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Acceptance of conditions of use 

IT IS IMPORTANT TO ATTENTIVELY READ ALL OF THE CONDITIONS. Bülle Chaussures Inc. is the owner and administrator of the website http://www.bulle.shoes (the “Websites”). When you log onto and use one of our Websites, you agree to be bound by the conditions mentioned therein (the “Conditions of Use”). If you do not accept these conditions, you must abstain from accessing or using our Websites. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE CONDITIONS, RULES, POLICIES OR PRACTICES OF THE WEBSITES OPERATED BY BÜLLE CHAUSSURES INC. YOUR ONLY RECOURSE IS TO CEASE USING IT.

The information in our Websites, including the policies and procedures, govern your use of our Websites and apart from this sole purpose, will not at any time constitute a contract with you or a modification to any contract that may be binding on us. We may delete, modify or add to the content of our Websites, including the products or services offered and these Conditions of Use at any time and without notice thereof unless such notice is namely required for specific services contained in our Websites. We maintain our Websites for the customers and potential customers domiciled in Canada, in the United States of America and of the other countries we service as indicated in the country selection menu of our website to allow them to obtain information concerning the various products offered by Bülle Chaussures Inc. IF YOU ARE DOMICILED OUTSIDE OF ONE OF THESE 3 COUNTRIES YOU MAY NOT PURCHASE THE PRODUCTS OFFERED ON OUR WEBSITES BECAUSE WE DO NOT ACCEPT ORDERS FROM OUTSIDE OF THESE TERRITORIES. If you access our Websites from a province or territory of Canada other than Quebec, certain conditions of use may not be applicable to you by reason of the laws that apply to your province or territory. However, you must abide by the Conditions of Use which apply to you.

IN ADDITION, IT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED FOR MINORS TO MAKE ON-LINE PURCHASES FROM OUR WEBSITES.

The products or services mentioned in our Websites will be available only when offered by Bülle Chaussures Inc. and your purchase of certain products or services is at all times subject to our approval or acceptance. Bülle Chaussures Inc. may revise these Conditions of Use at its own discretion and at any time by merely updating this page. The use of our Websites after such modifications are posted is an acceptance of the revised Conditions of Use.

Privacy and security

We realize that your personal information (in the context of these Conditions of Use “personal information” is personal information that has not been made available to the general public) which must remain confidential and be safely stored. Bülle Chaussures Inc. has a formal privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) which applies to personal information gathered in connection with the products and services of Bülle Chaussures Inc. We understand your preoccupation with privacy and we have established procedures for personal information which may be gathered when you log on to our Websites, especially to make an on-line purchase. Click here to read the Privacy Policy. (link to Privacy Policy page)

When you browse: We do not gather any information about you when you log onto and browse our Websites. We record the date and time of hits on our Websites as well as the pages read so as to determine the most visited pages and make our Websites even more efficient for our customers.

Use of  cookies: Several websites install cookies or permanent electronic files on your hard drive. These cookies gather generic and non-personal information about your visit to our site. We sometimes use cookies or permanent electronic files to calculate the number of hits on our Websites. We sometimes use temporary cookies which are automatically deleted at log off or after a period of 24 hours. If the use of cookies is preoccupying for you, it is possible to configure your browser to prompt you for authorization before a cookie may be installed or activated or to even prevent this. Even if you refuse or deactivate cookies, it is still possible for you to browse on our Websites without any restrictions or limitations.

Disclosure of information about former customers: When a customer account at Bülle Chaussures Inc. is closed, the information about that account remains in our record. Although we use personal information about former customers less and less over time, the same policies about the disclosure of personal information that are mentioned above apply to the personal information of former customers and we take the same care and precaution in the way we collect, use and protect the personal information of our former customers as we do for our current customers.

Access to customer information by our staff: Your personal information is accessible only to those employees who have a need to know to perform their duties for Bülle Chaussures Inc. Our employees are trained to respect the confidentiality of personal information and to restrict their access to personal information that is essential for our commercial operations. Any employee who infringes the Privacy Policy is subject to disciplinary measures.

