General terms and conditions of sale

(update 23/05/2025)

INTRODUCTION: The general conditions of sale detailed below (hereinafter referred to as the "General Conditions") govern the contractual relationship between any purchaser (hereinafter referred to as a "Purchaser", "You" or the "Customer") and the company FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION, with a capital of €64,000, whose registered office is located at Z.I En Jacca - 4, Chemin de Naudinats - 31 770 Colomiers - France (hereinafter referred to as the "Seller") and registered in the Toulouse Trade and Companies Register under number B 392 813 242, as well as any customer who places an Order for goods or services with the Seller by any means whatsoever.

These general terms and conditions of sale are the only ones applicable and supersede all other conditions, unless expressly waived beforehand in writing. The Seller may from time to time modify certain provisions of its general terms and conditions, and it is therefore necessary that these be reread before each Order, by whatever means. These modifications are enforceable from the time they are published in the paper version, and cannot be applied to contracts concluded previously. Each purchase is therefore governed by the general terms and conditions applicable on the date of the Order. We consider that by validating your Order, you unreservedly accept our general terms and conditions of sale after having read them.

Also, by placing an Order by post, e-mail, telephone, directly on the site or by any other means, you undertake to comply with the General Terms and Conditions of Sale below and you waive the benefit of any discussion. The General Terms and Conditions of Sale are systematically sent with your Order Acknowledgements.

These general terms and conditions of sale take precedence over any provisions to the contrary made by the Buyer, with the sole exception of those accepted in writing by the General Management of FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION.

DEFINITIONS: In these General Terms and Conditions, the terms referred to below shall have the following meaning:

- Intellectual Property Rights" refers to all intellectual, industrial, literary or artistic property rights, including but not limited to company names, trade names, brand names, trademarks, designs and models, domain names, logos, software, applications, patents, names, copyrights, know-how, source codes, programs, algorithms, databases, moral rights and other intangible rights, whether registered or not, including applications for the attribution of these rights, as well as any right and any form of protection having equivalent or similar effects such as they may exist anywhere in the world, as well as any documentation, in particular commercial documentation relating thereto.

- The "Products" refer to all items offered by the Seller.

- The "Order" refers to the conclusion of the sales contract by which the Customer purchases and the Vendor sells the Products selected by the Customer, at the price and under the conditions agreed between the parties. It takes the form of a quotation drawn up by the Vendor and signed by the Customer, or an Order form issued by the Customer and confirmed by the Vendor, by any written means, including electronically, after any changes have been accepted by both parties.

- Delivery" means the handing over of the Products covered by the Order at any place agreed between the parties.

CUSTOMERS: As we only work with a clientele of distribution professionals, all initial enquiries or Orders must be placed by post on headed paper or by filling in the customer form to verify the Customer's status as a reseller via the https://www.france-textile.com/la-societe/devenir-distributeur-xpa4773.html form.

After investigation, and if the Customer's profile is compatible with that of FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION's distribution network as well as with the constraints imposed by the distribution networks of its own suppliers, the opening of the account will then be confirmed to the Customer. These conditions are applicable to all retailer customers, regardless of the country from which the Customer places the Order and except in the case of a specific exclusive distribution agreement, without any territorial restriction, or the language in which the Customer places the Order.

PRICES: The sale prices indicated on the Site or on the current paper price list are in euros and exclusive of tax, unless otherwise stated. Unless otherwise agreed and in accordance with the usual conditions in force, any delivery charges, ex Colomiers (31) - FRANCE, are indicated to the Customer on the printed price list or in their online customer account. These delivery costs are invoiced to the Customer at the end of the Order process, in addition to the price of the Products selected.

In the case of sales to customers located in mainland France, the VAT applicable at the current rate shall be added to the indicated prices excluding taxes for the Products, services and postage. The VAT rate indicated on the Order form is that applicable on the date of the Order.

If Delivery takes place outside the territory of the European Union, customs taxes and related formalities remain the sole responsibility of the Customer. In this case, the Customer undertakes to check that the Delivery complies with the requirements of the country of Delivery.

