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   The general objective of the website is to facilitate the exploration of existing alien species information from distributed sources through a network of interoperable web services. This is done in particular through the EASIN catalogue of Alien Species, which entails the basic information needed to efficiently link to existing online databases and retrieve spatial information for Alien Species distribution in Europe. The EASIN offers various ways to search for Alien Species and make aggregation of alien species data from the catalogue. The website provides also information about the EASIN and all its activities (conferences, seminars, workshops etc.).
   
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   Please note that this website contains both information owned by the European Union, which you may use freely, and information owned by third parties, such as data-providers which is subject to limitations. You should refer to terms and conditions provided on the respective third parties, including data-providers, should you wish to use information owned by the latter.
   
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   Additional services of the website allow authenticated users to upload and retrieve documents and data on the EASIN internal database. Access to Services offered via the Website may require authentication.
   
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   The EASIN is committed to ensuring the uninterrupted availability of the Website and to providing security to a professionally reasonable level of skill and care. However, this cannot be guaranteed. In this regard, access to the Website and its Services may also occasionally be suspended, restricted or impeded to permit repairs, maintenance or the introduction of new services or facilities.
   

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   Access to, and use of, any part of the website of the EASIN (hereinafter "the Website"), any document, material or other information, including data, text, images, and sound (hereinafter "Information") made available on the Website and any of the services provided via the Website (hereinafter "Services") are governed by these general terms and conditions of use (hereinafter "General Terms") and constitute acceptance of these General Terms by the user.
   
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   Specific terms and conditions may apply to individual services or specific parts, including web-links in this Website, as indicated for those concerned services or parts. Where provided, specific terms and disclaimers shall supersede any differing provision of the General Terms in respect to those services or parts.
   
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   The EASIN reserves the right to amend these General Terms and any other specific terms on the Website at any time by posting amended terms and conditions on the Website. Such amendments will take effect on the date on which they are posted.
   

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   EASIN depend on data and knowledge sharing from global, European, regional and national data providers and relevant experts. Contents offered by the EASIN may thus originate from partner data-holders and contain third-party proprietary information.
   

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   Information published on the Website may be protected by intellectual and industrial property rights. Proprietary rights, including copyright, subsisting in any of the Information available via this Website are vested in their respective owners, being these the EASIN, partner data-holders or any other third-party credited as such. Access to the Services does not give users any ownership title in the Information made available to them on the Website. All rights not specifically granted herewith are reserved by the respective owner(s).
   

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   Access to Information and Services of this Website is granted for consultation within the scope and objectives pursued by the EASIN, according to applicable European Union law.
   

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   Use of the Information is regulated as follows.
   

a) distribute or reproduce the Information as long as its source is mentioned;

b) create adaptations, translations, conversions, modifications or other derivative work based on the Information provided that:

i. reasonable steps have been taken to label or demarcate the alterations or otherwise clearly indicate that changes have been made to the original Information; and

ii. the author of the Information and/or the party credited as its provider - whichever appears on the Website - is mentioned, and the Website is cited as its source; and

iii. the right to reproduce and distribute any such adaptation is explicitly granted to any third party, under the same conditions as provided herein.

Users shall not:

a) perform any activity that could harm or violate the EASIN’s network performance and/or security, and, in particular, from uploading files containing virus or other malware that might damage the operation of another user's computer.

b) perform any activity that overcomes restrictions on data retrieval set by the EASIN interface or extract by any means data that are not publicly available through the EASIN services.

V. Restrictions

The foregoing licence does not cover information to which any granted or pending intellectual property right other than copyright apply (e.g. trademarks, designs and database rights). In that case, and in any event whenever a commercial use is required, users are encouraged to seek specific and explicit permission from the concerned right-holder(s).

Information provided to the EASIN by partner data-holders are displayed as received, without warranty of any kind and for information purposes only. Partner data-holders remain solely responsible for the accuracy and reliability of the data and information provided.

Use of data to which web-links are provided in this website is subject to compliance with the terms and conditions set out in the specific web-links of the original data providers.

While it strives to keep the Information timely and accurate, the EASIN makes no claims, assurances, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the Information available via the Website and, therefore, expressly disclaims its liability for errors and omissions to the maximum extent permitted by law.

The EASIN accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage that may arise from reliance on the Information and Services provided via the Website, including information or services hyperlinked from the Website which are and shall remain under the sole control and responsibility of concerned third-parties.

The EASIN is not in a position to certify the authenticity of any third-party submitted document, including any information contained therein; nor can the EASIN guarantee the concordance of any official text with corresponding digital copies that might be made available on the Website.

Should errors or omissions concerning the Information provided via this Website be brought to its attention, the EASIN will promptly endeavour to correct them directly or, where necessary, refer the matter to the concerned partner data-holder or third-party.

VII. Data processing and protection

Where this website requires information about you, such information shall be treated according to the policy described in Regulation (EC) N° 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data.