TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

1. General provisions

These Terms and Conditions of Use (hereinafter referred to as "TCU") apply to every consultation and/or use of the websites www.century21.be, www.century21.lu and www.finehomesandestates.be, as well as all secondary websites administered and published by CENTURY 21 Benelux S.A. (hereinafter referred to as "CENTURY 21 Benelux" or "we"). All such websites are hereinafter referred to as "Websites". By consulting and using our Websites, the user acknowledges having read and accepted these TCU.

The registered office of CENTURY 21 Benelux (the administrator and publisher of the Websites) is located at Drève Richelle 161B, P.O. box 10, 1410 Waterloo, Belgium. CENTURY 21 Benelux is a public limited company incorporated under the laws of Belgium, registered with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises in Belgium under number 0451.724.941. You can contact us at our head office address or by e-mail at legal@century21.be.

The user acknowledges that consultation and use of our Websites is under the user's sole responsibility. The user also acknowledges and agrees that CENTURY 21 Benelux may use the services of hosting partners and other third parties to provide the hardware, software, storage, network and related technologies necessary for the operation of our Websites.

The information about the properties on our Websites has been collected in the first instance by the real estate agencies that are members of the CENTURY 21 Benelux network. These agencies are operated by franchisees, i.e. companies that are legally and financially independent of CENTURY 21 Benelux S.A. In its capacity as franchisor, CENTURY 21 Benelux S.A. gathers and publishes this information on its Websites. The user acknowledges and accepts that this information is for information purposes only and is in no way binding.

The user acknowledges that the word and figurative distinctive signs referring to "CENTURY 21", "C21", "CENTURY 21 FINE HOMES & ESTATES", etc. used on our Websites are registered trademarks on behalf of CENTURY 21 Real Esate LLC, a company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America, whose registered office is located at 175 Park Avenue, Madison, New Jersey 07940, USA. CENTURY 21 Benelux S.A. is entitled to use these trademarks in its capacity as master franchisee of CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC.

These TCU apply from 28 October 2024. They may be modified or revised at any time. In such case, the modified or revised TCU will be applicable as soon as they are published on our Websites. You can find the most recent version of our TCU at any time by clicking on the link entitled "Terms and Conditions of Use" at the bottom of each of our Websites.

2. Reliability of the information available on our Websites

The properties published on our Websites are offered for rent or sale through one of our affiliated CENTURY 21® real estate agencies (which are operated by franchisees). If you are interested in one of these properties, we advise you to contact the CENTURY 21 agency listed on the publication as soon as possible.

While we endeavor to provide you with reliable, complete and accurate information regarding such properties, and regarding other types of content you may find on our Websites, we remind you that such information is provided for informational purposes only. CENTURY 21 Benelux makes no representations or warranties as to the reliability, completeness, accuracy or currency of such information. CENTURY 21 Benelux S.A. therefore accepts no liability whatsoever for any incorrect, incomplete or inappropriate information, nor for any direct or indirect, material, immaterial or other damage arising from the consultation or use of the content of our Websites, including downloaded files.

Furthermore, a property advertisement does not constitute an offer to sell or rent in the legal sense of the term. Therefore, before making any decision regarding a property that you have seen on our Websites, we recommend that you contact the CENTURY 21 agency concerned, in order to check personally whether the information published is still correct and up to date. In general, the information available on our Websites is always of an informative and provisional nature.

3. Links to other websites

Under certain headings or on certain tabs, our Websites may contain hyperlinks to third-party content or to websites managed and published by third parties. We are not responsible for the quality and accuracy of the content of such information and/or websites. The existence of such hyperlinks on our Websites does not imply that we approve or legitimize the content of such third-party websites or information.

Consequently, the operators of these websites are solely responsible for compliance with the legislation and regulations applicable to them, such as in particular (but not exclusively) those concerning consumer protection, distance selling, pricing legislation, GDPR regulation, etc.

4. Use of cookies on our websites

We may use "cookies" when you browse our Websites. If you would like to know more about the use of cookies on our Websites, please consult the Cookie Policy of each of our websites (which may differ from one website to another).

5. Processing of your personal data collected via our Websites

Certain functions on our Websites may require you to provide certain personal data in order to facilitate contact and/or send you relevant information.

If you would like to know more about the processing of your personal data collected via our Websites, please consult the Privacy Policy of each of our websites (which may differ from one website to another).

6. Intellectual property rights

In general, users of our Websites are prohibited from reproducing, distributing, modifying or communicating to third parties, without the prior consent of CENTURY 21 Benelux, any slogan, logo, corporate or trade name, photograph, drawing, graphic or any other element protected by intellectual property rights in the broadest sense of the term (copyright, trademark rights, design rights, protection of trade secrets, etc.) that is found on our Websites.