Privacy and security: Bülle Chaussures Inc. maintains physical, electronic and procedural measures in compliance with the requirements of federal and provincial legislation, including without being restricted thereto, the ARPPIPS and the PIPEDA, in order to protect your personal information. Notwithstanding the above, data, including emails and Internet communications, communications by network, telephone or by any other electronic means may be intercepted by unauthorized third parties.  When you forward data by such means, you acknowledge and agree that Bülle Chaussures Inc. cannot be held liable for such interceptions made by unauthorized third parties.

Links to third-party websites

Some links in our Websites may give you access to other websites that are not under the control or responsibility of Bülle Chaussures Inc. and Bülle Chaussures Inc. cannot in any case be held liable for the content of such links or of links within other links or of any change or update of such links. The content of third-party websites may be protected by copyright and is subject to the Conditions of Use and to any other condition established from time to time by the providers of such third-party websites. Bülle Chaussures Inc. is not liable for Internet broadcast, the installation of cookies or for any type of transmission received from third-party sites. Bülle Chaussures Inc. supplies these links to you for your convenience and the existence of a link does not mean that Bülle Chaussures Inc. endorses its content. In addition, these sites are controlled by their own controllers and not by Bülle Chaussures Inc. These controllers decide on the use to be made of the information received from their users.

Ownership

Everything that is posted or otherwise accessible on our Websites, including among other things, articles, text, photographs, images, illustrations, logos, trade-marks, software and codes (together the “content”) is protected by Canadian and foreign law, especially for copyright, and belongs to Bülle Chaussures Inc., to its licensees or to the person acknowledged to be the supplier of the content. Our Websites are also protected under copyright legislation as a collection and/or a compilation within the meaning of Canadian and foreign law. You must abide by all copyright notices, information and restrictions in and about the content to which it is possible to have access through these websites. THE USE, REPRODUCTION, MODIFICATION, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE OR AVAILABILITY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, DOWNLOADING OR POSTING ON INTERNET, THE TRANSMISSION, REDISTRIBUTION OR OTHER OPERATION OF OUR WEBSITES OR OF ANY CONTENT, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED HEREIN, IS PROHIBITED EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT FOR WHICH YOU HAVE OBTAINED SPECIFIC AND WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM BÜLLE CHAUSSURES INC. For more certainty, your use of our Websites for shopping and purchasing purposes is not covered by these prohibitions.

If our Websites offers software downloading, unless otherwise specified, you will hereby receive, subject to I) these Conditions of Use and II) other conditions that may apply to the downloading and use of this software, an exclusive, personal and unassignable licence I) for the installation and operation of a copy of this software in an object code format on a computer that is not part of a network used for personal and non-commercial purposes and II) for the reproduction of the software to the extent reasonably necessary for its installation and operation and for the making of reasonable backup copies as authorized by law.

Trade-marks

Bulle Groupe and Bulle. are trade-marks or registered trade-marks belonging to Bülle Chaussures Inc.

Other names, words, titles, sentences, logos, designs, graphic designs, icons and trade-marks posted on our Websites may or may not be registered trade-marks of Bülle Chaussures Inc. or of third-parties. Even if Bülle Chaussures Inc. may use certain third-party trade-marks under licence, the posting of these third-party trade-marks on our Websites may not be interpreted as a relationship or licence between Bülle Chaussures Inc. and the owner of the trade-mark in question or as an approval by Bülle Chaussures Inc. of the wares, services or activities of the owner of the trade-mark in question. Nothing on our Websites may be interpreted as granting you a licence or a right to use any logo, design or trade-mark of Bülle Chaussures Inc. or of the owner of a third-party trade-mark without the written consent of Bülle Chaussures Inc. or of the owner of a third-party trade-mark.

No warranty

Our Websites and its content are offered as is. When you log on and use our Websites, you acknowledge and agree that you do so entirely at your own risk. Bülle Chaussures Inc. does not make any statement or warranty about our Websites and its content, namely including any statement or warranty about:

  1. I) the accuracy, comprehensiveness, reliability or usefulness of our Websites and/or its content;
  2. II) the merchantability or the specific use of the content, namely including any information, data, software, product or service contained in our Websites or offered through our Websites;

III) the flawless and continuous operation of our Websites;

  1. IV) the correction of defects or mistakes in our Websites;
  2. V) the lack of any virus or harmful content of our Websites; and
  3. VI) the safe or uninterrupted transmission of communications by our Websites.

