Imprint

1. Contract

1.1 For the Precious Metals Future Forum of the

Fragold Connect GmbH
Blumenweg 28

63128 Dietzenbach
E-Mail: service@fragold-connect.de

The following General Terms and Conditions apply exclusively in the version valid at the time the contract is concluded. Terms and conditions of business of contractual partners that deviate from these terms and conditions shall not apply.

Exhibitors at ZukunftsForum Edelmetalle are subject to the separate Exhibition Terms and Conditions in the version valid at the time the contract is concluded.

2. Registration / Registration confirmation

2.1 Registrations for the event are made via the website www.zukunftsforum-edelmetalle.de using WooCommerce / FooEvents. The Organizer's offers merely represent a non-binding invitation to conclude a contract. Registration is a binding offer to conclude a contract for participation in the event. The contract is concluded when the organizer sends a confirmation of registration. The dispatch of the invoice shall also be deemed to be confirmation of registration.

2.2 Binding registration via the Internet only takes place when the corresponding button is clicked and these GTC are accepted. The content of the concluded contract can be seen from the registration confirmation and the GTC sent, which are also available on the Internet at any time.

2.3 There is no general entitlement to participation; the organizer reserves the right to admit participants on a case-by-case basis. The organizer is also entitled to exclude participants from further participation in special cases, e.g. in the event of late payment, disruption of the event, etc.. In the event of exclusion, the participant shall not be entitled to a reduction in price.

2.4 In the event of overbooking, the applicant will be informed immediately; a contract will not be concluded in this case.

3. Services and prices

3.1 The scope of services and event location are set out in the respective event description of the Organizer. With regard to the content and course of an event, the Organizer reserves the right to make minor deviations from the event description; this also includes a change of venue within the same location. Furthermore, the organizer reserves the right to replace announced speakers with others for important organizational or factual reasons. The overall character of the event shall remain unaffected by any changes.

3.2 The event language is generally German, exceptions are possible, so that some specialist forums, lectures etc. will be held in English. They will not be interpreted.

3.3 Participation is subject to a fee. The participation fees are per participant and event. Unless otherwise stated, the participation fees include the costs for holding the event (speakers' fees, costs for event rooms, technical equipment, drinks during breaks, lunch, event documents). Unless otherwise agreed, travel, accommodation and catering costs in particular are not included in the participation fee; these are to be booked by the participants themselves and settled directly with the respective contractual partner.

3.4 All prices quoted for participation in the events are in euros. Unless expressly indicated otherwise, all prices quoted are net prices plus statutory VAT. Errors with regard to prices are excepted.

3.5 Payment of the participation fee shall be made on the basis of the agreed payment modalities and the invoice issued by the organizer. The total price shown on the invoice (net, plus VAT) is payable immediately by the method of payment selected during the booking process, in the case of bank transfer within 10 days, without deduction.

4. Cancellations by the participant

4.1 Cancellation of participation is not possible.  

4.2 The nomination of a substitute participant is possible free of charge up to 14 days before the start of the event.

4.3 Participant substitutions must be made in writing and only become valid upon written confirmation by the organizer. The organizer must be notified in text form before the date of the event if a registered person is to be substituted, otherwise there is no entitlement to participation. In emergencies, e.g. if the participant falls ill, it is possible to notify the organizer by telephone.

The participant bears the burden of proof for the timely receipt of the change.

5. Cancellation by organizer

The organizer reserves the right to postpone, change or cancel the entire event or individual parts of it at short notice.

In particular, the organizer is entitled to cancel the event due to insufficient demand or number of participants (up to 7 days before the planned start of the event at the latest) or for other important reasons for which it is not responsible (e.g. sudden illness of speakers, force majeure) without observing the deadline. The organizer is then obliged to refund any fees already paid to the participant. Further liability and compensation claims that do not relate to injury to life, limb or health are excluded, unless the organizer and its vicarious agents are responsible for intent or gross negligence.

