GENERAL SALES CONDITIONS

Article 1: Entirety

These general sales conditions constitute the entire obligations of the parties. Hence, the buyer is deemed to have accepted the full clauses provided for in these general sales conditions without reserve. No general or specific condition set out in the documents sent or given by the buyer may be incorporated herein, in as much as the said documents are inconsistent with these general sales conditions.

Article 2: Purpose

These general sales conditions aim to define the rights and obligations of the parties with respect to the online sales of goods and services which are proposed to the buyer by Clerc Edition SA / Id·One.com.

Article 3: Contractual documents

This contract contains the following contractual documents, ordered by decreasing importance: these general sales conditions and the order form. In case of contradiction between provisions contained in documents of different ranks, the provisions of the higher rank document shall prevail.

Article 4: Effective date and duration

These general sales conditions shall become effective from the date of the signing of the order form. They shall remain in force during all the time necessary to provide subscribed goods and services, until the expiry of the guarantees due by Clerc Edition SA / Id·One.com.

Article 5: Electronic signature

The "double click" of the buyer on the order form constitutes an electronic signature which has, between the parties, the same value as a handwritten signature.

Article 6: Order confirmation

The contractual information will be confirmed electronically not later than the delivery date or, failing that, at the address indicated by the buyer on the order form.

Article 7: Proof of the transaction

The computerized records, kept reasonably safely in Clerc Edition SA / Id·One.com’s computer systems, shall be considered as proofs of the communications, orders and payments that occurred between the parties. The archiving of order forms and invoices is made on a reliable and durable medium that may be issued as a proof.

Article 8: Information about products/stock

8-a: On its website, Id·One.com displays the products for sale with all the necessary information enabling the potential buyer to know the essential features of the products he/she intends to buy before placing a definitive order.

8-b: Offers presented by Id·One.com are valid only while stock lasts. Id·One.com shall in no event be held responsible for any product being undeliverable, out-of-stock or sold out.

8-c: Id·One.com reserves the right to change and replace products depending on its suppliers’ catalogues.

8-d: Full payment must be made upon ordering, and in any event before delivering the ordered items. At no time any monies received may be considered as a deposit or a down payment.

Article 10: Method of payment

To pay his/her order, the buyer may choose between all the methods of payment proposed on the order form. The buyer guarantees Id·One.com that he/she has the authorizations required to use the chosen method of payment, upon validating the order form. Id·One.com reserves the right to suspend any order procedure or any delivery if authorization of payment by debit card is denied by any certified financial institution or in case of non-payment of the order. Id·One.com specifically reserves the right to refuse to carry out a delivery or to honour an order coming from a buyer who has not fully paid an order or with whom a dispute is underway. Id·One.com has implemented an order check-out procedure to insure no one is using someone else’s banking information without their knowledge. With respect to this check-out, the client shall be required to fax Id·One.com a copy of an identification paper with a proof of domicile. Our services shall validate the order only after receiving and checking out papers sent by the buyer.

Article 11: Availability of products

The order shall be fulfilled within 5 days as of the date when the buyer placed it. If the ordered product is unavailable, especially because of our suppliers, the buyer shall be informed thereof as soon as possible and shall have the possibility to cancel his/her order. The buyer may then request a refund within 30 days after the payment date or order a replacement product.

Article 12: Delivery arrangements

Products shall be delivered at the address indicated by the buyer on the order form. The buyer undertakes to check the physical condition of the goods upon delivery. He/she shall notify by e-mail Clerc Edition SA / Id·One.com, case postale 138, 1814 La Tour-de-Peilz, Suisse, within 48 hours after delivery of any defect noticed.

Article 13: Delivery problems due to carrier.

Any defect concerning the delivery (damage, missing product compared to the delivery slip, damaged package, broken product…) shall imperatively be mentioned on the delivery slip in the form of  “handwritten reserves” signed by the client. At the same time, the buyer shall confirm this defect by sending the carrier the said claims by registered mail, within two (2) working days after the delivery date. The buyer shall send a copy of this mail by fax or e-mail to Id·One.com Clerc Edition SA, Grand-Rue 38, case postale 138, 1814 La Tour-de-Peilz, Suisse.

Article 14: Delivery error

14-a: The buyer shall report, within 48 hours after delivery, any claim concerning delivery errors and/or non-compliance of the products (regarding their nature or quality) compared to the indications mentioned on the order form. Any claim submitted after this time limit shall be rejected. To have the right to return the product on account of a delivery error, the buyer shall in no event have unsealed, opened or used the item.

14-b: The submission of this claim to Id·One.com shall be exclusively done by e-mail.

14-c: Any claim not submitted according to the aforementioned rules and time periods shall not be taken into account and shall relieve Id·One.com of any liability towards the consumer.

Article 15: Product guarantee

The provisions herein shall in no case deprive the buyer of the legal guarantee compelling the professional vendor to protect, defend and indemnify him/her against all the consequential damages arising out of or in connection with any latent defects of the sold product. Products are generally guaranteed for 1 year.

Article 16: Act of God

Neither party shall be liable for failing to perform its contractual obligations, insofar as their execution will be delayed, hindered or prevented by a fortuitous event or an act of God. A fortuitous event or an act of God shall be defined as any fact or circumstance compelling, exterior to the parties, unpredictable, unpreventable, independent of the will of the parties and not preventable by them, despite all the efforts reasonably possible. The party affected by such circumstances shall notify the other within ten working days following the date it becomes aware thereof. The two parties shall contact each other within a month, unless the act of God renders it impossible, in order to examine the impact of the event and agree on the conditions under which the execution of the contract terms shall be continued. If the act of God lasts more than three months, the aggrieved party shall be entitled to terminate these general sales conditions. Explicitly, are considered as acts of God or fortuitous events, besides those usually considered as such by the law: blockage of means of transport or of supplies, earthquakes, fires, storms, floods, thunderbolt, disruption of telecommunication networks or difficulties specific to telecommunication networks beyond the clients’ control.

Article 17: Partial non-validation

If one or several provisions of these general sales conditions are considered or declared invalid in application of a law, a regulation or the final decision of any competent jurisdiction, the other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

Article 18: Governing law

These general sales conditions are governed by Swiss law and particularly by the Code of Obligations, which governs things not expressly mentioned in these general sales conditions. It applies to substantive rules as well as to procedural rules. If any dispute or claim arises, the buyer shall preferably turn to Id·One.com (Clerc Edition SA) in order to seek a non adversarial solution. Thereafter and in the event of an appeal, the buyer shall be entitled to file a claim with the courts of the Canton of Vaud.

Article 19: Computer science and liberties

The information asked to the buyer is necessary for his/her order processing and may be exclusively communicated to Id·One.com’s contractual partners involved in the fulfilment of the said order. The buyer may write to Id·One.com, whose details can be found in the confidentiality charter included within the website, to exercise his/her rights of access and rectification on his/her personal information contained in Id·One.com’s files.
 
These general sales conditions are written in French language. The buyer declares he/she has full legal capacity to commit himself/herself under the provisions of these general sales conditions. The general conditions written in French have force of law. The place of jurisdiction is the court of VEVEY/Switzerland. Clerc Edition S.A.