Legal notice

Please read these terms of use carefully before using this site. By connecting to this site, you accept these terms and conditions without reservation.

 

The www.stoainfraenergy.com website is published by STOA, a public limited company with share capital of 337,500,000 Euros, registered with the Paris Trade and Companies Register under number 833 130 958 and with its registered office at 151 Rue Saint-Honoré, 75001 Paris (Tel.: 01 58 50 13 71).

The website publication director is Marie-Laure Mazaud, Chief Executive Officer of STOA.

The website is managed by STOA:

151 Rue Saint Honoré

75007 Paris

Tel: +33 (0)1 58 50 13 71

Mail: secretariat.stoa@stoainfraenergy.com

Siren number: 833130958

Siret number: 83313095800014

Intracommunity VAT number: FR94833130958

NAF / APE Code: 6499A

 

The website is hosted by OVH:2, rue Kellermann - 59100 Roubaix

Tel: 0 820 698 765

www.ovh.com

 

The www.stoainfraenergy.com website was designed by Animal Pensant, an editorial communications agency based at 26, rue des Carmes, 75005 Paris (www.animalpensant.com).

 

Terms and conditions of use of the STOA

STOA is pleased to welcome you to its website. The purpose of this site is to provide information about STOA (including its teams, governance, history, investments, activities, and news).

This website is the property of STOA, a subsidiary owned 67% by Caisse des Dépôts and 33% by Agence Française de Développement, dedicated to infrastructure investments in emerging countries.

The purpose of these general terms and conditions (the "General Terms and Conditions") is to define the terms and conditions under which STOA makes its website www.stoainfraenergy.com and the services offered (together referred to as the "Website") available to users, as well as the terms and conditions under which said Internet users (the "User(s)") access and use the Website.

Access to and use of the Site necessarily imply unreserved acceptance of the General Terms and Conditions by all Users, as well as compliance with the legal and regulatory provisions in force.

 

Article 1: Prerequisites for accessing and using the Site

The User of the Site acknowledges that he or she has the necessary skills and means to access and use this Site. He also ensures that any person accessing the Site via his Internet connection has read these General Terms and Conditions and accepts them.

The User acknowledges that he or she has checked that the computer configuration he or she is using contains no viruses and is in perfect working order.

To access and use the Site, the User must have at least the following computer configuration:

  • Internet Explorer version 9 and above; Internet Explorer version 11
  • Firefox version 22 and above; Firefox version 55 and above
  • Chrome version 25 and above; Chrome version 60 and above
  • Safari version 6 and above. Safari version 9 and above

 

Article 2: Adherence to the General Terms and Conditions - Duration

The General Terms and Conditions come into force on the date they are published online and are binding on all Users browsing the Site.

If a User does not wish to comply with the General Terms and Conditions when using the Site, he or she is invited not to continue browsing the Site.

 

Article 3: Site features

3.1 - Sharing content

Some of the Site's web pages may include sharing buttons. This enables you to share content from the Site on social networks (Viadeo, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.).

To share content, the User must click on a "Share" button, or an icon representing the social network and preceded by the words "Share on". By clicking on this type of button, the User will open the web page of the social network concerned, which will invite you, if you are not already connected to this network, to connect (with your login and password) or to register.

STOA is not responsible for the actions carried out by the User on the social network website. In the event of difficulties, the User must contact the publisher of the social network, or the person identified on the social network website.

The User is informed that the social network providing a share button is likely to identify the User thanks to this button, even if the User has not used it when consulting the Site. This information is not accessible by STOA. For further information, Users may consult the conditions of use and privacy protection policies of these social networks.

3.2 - Hypertext links

The Website may contain hypertext links to other websites, particularly those of STOA's partners.

However, STOA may not be held liable in respect of a third-party website to which the User has had access via the Website, and which may contain illicit or inaccurate content. STOA has no means of controlling the content of third-party sites. The decision as to whether or not to activate these hypertext links therefore rests exclusively with Users.

Similarly, the Site Editor cannot be held liable for the unavailability or malfunctioning of these third-party sites.

Any person is authorised to establish, without prior authorisation, a link to the information published on the Site. However, the pages of the Site must not be embedded within the pages of another website.

3.3 - "Social Network Wall" (known as the "Social Wall")

The Site may include a Social Wall where publications posted on the website of social networks identified for each publication appear. STOA is not responsible for these publications. They are neither hosted nor edited by STOA.

Any questions or complaints relating to these publications should be addressed directly to the author of the publications or to the social networking website hosting them.

3.4 - Forms and questionnaires

The Site may contain forms and questionnaires that the User is free to use depending on the features of the site that they wish to access.

Forms and questionnaires enable STOA to collect information and/or opinions entered online by the User. They consist of text boxes, drop-down menus, and tick boxes. Forms are used to manage information requests, registrations, and queries from Users and to collect data for analysis and evaluation purposes.

