PRE-CONTRACTUAL INFORMATION
1/ UNI-PRESSE :
The Association UNI-PRESSE is an association under the law of 1901, registered with the Préfecture de Police de PARIS, with its head office at 112 rue Réaumur, 75002 Paris, France.
- Tel : +33 (0)1 42 78 37 72
- Siret no. : 44879427100024
- Intracommunity VAT code: FR 30448794271
The UNI-PRESSE Association sells press subscriptions in paper or digital format, in its capacity as an intermediary for press publishers.
2/ Directors :
Chairman : François – Xavier Devaux
Managing Director : Mariana Negri – Marchegay
3/ Site hosting :
ALWAYSDATA, SARL
RCS Paris 492 893 490
91 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré – 75008 Paris
4/ Credits
Site design (development, maintenance and implementation) : Sébastien Galliot forDéménageur de Site & Killian Weidner
Design (Mock-up) : Hypaepa
5/ Contact Customer Service
– From France: +33 (0)1 42 78 37 72 (Free service + call charge) / Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
– By fax: +33 (0)1 42 78 06 57 (cost depending on operator)
– By post: UNI-Presse – Service Clients – 112 rue de Réaumur – 75080 PARIS cedex 02 – FRANCE
– By e-mail: servicepro@uni-presse.fr
6/ Médiation
In the event of difficulty in the performance of the contract, the customer may have recourse to the online mediation service of FEVAD (Fédération de la vente à distance), 60 rue la Boétie, 75008 PARIS, mél : mediateurduecommerce@fevad.com.
Prior to placing an order and entering into a contract, the buyer acknowledges having been informed, in a legible and comprehensible manner, of the present terms and conditions of sale and of all the information listed in article L. 221-5 of the French Consumer Code.
The buyer is provided with the following information in a clear and comprehensible manner:
- The essential characteristics of the good or service;
- The price of the good or service;
- Any additional charges for transport, delivery or postage and any other charges, including management fees if applicable.
The fact that an individual (or legal entity) places an order on the website https://pro.uni-presse.fr/en/ implies full acceptance of these General Terms and Conditions of Sale and obligation to pay for the Products ordered, which is expressly recognized by the Customer, who waives, in particular, the right to rely on any contradictory document, which would be unenforceable against the Vendor.
ARTICLE 1 – Scope of application
These General Terms and Conditions of Sale apply, without restriction or reservation, to all sales concluded by “UNI-PRESSE” (“the Seller”) with professional buyers (“the Customers or the Customer”), wishing to acquire the products offered for sale by the Seller (“the Products”) on the website https://pro.uni-presse.fr/en/.
These B2B General Sales Conditions (B2B GSC) apply by default to all sales made by the UNI-Presse association to institutional customers (B2B), even if these sales have not been concluded on the website : https://pro.uni-presse.fr/en/.
In particular, they specify the terms of order, payment and delivery.
These General Terms and Conditions of Sale may be supplemented by special conditions, set out on the website, prior to any transaction with the Customer.
These General Terms and Conditions of Sale apply to the exclusion of all other terms and conditions, in particular those applicable to distance sales over the Internet.
They are accessible at all times on the https://pro.uni-presse.fr/en/ website, and shall prevail, where applicable, over any other version or any other contradictory document.
As these B2B General Terms and Conditions of Sale may be subject to subsequent modifications, the version applicable to the Customer’s purchase is that in force on the website at the time the order is placed.
ARTICLE 2 – Products for sale
The Products offered for sale on the https://pro.uni-presse.fr/en/ website are press subscriptions in paper or digital format, covering more than 7,000 French press titles shipped in France and abroad.
The main characteristics of the Products, and in particular the specifications, illustrations and indications of dimensions or capacity of the Products, are presented on the https://pro.uni-presse.fr/en/ website.
The Customer is obliged to read them before placing an order.
The choice and purchase of a Product is the sole responsibility of the Customer.
The photographs and graphics presented on the https://pro.uni-presse.fr/en/ website are not contractual and do not engage the responsibility of the Vendor.
The Customer is obliged to refer to the description of each Product in order to know its properties, its essential characteristics, as well as, in the case of continuous or periodic supply of a good, the minimum duration of the proposed contract.
Contractual information is presented in the French language and is confirmed at the latest when the order is validated by the Customer.
Products presented on the https://pro.uni-presse.fr/en/ website are offered for sale in the following territories: metropolitan France, French overseas departments and territories, EU and international (see appendix 1).
In the event of an order to a country other than metropolitan France, the Customer is the importer of the Product(s) concerned.
