General Terms of Use

PREAMBLE

The company Private Discuss (hereafter referred to under its commercial name "PRIVATE DISCUSS", "Publisher", "we", "our", or "us") develops, publishes, markets, and operates the PRIVATE DISCUSS solution (hereafter referred to as the "Solution"), whose main objective is to provide a collaborative, fast, secure, and reliable communication Solution, facilitating exchanges within companies and optimising project management for companies and professionals (hereafter referred to as "You", "your", or "yours") equipped with electronic devices (smartphones, tablets, computers running iOS or Android operating systems).

You access the Solution in the context of private use, organised by you under a SaaS Licence Agreement or a subscription contracted on the basis of our General Terms of Service.

You and Private Discuss shall hereinafter collectively be referred to as the "Parties", and individually as a "Party".

ARTICLE 1: DEFINITIONS

The terms defined in this article and used in these General Terms of Use shall have the following meanings:

• "GTU": refers to these General Terms of Use.
• "Solution": refers to the PRIVATE DISCUSS web and mobile application, which is a collaborative, fast, secure, and reliable communication Solution that facilitates exchanges within companies and optimises project management.
• "You": refers to the company and/or professional, natural person, who has concluded with Private Discuss either a SaaS Licence Agreement or a subscription to one of our pricing plans on the basis of our General Terms of Service, in order to benefit from the provision and use of the PRIVATE DISCUSS Solution.
• "Private Discuss", "Publisher", "We": refers to the company that developed the communication Solution, PRIVATE DISCUSS web and mobile application.
• "Agreement": refers to the SaaS Licence Agreement, authorising you to use the PRIVATE DISCUSS Solution for a contractually agreed duration with Private Discuss.
• "General Terms of Service": refers to the contractual document concluded between You and Private Discuss when you subscribe to one of the pricing plans presented on the website https://private-discuss.com/tarifs/.
• "Services": refers to the features of the PRIVATE DISCUSS Solution.
• "Administrator": refers to the specific access with associated rights granted to You to create Participants, whether Hosts or guests.
• "Distributor": A company that holds a selective distribution agreement for the Private Discuss Solution.
• "Administration Rights": refers to the identifiers and password provided by Private Discuss allowing you to access your account on the Solution.
• "Hosts": refers to a member of the collaborative network you create with the Solution who does not have a permanent account in the Solution.
• "Participants": Host of your network that You create with the Solution.
• "End Users": refers to all users authorised by You, as Administrator, to access and use the Solution, by participating in your collaborative network, via the features to which you have subscribed or contracted. End Users duly authorised by You are under your full responsibility.
• "Web Application": refers to the PRIVATE DISCUSS application, accessible on PC and MAC via URL with Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and through which You and your End Users can access the services of the PRIVATE DISCUSS Solution.
• "Mobile Application": refers to the PRIVATE DISCUSS application, accessible on iPhone (iOS 13, minimum iPhone 6), on any Android device (with a minimum version of Android 6), on Android Tablet & iPad (with iOS 13 and Android 6 minimum), on Microsoft Surface Tablet where all features are available except video and audio calls, by downloading the PRIVATE DISCUSS app.
• "Content": refers to any content, information, or data published or broadcast on the PRIVATE DISCUSS Solution by You, End Users under your responsibility, or a third party, including texts, words, information, images, videos, sounds, data, or hyperlinks.
• "SaaS": refers to the service enabling remote access via the internet to the features of the PRIVATE DISCUSS Solution, a web and mobile application remaining installed on a server and accessible via a connection to that server.
• "Site": refers to the website https://private-discuss.com/ from which You and End Users under your responsibility can consult the GTU.

ARTICLE 2: LEGAL NOTICES

The company Private Discuss, specialising in private security activities, is a simplified joint-stock company with a share capital of 75,000 euros, registered in the Lyon Trade and Companies Register under number 828 242 545, whose registered office is located at 304 Route Nationale 6, 69760 LIMONEST, and whose intra-community VAT number is FR91 828 242 545, APE code 6202A.

The publication director is Jean-Pierre LACH.

ARTICLE 3: PURPOSE OF THE GTU

These General Terms of Use (hereafter referred to as "GTU") are intended to define the conditions under which You and End Users under your responsibility may access and use the PRIVATE DISCUSS Solution.

