Please read the following terms and conditions carefully before using the Product Market Analysis Portals Web site (herein after the "Product Map Web site"). By using it, you agree to follow and be bound by the following terms and conditions concerning your use of the site. You may not access or use the Product Map Web site should you not want to be bound by these Terms of Use. By accessing and using the Product Map Web site you agree to periodically review its terms and conditions and to be conclusively bound by any future modifications.

The Product Map Web site is a global business information service offered by the International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (hereafter referred to as ITC). The Product Map Web site can be defined as a central hub providing information of interest to specific product-based sub-groups of the global business community and providing a facility for Web-based interaction for that sub-group.

The Product Map Web site comprises of various Web pages operated by ITC and its partners. ITC partners are either information providers or technology providers, or both. The Product Map Web site is produced and managed by ITC.

The Product Map Web site is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms and conditions contained herein. When you register to become a Subscriber, you are required to click the "Confirm Subscription" button to further acknowledge your acceptance of these terms and conditions. Your use of the Product Map Web site constitutes your agreement to all of the terms and conditions stated herein.

- Eligibility For Membership -

Sections of the Product Map Web site are available to corporations, business entities, trade support institutions and individuals against annual payments stipulated in the subscription page of the Product Map Web site. The Membership Fee is non-refundable. By completing the registration form, you represent and warrant that you can enter into legally binding contracts under applicable law. ITC has the sole discretion to refuse or cancel membership. Only registered Subscribers of the Product MapWeb site are allowed to use the Product Map "Subscribers only" Web pages. If you are not a Subscriber to the Product Map Web site, you can access, as a Visitor, the selected free sample Product Map. If you are a visitor to the Product MapWeb site, your use of the site is your automatic agreement to these terms and conditions.

Your Username and password are unique, confidential, and proprietary within the Product Map Web site. Your Username and Password should not be shared with third-parties unless explicitly authorized by ITC. Your Username and password are only known to the highest level of systems administrators of the Product Map Web site. In addition, any registration information submitted by a Subscriber is kept confidential for exclusive use by ITC and will not be passed on to any other organization.

- No guarantee of access -

ITC does not and cannot guarantee continuous, uninterrupted, or secure access to the Product Map Web site. From time to time, access to and/or operation of the Product Map Web site may be interfered with or interrupted with by factors outside of the control of ITC.

- Fees and Payments -

Subscribers to the Product Map Web site are subject to fees as stated in the Subscription section of the Product Map Web site. Unless otherwise stated, all fees are quoted and payable in U.S. Dollars. Terms of payment are within net thirty (30) days from the date of invoice unless otherwise stated by ITC. In the event that payment is not received within the thirty (30) day period without an acceptable explanation, the subscription will be suspended. The Subscriber shall pay all costs of collection. If any proceeding is brought against a Subscriber under bankruptcy or insolvency laws, ITC shall be allowed to cancel any current transaction. Failure to promptly pay fees shall be grounds for termination of privileges available on the Product Map Web site. The annual subscription fee for access to the Product MapWeb site is not refundable, except if a request of cancellation of subscription is received in writing from the member within fourteen days after the first day of access to the Product Map Web site.

- Taxes and Fees -

ITC accepts no responsibility for taxes of any kind that may be imposed upon a transaction entered into through the use of the Product Map Web site.

Any dispute between ITC and a Subscriber to the Product Map Web site arising out of the interpretation and/or execution of these terms and conditions shall be settled by mutual agreement. If ITC and the Product Map Web site Subscriber are unable to reach an agreement on any question in dispute, or on a mode of settlement other than arbitration, either party shall have the right to request arbitration in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), as at present in force. ITC and the Product Map Web site Subscriber agree to be bound by any arbitration award rendered in accordance with the above as the final adjudication of any such dispute.

- Link to third party sites -

The Product Map Web site may contain links to other Web sites. The linked Web sites are not under the control of ITC and ITC is not responsible for the contents of any linked Web site, including without limitation, to any link contained in a linked Web site, or any changes or updates to a linked Web site. The Product Map Web site only provides these links as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by ITC of the linked Web site or any association or affiliation with its operators. You understand further that the Internet contains unedited materials some of which may be offensive to you. While ITC will periodically access the sites to which the Product Map Web site provides links to, ITC cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that sites will not change contents without notice. You access such materials at your own risk. ITC has no control over and accepts no responsibility whatsoever for such materials.

Ownership of the contents of the Web sites linked to the Product Map Web site remains exclusively with owners of the respective linked sites. The Product Map Web site solely offers the service of directing Subscribers to what is available on the Internet related to the 72 product clusters covered by the Product Map Web site. This also includes short market studies collected from free Web sites on the internet which are made available on the Product Map Web site through its Market Studies module.

- Lawful Use -

As a Condition of your use of the Product Map Web site, you warrant that you will not use the Product Map Web site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms and conditions. You further warrant that you are legally able to enter into a Product Map subscription contract with ITC. You may not use the Product Map Web site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Product Map Web site or interfere with any other Subscriber/Visitor’s use of the Product Map Web site. You may not use any device, software, or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Product Map Web site. This includes, but is not limited to, any viruses, trojan horses, worms, or time bombs. You may not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on ITC’s infrastructure, including but not limited to, unsolicited or mass e-mailing techniques or "spam". You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Product Map Web site. Further, any information you submit to the Product Map Web site must not infringe any rights of third parties, including but not limited to intellectual property, publicity, or privacy, be defamatory, trade libelous, threatening, or harassing, obscene, indecent, or contain pornography.

See Terms and Conditions of the International Trade Centre, which also apply to the Product Map site.

- Privacy Policy-

See Privacy Policy of the International Trade Centre, which also apply to the Product Map site.