If the Customer wishes the price to be converted into another currency, he shall notify FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION accordingly. This price will be given purely as an indication. Our sales are made exclusively in Euros (€).

You will note that although the prices appear in euros on the paper price lists, on our site or any other medium, they may also appear in another currency for information purposes, without this having any contractual value whatsoever. FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION accepts no liability in the event of error or inaccuracy in the conversion system used, nor for any difference that may occur between the estimated total amount of your Order and the invoiced amount.

We reserve the right to modify our prices at any time, but we undertake to apply the prices in force, which will have been indicated to you at the time of your Order, and/or which will have been distributed to all our customers by paper, by e-mail or directly online on the site, prior to your Order. Samples are always invoiced at the price and under the conditions corresponding to the sale of a single item.

The price quoted is valid for the period indicated but may be modified at any time without prior notice in accordance with changes in the cost of raw materials, currency fluctuations, transport or any other cost beyond the control of FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION.

ORDERING AND PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS: Orders, including samples, are placed by e-mail or on our website and, in exceptional cases, by telephone.

When the Customer Orders an article from the paper or dematerialised catalogue and/or the current paper price list and/or on the website, he/she accepts in the same way the general terms and conditions of sale to which he/she is bound in their latest state, which the Customer reads and accepts, these terms and conditions having been communicated to him/her via each ARC or consultable directly on the website. For any Order without modification of the Product (e.g. marking) whose Delivery is scheduled by the Customer beyond 1 month, cancellations and rectifications must reach FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION no later than 15 days after the Order date by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt in order to be taken into account.

The Customer chooses how to purchase the Product.

All information in the Seller's catalogues, brochures, notices, etc. is for guidance only. Prices, Products and their characteristics may be modified at any time and without prior notice. Only the characteristics and prices in force on the date of the Order shall apply to it.

FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION informs the Customer of all the essential characteristics of the goods offered.

These characteristics appear in the photographs and logos illustrating the offer. FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION invites the Customer to read these characteristics carefully.

Generally speaking, these characteristics concern the sizes, user categories, dimensions, main conditions of use, indicative weights, colours, components, quantities and prices of the goods offered. The offer is made for an indefinite period and the Customer should always pay attention to the characteristics, which may change at any time, and ensure that they are perfectly suitable before placing an Order.

The Customer acknowledges that the photograph representing the Product that appears on the website or in the paper or electronic catalogue is for information purposes only. Alterations may occur as a result of photo processing.

The items delivered may show slight variations in colour within the same series of items delivered or of the same design. These variations may be due either to the hazards of the raw materials first used and/or recycled, or to the natural variations of organic or non-organic plant fibres, which come from different sources, multiple harvests and several regions, or to the technical limits of the processes for reproducing different series of the same article identically. Lastly, changes in the European REACH regulations or any other subsequent regulations concerning the chemical composition of Products placed on the European market may oblige FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION to change certain chemical components of the articles without informing the Customer in advance, thus leading to variations in the appearance and characteristics of the articles.

In all cases, and whatever their cause, slight variations in appearance or quality, in treatment, colour or finish, may not result in the Customer refusing to accept the Order and the Customer undertakes to accept it.

If in spite of all the precautions, and all the care brought by the company FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION to the good realization of its articles, and that this article had to be defective or not in conformity with the terms of the placed Order, the responsibility for the company FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION is strictly limited to the elements of the transaction is with the only price of the delivered Products. In this case, and beyond this amount, no compensation for the direct or indirect consequences and with some title that it is will be due to the customer and which thus gives up any recourse towards company FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION, in particular as regards the refunding of the incurred expenses, and of all the possible prejudices undergone by itself or its own customer, like in particular of the compensations for infringement with the intellectual rights, of image, industrial and of the marks. As the items sold are essentially imported, their origin may vary for the same category of Products.

