General Conditions of Use

Access to and use of this website are subject to the following conditions. Please do not use this website unless you agree with these conditions. This website has been developed by Bayer CropScience AG, Corporate Communications (hereinafter to be referred to as Bayer CropScience AG) and is administrated by the same. We reserve the right to discontinue or to make partial or complete modifications to this website or to the General Conditions of Use, to our General Terms and Conditions, and to our Conditions of Sale and Delivery. Please note that we may make such changes at our own discretion and without prior announcement. We must therefore ask you, next time you visit this website, to view the conditions again and to note any changes or amendments that may have been made. 

Surrender of use and benefit

All details, documents and illustrations published on this website are the sole property of Bayer CropScience AG. Any permission to use the same is granted on the proviso that the relevant copyright note is displayed on all copies, that such details are only used for personal purposes, that they are not exploited commercially, that the details are not modified in any way and that all illustrations gained from the website are only used in conjunction with the accompanying text.



Trademarks

All product names in upper-case letters or marked in some other way on this website are trademarks of Bayer AG, its subsidiaries, affiliates, licensors or joint venture partners. Any unauthorized use or abuse of these trademarks or other materials is expressly prohibited and constitutes a violation of copyright, trademark law or other industrial property rights.



Limited liability

Bayer CropScience AG has compiled the detailed information provided on this website from internal and external sources to the best of its knowledge and belief, using professional diligence. We endeavor to expand and update this range of information on an ongoing basis. The information on this website is purely for the purpose of presenting Bayer CropScience AG and its products and services. However, no representation is made or warranty given, either expressly or tacitly, for the completeness or correctness of the information on this website. In particular, we must ask you to be aware that this information may no longer be up to date. We therefore recommend that you check any information you obtain from this website prior to using it in whatever form. Advice given on this website does not exempt you from conducting your own checks on our latest advice – particularly our safety datasheets and technical specifications – and on our products, with a view to their suitability for the intended processes and purposes. Should you require any advice or instructions concerning our products or services, please contact us directly. Users of this website declare that they agree to access the website and its content at their own risk. Neither Bayer CropScience AG nor third parties involved in the writing, production or transmission of this website can be held liable for damage or injury resulting from access or the impossibility of access or from the use or impossibility of use of this website or from the fact that you have relied on information given on this website.



Websites of third-party vendors/links

This website contains links/references to third-party websites. By providing such links, Bayer CropScience AG does not give its approval to their contents. Neither does Bayer CropScience AG accept any responsibility for the availability or the contents of such websites or any liability for damage or injury resulting from the use of such contents, of whatever form. Links to other websites are provided to website users merely for the sake of convenience. Users access such websites at their own risk.



Details supplied by yourself

The user of this website is fully responsible for the content and correctness of details he or she sends to Bayer CropScience AG as well as for the non-violation of any third-party rights that may be involved in such details. The user gives his or her consent for Bayer CropScience AG to store such details and to use the same for the purpose of statistical analysis or for any other specified business purpose, unless the information involves personal details, going beyond master data or usage data. In particular, Bayer CropScience AG is entitled to use the contents of such messages, including ideas, inventions, blueprints, techniques and expertise contained therein, for any purpose, such as the development, production and/or marketing of products or services and to reproduce such information and make it available to third parties without any limitations.



International users

This website is checked, operated and updated by Bayer CropScience AG at Monheim, Germany. It is exclusively intended for the use in Germany. However Bayer CropScience AG gives no guarantee that the details presented on this website are also correct in places outside Germany and, in particular, that products and services will be available with the same appearance, in the same sizes or on the same conditions. Should you call up this website from a place outside Germany or download contents from such a place, please note that it is your own responsibility to ensure that you act in compliance with local legislation applicable in that place. Products mentioned on this website may come in different packaging, in different package sizes, or with different lettering or markings, depending on the country.



For sites with login: access rights

Please note that you are obliged to protect your access rights from unauthorized third-party use and that you must ensure that they cannot be used by others without your authorization. You must notify Bayer CropScience AG immediately if you learn that security has been violated in respect of any details available on the Bayer CropScience AG website or if unauthorized persons have obtained your access rights or if you have found indications that such access might become possible.



Data protection

When you access this website, Bayer CropScience AG will not collect any information about you that might permit identification of yourself as a person, unless such information is supplied by you voluntarily. Whenever we request such details, e.g. name, address, telephone number or e-mail address, we shall let you know the intended purpose of such a request. If you then decide not to divulge these personal details, then your refusal will have no substantial consequences for you. As a result, however, you may not be in a position to obtain certain information and mail order.



Cookies

Standard procedures of our internet services and the use of so called cookies allow the automatic collection of information and data for operational purposes. Cookies are small collections of details, saved to the customer’s browser. If you do not wish to allow the use of cookies, most browsers provide a simple option of enabling or disabling cookies. Please be aware, however, that cookies may be required for you to gain you access to specific facilities on this website. If cookies are going to be saved to your computer not only for the duration of a session, with automatic subsequent deletion, but for the long term, then you will be notified of this fact when the relevant cookies are set.



Applicable law

Any legal claims or lawsuits in conjunction with this website or its use are subject to the interpretation of the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, except for the provisions of international private law and the Hague Convention relating to a Uniform Law on the International Sale of Goods of July 1, 1964 and in the UN Sales Convention of April 11, 1980.



Forward-Looking Statements

This internet site contains forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by Bayer Group management. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of the company and the estimates given here. These factors include those discussed in our public reports filed with the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (including our Form 20-F). The company assumes no liability whatsoever to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.



Additional notes for transaction sites



Definition of transaction sites

Transaction sites are sites on which Bayer CropScience AG (hereinafter referred to as ”BCS”) collects, processes or utilizes the user’s details. This includes sites where orders can be placed as well as sites where a user merely specifies personal details, for instance, in order to obtain information from BCS.



Security

To ensure the secure transmission of a customer’s details to the server, Bayer CropScience AG uses the Secure Socket Layer protocol (SSL protocol for short), whereby customers’ details are transmitted on the internet in encrypted form only. This is intended to prevent third-party access to a customer’s details.



Data protection

Any details sent to Bayer CropScience AG in conjunction with online services are saved and processed by us electronically. They are not put to any further use. The database and its contents remain at our company and stay with our provider. Data is not passed on by us or by our agents for use by third parties in any form whatsoever, unless we have obtained your consent or an official injunction to do so. You may withdraw your consent on the use of data any time with regard to future use. All that is required is an e-mail to legal@bayercropscience.com.



Definition of Teleservices

Teleservices in sense of Bayer CropScience AG cover the following areas, in particular:

• Services designed for personal communication (e.g. data exchange)
  
• Services designed for information or general communication (e.g. stock exchange details, the propagation of information on goods and services)
  
• Services offered in conjunction with the use of the internet
  
• The provision of goods and services from electronic databases with interactive access and immediate ordering options, irrespective of whether the use of such options is completely or partly free or whether it is provided against the payment of a fee.

Last update: March 2003