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The French version of the Terms of use for brands – Transparancy guide is the legally binding version. In the event of any differences or inconsistencies between language versions, the French text shall prevail: Conditions d’utilisation pour les marques – Guide de transparence
The Transparancy guide is published by Geert De Vuyst, a sole proprietorship (Entreprise Individuelle) registered under SIRET number 444 555 171 00057, located at 2 rue d’Austerlitz, 31000 Toulouse, France (hereinafter referred to as the “Publisher”).
These Terms of use govern the participation of brands in the Transparancy guide, including the conditions for registration, publication and management of brand information.
They supplement the Terms and conditions applicable to the Publisher’s websites, which remain fully in force. In the event of any conflict, these Terms of use take precedence in matters specifically relating to the participation of brands in the Transparancy guide.
By accepting these Terms of use, the company participating in the Transparancy guide (hereinafter referred to as the “Brand”) acknowledges that it has read and agrees to comply with them.
The Publisher keeps a record of the date on which the Brand accepted the Terms of use, together with the version accepted.
If these Terms of use are amended, the Brand must accept the new version to continue managing and publishing its information in the Transparancy guide.
Brand eligibility requirements
The Transparancy guide is open to businesses that cultivate, harvest, distil, extract, process, manufacture, formulate, commission the production of, package or market botanical raw materials, botanical extracts or products derived from botanical materials that bear their own brand or company name, including businesses operating business-to-business, subject to the following criteria:
– The Brand must be represented by a business established in the European Union (EU) that is duly authorised to act on its behalf and assumes contractual responsibility for its participation in the Transparancy guide and the information submitted.
– The Brand’s products must be sold to consumers (B2C) in at least one European Union country.
– The Brand undertakes to provide accurate, transparent and up-to-date information.
– The Brand must comply with applicable regulations and ensure that the information it provides is reliable and not misleading.
– The Brand must not engage in multilevel marketing (MLM), regardless of its distribution model.
Eligible businesses may participate in the Transparancy guide directly or through an authorised distributor or representative. Each brand has a single profile across all countries, maintained directly or by its distributor or representative.
Registration in the Transparancy guide is subject to these Terms of use.
Each registration application is reviewed individually. The Publisher reserves the right, at its discretion, to accept or reject an application or to remove a brand from the Transparancy guide.
Intellectual property rights and content licensing
The Brand’s authorised representative declares that they hold the necessary rights and permissions to provide the information and content submitted to the Transparancy guide and to authorise their publication.
On behalf of the Brand, the authorised representative grants the Publisher permission to reproduce, publish and distribute this content within the Transparancy guide.
The textual answers and descriptions entered by the authorised representative in the fields of the Brand’s documented profile are made available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-ND 4.0)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/). On behalf of the Brand, the authorised representative authorises their reproduction and distribution, including for commercial purposes, in accordance with the terms of this licence.
This licence does not apply to brand names, logos, images, certificates, supporting documents, external links or other third-party content. The Publisher’s use of such materials is limited to what is necessary to present and document the Brand in the Transparancy guide, insofar as the required rights have been granted.
Rights holders retain their intellectual property rights in the content provided.
Deletion and restoration of a brand
Any person linked to a supplier by their registered email address may delete that supplier’s brands through “My brand pages”, while signed in to their account. Deletion requires confirmation through a single-use email link valid for 24 hours, followed by a second confirmation.
Once confirmed, the brand is removed from the Transparency guide, including its profile, associated content, likes, bookmarks and previous web addresses. Any ongoing validation agreement ends according to its own terms.
The Publisher keeps a non-public copy of the deleted brand for 30 days, together with its associated image files and validation documents. During this period, anyone linked to the supplier may request restoration by replying to the deletion notification email. Only the Publisher can restore the brand. Content that is no longer applicable to the guide is not restored.
After 30 days, or earlier at the Publisher’s discretion, the copy is permanently deleted and restoration is no longer possible. Associated image files and validation documents are deleted during the following daily clean-up.
Deleting a brand does not delete the user’s account, the supplier’s records or the Publisher’s records of requests and agreements. If the supplier has no remaining brands, the link between the deleting person’s email address and the supplier is removed.
The Publisher retains a permanent record of the deletion containing only the brand’s internal reference, former web address and deletion date.
Governing law and dispute resolution
These Terms of use are governed by French law.
In the event of a dispute relating to the Transparancy guide, the Brand and the Publisher agree to first seek an amicable resolution through direct dialogue, without prejudice to either party’s legal rights.
Subject to mandatory rules of jurisdiction, the competent courts of Toulouse, France, shall have exclusive jurisdiction over disputes relating to these Terms of use.
Version: 4 Nov. 2026