SAMPLE(S): The sending of sample(s) constitutes a service for the reseller customer enabling the Products to be made available to him temporarily, solely for demonstration purposes and to the exclusion of any other reason. These Products will be automatically invoiced. The reason for the sample (ECH) is indicated on the Sales Order confirmations as well as on the "ECH" delivery documents. The client is exclusively responsible for taking care of the items entrusted to him/her by FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION. He will also have to take care of all the packing and the labelling of the articles so that the company FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION can re-use them. He will also have to take care to repackage them correctly so that the company FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION receives them in return in the state in which they were placed at the disposal. Lastly it will have to always re-expand them with its expenses, and sufficiently early, so that company FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION receives them at the latest 2 months after their reception by the customer. Passed this time of return to company FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION, no credit note for the reason "ECH" will not be carried out. It will be the same for the samples which the customer either, wishes to keep, or which would return after the deadline, or or whose state of the articles in return or even of their packing and their labelling would have been degraded and could not be thus given in ray.

PRODUCT DELIVERY: The approval times for your Order may vary depending on the confirmation times from our factories or suppliers. FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION endeavours to confirm your Order within 24 working hours, but cannot under any circumstances be held responsible for longer approval times.

If any irregularity appears on an Order confirmation, or if any malfunction occurs such that the Order confirmation does not correspond to the reality of the Order placed, it is the Customer's responsibility to ensure without delay that the Order confirmation corresponds exactly to the Order. Once production and/or despatch have begun, no request for modification, cancellation or dispute will be accepted.

An invoice will be sent to you by post or e-mail for each shipment. In certain exceptional cases of multiple shipments during the month, a summary invoice may be sent at the end of the month.

Unless otherwise specified, the company FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION does not limit the geographical scope of the proposed offer. The company FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION undertakes at the time of the Delivery to accompany this one of the documents essential to the marketing or the use of the good.

Your Order will be delivered to the address you provided when you placed your Order. In certain cases where the delivery address is different from the billing address, and in order to ensure the security of transactions, you may be asked to confirm our Order confirmation and in particular the delivery address, either by e-mail from your usual address or by telephone.

Contractual information is presented in French or English and will be the subject of a confirmation containing this contractual information. FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION reserves the right to cancel or refuse any Sales Order placed by a client with whom there is a dispute concerning the payment of a previous Sales Order.

INSPECTION OF GOODS AND COMPLAINTS: On receipt of the goods, and after having taken the usual precautions on Delivery concerning any apparent defects with the carrier, the Customer or, by delegation, the recipient to whom he has requested the goods to be sent, undertakes to check or have checked that the Order is in order on the day of Delivery.

The Seller guarantees the Products sold against any hidden defect within the following limits.

Given the nature of the goods delivered, which are clothing, footwear, gloves or accessories for very high consumption that have not hitherto revealed any hidden defect, after a period of 15 days following receipt of the goods by the recipient, no complaint will be accepted, for whatever reason. Complaints must always be sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by e-mail confirmed by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

The warranty is only applicable if the Customer has fulfilled the general obligations of these General Terms and Conditions and is strictly limited to the Products delivered by the Seller. The warranty obligation shall not apply in the event of an apparent defect, fault on the part of the Customer or a third party, misuse of the Products sold, abnormal, abusive or unauthorised use of the Products sold, failure to observe the conditions of use, negligence, carelessness or lack of maintenance by the Customer.

In the case of goods sent by order of the Customer to a third address, such as to a subcontractor and with a view to being processed, or in the case where the Customer processes the goods or has them processed by its own means, it is the sole responsibility of the Customer to take or to have taken the necessary steps to carry out the customary checks on receipt and proper verification of the goods delivered and this before carrying out any processing or having any processing carried out. Indeed, after transformation, the goods delivered are no longer in their original condition, they become unfit for sale and they can in no case be taken back by the company FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION or even reimbursed.

The same applies to all costs and accessories which the Customer may have unduly incurred on goods which have not been confirmed and checked prior to their processing. Similarly, no compensation and for any reason whatsoever, will be due by the company FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION to the Customer.

