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General terms and conditions

Last updated May 2024

All orders are placed and will be redirected to the ILANGA NATURE SA website (https://www.ilanga-nature.com/).

The General Sales Conditions mentioned below are the General Sales Conditions present on the ILANGA NATURE https://www.ilanga-nature.com/fr/conditions-generales-de-vente#scrollTop=0 website.

Any order placed by the Customer on the Site requires the prior acceptance of the General Sales Conditions.

The Customer declares that he/she has read and accepted these General Terms and Conditions of Sale by checking the appropriate box before proceeding with the online ordering procedure. Unless otherwise specified on the front of the invoice/order form/quotation and signed by the customer, the following terms and conditions apply to the exclusion of all others.

1. Fields of application

1.1 Transactions and deliveries are carried out exclusively in accordance with these general terms and conditions at the time of the order, which form the basis for all contracts concluded with our company on the basis of the offers made on our web pages www.ilanga-nature.com. General terms and conditions which contradict or deviate from the general terms and conditions set out below do not apply. The following general terms and conditions apply exclusively, even if we carry out the delivery and service without reservation and with full knowledge of the existence of terms and conditions contrary to or deviating from these general terms and conditions.

1.2 The term “consumer” used in these general terms and conditions is to be understood in the sense of article I.1, 2° of the Belgian Code of Economic Law, namely “any natural person who acts for private purposes which do not fall within the scope of his commercial, industrial, craft or liberal activity”.

1.3 The term “company” has the same meaning as in article I.1, 1° of the Belgian Code of Economic Law, i.e. “any of the following organizations: (a) any natural person exercising an independent professional activity; (b) any legal entity; (c) any other organization without legal personality”. 

1.4 “Customers” as defined in these terms and conditions may therefore be both consumers and entrepreneurs.

1.5 Where lead times are given in working days, these correspond to all weekdays with the exception of Saturdays, Sundays and legally recognized public holidays.

2. Conditions of use

2.1 We are not responsible for any content included in dedicated areas (e.g. blogs). The content must not infringe the rights of third parties. There can be no claim to the retention or publication of content inserted by you (for example, product reviews).

2.2 You must refrain from any disruption of the web pages or any other use of the data beyond the scope of the respective intended use within the platform. Any manipulation aimed at obtaining unauthorized payments or other benefits to our detriment or to the detriment of other customers may entitle us to take legal action for damages.

2.3 Each customer is entitled to only one customer account at any one time. We reserve the right to delete multiple registrations and to warn or dismiss members who violate the provisions of these GTC.

3. Language and conclusion of contract

3.1 Contracts in our online store can only be concluded in French.

3.2 If these general terms and conditions are written in a language other than French, the parties agree that the French version will serve as a reference in the event of interpretation problems.

3.3 By clicking on the Confirm button, you are sending a binding order for the goods contained in the basket. Acknowledgement of receipt of the order follows immediately after the order has been sent. If you have not received an acknowledgement of receipt within ten minutes of clicking on the Confirm button, you should contact the seller by e-mail at infos@ilanga-nature.com.

3.4 The seller is not obliged to accept the registration or order of a registered customer. We are not obliged to keep our offer permanently available. Orders already confirmed by us are not affected by this article.

Our offers are non-binding and may be modified or withdrawn until the sale is concluded. Orders are not binding until confirmed in writing by us. Quotations, studies and offers remain our property. Under no circumstances may they be reproduced, copied or executed without our prior written consent.

A firm and definitive contract is therefore concluded when the order confirmation is sent.

4. Data protection

4.1 By registering on the www.ilanga-nature.com website, the customer chooses to receive advertising or other information from the seller via various communication channels (e-mail, post, telephone). If the customer has subscribed to newsletters, he or she may unsubscribe at any time, easily and free of charge, by following the instructions in the corresponding message or by contacting the seller’s customer service department.

 

4.2 The seller will only pass on personal data to third parties insofar as this is essential for the proper processing of the order or payment (e.g. transmission of data to the Post Office, to a debt collection agency in the event of non-payment, etc.). Our partners delete our customers’ personal data as soon as it has outlived its usefulness and, in any event, on expiry of the retention period laid down by law. All information is treated with the utmost confidentiality.

 

4.3 When you enter the personal data required to place an order and/or register, you assume responsibility for providing complete and truthful information. You are obliged to treat personal access data confidentially and to prevent access by unauthorized third parties. Confirmation of registration immediately follows submission of the registration by clicking on the create account button. See our privacy policy.

5. Price

5.1 Prices are quoted in euros and are net prices, including VAT, taxes or other charges which are always payable by the purchaser.

 

The prices indicated in the offer at the time of validation of the order are applicable to orders in our online store. Prices do not include shipping costs. Shipping, transport and delivery costs, as well as optional services previously subscribed to by the customer, are not included in the price displayed, and remain the responsibility of the customer. The payment requested from the Customer corresponds to the total amount of the purchase, including these costs.

 

The Company is free to modify prices at any time. Naturally, for orders already validated, the applicable prices will be those in force at the time the order is validated.