 

Article 4: Intellectual property rights

The Website and all its components (in particular programmes, data, texts, images, sounds, drawings, graphics, etc.) are the property of STOA or are the subject of a concession granted in its favour. Any copy, reproduction, representation, adaptation or distribution of all or part of the Website, by any process whatsoever and on any medium whatsoever, is subject to the prior written agreement of STOA, subject to the exceptions provided for in the French Intellectual Property Code ("CPI").

The User is authorised to consult, download and print the documents and information available under the following conditions:

  • the documents may only be used on a personal basis, for information purposes and in a strictly private context in accordance with article L122-5 2° of the CPI;
  • the documents and information may not be modified in any way whatsoever;
  • the documents and information may not be distributed outside the Site other than via the sharing buttons provided for this purpose.

Any unauthorised use of the content or information on the Site, particularly for commercial purposes, may give rise to legal action for infringement and/or unfair competition and/or parasitism on the part of the holders of the rights in question.

 

Article 5: Reporting illicit content

Any User who, while accessing the Site or a Private Space, discovers or is aware of illicit

content, is invited to report it (or them) to STOA in accordance with the procedure described below.

Illegal content includes any content, regardless of the medium or format:

  • inciting hatred against persons on the grounds of their sex, sexual orientation or identity, religion, or disability;
  • encouraging paedophilia or any pornographic activity;
  • violating the intellectual property rights of third parties;
  • generally characterising an illegal or illicit activity.

When reporting content, the User shall:

  • use the "contact us" form available on the Site;
  • specify the page of the Site (http://) on which they have identified the illegal content. A copy/paste of the address of the page in question will be possible;
  • make any comments;
  • send the form.

STOA will then process the report as quickly as possible.

 

Article 6: Availability of the Website

STOA will make its best efforts, within the limits of the state of the art, to ensure access to and operation of the Website 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, excluding breakdowns and maintenance operations (preventive, corrective or evolutionary).

 

Article 7: Liability

Given the nature of the tasks carried out by STOA as described in the preamble and the services offered on the Website, it has been agreed to include a clause limiting STOA's contractual liability.

STOA makes every effort to ensure that the information on the Website is accurate. Nevertheless, the information processed may contain technical or typographical inaccuracies.

It should be noted that STOA cannot be held responsible in any way for any errors on the Website, nor for the completeness or relevance of the information and data processed.

STOA makes every effort to present the Site in accordance with the state of the art in terms of security and confidentiality. However, given the complexity of the Internet, STOA cannot guarantee absolute security.

To use the Site, the User must have the skills, hardware and software required to use the Internet. The User acknowledges that the characteristics and constraints of the Internet make it impossible to guarantee the security, availability, and integrity of data transmissions while in transit on the Internet.

STOA reserves the right to modify or interrupt, temporarily or permanently, all or part of the Website, without prior notice or compensation of any kind, which the User accepts. Likewise, STOA may not be held liable for any errors, interruptions, lack of availability of information and/or presence of viruses on its Website.

STOA shall not be held liable in the event of malfunction, inability to access or poor conditions of use of the Website attributable to unsuitable equipment, to malfunctions internal to the User's Internet service provider, to congestion of the Internet network or for any other reason beyond STOA's control.

In general, the User and STOA may only be held liable for the financial consequences of direct and foreseeable damage suffered by the other party, provided that i) the latter has complied with all the stipulations of the General Terms and Conditions; and ii) it demonstrates that such damage is the consequence of a breach attributable to the other party.

STOA may not under any circumstances be held liable for any indirect or unforeseeable prejudice suffered by the User. Indirect or unforeseeable damage is understood to include any damage to the User's image, financial loss, inaccuracy or corruption of files or data, or loss of opportunity.

 

Article 8: Force majeure

STOA may not be held liable in the event of non-performance or partial performance of its obligations under the Website if said non-performance or partial performance is the result of a case of force majeure within the meaning of the case law of the French and European courts and tribunals.

 

Article 9: Update of the General Terms and Conditions

STOA reserves the right to update the General Terms and Conditions at any time in the light of changes to the content and functionalities of the Website and any additional protection requirements that may be necessary.

STOA therefore invites all users to read this page each time they consult the Website.

 

Article 10: Applicable law

The General Terms and Conditions are governed by French law. This applies to both substantive and formal rules.

All disputes relating to the acceptance, performance or interpretation of these General Terms and Conditions shall be submitted to the competent courts within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tribunals of Paris.

 

Article 11: Credits

A credit is the indication of the name of the author of a photograph, illustration, video or, more simply, of a creation in the broadest sense or, where applicable, the name of the company (e.g. photographic agency, publishing house, etc.) that holds the rights to the published creation, in particular photographs, illustrations, sounds, images and videos. The credit is commonly known as the "photo credit" or "illustration credit" but can also be applied more broadly. The publication of credits makes it possible to identify the author of the element, to respect his or her moral rights over the work, and also to identify the owner of the creation.