Here you will find the rules, conditions, and legal obligations that govern the use of our website and services. We invite you to review this information carefully to ensure a clear and transparent understanding of your rights and responsibilities.
1. Object
This Website is made available to You jointly by the AFME/the EBF, on behalf of the EU T+1 Committee, in order to share with You, strictly as professionals in the trading industry, and for your information only, the works and documents (the Content) issued by the Committee in the framework of the EU T+1 reform.
These terms of use have for purpose to set forth the rules applicable to your use of the Website and the Content.
By browsing the Website, and by downloading the Content, you expressly agree to be bound, without any limitation, to these terms of use. In case you do not agree with the terms of use, please refrain from using the Website or the Contents.
2. Definitions
Capitalised terms used in these terms of use shall have the following meaning:
- ‘AFME/the EBF’ or ‘We’ means The Association for Financial Markets in Europe and The European Banking Federation, which jointly manage, own and host this Website as sponsor and support for the work of the EU T+1 Industry Committee.
- ‘the Committee’ means the EU T+1 Industry Committee
- ‘Website’ means https://www.eu-t1.eu and all its pages.
- ‘Content’ means all content, data and/or information on the Website made available to You via the Website, including without limitation any documents, reports, texts, images, videos, guides, software, materials.
- ‘You’ means any user of this Website.
3. About the Content You find on this Website
The Content made available on this Website:
- is for information purposes only;
- is provided “as is” without any other representation or warranty of any kind and AFME and the EBF HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND; and
- does not imply AFME’s or the EBF’s sole or joint liability for its production by the Committee but on the contrary, it is agreed that all members of the Committee are responsible for their own contributions and actions, and AFME and the EBF assume no sole or joint responsibility for any consequences arising from the collective or individual activities of the Committee members.
- is intended solely for general guidance and does not constitute legal, financial, or professional advice. No guarantees are made regarding the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the content. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, the views expressed do not represent official positions of AFME or the EBF but rather reflect the perspectives of the EU T+1 Industry Committee. Users must consult qualified professionals before acting on any information provided. Contributors, affiliated entities and members of the Committee disclaim any obligation to update the content and accept no liability for decisions made based on it.
4. About links You find to other sites
We may provide links to sites operated or offered by third parties. We provide such links solely as a convenience to You.
AFME and the EBF:
- have no sole or joint responsibility or liability for any content posted on any of the sites linked to our Website;
- do not endorse or recommend any third party or any of the products and/or services offered on those sites.
5. About Your access to the Website
This Website and the Content are provided free of charge and for your convenience only.
In this respect, We:
- shall have no liability to You, or any responsibility whatsoever, for the failure of any connection or communication service to provide or maintain Your access to this Website or for any interruption or disruption of such access or any erroneous communication between Us and You, regardless of whether the connection or communication service is provided by Us or a third party service provider; You shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all telephone, networks, telecommunication lines and connections, computer hardware, software, and /or other equipment needed to access and use this Website;
- shall have no liability to You for the correctness, quality, accuracy, timeliness, reliability, performance, continued availability, completeness or for any delays, omissions, or interruptions in the delivery of the Content on this Website; and
- if access to this Website is unavailable, delayed or limited, or if this Website does not operate quickly and efficiently, for any reasons.
You acknowledge that We have no obligation to maintain this Website, or the Content available and that without any liability, we may decide to interrupt, suspend or cease the provision of the Website at any time. Availability of the Contents is subject to change without notice.
6. About your use of the Website and Content
All Content contained within this Website is protected by intellectual property and /or other proprietary rights. You shall acquire no rights, title or interest in the Website or any of the Content made available through the Website unless We expressly grant this to You in a contract.
You are permitted to download, and reproduce the Content made available to you from the Website only for your own internal non-commercial use.
You are responsible for complying with the laws of the jurisdiction from which you are accessing the Website. You agree that you will not access or use the Content or the Website in violation of such laws.
You are not permitted to:
- misuse Content posted on this website;
- publish, transmit, or otherwise reproduce the Website or any of the Content, in whole or in part, in any format or to provide any part of the Website or any of its content to any third party unless as permitted in the present terms of use, or if We have given you our prior written consent;
- alter, obscure, or remove any copyright, trademark or any other proprietary notices or markings that are shown or provided to you on the Content or via the Website; or
- do any automatic querying, scanning and/or copying of any of the Content unless we have expressly given our prior written consent. We reserve the right in our sole discretion to immediately block these latter without prior notice to You.
Your use of this Website may be monitored by us and the resulting information may be used by us for internal business purposes.
7. About AFME’s and the EBF’s warranties and representations
We exclude to the fullest extent permitted by law all conditions, guarantees, warranties and/or representations of any kind with regard to Your use of our Content and Website, including, but not limited to, any implied conditions or warranties, any non-infringement of third party rights, freedom from viruses or other harmful code, or fitness for a particular purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in no event will AFME and the EBF be liable to You for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, consequential losses, and/ or other damages (including, but not limited to, lost profits, business interruption, loss of programs or data) without regard to the form of action and whether in contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with this Website, the Content, or any other content accessed through any site service linked to, or any copying, displaying, or use thereof.
8. Protection of personal data
Through the Website, we do not collect any personal information about You. Some cookies that are strictly necessary for the functioning of the Website may be used.
9. Applicable Law – Jurisdiction
The terms and conditions shall be subject to Belgian law and any dispute shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of Brussels.