Accordingly, the Customer undertakes, prior to any processing and on the day of Delivery, to validate the conformity of the goods in relation to its Order, in such a way that it shall refrain from any subsequent claim or any benefit of discussion with FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION in the event that the goods prove not to be in conformity after they have been processed.

PRODUCT MARKING: After receipt of the customer's firm Order, a print proof (by e-mail) can be supplied free of charge on request. A prototype can also be produced on request. It will be invoiced at the current rate for the cost of its production as well as the cost of the items, postage and accessories involved. Depending on the type and location of production, the production of a prototype may increase delivery times. In order not to delay the planned Delivery date, the Customer undertakes to give FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION its agreement or observations without delay upon receipt of the proof or prototype.

Slight variations in the colour and appearance of the marking, inherent in the limits of the technical process used, or in the positioning and reproduction resulting from the flexibility of the materials, may under no circumstances result in the Customer refusing to accept the Order. Also, due to slight variations in colour, treatment or composition, caused either by the vagaries of raw materials and natural fibres, or by the technical limits of reproduction of different series of the same article, the marking may also be subject to slight variations in appearance or colour, which may under no circumstances result in refusal to accept the Order.

New technical constraints and new feasibility limits: the application of new European regulations for health and the environment, and concerning textile dyes and marking inks, may at any time modify the characteristics of the articles which sometimes make certain prints impossible. Consequently, in certain specific cases, marking advice such as that appearing in the documentation and/or internet sites, may at any time become inapplicable without FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION being held liable and without the customer being able to claim compensation for direct or indirect costs incurred, and for any prejudice suffered by himself or his own customer, such as in particular compensation for infringement of intellectual, image, industrial and brand rights.

RESPECT FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: All intellectual property rights and other rights relating to the Products (and in particular any designs and models or patents) or relating in particular to logos, trademarks and other distinctive signs present on the Products or the Seller's commercial documentation are and remain the exclusive property of the Seller or the holders of the said rights. The Customer acknowledges the existence of these property and intellectual property rights and shall not take any action to prejudice, limit or restrict in any way whatsoever the property or rights of the Seller or the holder in question.

Any Order placed by a user (reseller or customer) with the supplier and administrator of the catalogue offered, with a view to reproducing a creation or invention, in particular in the form of text, drawing, illustration, model, image, photograph, trademark or logo, on any medium whatsoever, must have been expressly authorised in advance by the holder of the intellectual property rights attached to this creation or invention.

The client (user, reseller or customer) must be able to prove that the holder of the intellectual property rights whose reproduction he/she is requesting is indeed the originator of the Order and must have ascertained this beforehand, failing which he/she will be guilty of complicity in counterfeiting. The Client (reseller user or customer) undertakes to comply with any instructions that may be given to it by the holder of the intellectual property rights concerning the use and reproduction of the creation or invention.

In the event that the customer is unable to prove, at the first request of the company FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION, his reproduction rights, the company FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION reserves the right to refuse to execute his Order.

TRANSPORT: Transport costs are normally extra and added to the price of the goods. The Incoterm for invoicing is normally EXW.

Under certain conditions of amount, packaging, quantities, grouping, etc., stipulated on the price list or on current promotions or following the granting of special conditions, the price of transport may be free for the Customer to a defined location. In the case of carriage paid, this only concerns Orders for which shipments are made in a single operation, to a single delivery point, by the carrier of the exclusive choice of FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION and in what is known as "normal" transport, thus excluding any transport system known for its speed, such as express or air transport.

In all the cases of transport referred to above, whether the carrier is chosen and ordered on behalf of the Customer, by the Customer itself or by FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION, and/or whatever the terms of the Customer's financial participation in this transport service, the goods always travel at the sole risk of the recipient Customer. The risks include both the direct cost of the goods and all indirect costs or any other form of compensation to which the Customer may be entitled. The goods are loaded by FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION under the general insurance conditions corresponding to the type of transport used, in agreement with the Customer. If the customer so wishes, he may ask FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION to take out, on his behalf and before the departure of the goods, additional insurance at declared value, in order to cover more fully all the risks to which the transport exposes his goods.