- Ownership of Domain names -

Ownership of the www.p-maps.org domain name is registered as the property of ITC.

The Product Map Web site and all intellectual property rights included therein, including but not limited to patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, and trade secrets, are owned by ITC, and all right and title and interest therein shall remain the property of ITC. The copying, redistribution or publication of Product Map contents, or any part of the Product Maps Web site, by Visitors/Subscribers is subject to specific authorisation to be sought from the ITC. All reference to Product Map content by Visitors/Subscribers must indicate the source as: 'Product Map developed by the International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO'. The Product Map Web site Subscriber does not acquire ownership rights to any content or document obtained through the Product Map Web site. Visitors/Subscribers shall not remove any copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property or proprietary notice or legend contained on the Product Map Web site or its contents.

- Networking Facilities -

Through its ‘Storefronts’ and ‘Business Contacts’ facilities, the Product Map Web site offers facilities to network among Subscribers and Visitors to the Product Map Web site. This service solely offers Product Map Subscribers the opportunity to network with other visitors to the site. These facilities are offered without any guarantee from ITC as to their accuracy as stated under the liability clause.

These facilities have the sole function of offering a meeting point and do not include any transactional or commercial element. ITC carries no responsibility whatsoever related to any transaction or agreement between any users of the Product Map Web site.

ITC reserves the right to change the terms and conditions under which the Product Map Web site is offered. You are responsible for periodically reviewing these terms and conditions. The modified terms and conditions are immediately effective after they are initially posted on the Product Map Web site.

If you have any questions or comments about these terms and conditions or your dealings with the Product Map Web site, please contact pmaps@intracen.org.

- Product Map : Terms and Conditions of Access and Dissemination -

http://www.p-maps.org or http://www.intracen.org/pmaps

1. The Product Map Web site is administrated by ITC’s Trade Information Section with the objective to enhance the capacity of trade support institutions and businesses in developing countries to undertake market research for trade development.

2. Access to the Product Map Web site is granted to users and partner organisations in any country on a non-exclusive basis.

3. Access to the Product Map Web site is via a Password / Username interface and on a subscription, fee-paying basis. Access is granted after payment of subscription fees by the Subscriber, upon receipt of an official invoice from ITC.

4. The Username and Password to access the product Map Web site are unique, confidential, and proprietary within the Product Map Web site. Usernames and Passwords should not be shared with third-parties unless explicitly authorized by ITC. Usernames and passwords are only known to the highest level of systems administrators of the Product Map Web site. In addition, any registration information submitted by a Subscriber is kept confidential for exclusive use by ITC and will not be passed on to any other organization.

5. ITC reserves the right to grant temporary access to the Product Map application at no cost to selected users, at its own discretion, without justification or prejudice to the future implementation of the official Product Map charging policy for these selected users.

6. ITC reserves the right to change any user’s Username and Password occasionally with one month notice in writing.

7. By first entering the Product Map Web site with the Username and Password provided by ITC or ITC’s partner organisations, users of the Product Map Web site agree to be bound by these general conditions of access and by the Terms and Conditions of Use of the Product Map application posted on the Product Map Web site home-page on www.p-maps.org under “Terms and Conditions”.

8. ITC reserves the right to revoke any user’s access to the Product Map Web application in case of non-compliance with these terms and conditions.

9. ITC does not and cannot guarantee continuous, uninterrupted, or secure access to the Product Map Web site. From time to time, access to and/or operation of the Product Map Web site may be interfered with or interrupted with by factors outside of the control of ITC. The help desk and maintenance of the Product Map Web site and database operate on the basis of Switzerland’s working hours.

10. Users are authorised to pass or sell any data and analysis extracted from the Product Map Web site. Users are free to set prices to sell data and analysis extracted from the Product Map application. In all cases, the source of Product Map data should be referred to as 'Product Map developed by the International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO'.

Conditions for Institutional single user access to the Product Map Web site (http://www.p-maps.org)

11. Single user access to the Product Map Web site can be provided to partner organisations and users who do not wish to disseminate access to the application to third parties.

12. Single user access to the Product Map Web site is for users’ internal use only. Usernames and Passwords are nominative, confidential and should not be published, disseminated or shared with any third party. The Username/Password issued to these users of the Product Map Web site have been designed to operate exclusively from the first PC / Server from which the user first accesses the application.

13. In special circumstances, single organisations operating from a variety of offices or countries may be granted, for a nominal fee, a global Username and Password to the Product Map Web site, allowing access from multiple locations.

Conditions for dissemination of access to the Product Map application (http://www.p-maps.org)

14. National country partners can opt to disseminate access to the Product Map Web site to third party users in their country. For this, partners will be required to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ITC outlining conditions of access and subscription fees.

15. Partner organisations are provided with a confidential, primary Username and Password to the Product Map Web site. Partner organisations are not authorised to publish, disseminate, sell or share their primary Username and Password with any third parties, outside those mentioned specifically in ITC’s individual agreement with its partners.

16. Partner organisations are provided with a confidential code which enables them to create additional secondary Usernames and Passwords to the Product Map Web site for use by third-parties located in the partner’s country.

17. Access by third parties is authorised only with the secondary Username and Password obtained from the partner organisation.

18. The Username/Password issued to third parties by ITC’s partner organizations will operate exclusively from the first PC / Server from which the third party user accesses the Product Map Web site. This will be monitored through the IP address of the PC / Server used by the third party.

For any assistance and queries on the Product Map application please contact pmaps@intracen.org

Issued by:
International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO
Trade Information Section
Palais des Nations - CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: + 41 22 730 02 76 Fax: + 41 22 730 05 78
Email : pmaps@intracen.org

30 July 2003