States may be issued in US dollars.
– Customers in France are invoiced with French VAT at the applicable rate (currently 20%).
– Business customers in other European Union countries who provide a valid EU VAT number are invoiced without VAT, under the reverse-charge mechanism.
– Customers outside the European Union are invoiced without French VAT.
– Other customers are invoiced with VAT according to the applicable rules.
The applicable price is the one in force on the date of the order. Any later price change does not affect subscriptions or registrations already in progress.
■ Article 4 – Orders, availability and proof
Subscription offers and their prices are valid as long as they are shown on the website.
Unless proven otherwise, the data recorded by DVN in its information systems constitutes proof of all transactions between DVN and its customers.
■ Article 5 – Payment
Customers can pay by:
– credit card, online;
– bank transfer, on receipt of a invoice.
For new subscribers, the subscription account is opened on the invoice date, which is also the start date of the 12-month subscription period. If an invoice remains unpaid after its due date, DVN may suspend access until payment is received.
Invoices are sent electronically by email.
The full amount of the invoice must be received on DVN’s bank account. All bank charges, including those of intermediary banks, are borne entirely by the customer.
For any invoice issued in a currency other than euros, DVN applies a 3% currency conversion fee to cover exchange and bank costs. This fee is shown on the offer and on the invoice.
Unless otherwise stated on the purchase order, invoices are payable within 30 days of the invoice date. For business customers, any late payment automatically incurs, without prior notice:
– late payment penalties at three times the French legal interest rate;
– a fixed indemnity of €40 for collection costs (article L.441-10 of the French Commercial Code). If actual collection costs exceed this amount, DVN may claim additional compensation on presentation of supporting documents.
■ Article 6 – Duration and renewal
Subscriptions run for the period stated on the offer, generally 12 months. They are not renewed automatically.
Before the end of the subscription, DVN contacts the subscriber to ask whether they wish to renew for a further 12 months.
The subscriber is free to accept or decline.
To give the subscriber time to confirm their renewal, access is maintained for 60 days after the end date of the subscription.
If the subscriber renews during this period, the new subscription period starts from the end date of the previous one.
If DVN has not received the subscriber’s renewal confirmation by the end of this 60-day period, the subscription ends: access to the Subscriber Page and all subscription benefits are suspended.
■ Article 7 – Right of withdrawal (consumers)
This article applies only to customers acting as consumers, for private purposes. It does not apply to professional customers.
Consumers have 14 days from the date of their order to withdraw, without giving any reason, by informing DVN at [email protected]. DVN then refunds all amounts paid within 14 days, using the same means of payment.
If the consumer asks to access the subscription content before the end of this period, they expressly agree that access starts immediately and acknowledge that they lose their right of withdrawal once access has been provided, in accordance with article L.221-28 of the French Consumer Code.
■ Article 8 – Payment security
The website uses SSL encryption to protect the data you send. Online card payments are processed by a secure payment provider: DVN never has access to, and does not store, your full card details.
■ Article 9 – Copyright and intellectual property
All content provided by DVN, including texts, reports, images, videos, graphics and audio content, is the exclusive property of DVN or its partners.
A subscription gives the authorised users a personal right to consult this content for their own professional needs. Any reproduction, distribution or sharing outside the users covered by the subscription, in whole or in part, requires the prior written consent of DVN and may give rise to civil and criminal proceedings.
■ Article 10 – Cancellation by an exhibitor-sponsor
Any cancellation by an exhibitor-sponsor must be notified to DVN in writing at least one month before the date of the workshop, so as not to disrupt its preparation. In this case:
– if the invoice has already been paid, DVN issues a credit note for the amount paid, valid for a future DVN workshop;
– if the invoice has not yet been paid, it is cancelled.
For any cancellation notified less than one month before the workshop, or any partial cancellation (including a reduction of the exhibition space) notified within this period, the exhibitor-sponsor remains liable for the full price of its participation.
Amounts already paid are retained, and any amounts outstanding become immediately due, even if the space is reallocated to another exhibitor-sponsor.
■ Article 11 – Cancellation of a workshop by DVN
If DVN cancels a workshop, exhibitors-sponsors and participants are informed without delay. At their choice, DVN either refunds the amounts paid or issues a credit note valid for another DVN workshop. No other compensation is due.
■ Article 12 – Stand location
Exhibitors-sponsors choose their location on the exhibition floor plan provided by DVN. Locations are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
In case of disagreement about a location, please contact DVN to find a solution. If DVN has to modify the floor plan for organisational or safety reasons, it will inform the exhibitors-sponsors concerned as soon as possible.
■ Article 13 – Liability
DVN takes great care in preparing its content and organising its events. Its content is provided for information purposes and should not be the sole basis for commercial, technical or financial decisions.
At workshops and exhibitions, exhibitors-sponsors remain responsible for their own equipment.
DVN cannot be held liable for breakdown, destruction, theft, fire or accidents affecting this equipment. Exhibitors-sponsors must ensure that their insurance covers these risks. DVN is responsible only for providing the exhibition space and services described on the invoice.
For professional customers, DVN’s total liability under an order is limited to the amount paid for that order.
This limitation does not apply in cases of gross negligence or wilful misconduct, or where it is not permitted by law.
■ Article 14 – Force majeure
DVN cannot be held liable for failing to perform its obligations due to a case of force majeure as defined by article 1218 of the French Civil Code, such as a natural disaster, epidemic, strike, government decision or unavailability of the venue.
In this case, Article 11 applies to cancelled workshops.
■ Article 15 – Personal data
DVN processes its customers’ personal data to manage orders, subscriptions, events, invoicing and the sending of newsletters, in accordance with the GDPR and the French Data Protection Act.
Our Privacy Policy explains what data we collect, how long we keep it and how to exercise your rights.
Our Cookie Policy explains which cookies we use. To exercise your rights, contact us at [email protected].
■ Article 16 – Governing law and jurisdiction
These Conditions of Sales are governed by French law.
In the event of a dispute, the parties will first seek an amicable solution. Failing this, any dispute with a professional customer will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Paris, France.