 

5.2 If the delivery time differs significantly from the date on which the contract was concluded, and if production costs (including transport costs) increase (e.g. due to an increase in the price of energy or certain raw materials), and only in this case, the seller is entitled to pass on this increase in price. In this case, the buyer is informed of the price change at least 5 days before the delivery date. If the buyer does not contest this modification in writing within 48 hours, the new price will be deemed accepted by the buyer and will constitute the law of the parties.

 

In the event of dispute, either the order is delivered at the original price, or the contract is terminated, without compensation, within 24 hours of the buyer’s objection. 

6. Payment

6.1 Upon conclusion of the contract, the customer agrees to receive invoices exclusively in electronic form.

 

6.2 In the case of credit card purchases, your credit card account will be debited at the time the order is placed. The customer undertakes to check his solvency before placing any order.

 

6.3 Please note that we only accept payments from accounts located in the European Union (EU) and Switzerland. We do not accept any charges for payment transactions.

 

6.4 Payments are made by credit card. Payments are made via the STRIPE/PAYPAL secure systems, which use the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) protocol, guaranteeing that the information transmitted is encrypted by software and that no third party can gain knowledge of it during transport on the network.

 

6.5 The Company declines all responsibility in the event of a dispute between the Customer and STRIPE or PAYPAL.

7. Late payment

7.1 Any sum not paid on the due date shall automatically give rise, without formal notice, to the payment of late payment interest corresponding to 12% per annum.

Late payment will also give rise to a fixed indemnity equivalent to 10% of the invoice amount, with a minimum of €50.00, without prejudice to late payment interest and damages.

8. Reservation of ownership

8.1 Goods not paid for on the due date remain our property or until the invoice has been paid in full – the deposit is non-refundable.

 

As long as the price has not been paid in full, the purchaser grants us access to his stores and workshops to enable us to check their condition. During this period, the goods sold may not be transferred to a third party by the purchaser, nor may they be pledged or given as security, on pain of incurring the purchaser’s criminal or civil liability.

This does not preclude the transfer of risk to the purchaser upon delivery of the goods.

9. Product

9.1 The Customer must refer to the description of the Product in order to know its essential properties and particularities.

9.2 The photographs and graphics presented on the Site are not contractual and cannot engage the responsibility of the Company.

10. Delivery

10.1 For deliveries, we use the Belgian postal service, Bpost.

10.2 We do not assume any supply risk, even in the case of a contract for the sale of custom-made goods. We are only obliged to deliver items which we have in stock or which we have received from our suppliers following our order.

10.3 Our obligation to deliver is cancelled if we are not supplied correctly or on time despite the existence of a proper and adequate cover market and if we are not responsible for the unavailability of the goods, we have informed you immediately and we have not assumed any supply risk. In the event of goods being unavailable, the item will be indicated as “unavailable” on the site and you will not be able to add it to your basket.

10.4 The delivery time is 5 working days for standard Belgian parcels and 7 working days for foreign parcels.

10.5 The delivery period will be appropriately extended in the event of force majeure preventing delivery. Force majeure includes strikes, lock-outs, government intervention, shortages of raw materials or energy, transport difficulties for which we are not responsible, operational impediments for which we are not responsible, e.g. due to fire, water damage or machine damage, and any other impediment which can objectively be considered as not being our responsibility or fault. We will inform you immediately of the beginning and end of such impediments. If the hindrance resulting from the aforementioned cases persists for more than four weeks beyond the original delivery date, you have the right to withdraw from the contract. There are no further claims, including damages.

10.6 The deletion of one or more Products intended for sale on the Site and the modification of the characteristics of a Product remain at the sole discretion of the Company, and may not give rise to the payment of any compensation to the Customer.

 

10.7 In the case of consumers, the transfer of risk of loss and deterioration of the goods sold takes place when the goods are handed over to the consumer or to a recipient designated by the latter in the case of mail-order sales. This applies irrespective of whether or not the shipment is covered by insurance. In all other cases, the risk of loss and deterioration of the goods is transferred to the purchaser at the time of delivery of the goods or, in the case of mail-order sales, at the time of deposit of the goods with the forwarding agent or the person or company responsible for carrying out the shipment.

10.8 Immediately check the condition of the delivered goods to exclude material and manufacturing defects as well as transport damage. In accordance with the law, you are obliged to notify us of any defects or anomalies affecting the goods delivered so that we can remedy them. 

10.9. Transport: All specific instructions must be communicated in good time and in writing in a clear, complete and precise manner. Goods are normally transported under normal conditions at the buyer’s expense. The risk and responsibility for the goods are borne by the purchaser from the moment they leave our factory or warehouse.

11. Returns

11.1 For off-premises contracts, the purchaser has the right, in accordance with article VI.67 §1 of the French Code of Economic Law, to withdraw from the purchase within 14 days, without having to bear any costs other than those provided for in article VI. To this end, it is possible to use the withdrawal form provided by the seller.

 

Articles VI.47 and VI.58 apply to distance contracts.

