Terms of Use – COBEMAT website
1. Purpose
These Terms of Use (hereinafter the « Terms ») set out the conditions for accessing, browsing and using the website operated by COBEMAT (hereinafter the « Website »), including the features that allow professional users to submit online quote requests via the dedicated form (page /quote/).
The Website is intended to present COBEMAT’s activities, in particular the supply of construction materials and technical products (aggregates, cements, admixtures, application products, etc.) as well as the organisation and management of transport and multimodal logistics solutions (road, inland waterway, sea, rail) across its eight service areas in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the southern Netherlands and southern England.
2. Website publisher
The Website is published by:
Chaussée de Waterloo / Waterloose Steenweg 468 – B9
1050 Brussels – Belgium
VAT: BE 0897.758.754
Tel.: +32 2 892 60 40
Email:
French branch:
COBEMAT SRL – French branch
10, rue Michel Servet – 59000 Lille – France
VAT: FR 28 828 824 524
Tel.: +33 3 59 82 25 40
3. Access to the website
Access to the Website is free of charge. Costs related to telecommunications access and Internet use remain the sole responsibility of the user. COBEMAT reserves the right to suspend, limit or interrupt access to the Website at any time and without notice, in particular for technical, maintenance, update or security reasons.
4. Intended audience – strictly professional use
The Website is intended exclusively for a professional audience. The information, services and features offered via the Website, including the ability to submit a quote request, are reserved for professionals in the concrete, building, civil works, infrastructure and industrial sectors. No offer, information or service offered on the Website is intended for consumers within the meaning of consumer protection law.
5. Website content
Information on the Website is strictly informative, indicative and non-contractual. COBEMAT strives to ensure the accuracy of published information but does not guarantee its completeness or continuous up-to-date nature. Website content may be modified, supplemented or deleted at any time, without prior notice.
6. Online quote request
The Website allows professional users to submit a quote request concerning materials, technical products or logistics solutions offered by COBEMAT, via the form available on the page /quote/. Any quote request submitted via the Website constitutes a request for personalised information, without any binding offer, contractual commitment or obligation to respond from COBEMAT. Information provided via the form does not constitute an offer, acceptance, or confirmation of price, availability or lead time.
Any quote possibly issued by COBEMAT is based on the information provided by the user, subject to internal validation, and may include specific conditions (price, volumes, transport, lead times, applicable standards, validity period, etc.). Only the written acceptance of a quote issued by COBEMAT, together with the acceptance of separate B2B General Terms and Conditions of Sale, may give rise to a contractual relationship.
The user undertakes to provide accurate, complete and truthful information in any quote request. COBEMAT may not be held liable for consequences resulting from inaccurate, incomplete or erroneous information.
7. Absence of contractual relationship
Mere consultation of the Website, the submission of a quote request or any other contact via the Website does not create any contractual relationship between the user and COBEMAT. Any commercial relationship is subject to a written quote, its express acceptance, and where applicable the application of B2B General Terms and Conditions of Sale and/or a written contract.
8. Intellectual property
The entire Website, including texts, content, images, graphics, logos, visual elements, structure and layout, is protected by intellectual property rights. Any reproduction, representation, distribution, modification or exploitation, in whole or in part, of the Website or any of its elements, without the prior written consent of COBEMAT, is strictly prohibited.
9. Liability
COBEMAT may not be held liable for any temporary interruption or unavailability of the Website, errors or omissions in published information, refusal to process or absence of response to a quote request, discrepancy between general information on the Website and specific conditions of a quote, or any direct or indirect damage resulting from the use of the Website. The user remains solely responsible for the use made of information available on the Website.
10. Hyperlinks
The Website may contain links to third-party websites. COBEMAT exercises no control over these sites and disclaims all liability regarding their content, functioning or practices.
11. Personal data
Personal data possibly collected via the Website, in particular through quote or contact requests, are processed in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations (EU GDPR for Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 for the United Kingdom). The methods of collection, processing, retention and user rights are detailed in the Privacy Policy available on the Website (page /privacy-policy/).
12. Cookies
The use of cookies on the Website is set out in the Cookie Policy available on the Website (page /cookie-policy/).
13. Amendment of the Terms
COBEMAT reserves the right to amend these Terms at any time. The Terms applicable are those in force at the date of consultation of the Website.
14. Governing law and competent jurisdiction
These Terms are governed by Belgian law. Any dispute relating to the use of the Website, its content or a quote request falls under the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the judicial district of Brussels, without prejudice to the application of COBEMAT’s B2B General Terms and Conditions of Sale where a commercial relationship is established.