Without restricting the generality of the foregoing, Bülle Chaussures Inc. does not give any warranty about the description and illustrations of the products offered or advertized on our Websites, as such descriptions and illustrations are made for information purposes only. THE INFORMATION CONCERNING PRODUCTS, PRICES AND THE AVAILABILITY OF PRODUCTS FEATURED ON OUR WEBSITES MAY CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS NOTICE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BÜLLE CHAUSSURES INC. IS NOT BOUND BY THIS INFORMATION AND THAT SUCH CHANGES TO THIS INFORMATION WILL NOT ENTAIL THE LIABILITY OF BÜLLE CHAUSSURES INC., NAMELY BECAUSE CERTAIN MODELS, COLOURS OR SIZES OF PRODUCTS MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE FROM TIME TO TIME.

Limited liability

Bülle Chaussures Inc. and its directors, administrators, employee(s), agents, mandataries, licensees, their respective successors and assigns will not in any case be held liable for any direct, special, indirect or accessory damages whatsoever (a “Damage”), specifically including any loss or damage of the nature of a business loss, a loss of savings, a loss of data and/or a loss of profits for any reason whatsoever and whether or not it is based on a contract (including the omission to perform an essential obligation), on these Conditions of Use, on civil liability (including negligence) or otherwise, even if Bülle Chaussures Inc. knew or should have known about the possibility of such damage.

Bülle Chaussures Inc. and its directors, administrators, employee(s), agents, mandataries, licensees and their respective successors and assigns may not be held liable in any way for any Damage resulting from an omission by Bülle Chaussures Inc. or by yourself to protect your password or account information.

If you decide to log on or to use a website linked to our Websites, or content, material, software, goods or services linked from a website that is itself linked to our Websites, you do so entirely at your own risk.

On-line registration

You may be prompted to register to be able to use certain Websites functions. You I) agree to supply accurate information that is up to date, exact and complete about yourself in a registration form; and II) to maintain and immediately update the information you supply to keep it current, precise, up to date and complete. If Bülle Chaussures Inc. has reasonable grounds to believe that this information is false, imprecise, not current or incomplete, Bülle Chaussures Inc. is entitled to suspend your right to access and use our Websites (or part of it) or to terminate it. The use by Bülle Chaussures Inc. of any personal information that you have forwarded to it in the registration process is governed by the conditions in the Privacy Policy.

Password

In order to use certain Websites functions, you may be required to have a user name and password which will be created in our Websites registration process. You are required to ensure the confidentiality of the password and account and you are responsible for all of the activities conducted using your password or your account. You agree to immediately notify Bülle Chaussures Inc. of any unauthorized use of your password or of your account, as well as any other breach of security and to ensure that you log off from your account at the end of each session. Bülle Chaussures Inc. will not be held liable for any loss or damage resulting from the omission by Bülle Chaussures Inc. or by yourself to protect your password or account information.

Termination

Bülle Chaussures Inc. may at any time, without notice and in its entire discretion and without reason, terminate your right to log on and to use our Websites (or part of it). Bülle Chaussures Inc. may also terminate your right to visit and use our Websites or part of it if you infringe one of these Conditions of Use.

Jurisdiction and applicable law

Bülle Chaussures Inc. maintains and controls its Websites from its office in Quebec, Canada. Unless specifically provided otherwise in our Websites, your access to our Websites and your use of it are governed and interpreted under the applicable Canadian federal legislation and under the laws of the province of Quebec. These Conditions of Use are deemed to have been agreed to in the province of Quebec and you hereby accept and irrevocably acknowledge the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the province of Quebec, sitting in and for the judicial district of Quebec in connection with these matters and waive any objection based on the lack of jurisdiction or any motion based on the notion of forum non conveniens. You agree that the provisions of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods do not apply.

Severability

If any one of the provisions of these Conditions of Use were to be ruled invalid or inapplicable, this will not invalidate or render inapplicable the other provisions of the Conditions of Use.