For all Products shipped outside the European Union and French overseas departments and territories, the Vendor applies different rates depending on the destination country of the subscription. Customs duties or other local taxes, import duties or state taxes may be payable. All prices are quoted in euros and include shipping and handling costs.
ARTICLE 3 – Seller’s contact details
The Seller’s contact details are as follows :
UNI-Presse – Association Loi 1901
112 rue Réaumur, 75080 Paris Cedex 02 FRANCE
Tel : +33 (0)1 42 78 37 72
Siret no. : 44879427100024
Declared to the Préfecture de Police of PARIS
Intracommunity VAT code : FR 30448794271
E-mail : servicepro@uni-presse.fr
In accordance with the French Data Protection Act of January 6, 1978, reinforced and supplemented by the RGPD (General Data Protection Regulation) which came into force on May 25. 2018, the Customer has, at any time, a right of access, rectification, opposition, deletion and portability of all his personal data by writing, by mail and proving his identity, to the Seller’s address, mentioned above or by filling out an account deletion form on the attached page.
Validation of the order by the Customer implies unreserved acceptance of these General Terms and Conditions of Sale.
The Customer acknowledges having the capacity required to contract and purchase the Products offered on the website https://pro.uni-presse.fr/en/.
ARTICLE 4 – Seller’s capacity as intermediary
The Seller acts as an intermediary in the name and on behalf of press publishers.
The Seller is therefore responsible for :
– Presentation of offers;
– The registration of orders;
– Payment of orders throughout the life of the subscription;
– Taking into account requests for modifications (change of address, etc.), suspension and/or cancellation of the subscription;
– After-sales service.
For its part, the Press Publisher ensures :
– Delivery of subscriptions to third-party titles in France and abroad. The Vendor may not be held responsible for the non-delivery of these magazines.
ARTICLE 5 – Controls
5-1. Placing an order
It is the customer’s responsibility to select the Products they wish to order on the website https://pro.uni-presse.fr/en/ website, in accordance with the following procedures :
Subscription offers are subject to availability with the Publisher.
The Customer creates an account on the website https://pro.uni-presse.fr/en/ website and provides all the information requested on the online registration form.
The Customer may prepare one or more quotations, and will thus be able to check the details of his order, its total price and correct any errors before confirming his acceptance. It is the Customer’s responsibility to check the accuracy of the order and to report or rectify any errors immediately.
The registration of an order on the website https://pro.uni-presse.fr/en/ website is completed when the Customer accepts the present B2B General Terms and Conditions of Sale by ticking the box provided for this purpose, and validates his/her order. This validation implies acceptance of the entirety of these B2B General Terms and Conditions of Sale, as well as the general terms and conditions of use of the website https://pro.uni-presse.fr/en/ website.
The sale is final only after the Vendor has sent the Customer confirmation of acceptance of the order by e-mail, which must be sent without delay, and after the Vendor has received payment in full.
Orders may be paid for by credit card, cheque drawn on a bank domiciled in mainland France or bank transfer.
Any order placed, validated by the Customer and confirmed by the Vendor, under the terms and conditions described above, on the website https://pro.uni-presse.fr/en/ website constitutes the formation of a contract concluded remotely between the Customer and the Vendor.
In the absence of proof to the contrary, the data recorded in the Vendor’s computer system constitutes proof of all transactions concluded with the Customer.
The Vendor reserves the right to cancel or refuse any order from a Customer with whom there is a dispute relating to the payment of a previous order.
5-2. Order modification
Once confirmed and accepted by the Seller, under the conditions described above, the order cannot be modified.
5-3. Order cancellation
Once the order has been confirmed and accepted by the seller, under the conditions described above, it cannot be cancelled, except in the event of the exercise of the right of withdrawal or in cases of force majeure.
ARTICLE 6 – Rates
The Products are supplied at the current prices shown on the website https://pro.uni-presse.fr/en/ website at the time the order is registered by the Vendor. Prices are expressed in Euros, excluding VAT and including VAT.
These prices are firm and non-revisable during their period of validity, as indicated on the website https://pro.uni-presse.fr/en/, website, the Vendor reserving the right, outside this period of validity, to modify prices at any time. Prices include administration, shipping, transport and delivery costs.
The payment requested from the Customer corresponds to the total amount of the purchase (exclusive of tax and VAT), including the cost of postal delivery by priority mail.
Management fees are invoiced at the bottom of the invoice.
ARTICLE 7 – Billing
For every purchase made, the Internet user receives an invoice from UNI-Presse by e-mail.
