General terms of use

These general terms of use (the “Terms of Use”) apply to the website https://nazca.michelin.com/en/ and its local versions (the “Site”), published by the company identified below.

This Site is published by:

Manufacture Française des Pneumatiques Michelin
Place des Carmes Déchaux
63040 Clermont-Ferrand Cedex 9
France
Telephone: +33 4 73 32 20 00
Fax: +33 4 73 32 22 02
Société par Actions Simplifiée, a French simplified joint-stock company, with share capital of €504,000,004
855 200 507 R.C.S. Clermont-Ferrand
SIREN No. 855 200 507
Intra-community VAT No. FR33855200507

This Site is hosted by:

Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd.
One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown,
Dublin 18, D18 P521,
Ireland
+353 1 7063476

Publication Director: André BILLET

Please read these Terms of Use carefully before browsing the Site dedicated to the NAZCA solution, Michelin’s automated tyre regrooving offering for workshops. This Site is intended for service providers and workshop professionals who wish to discover the NAZCA solution and its benefits. Please use the drop-down menu to access the version of the Site corresponding to your country.

The companies of the Michelin Group each have their own separate legal existence and independent legal personality. However, in order to facilitate communication of the information presented on this Site, the terms “Michelin”, “Group”, “Michelin Group” and “we” may be used to refer collectively to all Michelin Group companies, which conduct their activities independently.

Article 1: Purpose

The purpose of these Terms of Use is to define the conditions under which Michelin makes the Site available to you and the conditions under which you access and use it.

Any access to the Site is subject to compliance with these Terms of Use, which Michelin reserves the right to amend or update at any time. Access to and use of the Site constitute your acceptance of these Terms of Use.

Article 2: Access to and Use of the Site and Content

2.1. Site: Access and Use

Michelin endeavors to keep the Site accessible, without being under any obligation to do so. For maintenance, updates or any other reason, including technical, legal or security reasons, access to all or part of the Site and/or its content may be modified, suspended, interrupted or withdrawn. Michelin shall under no circumstances be held liable for such temporary or permanent interruptions or for any consequences that may result for you.

You undertake not to access or use the Site fraudulently and, in particular, any interactive services, where such services exist.

2.2. Content: Access and Use

This Site is accessible to any user. It contains sections presenting the NAZCA solution, its features, its benefits and information about how it works for your workshop.

Michelin reserves the right to modify, correct, interrupt and/or delete all or part of the content and/or the Site at any time, without prior notice.

Within the limits set out below, Michelin grants you the right to download, print and use Michelin content (i) where the download functionality exists, (ii) for personal and non-commercial purposes, (iii) in good faith and (iv) provided that the ownership notices and the online publication date appearing on such content, where indicated, remain intact. This right shall not, under any circumstances, be construed as granting any license, in particular any license to use a trademark or logo.

Any Third-Party Content, as defined in Article 3.2, is subject to the rules laid down by the relevant third party.

2.3. Restrictions on Use

Unless expressly and previously authorized by Michelin, any reproduction, representation or use other than those referred to above is prohibited, including in particular:

any adaptation, making available to the public on demand or otherwise, distribution, redistribution in any form whatsoever, making available on a network, or public communication of all or part of the Site, works, services, trademarks and all protected elements, or elements capable of protection under intellectual property law, reproduced on the Site;
any extraction and/or reuse, including for private purposes, of a qualitatively or quantitatively substantial part of the content of the databases created by the Site or accessible on the Site;
any repeated and/or systematic extraction and/or reuse, including for private purposes, of even a non-substantial part of the content of the databases created by the Site or accessible on the Site;
any link, access, modification, addition or deletion affecting the automated data processing system used for online publication and modifying the publication conditions or editorial policy.

You are reminded that the following are prohibited in particular:

fraudulent access to and remaining within an automated data processing system;
fraudulent deletion, modification or addition of data in such system;
obstructing such system.

Any user who acts in breach of these Terms of Use may be subject to civil or criminal proceedings, in particular for infringement of copyright, related rights, database producers’ rights and/or automated data processing systems.

Article 3: Intellectual Property Rights

3.1. General Provisions

The content, including but not limited to information, texts, files, graphics, images, data, databases, software, APIs, photographs, visuals, videos and sound recordings, logos and trademarks, as well as the form of all such elements and of the Site itself, is protected by copyright and/or other intellectual property rights. The content is the exclusive property of its respective publishers. Any copying, reproduction, representation, exploitation, adaptation, alteration, modification, translation or dissemination, in whole or in part, of the content, whether owned by Michelin or by a third party that has granted rights to Michelin, by any means whatsoever, is unlawful, except for the limited rights granted to you under Article 2 above and/or private copying strictly reserved for the personal use of the person making the copy. The content presented on this Site may be modified without prior notice and is made available without any warranty of any kind, whether express or implied, and shall not give rise to any right to compensation. The content is protected by copyright and/or by the copyright of Michelin’s partners. The logos are registered trademarks.