As soon as FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION entrusts the goods to the carrier, the carrier becomes fully and solely responsible for them, regardless of the terms and conditions of sale of this transport service to the Customer. Upon receipt of the goods, the Customer shall ensure that the packaging is in good condition and in the number indicated on the accompanying slip. If an apparent anomaly is noted on receipt, this must be indicated immediately in writing on the carrier's delivery note. No claim for shortage or deterioration of goods, resulting from a discrepancy in the number of packages or their poor condition, can be taken into account if the visible anomalies were not mentioned on the transport slip at the time of delivery. Only this information allows the Customer to take legal action against the carrier.

VALIDATION: You declare that you have read and accepted these General Terms and Conditions of Sale before placing your Order. Placing and/or validating your Order therefore implies acceptance of these General Terms and Conditions of Sale. Except contrary proof, the data recorded by the company FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION constitute the proof of the whole of the transactions passed by the company FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION and its Customers.

AVAILABILITY: Our offers of Products and prices are valid within the limits of available stocks, so that certain articles still appearing in the current catalogue or on the Internet site, may possibly have already been withdrawn from sale without any other information being sent to you beforehand. Although FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION endeavours to provide reliable content on its electronic or paper documentation, it does not guarantee that the latter is free from inaccuracies, typographical or other errors, omissions and/or viruses. The information that FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION publishes concerning stock availability is purely indicative. Although these statements are updated daily, they are only indicative and only reflect past availabilities. FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION can in no way be held responsible for its inability to deliver within the requested timescales, following sales made in the meantime, stock shortages or discrepancies, customs, legislative, quality or delivery problems.

Customers wishing to do so should always check with FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION that the Products are available before placing an Order.

If a Product is unavailable after you have placed your Order, we will inform you by e-mail and/or post as soon as we receive the information from our factories/suppliers.

It follows that the estimated times for the Delivery of a Product are given as an indication only, and any delays do not give the purchaser the right to cancel the sale, to refuse the goods or to claim damages. Finally, any claim for non-conformity or shortage in the delivery of a Product, regardless of the method of delivery, must be made within one week of receipt of the Product.

DETAILS: Any Product physically delivered to a Customer located in another Member State of the European Union will be invoiced exclusive of tax, provided that the Customer has a valid intra-Community VAT number, in accordance with the rules applicable to intra-Community deliveries. In the absence of a valid VAT number, or in the case of a B2C Customer, French VAT will be applied.

For Customers located outside the European Union, invoicing will be exclusive of tax, the declaration and payment of customs duties and local taxes being the responsibility of the Customer.

PAYMENT: Unless otherwise agreed, FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION offers 4 methods of payment: by direct debit, cheque, bank transfer or cash (up to a maximum of €1,000 including VAT).

The payments are to be made out with the order of FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION, with the address of the office of Colomiers (31) - FRANCE. Any problem of payments could involve a redefinition of the conditions of payments on behalf of the company FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION. Invoices must be paid no later than the due date indicated on them. Except under special conditions, the discount granted for cash payment is 0.25%.

Any invoice not paid by the due date will automatically, from the day after the due date shown on the invoice, and without prior notice, give rise to daily late payment interest at the rate of three times the legal interest rate. A flat-rate indemnity of €40 for collection costs will also be payable, unless the Vendor can justify additional costs. Late payment interest will be capitalised annually. In addition, any delay in payment shall give rise, at the Customer's expense, to compensation fixed as a penalty clause at 15% of the amount of the unpaid invoice, excluding tax.

In the event of non-payment, or partial payment by the Customer, on any of the agreed due dates, FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION shall have the right to make payment of all invoices in progress immediately due without prior formal notice, and to suspend ipso jure, temporarily or definitively, without compensation or notice, any Delivery of Products initially ordered by the Customer, without prejudice to any claim for damages that it may have to make against the defaulting Customer.