ARTICLE 8 – Terms of payment
The price is payable in cash, in full, on the day the order is placed by secure payment, using the following methods:
– By credit card: Carte Bancaire, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, other credit cards,
– By cheque,
– By bank transfer.
– By money order
Payment by credit card is irrevocable, except in the event of fraudulent use of the card.
Cheques must be issued by a bank domiciled in France or Monaco.
Cheques are cashed on receipt.
Payment data is exchanged using SSL encryption.
ARTICLE 9 – Availability
9.1 Available publications
Product offers are subject to availability. The Vendor cannot be held responsible in the event of delay or cessation of production of a Product from a third-party supplier.
In the event of unavailability of Products after an order has been placed, the latter will be cancelled. The Vendor will inform the Customer as soon as possible by post of this cancellation and of the terms of reimbursement.
The Vendor will inform the Customer as soon as possible, in writing, of this cancellation and of the terms of reimbursement. The Vendor will reimburse the Customer for all sums paid by the latter, including the cost of delivery of the order (within the limits of the standard delivery method), within a maximum period of 14 days from notification of the cancellation of the said order.
9.2 Stop Titles
If the Vendor discontinues a magazine at any time, the Customer may choose :
– Either delivery, for the remaining value of the Subscription, of another publication offered by the Publisher,
– or reimbursement of the remaining issues of the Subscription.
ARTICLE 10 – Deliveries
Depending on their frequency, the Products ordered by the Customer will be delivered in mainland France and in the international countries listed in the appendix, within 4 to 8 weeks from the time the order is registered and payment is received – the shipping time indicated on the Product sheet plus the processing and delivery time – to the address indicated by the Customer when placing the order on the website https://pro.uni-presse.fr/en/ .
Delivery is constituted by the transfer of physical possession to the Customer.
The Vendor undertakes to use its best efforts to deliver the products ordered by the Customer within the times specified above. However, these deadlines are given as an indication only.
If the Products ordered have not been delivered within 5 days of the indicative delivery date, for any reason other than force majeure or the fault of the Customer, the sale may be cancelled at the written request of the Customer under the conditions set out in articles L 216-2 L 216-3 L241-4 of the French Consumer Code. The sums paid by the Customer will then be returned to him at the latest within fourteen days following the date of cancellation of the contract, to the exclusion of any compensation or deduction.
In the event of non-conformity of the Product delivered, the Vendor undertakes to remedy the situation or reimburse the Customer, as indicated in the article – “Vendor’s liability – Guarantee”.
In the event of damage occurring during transport of the Products ordered, the Customer will have a period of three days from the said delivery to formulate a reasoned protest. To do so, he/she must contact UNI-Presse Customer Service by e-mail or by post (address indicated in article 3 above).
ARTICLE 11 – Transfer of ownership – Transfer of risk
The transfer of ownership of the Vendor’s Products to the Customer will only take place after full payment of the price by the Customer, regardless of the date of delivery of the Products.
Whatever the date of transfer of ownership of the Products, the transfer of the risks of loss and deterioration relating thereto will only take place when the Customer takes physical possession of the Products. The Products therefore travel at the Seller’s risk.
ARTICLE 12 – Right of withdrawal
In accordance with the legal provisions in force, the Customer has a period of fourteen days from the date of any purchase made on the website https://pro.uni-presse.fr/en/, to exercise his right of withdrawal from the Vendor, without having to justify his decision or pay any penalty.
If the Customer has received one or more issues, reimbursement is possible, provided that the Products are returned in their original packaging and in perfect condition within 14 days of notification to the Vendor of the Customer’s decision to withdraw.
Returns must be made in their original condition and complete (packaging, accessories, instructions, etc.) to enable them to be marketed as new.
Damaged, soiled or incomplete Products will not be taken back.
The right of withdrawal may be exercised online, using the withdrawal form available on the website https://pro.uni-presse.fr/en/withdrawal-form/, in which case an acknowledgement of receipt on a durable medium will be immediately communicated to the Customer by the Vendor, or any other unambiguous statement expressing the wish to withdraw.
If the right of withdrawal is exercised within the aforementioned period, only the price of the Product(s) purchased and the delivery costs will be reimbursed; the cost of returning the Product(s) will be borne by the Customer.
Reimbursement will be made within 14 days of notification to the Vendor of the decision to withdraw.
Exclusion of the right of withdrawal when downloading a digital magazine :
Pursuant to the provisions of article L 221-28 of the French Consumer Code, in the case of a 100% digital magazine subscription, the Customer waives his right of withdrawal as soon as a publication is downloaded and read, regardless of the method of purchase, except in the event of a bug or any other technical problem making it impossible to read said Title.