No tacit waiver 

The consent or the waiver by Bülle Chaussures Inc. to an express or implied omission by you of these Conditions of Use is not a consent or a waiver to any other different or subsequent omission.

 

Notices, complaints and communications 

The notices that are required or allowed to be given under these Conditions of Use must be in writing and will be considered to have been validly given if they are sent by email or by registered mail to the following address:

Care of: Bülle Chaussures Inc. 
Customer Service Department
2197, Léon-Harmel
Quebec City, Quebec
G1N 4N5
Canada
Email: cs@bulle.shoes

Copyright

Bülle Chaussures Inc. maintains its Websites as a service to the Internet community. Unless specified otherwise, the copyright to all content (including the design, text, images, graphic design and layout) of our Websites is the exclusive property of Bülle Chaussures Inc. You are authorized to use the content for your own purposes only and on condition that: 

  1. The copyright notice and the limited licence for use appear on all copies of this material, and 
  2. No modification is made to the content.

Use for any other purpose and any modification of the content is strictly prohibited.

NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT. Copyright © 2021 Bülle Chaussures Inc. All rights reserved.

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CONTRACT OF SALE
Last updated: February 17th, 2021

Preamble

The purchase of products from the Websites of Bülle Chaussures Inc. at http://www.bulle.shoes, (the “Websites”) is governed by the following terms and conditions. These terms and conditions are a contract of sale (the “Contract”) between Bülle Chaussures Inc. and yourself (hereafter “you” or “yourself”) as soon as you complete an order for products on our Websites and pay the purchase price pursuant to the conditions in section 4 of the Contract.

Bülle Chaussures Inc. may change the terms and conditions applicable to the sale of products through its Websites without notice. However, the terms and conditions applicable to a specific purchase are those stipulated in the Contract, which are the ones applicable to the sale of products in force on our Websites when your order is placed with Bülle Chaussures Inc. pursuant to section 10 of the Contract.

Except for any incompatible or contrary provision in the Contract, the provisions of the Conditions of Use, the Privacy Policy, the Delivery Policy and the Return Policy (the “Other Provisions”) apply to you as if they were reproduced at length in the Contract. You declare having read, accepted and being subject to them. However, the terms and conditions specified above have precedence over the Other Provisions. 

1.                 SALE

1.1.             The sale of a product you want to order from our Websites will be completed only when you will have completed the order process (as explained below) and once you will have paid the purchase price according to the conditions of section 4 of the Contract.

2.                 SELLING PRICE

2.1.             The selling price of a product is the price specified for that product on our Websites when your order is placed with Bülle Chaussures Inc. pursuant to section 10 of the Contract.

2.2.             Bülle Chaussures Inc. may change the prices of the products it sells on its Websites at any time. The prices posted on our Websites may vary from the prices at independent merchants who advertise on our Websites.

3.                 APPLICABLES TAXES

3.1.             Provincial and federal sales taxes are in addition to the sales price.

4.                 CONDITION OF PAYMENT

4.1.             Payment of a product is made by credit card or any other payment method offered on our Websites.

4.2.             In order to pay a product and applicable taxes, you must enter the requested information in the secure payment zone of our Websites.

5.                 DELIVERY

5.1.             Bülle Chaussures Inc. shall have the products ordered delivered by courier to the address you will have specified with your order.  Any specification as to the deadline for delivery is approximate and this deadline is not guaranteed by Bülle Chaussures Inc. Any omission to deliver will not entail liability for Bülle Chaussures Inc. in connection with any prejudice or damage to you, whether sustained directly or indirectly.

5.2.             No deliveries shall be made to a post office box. Delivery shall be made only within the geographical limits of Canada, of the United States of America or of the other countries we service as indicated in the country selection menu of our website. Delivery shall be made only if the delivery address is served by the country National Post service.

6.                 POSSESSION AND ASSUMPTION OF RISK

6.1.             The products you purchase on our Websites are delivered by Third party couriers, which are completely independent from Bülle Chaussures Inc.

6.2.             When we hand the products you have ordered to the selected courier, you become the owner thereof and assume the delivery risks (loss or damage during delivery).

6.3.             In any case in which your package is lost in delivery and if your products are also damaged, your only recourse is against the selected courier. Our Return Policy is not valid if the original packaging of the product is not in good condition.