ARTICLE 4: ACCEPTANCE OF THE GTU

4.1 Access to and use of the Solution, the PRIVATE DISCUSS web and mobile application, require your prior and unconditional acceptance, as well as that of End Users under your responsibility, of these GTU.

4.2 You and End Users under your responsibility declare that you have read and understood these GTU before first using the Solution.

4.3 Express and unreserved acceptance of these GTU is evidenced by using the Solution, the PRIVATE DISCUSS web and mobile application. This acceptance is complete and forms an indivisible whole. You and End Users under your responsibility may not choose to have only part of the GTU apply to you, nor may you formulate reservations. You and End Users accept being contacted by Private Discuss, by approving these GTU and by using the services of our Solution, in order to receive relevant information about the use of our services, regardless of whether you have indicated that you do not wish to be contacted for satisfaction surveys, service improvement, or commercial solicitation purposes.

4.4 These GTU cannot be fully and completely accepted if You and Your End Users are a natural person who is a minor, considered not to have the legal age required to enter into a legally binding contract with Private Discuss.

ARTICLE 5: CONDITIONS OF USE OF THE SOLUTION

You may only access and use the services and features of the Solution in accordance with the conditions set out in these GTU. You are solely responsible for the use that You and your End Users make of the services and features of the PRIVATE DISCUSS Solution. End Users, as well as You, must comply with and respect all laws related to your use of our Solution, including, without limitation, laws relating to registration, confidentiality, and intellectual property.

5.1 Hardware and internet connection

In order to use the Solution provided by Private Discuss, You and your End Users must have access to the Internet and/or a 4G connection. Any costs corresponding to such access are your sole responsibility and that of your End Users. Furthermore, You and your End Users must provide, at your own expense, all equipment necessary to establish a connection to the Internet or mobile network, as well as any electronic equipment compatible with the PRIVATE DISCUSS web and mobile application. You are also responsible, at your own expense, for all electronic equipment enabling communication via the PRIVATE DISCUSS web and mobile application, such as headsets, microphones, and webcams.

The PRIVATE DISCUSS Solution, a web and mobile communication application, may use the processing capacity, memory, and bandwidth of the computer (or other applicable device) used by You or your End Users, solely for the purpose of facilitating communication and establishing the internet connection.

5.2 Solution access process

Before first using the Solution, You undertake, having contracted a SaaS Licence Agreement or subscribed to one of our pricing plans under our General Terms of Service, to contact Private Discuss as soon as possible, so that it may provide you by email with the Administration Rights (identifier and password) enabling you to access your account. In this context, You undertake to provide your identification details (last name, first name, email address). Any false, inaccurate, illegitimate, out-of-date, or incomplete information may result in the suspension or closure of your account by Private Discuss.

Furthermore, You undertake to use exclusively the Administration Rights provided to You by Private Discuss. It is therefore forbidden for You to create or use other Administration Rights to access and use the Solution, whether under your own identity or that of a third party, without the prior express authorisation of Private Discuss. Using other Administration Rights without having obtained the prior express authorisation of Private Discuss may result in the immediate suspension of your account.

5.3 Security and confidentiality of Administration Rights

You undertake to keep your Administration Rights (identifier and password) strictly confidential and not to disclose them to third parties, in order to avoid as far as possible any risk of intrusion or misuse of your account. You are entirely responsible for the security and confidentiality of your Administration Rights. Administration Rights may only be changed by You or by Private Discuss, provided that it informs you in advance.

5.4 Use of the Solution's services

5.4.1 Content generated on the Solution

The Private Discuss Solution may be used by You and your End Users to generate, host, and transmit content, including, without limitation, any work, text, diagram, logo, graphic, photograph, illustration, and/or animation viewable by them.

You and your End Users declare that you hold the intellectual property rights relating to the content of your account and/or that you are vested with all rights and authorisations relating to the content of your account necessary to allow its use, reproduction, representation, and distribution via the Solution. You and your End Users own your content and acknowledge that you are solely responsible for your content and, more generally, for any data you create, modify, delete, host, or transfer via the Solution.

You and your End Users undertake not to upload, download, host, display, or transmit via the Solution any content that may contain viruses, Trojan horses, and/or any malicious software ("malware") or spyware; and/or any material that constitutes or encourages conduct that could be considered a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise contrary to the law, and/or contain defamatory, obscene, or offensive material, without this list being exhaustive.