In any event, the source code, object code and graphics of our Websites (site map, choice and layout of sections, organization of data, etc.) are protected by copyright for computer programs. By virtue of these provisions, it is forbidden to reproduce, distribute, modify or communicate to third parties all or part of these elements, without the prior authorization of the holder of the rights. Violations of the relevant legal provisions are subject to civil and criminal penalties.

Similarly, the sui generis intellectual property right applicable to databases is a specific protection granted to database producers. In concrete terms, the sui generis right protects the content of a database, i.e. all the data it contains, irrespective of the originality of the database structure. On this basis, the database producer can prevent the extraction and/or reuse of all or a substantial part of the database content, without his or her prior authorization. Violations of the legal provisions applicable in this respect are subject to civil and criminal penalties.

Finally, it should be noted that the distinctive signs, both verbal and figurative, referring to "CENTURY 21", "C21", "CENTURY 21 FINE HOMES & ESTATES", etc., used on our Websites are registered trademarks of CENTURY 21 Real Esate LLC, an American company whose registered office is located at 175 Park Avenue, Madison, New Jersey 07940, USA, which CENTURY 21 Benelux S.A. is entitled to use in its capacity as "master franchisee" of CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC. Except with the express prior authorization of the owner or a licensee of these trademarks, including CENTURY 21 Benelux, any use by a third party of registered trademarks is prohibited. The same applies to the use of similar signs. Breaches of the relevant legal provisions are subject to civil and criminal penalties.

CENTURY 21 Benelux hereby grants the user of our Websites a non-exclusive, non-transferable license, revocable at any time without cause, to display and download the content of the Website for the sole purpose of viewing it. The user may also print a copy of the content displayed on the website, exclusively for his or her own personal use, provided that he or she does not modify the website content in any way and that he or she retains all the credits of the website's authors and origin. Reproduction is therefore authorized exclusively for personal use and as a personal copy within the meaning of copyright law.

7. Prohibitions and refusal of access to the Websites in the event of non-compliance

Users of our Websites, whether individuals or legal entities, are prohibited from:

Breaching these TCU;

Using the personal data to which they may have access via our Websites to offer paid products or services or to send a large number of unsolicited messages to the e-mail addresses of other Internet users ("spamming") for any commercial purpose whatsoever or to use such personal data in any other unauthorized manner;

Damaging in any way the good reputation of CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC, CENTURY 21 Benelux or its franchisees;

Infringing the intellectual property rights of CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC, CENTURY 21 Benelux, its franchisees, or any other third party;

Using, without our authorization, our Websites in order to create "metatags" for their own benefit;

Copying, reproducing, or selling to third parties the information (commercial or not) available on our Websites, without our authorization;

Using automated systems or softwares to remove data from our Websites for commercial or non-commercial purposes (data mining, robots, screen scrapers or similar tools);

Using our Websites for illegitimate or otherwise unauthorized purposes.

We reserve the right to unilaterally deny access to all or part of our Websites to any person who fails to comply with the above prohibitions. We also reserve the right to take legal action against such persons.

8. Availability and security of our Websites

Although we endeavor to make our Websites available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, we reserve the right to interrupt access to our Websites at any time without prior notice for technical or other compelling reasons.

CENTURY 21 Benelux will use reasonable efforts to ensure that its Websites and any files that may be downloaded from them are free of bugs, viruses, Trojan horses and spyware. It will also take all reasonable steps to prevent unauthorized access to its computer systems.

However, the presence of viruses and other illicit intrusions cannot be completely ruled out. CENTURY 21 Benelux SA therefore strongly advises the user to install a firewall, antivirus program or other useful and necessary protection programs on his or her computer.

CENTURY 21 Benelux SA is in no way liable for any damage that may result from unauthorized intrusion into its computer systems and/or fraudulent use of its means of distribution by third parties. CENTURY 21 Benelux SA also accepts no liability for data theft resulting from intrusion into its computer systems. CENTURY 21 Benelux cannot be held liable for any damage and/or loss incurred by the user as a result.

9. Miscellaneous provisions

If CENTURY 21 Benelux does not exercise any right or provision (arising from) these TCU, this does not mean that CENTURY 21 Benelux waives the right or provision.

If one or more provisions of these TCU are (or appear to be) wholly or partially inapplicable or null and void, the validity and binding nature of the other provisions shall in no way be called into question.

In the event of any conflict between these TCU and any special terms and conditions applicable to certain services provided by CENTURY 21 Benelux, the special terms and conditions shall prevail.

For any dispute arising from the use of our Websites, Belgian law is applicable and only Belgian courts have jurisdiction.