RETURN OF GOODS: Except by special agreement or for sampling, the return of goods, when accepted in writing by our services, is in all cases at your expense and risk. It must be accompanied by your invoice and the returns form, duly completed and signed by both parties.

Under no circumstances may a Product be returned without the prior written consent of FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION.

Given the nature of the items delivered, after a period of 15 days following receipt of the items by the recipient, no claim or return will be accepted, whatever the nature of the request or dispute. Unless otherwise agreed, in all cases returns are made at the Customer's risk and expense.

LIABILITY: FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION may not be held liable for non-performance of the contract entered into, firstly in the event of force majeure within the meaning of Article 1218 of the Civil Code and case law, and secondly in the event of fault on the part of the Customer or a third party.

FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION shall not be held liable for any consequences resulting from the improper use of the Products sold, abnormal, abusive or unauthorised use of the Products sold, failure to observe the conditions of use, negligence, carelessness or lack of maintenance by the Customer.

Subject to mandatory legal provisions, the Seller excludes all liability, on any grounds whatsoever, for indirect damage such as loss of profit, commercial or financial loss, increase in overheads, the consequence of recourse by third parties or loss originating from or resulting from the use of the Product, even if the Seller has been notified in advance, as well as damage caused to persons or property distinct from the object of the contract.

FORCE MAJEURE: Neither party may be held liable for failure to perform any of its contractual obligations if such failure is caused by force majeure within the meaning of article 1218 of the French Civil Code and case law.

By way of illustration, and without this list being exhaustive, the following are considered to be cases of force majeure: strikes by a supplier of one of the parties, in particular postal services, couriers, war, means of transport, customs, dockers or communications, blockades and embargoes, fire on the premises of one of the parties or its suppliers, pandemics, confinement and equivalent government measures, floods and other natural disasters.

The performance of these terms and conditions and of the obligations arising therefrom shall be suspended in the event of the occurrence of an event of force majeure and from the date of receipt of the notification sent by one of the parties to the other by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by any written means capable of establishing proof of receipt, with the exception of the obligation to ensure payment of the sums due until the date of the occurrence of the event of force majeure.

Performance of the Order shall resume as normal, and the parties shall once again be bound by all the obligations contained therein, as soon as the disappearance of the force majeure event has been duly noted.

If an event of force majeure continues beyond a period of thirty (30) days, the Order may be terminated immediately and by operation of law, without legal formalities, by either party, by sending a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by any other means that ensures proof of receipt by the other party.

This termination will take effect on the day following the date on which it is received by the other party.

IMPREVISION: In the event of the occurrence of events that were unforeseeable or excluded by the forecasts admitted by the parties at the stage of concluding the Order and that would have the effect of upsetting the political, administrative, economic or technical context, imposing on one of the parties an unfair burden in the context of the performance of the Order, the parties shall:

- Consult each other with a view to jointly finding any equitable adjustments or modifications to be made by mutual agreement to the terms and conditions of performance of the Order. To this end, the parties shall meet by any means within three (3) days of receipt by one party of a notification from the other specifying the nature of the events and the consequences thereof on the situation of the notifying party. The parties undertake to negotiate in good faith with a view to finding a solution that will enable the Order to continue on terms that will relieve the party that has suffered the burden, whilst ensuring that equivalent performance is maintained for the benefit of the other party.

- If negotiations fail, the parties may agree to terminate the Order.

INDEPENDENCE: By express agreement, these General Terms and Conditions do not include or correspond to any commitment, in particular in terms of quantity or regularity, on the part of the Seller with regard to the supply of its Products to the Customer, which the latter acknowledges.

Consequently, nothing herein shall create any contractual relationship whatsoever between the Vendor and the Customer other than that of the sale of the Products which are the subject of the Order. The Customer hereby acknowledges that nothing herein shall be construed as implying the existence or creation of any subordination, exclusivity, commercial agency or distribution relationship of any kind whatsoever, and that the Vendor shall at all times remain free to supply any of the Customer's competitors, or to cease all sales to the Customer in the event of an exclusive commitment in favour of a third party.