 

More specifically, for any purchase on www.ilanga-nature.be, you benefit from an optional right of return for a total period of 14 days. Under this right, you may withdraw from the contract by returning the goods to us within 14 days of receipt (the period begins on the day following receipt of the goods). Timely delivery is sufficient to meet the deadline. However, the conditions for exercising the right of return are that you have not unpacked the goods, as would be the case in a real store, and that you return the goods complete and undamaged. In addition, we ask that you return the goods in their original packaging.

 

11.2 The right of return does not apply to the purchase of a gift voucher.

 

11.3 If your return is due to an error on our part, we will reimburse the shipping costs. If this is not the case, you are responsible for the return postage. Please send the goods to

 

ILANGA NATURE SA

 

Rue Nicolas Darche, 14

 

5660 Mariembourg

 

Belgium

 

11.4 Refunds are always made to the bank account or PayPal account whose details you have provided to the seller. Please ensure that you have access to this account, as the seller accepts no responsibility in this respect. 

 

 

12. Warranty and claims management

12.1 The statutory warranty requirements apply.

 

12.2 Visible defects:

 

Delivery of goods is deemed to be approval and acceptance, unless there is a specific and detailed complaint from the buyer at the time of collection of the goods from our factory or prior to unloading at the buyer’s premises.

The purchaser may not refuse to accept delivery of the goods in the event of an apparent defect which does not affect the quality of the product.

When a complaint is lodged and justified, we will replace or reimburse the non-conforming or defective goods.

 

We shall not be liable to pay any compensation whatsoever. Approval covers all apparent defects, i.e. everything that the purchaser can detect at the time of delivery by careful and serious inspection.

 

12.3 Apparent defects :

 

Goods sold are guaranteed against serious hidden defects for a period of one month from the date of receipt, provided that they have been stored and used under normal conditions and have not been modified.

 

Our company cannot be held responsible if the purchaser uses the goods for a purpose other than that provided for in the technical specifications specific to each category of goods sold.

 

The warranty may only be granted if the defect renders the goods, to a significant extent, unfit for the use for which they are normally intended, or for a special use expressly mentioned in the particular conditions of sale&.

 

The warranty must be invoked by registered letter within 7 days of discovery of the defect by the purchaser, without forfeiture.

 

The purchase invoice or a copy thereof must be enclosed with the letter. Otherwise, we are not obliged to guarantee hidden defects in the goods.

 

Our warranty is limited, at our discretion, to the free repair or replacement of defective goods. Under no circumstances will it be reimbursed. The purchaser must return the defective goods to our factory at his own expense and risk for repair or replacement.

 

We will bear the cost of return and restitution to the purchaser if the goods to which the warranty applies prove to be defective.

 

12.4 Limitation of liability :

 

From the time of delivery, we assume no further liability other than that provided for in Article 10. 

 

Consequently, we are not liable for damages for personal injury, damage to property separate from the goods sold or any other damage resulting directly or indirectly from defects in the goods sold.

 

12.5 The products sold on the Site comply with the regulations in force in Belgium. The quality of the products is guaranteed until the date of consumption indicated on the packaging.

 

 

12.6 The Company’s warranty is, in any event, limited to the duration of the contract.

 

13. Intellectual rights

To the extent permitted by law, Seller retains all intellectual property rights.

14. Limitation of liability​

The Company may be exonerated from all or part of its liability by providing proof that the non-performance or poor performance of the contract is attributable either to the Client or to the unforeseeable and insurmountable act of a third party to the contract, a case of force majeure as defined by law and case law.

15. Applicable law​

15.1 Belgian law applies to all legal acts and other legal relationships between the customer and us. The United Nations Commercial Law (CISG) and other possible interstate agreements or treaties do not apply. For contracts concluded for a purpose that cannot be attributed to a professional or commercial activity of the beneficiary (contracts with consumers), this choice of applicable law is only valid to the extent that the legal protection granted is not annulled by mandatory requirements of the law of the state in which the consumer is domiciled.

15.2 In commercial relations with traders and legal entities under public law, our registered office is the competent court for all disputes relating to these general terms and conditions and all contracts concluded within the framework of their application, including actions for payment of invoices or checks. In this case, we are also entitled to bring an action before the court of the customer’s registered office.

With regard to consumers, the competent court is that of the consumer’s domicile.

16. Modification of the general conditions

We have the right to unilaterally modify these general conditions to the extent that they are an integral part of the contractual relationship with the customer and such modification serves to eliminate imbalances that have subsequently arisen or to adapt to modified legal or technical conditions. It is therefore understood that the conditions in force on the Site on the day the order is placed are applicable.

17. Safeguard clause

Should individual provisions of the contract, including these regulations, prove to be partially or completely inapplicable or become inapplicable, or should the contract contain an unforeseen loophole, this shall not in any way restrict the validity of the other provisions or parts mentioned above. The respective statutory provisions shall then replace the inapplicable or missing provisions.

18. Seller's contact details

ILANGA NATURE SA, 14 rue Nicolas Darche, 5660 Mariemburg, Belgium

infos@ilanga-nature.com +32 60 45 64 38