General Conditions of Use


The following terms govern access to and the use of this website. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please do not access or use the website. This website has been developed by Bayer S.p.A. (hereinafter BAYER). We reserve the right to amend or discontinue this website and/or to make partial or complete modifications to the General Terms of Use. Since we may make such changes at our own discretion and without notice, whenever you visit this site, please check the Terms again to ensure that no changes or amendments have been made.

Assignment of the right of use and its benefits

All documents and graphics published on this site are the sole property of Bayer. The user may use these pages on condition that:

      the copyright note is displayed on all copies;

      the above information is used only for personal purposes;

      they are not exploited for commercial purposes;

      they are not modified in any way;

      any graphics copied from the website are used only in conjunction with the accompanying text.

Trademarks

All the names of the products on the site in upper-case letters or otherwise identified are trademarks of Bayer, its associate or affiliated companies, licensors or joint venture partners. Any unauthorized use of these trademarks is expressly prohibited and will constitute an infringement of copyright, trademark law or other intellectual property rights.

Liability

Bayer has compiled the information provided on this website from internal and external sources, to the best of its current knowledge and ability and with the utmost professional diligence. The information will be expanded and updated on an ongoing basis and at regular intervals. The sole purpose of the information on the site is to present Bayer, its products and services; no representations or warranties, explicit or implicit, regarding the completeness or accuracy of its content are made or given. In particular, please bear in mind that this content may not always be up to date and you should verify the information obtained from this site before using it in any form. If you require further information or instructions on our products or services, please contact us directly. The users of this site declare and agree that they access the site and its content at their own risk, Neither Bayer nor third parties involved in the creation, production or transmission of this site may be held liable for injury or loss arising from access or the impossibility of access to this website or from the use or impossibility of use of this website or from reliance on the information it contains.

Third party websites/links

The site contains links/references to third party websites. Bayer cannot control or monitor the content of such websites and the user therefore agrees that Bayer has no responsibility for the availability or content of such websites, nor is it directly or indirectly liable for injury or loss resulting from the use of such content in any form. Links to other websites are provided to users of this site purely for their convenience, and users access such websites at their own risk.

Data supplied by users

The website user, by engaging in the optional, explicit and voluntary sending of electronic mail to the addresses that can be consulted on the site, is responsible for the content and accuracy of the information forwarded and for any infringement of third-party rights.
Moreover, electronic mail sent entails the acquisition of the sender’s e-mail address, which is essential to meeting the requests that are received, together with any personal data provided in the message.
In order to comply with its obligations under articles 13 and 23 of the Code on the Protection of Personal Data governed by Legislative Decree 196/2003, therefore, Bayer S.p.A. will provide information and make a simultaneous request for consent as necessary for the processing of personal data for website users interested in this service.

International users

Bayer gives no guarantee that the information on this site is also correct outside Italy or in particular that the products and services are available with the same appearance, in the same sizes or on the same terms. Users must comply with all the laws governing the transmission of the data sent from their country of residence. If they visit this site or download information from a location outside Italy, they must bear in mind that the user is responsible for ensuring that this action complies with current local legislation.
The products cited in this website may be in different packaging, different package sizes or display wording and carry markings that differ from one country to another.

Log-in

Users must protect their access data (ID and password) from any unauthorized use by third parties and to ensure that the data cannot be used by third parties without their authorization.
Users undertake to notify Bayer immediately of:


      any infringement of the security rules relating to the information available on the Bayer website;

      any unauthorized use of their access data or suspicion that such unauthorized access might occur.

Governing law and choice of venue

Any dispute concerning, arising from or in any way connected with these Terms or this website shall be settled under Italian law, except as provided by international private law and the Hague Convention relating to a Uniform Law on the International Sale of Goods of July 1, 1964, and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods dated April 11, 1980. The Court of Milan shall have sole jurisdiction over any dispute that may arise.

Forward-looking statements

This website contains forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and projections by the management of the Bayer Group. Various risks, known and unknown, uncertainties and other factors may lead to material differences between the current expectation of future results, the financial situation, the growth or performance of the company and the estimates set out herein. These factors include those discussed in our public financial statements filed with the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (including our Form 20-F). The company assumes no responsibility of any nature for the updating of these forward-looking statements or their updating in the light of future events and developments.