In this respect, the Customer may not rely on any acquired right or claim any prejudice whatsoever in the event of a change in the Vendor's sales and/or distribution terms and conditions.

APPLICABLE LAW - DISPUTES: The validity, interpretation and performance of these General Terms and Conditions are governed by French law, to the exclusion of the Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods. The language of this contract is French. Failing amicable resolution, any disputes to which the sale may give rise, or which may arise as a result or consequence thereof, shall fall within the jurisdiction of the Commercial Court of the Vendor's registered office, even in the event of an incidental claim or guarantee.

PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA: Within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data ("General Data Protection Regulation" or "GDPR"), each party is independently responsible for its own processing and must assume its own responsibilities for compliance with the applicable regulation of its personal data collection, processing and transfer practices.

In this respect, each party that communicates personal data to the other guarantees that it has been collected in compliance with the applicable regulations.

The Customer therefore undertakes to inform the persons whose personal data it communicates to the Vendor of the fact that their data may be processed by the Vendor and, more generally, of the content of this article.

The Vendor may collect and process the personal data of the Customer (where the Customer is an individual) and of the members of its staff (including its representatives) for the purposes of monitoring the performance of the Order and its follow-up. The legal basis for such processing is the Vendor's legitimate interest in ensuring the proper fulfilment of the Order or, where the Customer is an individual, the need to fulfil the Order.

In order to ensure the efficient processing and security of the personal data it processes, the Vendor may communicate such data to subcontractors, particularly in the field of IT management. In particular circumstances, the Vendor may communicate the said data to other third parties, in particular by law and/or at the request of the public authorities, in order to protect the rights of the Vendor or in the event of the restructuring or transfer of the Vendor.

The Vendor will store the personal data communicated to it by the Customer on servers located in the European Union for as long as is necessary to fulfil its obligations and safeguard its rights and interests, taking into account in particular the applicable civil and criminal limitation periods, the recommendations of the CNIL, the applicable regulatory requirements and industry standards.

Pursuant to the regulatory and legal provisions in force, natural persons whose personal data is processed by the Vendor in connection with the Order have the right to request the Vendor to access, rectify and/or delete their personal data, to request a restriction on the processing of their personal data, to object to the processing of their personal data by the Customer, to the portability of their personal data and to the right to define directives relating to the conservation, deletion and communication of their personal data after their death.

To exercise all these rights, a request must be sent to the following postal address: FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION - Z.I En Jacca - 4, Chemin de Naudinats - 31 770 Colomiers- France or by email at the following address: contact@france-textile.com.

Data subjects also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL).

RESERVATION OF TITLE: The Products delivered by the company FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION remain its property until full payment of the price and all present and future claims of the Customer against the company FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION. Consequently, in the event of default of payment, the Salesman will be able to take again possession of the Products. Until full payment of the above-mentioned sums, the Customer shall neither pledge nor transfer as security the Products sold. As long as the reservation of title remains in force, the sale, like any other operation involving the transfer of the Products sold, requires the prior written approval of FRANCE TEXTILE PRODUCTION. During the period of validity of the reservation of title, the Products sold shall be insured by the Customer against fire, theft and break-in. The Customer shall take out civil liability insurance and comprehensive insurance, it being understood that the rights arising from the comprehensive insurance shall revert to the Seller.

TRADE RENTAL: Samples will be invoiced to the Customer, who must pay the Seller for them and may not demand that they be taken back. The Customer undertakes to resell the items purchased solely to the end consumer. In accordance with current legislation, the Customer undertakes not to sell or reproduce in any way whatsoever the models of the Products purchased or simply seen by him/herself. He/she shall also refrain from communicating any information enabling or facilitating the reproduction of these models. The performance of acts prohibited by the above provisions exposes the Customer to legal proceedings for unfair competition.

INVALIDITY: If any clause of these General Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid by virtue of a rule of law that has come into force or a court decision that has become final, it shall be deemed to be unwritten, without this invalidating the Order or altering the validity of the other stipulations.