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These Terms govern every order placed with Tomas Strigac through tomasstrigac.com. Placing an order means you have read and accepted them. They are provided in accordance with Articles L111-1, L221-5 and following of the French Consumer Code.
These Terms apply to all Services, to the exclusion of any other document and of the Client’s own purchasing conditions. The version applicable to an order is the version in force on the date the order is placed.
The Provider supplies document and editorial services: proofreading, document review, quality control of written material, stylistic refinement, document formatting and preparation, and the preparation of information materials. The Provider also supplies writing services — creative writing and commercial copy work — and consulting on written communication.
Some Services are sold at a fixed price with a stated scope and can be ordered directly. Others are quoted individually because their extent varies too much for a fixed price; those are marked price on request and begin with a written quote.
All Services are delivered as digital documents. Nothing is shipped.
The Provider may refuse or cancel an order where the request falls outside the Services, where the Brief is unlawful or defamatory, where it would require misrepresenting facts, or where a previous order remains unpaid. Any sum already paid is refunded in full.
Prices are shown in euro (EUR) and payment is taken in euro. If your account is held in another currency, your bank converts it at its own rate and may add a fee; that is set by your bank and is outside the Provider’s control. The amount shown at checkout is the amount charged — nothing is added at that point.
In accordance with Article 293 B of the French General Tax Code, VAT is not applicable and none is charged. Payment is due in full at the time of ordering. For individually quoted work the payment schedule is set out in the quote. An invoice is issued for every order.
Where a Brief turns out to fall materially outside the scope stated for a Service, the Provider informs the Client before starting and either agrees a supplement in writing or cancels the order with a full refund. No supplement is ever invoiced after the event.
Deliverables are supplied digitally by email. Delivery times, and the point at which the delivery clock starts, are set out in the Delivery Policy, which forms part of these Terms.
Each Service includes the number of revision rounds stated in its description. A revision round means one consolidated set of comments from the Client and one corresponding reworking by the Provider.
Revision requests should be sent within 14 days of delivery. Revisions cover adjustments within the scope originally agreed. A change of direction, a new audience, a different purpose or additional length is new work and is quoted separately.
The Client undertakes to supply a Brief that is accurate, complete and lawful; to hold all necessary rights in any material supplied; to respond to queries within a reasonable time; to check the Deliverable on receipt and raise any issue within the revision window; and to verify all factual claims, figures and legal statements before publishing.
The Client is solely responsible for the use made of the Deliverable after delivery, including its publication, and for compliance with any advertising, professional or sector-specific rules that apply to them. Where the work concerns commercial or advertising messages, the Client remains responsible for the accuracy and substantiation of the claims it asks to be made.
Material supplied by the Client remains the property of the Client throughout.
On full payment, the Provider assigns to the Client the economic rights in the Deliverable, for all uses, for the legal term of protection and worldwide. Until full payment is received, no rights are transferred and the Deliverable may not be used.
Under Article L121-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code, moral rights are inalienable and remain with the author. The Provider will not exercise them in a way that obstructs the Client’s normal use of the Deliverable, and waives any requirement to be credited.
The Provider does not use Client material as a portfolio sample, case study or reference without the Client’s prior written permission.
Each party undertakes to keep confidential all information received from the other in the course of a commission, and not to disclose it to third parties except where the law requires. This obligation continues for three years after the commission ends.
The Provider undertakes to carry out the Services with the care and skill reasonably expected of a professional in the field. This is an obligation of means, not of result: no guarantee is given as to any commercial outcome, audience response, conversion or acceptance by a third party.
The Provider is liable only for direct and foreseeable loss resulting from its own fault, and liability is limited to the amount actually paid for the Service concerned. The Provider is not liable for indirect loss, loss of profit, loss of opportunity, loss of data or reputational damage.
Nothing in these Terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for any liability that cannot lawfully be limited. Consumers keep the benefit of the legal guarantee of conformity and the guarantee against hidden defects provided under French law.
Neither party is liable for a failure to perform caused by an event of force majeure within the meaning of Article 1218 of the French Civil Code. The affected party informs the other without delay. If the event lasts more than 30 days, either party may terminate and any sum paid for work not carried out is refunded.
Consumers have a statutory right of withdrawal of 14 days. The conditions under which it applies, the circumstances in which it is lost, and the procedure for exercising it are set out in the Refund Policy, which forms part of these Terms.
Personal data is processed as described in the Privacy Policy, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
Any complaint should be sent to info@tomasstrigac.com. A response is provided within 2 business days and the Provider will try to resolve the matter directly. Making a complaint does not affect the Client’s statutory rights or the ability to bring court proceedings.
These Terms are governed by French law. Where the Client is a Consumer resident in another EU Member State, that Client keeps the protection of the mandatory rules of their country of residence and may bring proceedings before the courts of that country. For Professional Clients, the courts of Paris have exclusive jurisdiction.
If any provision is held invalid, the remaining provisions continue in force. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. These Terms, together with the Refund Policy, the Delivery Policy, the Privacy Policy and the order confirmation, form the entire agreement between the parties.