6.4.             If the original packaging is not in good condition when returning a defective or damaged product to Bulle Chaussures, thereby implying that the defect or the damage to the product was caused during its delivery, Bülle Chaussures Inc. will be entitled to return the product to you and to keep its purchase price.

7.                 CUSTOMER’S DECLARATIONS

7.1.             By completing an order, you represent to Bülle Chaussures Inc. that you are of a legal age to contract. It is strictly prohibited for children of less than fourteen (14) years of age to purchase products from our Websites.

7.2.             By completing an order, you represent to Bülle Chaussures Inc. that you are making your purchase on the Websites strictly for personal use and not for the resale, distribution or marketing of these products to third parties. In addition, you declare that the personal information forwarded to Bülle Chaussures Inc. for invoicing purposes to complete a purchase is accurate. You also represent and guarantee that you are the duly registered holder of the credit card with which you are paying the purchase price and the applicable taxes on the products purchased.

8.                 DECLARATION BY Bülle Chaussures inc.

8.1.             Bülle Chaussures Inc. is a legal person incorporated under Part IA of the Companies Act (Quebec) with its head office at 2197, Léon-Harmel, Québec City, province of Quebec, Canada, G1N 4N5.

9.                 DESCRIPTION AND AVAILABILITY OF PRODUCTS

9.1.             The descriptions and illustrations of the products offered or advertised on our Websites are given only for information purposes. They may vary from the actual products offered. You agree and accept that such variations may occur and you acknowledge that Bülle Chaussures Inc. may not be held liable for any damages or loss in connection with such variations. Bülle Chaussures Inc. does not give any guarantee about these descriptions and illustrations. However, these variations do not involve the characteristics of the product you choose when ordering (for example, model, colour, size) and in case of an error in these features that you have ordered and in what you have received, you may return the product pursuant to the Bülle Chaussures Inc. Return Policy.

9.2.             Information concerning products, prices and the availability of products may change from time to time without notice and without entailing any liability for Bülle Chaussures Inc. Occasionally, some models, colours or sizes may not be available from the time when you place your order and the time when the product ordered is to be delivered. Bülle Chaussures Inc. will not be liable for such.

9.3.             If the product ordered is not available at the time of delivery, Bülle Chaussures Inc. will notify you by email. You will then have the choice of i) cancelling the sale and in that case Bülle Chaussures Inc, will reimburse you the complete purchase price paid or ii) requiring that Bülle Chaussures Inc. attempt to obtain that product from another of its suppliers, but in such a case you agree that Bülle Chaussures Inc. will not be liable if it does not succeed in obtaining it or in obtaining it within a reasonable time limit. In such a case your only recourse is to cancel the sale.

10.              HOW TO ORDER A PRODUCT

10.1.          To order a product, you will be prompted to specify the product features wanted from the options offered (model, colour or size). You must then place the product in your virtual shopping basket and go to the virtual cash register. You will then be prompted to supply certain information in an information entry screen. All you have to do is to follow the steps on your computer screen. Finally, you will then be prompted to pay the product purchase price and the applicable taxes.

10.2.          In order to place a final order, you must first of all accept the other conditions and click on the “Complete Order” icon. BY CLICKING ON THIS ICON WITH YOUR CURSOR, YOU WILL BE COMPLETING THE ORDER PROCESS SHOWING THAT YOU ACCEPT TO PURCHASE THE PRODUCTS SPECIFIED IN THIS ORDER AND ACCEPT TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE CONTRACT AS WELL AS THE OTHER CONDITIONS.

11.              WARRANTY

11.1.          Bülle Chaussures Inc. does not give any warranty for the products featured on its Websites. The only warranty applicable to the products is the warranty given by the manufacturer of the product. Please contact the Bülle Chaussures Inc. Customer Service Department for any question about the manufacturer’s warranty and the conditions for returning a defective product which would not otherwise be authorized under the Bülle Chaussures Inc. Return Policy.

12.              CANCELLATION OF AN ORDER BEFORE DELIVERY

12.1.          You may cancel your order FREE OF CHARGE only if the products you ordered have not already been entrusted to the selected courier for delivery, by notifying the Bülle Chaussures Inc. Customer Service Department as specified in section 18 below.