Furthermore, given that your communications, as well as those of your End Users, are encrypted, Private Discuss does not control or promote, and assumes no responsibility for, the content of such communications, including, but not limited to, documents, media, or files shared via the communication features of the Solution, of whatever nature.

Nevertheless, You and your End Users are not authorised to submit or publish, through the Solution, content that is abusive, defamatory, pornographic, obscene, abusive, illegal, racist, offensive, or constitutes a breach of privacy, an infringement of a third party's property rights, any breach of trade secrets or of a third party's rights, or that could give rise to civil or criminal liability. Furthermore, You and your End Users may not submit or publish content that contains lies or misleading representations, unsolicited mail, spam, chain letters, or any other form of solicitation, that presents them under other identities, or that includes programmes containing viruses or other programmes intended to damage the functionality of a computer, of whatever nature. You and your End Users undertake not to circumvent, disable, or disrupt security-related functions of the Solution.

Although Private Discuss is not responsible for any Content, Private Discuss may remove any Content, at any time and without prior notice to You, if it comes to its attention that such Content violates a provision of the contractual relationship between You and Private Discuss, or any law whatsoever. You retain copyright and other rights you hold over Content you send, post, or display via the Solution.

In the event of a breach of the rules of use of the Solution by You or your End Users, Private Discuss reserves the right to remove all or part of the disputed content. Subject to applicable legal provisions, Private Discuss shall not be liable for any failure or delay in removing such content.

5.4.2 Prohibited use of the Solution

You and your End Users are not authorised to:

1. Intercept or monitor, alter or modify any communication through the Solution;
2. Use any type of robot, virus, worm, Trojan horse, or logic bomb, or any other code or instruction designed to distort, delete, alter, emulate, or disassemble the Solution;
3. Expose any third party to shocking, dangerous, or indecent content;
4. Use the Solution to cause or attempt to cause embarrassment or distress, or to threaten, harass, or invade the privacy of any third party;
5. Alter or attempt to alter the availability of the Solution (for example, through a denial-of-service (DoS) or distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack);
6. Use or launch any automated system, including, without limitation, robots or offline readers that access the Solution;
7. Use the Solution to modify, disassemble, decompile the Solution, create derivative works from it, reverse engineer it, or attempt to access its source code by any other means;
8. Use the Solution to engage in illegal, fraudulent, misleading, or deceptive activities;
9. Use the Solution to transmit documents likely to infringe intellectual property rights or other rights of third parties;
10. Use the Solution to violate applicable law, including laws and regulations against terrorism, fraud, spam, confidentiality, or laws requiring the consent of the persons concerned for audio and video recordings.

In the context of using the Solution, You and your End Users undertake to comply with applicable regulations and legislation. You and your End Users accept that you are solely responsible for compliance with applicable laws and regulations in this regard.

You and your End Users are also not authorised to reproduce, resell, or distribute our Solution, or the data generated by our Solution, for any purpose whatsoever, unless express authorisation has been given by Private Discuss under a specific agreement.

You and your End Users undertake not to access the Solution and its features by any means other than that provided by Private Discuss, unless prior express authorisation is given by Private Discuss through a specific agreement.

ARTICLE 6: PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION

6.1 You and Private Discuss undertake to comply with the applicable regulation on the processing of personal data and, in particular, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 applicable since 25 May 2018 (hereafter referred to as the "GDPR").

6.2 With regard to your personal data, Private Discuss acts as Data Controller. However, with regard to the personal data of End Users, Hosts, or Participants in your collaborative network, you hold the status of Data Controller and Private Discuss acts as a Data Processor within the meaning of data protection regulations.

6.3 Private Discuss may use your personal data and that of your End Users in order to provide you with the services you have ordered under the agreement binding us, throughout the duration of our contractual relationship. We also process your personal data to meet our legal, accounting, and tax obligations.

6.4 You expressly declare that you have obtained the agreement of End Users, whom you authorise to access and use the Solution, at the time of collecting their personal information for transmission to Private Discuss, so that Private Discuss can ensure access, use, effectiveness, operational management, optimisation, support, prevention, and fraud detection on the Solution.