ARTICLE 13 – Legal warranty
13.1 Legal warranty of conformity
Pursuant to article L217-4 of the French Consumer Code: “The seller delivers goods in conformity with the contract and is responsible for any defects in conformity existing at the time of delivery. He is also liable for defects in conformity resulting from the packaging, assembly instructions or installation when the latter has been made his responsibility by the contract or has been carried out under his responsibility.”
Under article L217-5 of the French Consumer Code: To conform to the contract, the goods must :
– Be fit for the use normally expected of similar goods and, where applicable :
– Correspond to the description given by the seller and possess the qualities that the seller has presented to the buyer in the form of a sample or model;
– Present the qualities that a buyer may legitimately expect in view of the public statements made by the seller, by the producer or by his representative, particularly in advertising or labelling;
– Or present the characteristics defined by mutual agreement between the parties or be fit for any special purpose sought by the buyer, brought to the seller’s attention and accepted by the latter.”
However, the sale cannot be rescinded if the lack of conformity is minor.
Under article L 217-12 of the French Consumer Code: “Any action resulting from a lack of conformity is barred after two years from the date of delivery of the goods.”
13.2 Legal warranty for latent defects
Under article 1641 of the French Civil Code: “The seller is bound by the warranty for latent defects in the thing sold which render it unfit for the use for which it was intended, or which so diminish this use that the buyer would not have acquired it, or would only have given a lesser price for it, if he had known of them”.
Under article 1645 of the French Civil Code: “If the seller knew of the defects, he is bound, in addition to restitution of the price he received, to pay all damages to the buyer.
Under article 1646 of the French Civil Code: “If the seller was unaware of the defects in the item, he will only be bound to refund the price, and reimburse the buyer for the costs incurred by the sale”.
Under article 1648 of the French Civil Code: “The action resulting from redhibitory defects must be brought by the purchaser within two years of the discovery of the defect. In the case provided for in article 1642-1, the action must be brought, on pain of foreclosure, within one year of the date on which the seller can be relieved of the defects or apparent lack of conformity.”
13.3 Implementation of legal warranties
For any request concerning the legal warranties referred to above, the Customer may contact Customer Service :
Contact Customer Service – Magazine subscription :
– From France: +33 (0)1 42 78 37 72 (Free service + call charge) / Monday to Friday, 10am to 12pm and 2:30pm to 5pm.
– By fax : +33 (0)1 42 78 06 57 (cost according to operator)
– By mail : UNI-Presse – Service Clients – 112 rue de Réaumur – 75080 PARIS cedex 02 – FRANCE
– By e-mail : servicecmlien@uni-presse.fr
ARTICLE 14 – Personal data protection
Pursuant to Law 78-17 of January 6, 1978, amended by Law no. 2018-493 of June 20, 2018, it is reminded that the personal data requested from the Customer is necessary for the processing of his/her order and the preparation of invoices, in particular.
This data may be communicated to any of the Vendor’s partners responsible for the execution, processing, management and payment of orders.
The processing of information communicated via the website https://pro.uni-presse.fr/en/ complies with legal requirements for the protection of personal data, and the information system used ensures optimum protection of such data.
In accordance with current national and European regulations, customers have the right to permanent access, modification, rectification, opposition, portability and limitation of the processing of information concerning them.
This right may be exercised under the conditions and according to the procedures defined on the site https://pro.uni-presse.fr/en/.
ARTICLE 15 – Force majeure
The content of the website https://pro.uni-presse.fr/en/ is the property of the Seller and its partners and is protected by French and international intellectual property laws.
Any total or partial reproduction of this content is strictly prohibited and may constitute an infringement of copyright.
ARTICLE 16 – Force majeure
The Parties shall not be held liable if the non-performance or delay in performance of any of their obligations as described herein is due to force majeure, as defined in article 1218 of the French Civil Code.
ARTICLE 17 – Applicable law – Language
These B2B General Terms and Conditions of Sale and the transactions arising therefrom are governed by French law.
They are written in French. Should they be translated into one or more languages, only the French text shall prevail in the event of a dispute.
ARTICLE 18 – Disputes
In the event of a dispute, the customer should first contact UNI-PRESSE’s Customer Service in order to resolve it amicably. If this approach fails, the customer may contact the online mediation service of FEVAD (Fédération de la vente à distance), 60 rue la Boétie, 75008 PARIS, e-mail: mediateurduecommerce@fevad.com.
In accordance with the rules applicable to mediation, customers are reminded that any consumer dispute must be submitted in writing to the seller’s Customer Service department before any request for mediation can be made.
