Terms Of use

By using or visiting a SPA/RAC website (the "Website"), you agree to these terms and conditions (the "Terms").

SPA/RAC may, in its sole discretion, revise these Terms at any time without advance notice to you. You are bound by such revisions by continuing to use or visit the Website after they are posted online.

These Terms apply to all users of the Website, including users who contribute content to the Website. The Website does not contain any interactive areas designed to allow you to post content on the Website and/or comment, including by commenting on blogs. The use of these features is additionally governed by the Code of Conduct.

The Website may contain links to third party websites that are not owned or controlled by SPA/RAC. The links to the third party websites are provided for your convenience, and the inclusion of the links does not imply approval or endorsement of the third party websites by SPA/RAC. SPA/RAC has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party websites.

To access some features of the Website, you may have to enter a password provided by SPA/RAC. This password is given by SPA/RAC to you as a specific person who needs to access those features. You must keep this password secure. You must notify SPA/RAC immediately of any breach of security or loss of this password.

Although SPA/RAC will not be liable for your losses caused by any unauthorized use of your password, you may be liable for the losses of SPA/RAC or others due to such unauthorized use.

As between you and SPA/RAC, SPA/RAC owns all intellectual property rights, including without limitation copyright and trade-mark rights, in all materials on or comprising the Website (“Content”), including, without limitation, all written, audio visual or other materials and graphical elements on the Website. SPA/RAC grants you a limited license to use, download, print, or reproduce in whole or in part, the Content on this Website, subject to the following conditions:

• they must be used or reproduced accurately, without any modification;
• they must identify SPA/RAC as the source;
• they must be used solely for non-commercial purposes; and
• a copyright notice must appear on every copy in the following form:
• “Copyrights © 2017, SPA/RAC All rights reserved”.

SPA/RAC’s express, prior, written permission is required for any Content that is not included in the license above, such as any graphical elements or website code, and/or for the use of Content for any purpose not expressly permitted above, such as for any commercial purpose whatsoever.

The SPA/RAC logos are trade-marks of UNEP-MAP-SPA/RAC, and may not be used without the express written permission of SPA/RAC.

Your use of this website is entirely at your own risk. the website and content is provided "as is" and without warranties or conditions of any kind, either expressed or implied, including any implied warranties of merchantability, merchantable quality, fitness for a particular purpose, title, or non-infringement. SPA/RAC does not warrant that the website or content contained in this website will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected.

Without limiting the foregoing, SPA/RAC does not warrant or make any representation regarding use, the ability to use, or the result of use of the content in terms of accuracy, reliability, or otherwise. The content may include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. SPA/RAC may make changes or improvements to the content or the website at any time. SPA/RAC makes no warranties that your use of the content will not infringe the rights of others and assumes no liability or responsibility for errors or omissions in such content.

SPA/RAC, its employees, agents, officers and director will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, consequential, special, exemplary, or other damages, including, without limitation, loss of revenue or income, pain and suffering, emotional distress, or similar damages, or damages resulting from any (i) errors or omissions in content, (ii) any unauthorized access to or use of our servers and/or any and all personal information and/or financial information stored therein, (iii) any interruption or cessation of transmission to or from our website, (iv) any bugs, viruses, trojan horses, or the like, which may be transmitted to or through our website by any third party, or (v) for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of your use of any content posted, emailed, transmitted, or otherwise made available via the website. This limitation of liability applies regardless of the legal theory giving rise to the damages, and even if SPA/RAC has been advised of the possibility of such damages. The foregoing limitation of liability shall apply to the fullest extent permitted by law in the applicable jurisdiction.

You specifically acknowledge that SPA/RAC, its employees, agents, officers and director shall not be liable for user content or the defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of any third party and that the risk of harm or damage from the foregoing rests entirely with you.

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless SPA/RAC, its employees, agents, officers and director from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, judgments, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, attorney's fees and other expenses arising from: (i) your use of and access to the website; (ii) your violation of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right; or (iii) any claim that you did not have the right to provide any user content or that your user content caused damage to a third party. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive these terms and your use of the website. in such a case, SPA/RAC will provide you with written notice of such claim, suit or action.

You affirm that you are either more than 18 years of age, or possess parental or guardian consent to agree to these Terms and access and use the Website, and are otherwise fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in these Terms, and to abide by and comply with these Terms.

These Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Tunisia, without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions. You agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Tunisia. The Website is physically maintained and operated by SPA/RAC from Tunisia.

You may not assign these Terms or assign any rights or delegate any obligations under these Terms, in whole or in part, whether voluntarily or by operation of law, without our prior written consent.

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and SPA/RAC with respect to the subject matter and supersede and replace all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matter. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision or portion of the Terms to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the Terms will continue in full force and effect.

In the event of any inconsistency between the English and French versions of these Terms, the English version shall govern.

1. You may not use the SPA/RAC Website for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. In addition to the laws of Tunisia, you also agree to comply with all local laws that apply to your use of the Website.
2. You may not use the Website in any manner which could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the Website, SPA/RAC’s servers or computer network, or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Website.
3. You agree that you are responsible for your own conduct and communications while using the Website and for any consequences of that use. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using the Website, you will not:
• post or upload any inappropriate, promotional, defamatory, destructive, obscene, or unlawful content;
• defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others;
• post or upload any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other intellectual property right of any party;
• impersonate another person, or falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of any content;
• use the Website in connection with surveys, contests, junk email, spamming or any duplicative messages (commercial or otherwise);
• use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other device to retrieve or index any portion of the Website to collect information about other users or domain names;
• upload files that contain bugs, viruses, trojan horses, worms, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of the computer or property of another; or
• submit Content that falsely expresses or impliesthat such User Content is sponsored or endorsed by any party where it isnot sponsored or endorsed by such party.
4. While SPA/RAC prohibits such conduct and User Content in connection with the Website, you understand and agree that nonetheless you may be exposed to such conduct or User Content and that you use the Website at your own risk.
5. SPA/RAC reserves the right to monitor use of this Website to determine compliance with these Terms. Although SPA/RAC does not read, review, vet or otherwise assess User Content in advance of its posting, SPA/RAC reserves the right to remove any User Content and/or terminate your SPA/RAC website access without notice for breach or for any other reason.