6.5 Your personal data and that of your End Users will be retained for the duration of the contractual relationship, unless You or your End Users exercise your right to delete the personal data concerning you. You are fully informed that the exercise of the right to delete, or to object to the processing of, certain personal data during the term of the contract is impossible where such data is indispensable to the validity of the agreement binding us (identity, payment method, etc.). During this contractual period, Private Discuss implements all means appropriate to ensure the confidentiality and security of personal data, so as to prevent it from being damaged, deleted, or accessed by unauthorised third parties. Access to personal data is strictly limited to employees and agents of Private Discuss authorised to process it in the course of their duties. In accordance with applicable personal data protection regulations, including the European General Data Protection Regulation No. 2016/679 known as the "GDPR", You and your End Users have a right of access, rectification, portability, and erasure of your data, as well as a right to restrict processing. You and your End Users may also, for legitimate reasons, object to the processing of personal data concerning you, subject to providing valid proof of identity, by contacting Private Discuss. If You do not wish to provide valid proof of identity, You must send an email (using your PRIVATE DISCUSS registration email address) to dpo@private-discuss.com and reply from the same email address to the email sent by Private Discuss asking you to confirm your request to object to the processing of personal data. In the absence of confirmation, your objection request will not be taken into account.

6.6 For any additional information or complaint, You and your End Users may contact the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (more information at www.cnil.fr).

6.7 The company Private Discuss, publisher of the PRIVATE DISCUSS Solution, reserves the right to make any amendment to this clause on personal data protection at any time, in order to correspond to any changes in regulatory requirements or security standards.

If an amendment is made to this personal data protection clause, Private Discuss undertakes to publish the new version on its website. Private Discuss will also notify you of the amendment by email (You, as Data Controller, will be responsible for communicating any amendments to your End Users), at least fifteen (15) days before the effective date. If You or your End Users do not agree with the terms of the new personal data protection clause, you must notify Private Discuss by email and cease using the Solution.

ARTICLE 7: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

7.1 Private Discuss retains all of its intellectual property rights, including, in particular, all trademarks, patents, utility certificates, discoveries, know-how, copyrights, neighbouring rights, software, their documentation and preparatory works, databases, database producer rights, designs and models, company names, trade names, signs, and/or domain names relating in particular to the Solution, its interface, its documentation, and more broadly, any future development likely to benefit from protection under intellectual property law.

7.2 These GTU do not entail any transfer of intellectual property rights in your favour or that of your End Users.

7.3 Private Discuss grants You a personal, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable right to access and use the Solution, under a SaaS Licence Agreement or a specific agreement (subscription to a pricing plan on the basis of our General Terms of Service) established between the Parties, from a computer, tablet, mobile, or any other compatible electronic device, and to use the Solution via a single Administrator account at a time, subject to, where applicable, full payment by You of the applicable price.

7.4 Accordingly, any reproduction, disclosure, dissemination, distribution, representation, adaptation, translation, modification, decompilation, commercialisation, or sub-licensing of all or part of the intellectual property rights of the PRIVATE DISCUSS Solution by You and End Users under your responsibility, regardless of the purpose, medium, duration, territory, and means used, is prohibited without the prior written express authorisation of Private Discuss.

ARTICLE 8: CONFIDENTIALITY

8.1 You and your End Users and Private Discuss undertake to keep confidential all information of any nature exchanged, collected, or arising from the use of the Solution, the PRIVATE DISCUSS web and mobile application, throughout the duration of the contractual relationship. This confidentiality obligation shall continue to have effect, notwithstanding the termination or expiry of the contractual relationship for any reason, for as long as the confidential information has not entered the public domain under applicable legal and case law principles.

8.2 Any communication of such information may only be made with your consent and that of Private Discuss. You and Private Discuss undertake to take the necessary measures to ensure that all information of any nature communicated as such by the other Party during the performance of the Agreement or of the subscription to one of our pricing plans under our General Terms of Service remains confidential.

8.3 You and Private Discuss undertake not to use, and not to permit the use of, all information exchanged in the context of performing the Agreement or the General Terms of Service to compete, directly or indirectly, with the other Party, or to permit the use of such information by a natural or legal person competing with the other Party.