In the event of a dispute with professionals and/or merchants, the courts of PARIS (France) shall have jurisdiction.
In the event of a dispute with a consumer that has not been resolved by one or other of the above-mentioned means, the French courts will have jurisdiction. In accordance with the provisions of article L. 141-5 of the French Consumer Code, “the consumer may choose, in addition to one of the courts having territorial jurisdiction under the Code of Civil Procedure, the court of the place where he resided at the time of the conclusion of the contract or the occurrence of the harmful event.
APPENDIX 1 – List of delivery countries
A : ACORES; AFGHANISTAN; ALBANIA; ALGERIA; ANDORRA; ANGOLA; SMALL ANTILLES; ARABIA SAUDITE; ARGENTINA; ARUBA (DUTCH ANTILLES); ARMENIA; AUSTRIA; AUSTRALIA; AZERBAIJAN
B : BAHAMAS; BAHRAIN; BANGLADESH; BARBABE ISLAND – WEST INDIES; BELGIUM; BENIN; BELIZE; BELARUS; BIRMANIA; BOLIVIA; BOSNIA- HERZEGOVINA; BOTSWANA; BRAZIL; BRUNEI; BULGARIA; BURKINA FASO; BURUNDI
C : CAMEROON; CAMBODIA; CANADA; CANARY ISLANDS; CAPE VERDE; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHAD; CHILE; CHINA; COLOMBIA; COMOROS; CONGO; SOUTH KOREA; NORTH KOREA; COSTA RICA; CROATIA; CUBA; CURACAO (NETHERLANDS ANTILLES); CYPRUS; CZECH REPUBLIC;
D : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DENMARK; DJIBOUTI; DOMINICA ISLAND; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
E : EGYPT; EL SALVADOR; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; ECUADOR; ERITREA; ESTONIA; ETHIOPIA;
F : FIDJI (ISLANDS); FINLAND; FRANCE, METROPOLITAN AND DOM TOM ; FRENCH POLYNESIA; FRENCH SOUTHERN LANDS
G : GABON; GAMBIA; GEORGIA; GERMANY ; GHANA; GIBRALTAR; GREECE; GRENADA; GUADELOUPE; GUATEMALA; GUINEA; GUINEA – BISSAU; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; GUYANA; FRENCH GUYANA
H : HAITI ; HONDURAS ; HUNGARY ; HONG KONG – PEOPLE’S REP OF CHINA
I : ICELAND; INDIA; INDONESIA; IRAN; IRAQ; IRELAND; ISRAEL; ITALY; IVORY COAST
J : JAMAICA; JAPAN; JORDAN
K : KAZAKHSTAN; KENYA; KOSOVO; KUWAIT; KYRGYZSTAN
L : LAOS ; LESOTHO ; LATVIA ; LIBAN ; LIBERIA ; LIBYA ; LIECHTENSTEIN ; LITHUANIA ; LUXEMBOURG
M : MACAU; MACEDONIA; MADAGASCAR; MALAYSIA; MALAWI; MALTA; MOROCCO; MARTINIQUE; ILE MAURICE; MAURITANIA; MAYOTTE; MEXICO; MOLDOVA; MONTENEGRO; MONACO; MONGOLIA; MOZAMBIQUE
N : NAMIBIA; NEPAL; NETHERLANDS; NEW CALEDONIA; NEW GUINEA; NEW ZEALAND; NICARAGUA; NIGER; NIGERIA; NORWAY
O : OMAN
P : PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES; PAKISTAN; PANAMA; PARAGUAY; PERU; PHILIPPINES; POLAND; PORTUGAL
Q : QATAR
R : REUNION; ROMANIA; RUSSIA; RWANDA
S : SAINT BARTHELEMY FRANCE; SAINTE HELENE; SAINTE LUCIE (ISLANDS); SAINT MARIN; SAINT MARTIN FRANCE; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE; ST PIERRE MIQUELON; SENEGAL; SERBIA; SEYCHELLES (ISLANDS); SIERRA LEONE; SINGAPORE; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; SOMALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SUDAN; SPAIN; SRI LANKA; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; SURINAME; SWAZILAND; SYRIA
T : TAJIKISTAN; TAIWAN; TANZANIA; THAILAND; TOGO; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; TUNISIA; TURKMENISTAN; TURKEY
U : UNITED KINGDOM (THE); UNITED STATES (THE); UKRAINE; URUGUAY; UGANDA; UZBEKISTAN
V : VANUATU; VENEZUELA; VIET NAM
W : WALLIS AND FUTUNA
Y : YEMEN; YEMEN ARAB REP
Z : ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE
Last update date: 26/02/2025