3.2. Additional Rules Relating to Third-Party Content

“Third-Party Content” means any content, data, material or asset, in any format, obtained from or originating from sources outside Michelin and made accessible on or through the Site or during your use of the Site. This includes, without limitation, information, texts, files, images, graphics, data, photographs, visuals, videos and sound recordings, software, APIs and databases, URL links, third-party websites, data feeds from social networks, RSS feeds from blogs, data libraries and dictionaries. Any intellectual property rights and license to use relating to Third-Party Content are subject to the rules laid down by the relevant third party.

The third-party owner, author or provider of Third-Party Content remains the holder of the intellectual property rights in such content, and the right to use such Third-Party Content remains subject to the applicable terms as defined by the third-party owner, author or content provider.

Article 4: Emails

To correspond with Michelin by email, you must complete the electronic correspondence forms provided on the Site. Michelin’s responses to emails, as well as access to the Site and to the content, shall not be deemed to constitute evidence that Michelin conducts any advertising, promotional or commercial activity in the territory of the country where the user is located.

Article 5: Personal Data Protection

For more information on how Michelin processes personal data, please refer to our Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy.

Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please note that when you leave our Site, you may be subject to other personal data protection practices over which Michelin has no control and for which Michelin assumes no liability.

Article 6: Warranty and Liability

6.1. General Limitation

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE CONTENT PUBLISHED AND/OR ACCESSIBLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND MICHELIN EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY OF ANY KIND IN RESPECT OF ALL OR PART OF THE CONTENT AND/OR THE SITE. IN PARTICULAR, MICHELIN SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE IN THE EVENT OF INFECTION OR CONTAMINATION OF YOUR IT SYSTEMS, EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE OR DATA RESULTING FROM THE SPREAD OF A VIRUS OR OTHER COMPUTER INFECTIONS. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUR IT SYSTEMS, EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE AND DATA.

IN NO EVENT SHALL MICHELIN, ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS OR PARTNERS MENTIONED ON THE SITE BE HELD LIABLE, WHETHER UNDER CONTRACTUAL LIABILITY, TORT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER CLAIM, FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR FOR ANY LOSS, INCLUDING FINANCIAL OR COMMERCIAL LOSS, RESULTING FROM ACCESS OR LACK OF ACCESS TO AND/OR USE OR NON-USE OF THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT OBTAINED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE, INCLUDING THIRD-PARTY CONTENT AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 3.2 ABOVE.

6.2. Additional Limitation Relating to Third-Party Websites and Content

THE SITE MAY CONTAIN LINKS, INCLUDING DEEP LINKS, TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES, WITH THE AUTHORIZATION OF SUCH THIRD PARTIES WHERE REQUIRED FOR DEEP LINKS.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MICHELIN IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR, AND HAS NO OBLIGATION TO CONTROL, MONITOR OR CORRECT, THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES. IN ADDITION, MICHELIN HAS NO CONTROL OVER SUCH WEBSITES AND, CONSEQUENTLY, SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR THEIR ACCESSIBILITY, RELEVANCE, AVAILABILITY, CONTENT, ADVERTISING, PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH SUCH WEBSITES. ACCORDINGLY, MICHELIN SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT DAMAGE THAT MAY ARISE IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ACCESS OR LACK OF ACCESS TO, OR USE OR NON-USE OF, A THIRD-PARTY WEBSITE, OR AS A RESULT OF SUCH CONTENT’S NON-COMPLIANCE WITH ANY REGULATION.

MICHELIN MAY UPDATE, CHANGE OR MODIFY THE SITE DUE TO THE MODIFICATION OR UNAVAILABILITY OF THIRD-PARTY CONTENT OR THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES. MICHELIN IS ALSO ENTITLED TO CEASE PROVIDING ACCESS TO THIRD-PARTY CONTENT WITHOUT ANY LIABILITY TO YOU.

Article 7: Jurisdiction and Applicable Law

To the extent permitted by applicable law, any dispute relating to the Site or to this legal notice shall be brought before the competent courts of Clermont-Ferrand and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with French substantive law, regardless of conflict-of-law rules. Use of the Site constitutes the user’s express agreement to the application of this clause. If any provision of this document is held to be unlawful, null or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, it shall be deemed not to form part of this document and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions.

Date: 09/09/26