8.4 The obligations of the Parties under this Article do not extend to confidential information for which the receiving Party can prove:

• That it disclosed it after obtaining the prior written authorisation of the other Party, or that the disclosure was made by the other Party;
• That it was publicly accessible at the time of its communication by the other Party;
• That it was received, lawfully, from a third party not subject to any confidentiality obligation;
• That, at the date of communication by the other Party, it already had it in its possession;
• That its disclosure was required by a mandatory legal or regulatory provision, or by a final judicial decision rendered by a competent court. The Party subject to such a disclosure obligation must, as far as possible, give the other Party prior notice and, if applicable, request the implementation of all applicable confidentiality protection measures or procedures.

The foregoing exceptions are not cumulative.

ARTICLE 9: WARRANTIES

9.1 The PRIVATE DISCUSS Solution, web and mobile application, is provided "as is", which you acknowledge and accept.

9.2 Private Discuss gives no warranty as to:

• The suitability of the Solution for a particular use or for your expectations and needs, the Solution being offered as is;
• The accuracy or conformity of the data entered by You;
• Your use or ability to use the Solution;
• The use you make of the information or features made available to you through the Solution. You remain solely responsible for the decisions and choices you make.

9.3 Due to the very nature of the Internet and mobile telephone networks, Private Discuss cannot guarantee to You and your End Users continuous and permanent availability of access to the PRIVATE DISCUSS Solution, web and mobile application.

Private Discuss does not guarantee that the PRIVATE DISCUSS Solution, web and mobile application, is free from anomalies, errors, or bugs, and that its operation is uninterrupted or without packet loss. Consequently, it is your responsibility to take all appropriate measures to minimise the resulting damages related, in particular, to a possible interruption of operation or a potential loss of data generated by the Solution as a result of its use.

9.4 Private Discuss does not guarantee the proper functioning of the PRIVATE DISCUSS Solution, web and mobile application, on non-compatible electronic equipment, which You and your End Users expressly acknowledge.

ARTICLE 10: LIABILITY

10.1 Under these GTU, Private Discuss is subject only to a best-efforts obligation, which You and your End Users expressly acknowledge and accept.

10.2 Private Discuss shall be liable only for direct and foreseeable damage caused by a breach by Private Discuss of its obligations under these GTU.

10.3 Private Discuss's liability may not be engaged notably for:

• Your content and that of End Users under your responsibility. Private Discuss does not endorse any content nor any other opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and expressly disclaims all liability in connection with your content and that of your End Users;
• Difficulties accessing the Solution due to total or partial non-compliance with one of your obligations under these GTU, the SaaS Licence Agreement, or a subscription under our General Terms of Service, and/or your use of electronic equipment incompatible with the Solution;
• Any difficulty accessing the Solution resulting from a technical maintenance operation necessary for the proper functioning of the Solution and/or in the event of data updates, updates, or upgrades to the Solution;
• All malfunctions, slowdowns, interruptions, impossibilities and/or poor access conditions to the Solution due to the very nature of the Internet, mobile telephone networks and wireless networks, and/or a failure and/or saturation of data communication networks (Internet or wireless) resulting in particular from the configuration, architecture and/or location of the places where the Solution is used, over which Private Discuss has no control;
• Contamination by viruses of data and/or software in your possession or in the possession of End Users under your responsibility;
• Any loss of data and damage caused to electronic equipment as a result of data downloads made by You or your End Users;
• Malicious intrusions by third parties into your content and that of your End Users on the Solution, despite the security measures put in place by Private Discuss;
• Misuse of the Solution by You and/or End Users under your responsibility;
• Damage that may be suffered by your electronic equipment and that of your End Users, which is under your full respective responsibility;
• Any misappropriation of passwords, confidential codes, and more generally any sensitive information concerning You and your End Users, for which you assume full responsibility;
• Indirect damages, meaning all those that do not result directly and exclusively from a partial or total failure of the PRIVATE DISCUSS Solution, web and mobile application.

10.4 You undertake to guarantee, upon first demand, including in the event of a non-final judicial decision, to indemnify and hold harmless Private Discuss for all direct damages that Private Discuss may suffer if its liability is engaged by a third party, due to a claim, action, or complaint related to your content and that of End Users under your responsibility, via our Solution and in violation of the laws, regulations, and conditions set out in these GTU.

10.5 Consequently, You and your End Users assume full civil or criminal liability for your content and, more generally, for the use you make of it within the Solution.