Cancellations of events can be communicated to the participant in writing, by telephone or by e-mail.

6. Liability

6.1 Participation in the face-to-face events is at your own risk.

6.2 The organizer is not liable for damages resulting from accidents, damage, loss or theft, in particular not for consequential damages (e.g. loss of profit, compensation for futile expenses, etc.) resulting from the event, unless these are based on intentional or grossly negligent conduct on the part of the organizer or its legal representatives and vicarious agents or are caused by a breach of an essential contractual obligation. Essential contractual obligations are obligations whose fulfillment is essential for the proper execution of the contract and on whose compliance the contractual partner may regularly rely and whose breach on the other hand jeopardizes the achievement of the purpose of the contract.

6.3 If the Organizer is liable in accordance with Section 6.2 for the breach of a material contractual obligation without being guilty of gross negligence or intent, its liability shall be limited to the damage typical for the contract, the occurrence of which the Organizer had to expect at the time of commissioning based on the circumstances known to it at that time.

6.4 If the organizer is liable in accordance with section 6.2 or section 6.3 for gross negligence or intent on the part of employees who are not managing directors or executives of the organizer, the liability of the organizer is also limited to the maximum amount specified in section 6.3.

6.5 The exclusion or limitation of claims in accordance with the above clauses also applies to claims of the participant against employees and agents of the organizer, in particular speakers and suppliers as well as service providers.

6.6 No-fault claims for damages and claims for injury to body, health or life as well as the provisions of the Product Liability Act shall remain unaffected by the above clauses.

7. Copyright / rights of use

7.1 All event documents are protected by copyright.

Participants are only granted a simple, non-transferable right of use for personal use. In particular, participants and third parties are not permitted to change the content or editing of the conference documents - even in part - or to use modified versions, copy them for third parties, make them publicly accessible or forward them, post them on the Internet or other networks for a fee or free of charge, imitate them, resell them or use them for commercial purposes without the prior consent of the organizer. Any copyright notices, labels or trademarks may not be removed.

7.2 The content of the event is designed, prepared and carried out by competent and qualified moderators and speakers. However, the organizer cannot assume any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, timeliness and completeness of the event documents or the content covered in the events.

8. Exhibition / Sponsoring

The conditions of any trade exhibition/sponsorship accompanying the event are regulated in the relevant GTC or in the individual contracts.

9. Written form requirement, applicable law, place of jurisdiction and place of performance

9.1 Deviations from these Terms and Conditions of Business and Participation must be made in writing to be effective. The same applies with regard to the waiver of the written form requirement. This does not apply if the customer is a consumer (i.e. a natural person who concludes a legal transaction for a purpose that cannot be attributed to their commercial or independent professional activity).

9.2 If individual provisions of these General Terms and Conditions and/or the contract supplemented by them are or become invalid, this shall not affect the validity of the other provisions, and the contract and these General Terms and Conditions shall otherwise remain valid for both parties.

9.3 The contract is subject to German law to the exclusion of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG).

9.4 If the participant is a merchant within the meaning of the German Commercial Code, a legal entity under public law or a special fund under public law, the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising directly or indirectly from the contractual relationship shall be Offenbach.

9.5 The participant shall only have a right of set-off if their counterclaims have been legally established or are undisputed or recognized by the organizer. In addition, the participant shall only have a right of retention if and insofar as his counterclaim is based on the same contractual relationship.

 

 

10. Right of withdrawal for consumers

The following right of withdrawal applies only to private individuals / consumers within the meaning of § 13 BGB and therefore does not apply to contracts concluded by entrepreneurs within the meaning of § 14 BGB in the context of their commercial or independent professional activity with the organizer.

Cancellation policy

Right of withdrawal

Participants have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving reasons.

The withdrawal period is 14 days from the date of conclusion of the contract.

To exercise the right of withdrawal, the participant must inform the organizer

Fragold Connect GmbH
Blumenweg 28

63128 Dietzenbach
E-Mail: service@fragold-connect.de

by means of a clear statement (e.g. a registered letter sent by post or e-mail) of his decision to withdraw from this contract. The participant may use the attached model withdrawal form, but this is not mandatory.

To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for the participant to send notification of the exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period expires.

Consequences of revocation

If the Participant withdraws from this contract, the Organizer shall reimburse the Participant for all payments received from the Participant, including any delivery costs incurred, immediately and at the latest within fourteen days of the day on which the Organizer receives notification of the withdrawal from this contract. For this repayment, the organizer shall use the same means of payment that the participant used for the original transaction, unless expressly agreed otherwise; in no case shall the participant be charged any fees for this repayment.

If the participant has requested that the services/events begin during the withdrawal period or if the services/events booked by the participant begin during the withdrawal period, the participant must pay the organizer a reasonable amount corresponding to the proportion of the services/events already provided up to the time at which the participant informed the respective organizer of the exercise of the right of withdrawal with regard to this contract compared to the total scope of the services/events provided for in the contract.

Sample withdrawal form

(If the participant wishes to withdraw from the contract, he/she can fill out this form and send it back to the organizer):

Fragold Connect GmbH
Blumenweg 28

63128 Dietzenbach
E-mail: service@fragold-connect.de

I/we hereby revoke the contract concluded by me/us for participation in the ZunkunftsForum Edelmetalle

Booked on

Name of the consumer(s)

Address of the consumer(s)

Signature of the consumer(s) (only for notification on paper)

Date

_________________

(*) Delete as appropriate.

11. Data protection

11.1 The Organizer shall protect the personal data of the participants. When collecting, processing and using the customer's personal data, the provisions of the applicable data protection law shall be observed.

The organizer processes and uses the data for contract fulfillment, invoicing, customer service and, if the participant has consented or the respective organizer and co-organizer is legally entitled to do so, for advertising purposes from their respective business area. The organizer also informs the participants, irrespective of express consent, about its own and similar offers or services by e-mail in accordance with a weighing of interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 f GDPR. Participants may object to the promotional use of their data at any time in writing to

Fragold Connect GmbH
Blumenweg 28

63128 Dietzenbach
E-mail: service@fragold-connect.de

(the e-mail address and name under which the objecting party is registered / logged in must be provided). The data may also be passed on to service providers (processors) for the aforementioned purposes.

11.2 A list of registered participants (company, first and last name, position, location) will be made available to all participants at/before the event. By registering, the participant agrees to the publication of this data on the list of participants. However, the participant can object to the publication during the registration process or limit the scope of the published data.

After the booked event has taken place, the participant has the right at any time to request the deletion or correction of the data stored about him/her for the execution of the contract. The participant may object at any time to the processing or use of his/her data for the purposes of advertising or market or opinion research. This will not incur any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic rates.

11.3 The Organizer's current data protection information can be found at

https://www.zukunftsforum-edelmetalle.de

12. Image and video recordings

As part of the event, the organizer or commissioned or accredited persons as well as service providers will make image and video recordings for information and advertising purposes. By registering, the participant agrees to the free production and distribution of these recordings on the website, in the print media and social media as well as for further information and advertising purposes of the organizer and the sponsors and partners of the event.

All image and publication rights are held by the organizer. Image, video or sound recordings of the participants during the event require the prior written consent of the organizer in all cases. The same applies to any subsequent use of image or sound recordings of the event that is not exclusively for private purposes.

The organizer bears no responsibility for photographs taken and published by third parties - e.g. partners, exhibitors and participants, etc.

13. Out-of-court dispute resolution and notice pursuant to § 36 VSBG

The European Commission presents http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/ resp. https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/odr provides a platform for out-of-court online dispute resolution (so-called ODR platform). The organizer points out that he is not obliged to participate in a dispute settlement procedure before a consumer arbitration board and does not participate in a dispute settlement procedure before a consumer arbitration board.

Status July 2024