10.6 Private Discuss shall not be liable for any use of the account by a third party who has gained access to your identifiers and password by any means whatsoever. You and your End Users shall bear alone the consequences that may result from the use of your account by third parties.

10.7 You are responsible for the activities of all End Users who access or use the services and features of our Solution through your account. You agree to ensure that each End User complies with applicable laws and regulations, the conditions set out in these GTU, and any contractual document governing the contractual relationship between You and Us (including our Privacy Policy). Private Discuss declines all liability in the event of a breach. If You become aware of any breach in connection with access to and use of the Solution by anyone, you must immediately notify Private Discuss. Private Discuss reserves the right to investigate and take any measures it deems appropriate to remedy the situation, including, without limitation, the deletion or removal of prohibited content or the temporary or permanent suspension of an account on the Solution.

ARTICLE 11: TERMINATION

11.1 You may cease using the Solution under the conditions binding you to Private Discuss or its Distributor if you subscribed to the service through a Distributor. It is your responsibility to notify Private Discuss or its Distributor of your intention to terminate by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the address of their registered office in accordance with the notice periods to which you have subscribed. However, You will be required to pay the amounts provided for under the SaaS Licence Agreement or your subscription to one of our pricing plans contracted with Private Discuss or its Distributor until the expiry of its contractual term.

11.2 Private Discuss or its Distributor may, at its sole discretion, terminate the contractual relationship with You, or may terminate or suspend use of the Solution, at any time and without recourse to the courts:

• If You and/or End Users under your responsibility fail to comply with the obligations and conditions set out in these GTU;
• If Private Discuss or its Distributor has reason to suspect that You or your End Users are using the Solution to infringe the law or the rights of a third party;
• Immediately, if necessary (such necessity being at the reasonable discretion of Private Discuss or its Distributor) due to a change in legislation/regulation by a regulatory body or authority of any legal mandate whatsoever.

11.3 Upon termination of the contractual relationship with You, all licences and rights to use the Solution cease immediately. You and your End Users will immediately cease all use of the PRIVATE DISCUSS Solution, application, and mobile application.

ARTICLE 12: FORCE MAJEURE

12.1 In the event of force majeure within the meaning of Article 1218 of the French Civil Code, the obligations of the Parties under these GTU shall be suspended for the duration of the force majeure event and shall resume from the time it ceases.

12.2 Any lack of access to the Solution attributable to a force majeure event shall not give rise to any recourse. In the event of such an event preventing us from meeting our commitments, we undertake to notify you as soon as possible.

12.3 Private Discuss and You may freely terminate these GTU in the event that the force majeure event persists for more than three (3) months from the date of notification to the other Party of the occurrence of the force majeure event, without either Party being entitled to claim damages.

ARTICLE 13: NON-WAIVER

The fact that Private Discuss does not invoke any provision of these GTU at any given time may not be construed as a waiver of the right to invoke such provisions at a later date.

ARTICLE 14: AMENDMENTS

14.1 Private Discuss draws your attention and that of your End Users to the evolving nature of the PRIVATE DISCUSS technology. Accordingly, you are informed that Private Discuss may make to the content of the PRIVATE DISCUSS Solution, web and mobile application, including certain features, any modifications related to technical developments, without this resulting in any alteration of quality or modification of the characteristics of the Solution for You. Consequently, Private Discuss reserves the right to modify these GTU in order to adapt them to changes made to the Solution. Any modification to these GTU concerning the characteristics of the PRIVATE DISCUSS Solution, web and mobile application, will be communicated to you with an update on the PRIVATE DISCUSS website redirecting to the amended GTU and including the GTU in PDF or compatible format.

14.2 Furthermore, Private Discuss is also free to modify these GTU at any time, in particular to take into account any legal, regulatory, case law, and/or technical developments.

14.3 Any use by You or your End Users of the Solution after notification of the amended GTU shall constitute unreserved acceptance of such amendments.

ARTICLE 15: APPLICABLE LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

15.1 The formation, validity, interpretation, performance, and execution of these GTU are governed exclusively by French law.

15.2 Any dispute and/or related claim concerning the formation, validity, interpretation, performance, and execution of these GTU, and the use of the Solution, not previously resolved amicably, shall be brought, subject to applicable regulations, before the competent courts of Lyon (France).