13.              PRODUCT RETURN

13.1.          Product return is subject to the Bülle Chaussures Inc. Return Policy.

14.              ACCURACY OF THE ORDER AND INVOICING

14.1.          You are responsible to ensure the accuracy of the description of products (model, colour or size), of the price and all invoicing details and as the case may be, to correct any mistake or inaccuracy. If it is impossible to correct any mistake or inaccuracy, you must immediately advise Bülle Chaussures Inc. in writing pursuant to the provisions of section 18 of the Contract.

14.2.          Once a final order is placed, you will receive a confirmation of your order together with the paid invoice and a digitized contract within fifteen (15) days. You must print a copy of this email to ensure the accuracy of the information mentioned in the confirmation of the purchase and to once again check the terms and conditions of the Contract that are applicable to you.

14.3.          You have a time limit of thirty (30) days from the receipt of your invoice to have it corrected by Bülle Chaussures Inc. as long as you can show that there are errors or inaccuracies in your invoice. The information on your invoice will be deemed to be accurate at the expiry of this time limit.

 

15.             ACCEPTANCE OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE CONTRACT AND OTHER PROVISIONS

15.1.          You are deemed to have accepted all of the provisions of the contract and the Other Provisions when you complete the order process.

16.              LIMITED LIABILITY

16.1.          Bülle Chaussures Inc. and its directors, administrators, employees, mandataries, their successors and assigns will not in any way be held liable for any direct, special, indirect or accessory damages whatsoever, namely including any business loss, a loss of savings, of data and/or a loss of profits resulting from the products sold pursuant to the Contract or from the operations performed by the Customer on our Websites, even if Bülle Chaussures Inc. knew or should have known about the possibility of such damage.

16.2.          In any case in which Bülle Chaussures Inc. or its directors, administrators, employees, mandataries or their successors or assigns should be held liable for any reason whatsoever, the amount that may be claimed from them cannot exceed the amount paid by the Customer to Bülle Chaussures Inc. for the product on which the claim is based.

16.3.          Paragraphs 16.1 and 16.2 may not apply to you due to laws governing consumer rights and public policy legislation which may apply to your situation.

17.              TERRITORIAL LIMITS

17.1.          Bülle Chaussures Inc. operates its business from its premises located in the province of Quebec. Bülle Chaussures Inc. only offers its products to persons domiciled in Canada, in the United States of America and in Australia. No sale will be made to a person domiciled outside of the territorial limits of these 3 countries. Likewise, no delivery will be made outside of the territorial limits of these 3 countries.

18.              NOTICE

18.1.          Any notice, consent, or other communication pursuant to this Contract must be in writing and given in person by bailiff or by email and addressed as follows:

BÜLLE CHAUSSURES INC.
2197, Léon-Harmel
Quebec City, Quebec
G1N 4N5
Canada
Email: cs@bulle.shoes

18.2.          A notice, consent or other communication addressed as specified will be deemed to have been given and received on the day it is entrusted to a bailiff (or if that day is not a business day, on the next business day) unless it is given or transmitted after 4:30 pm (Quebec City, Quebec) time)), in which case it will be deemed to have been given and received on the following business day. For the interpretation of the Contract, the term “business day” means any day of the year except for Saturdays, Sundays and the other days on which financial institutions are generally closed in Quebec City, Quebec.

18.3.          Bülle Chaussures Inc. may change its address from time to time by updating it on its Websites.

19.              GENERAL PROVISIONS

19.1.          The preamble is an integral part of this Contract.

19.2.          For the interpretation of this Contract and to the extent required by the context, the use of the masculine gender includes the feminine and vice-versa and the singular includes the plural and vice-versa.

19.3.          Unless specified otherwise, any amount of money mentioned is in the customer's local currency.

19.4.          The fact that Bülle Chaussures Inc. does not insist on the full performance of an obligation in this Contract or does not exercise a right conferred on it under this Contract will not be deemed to be a waiver of the performance of this obligation or right. Any waiver by Bülle Chaussures Inc. of any of its rights under this Contract will be valid only if it is in writing and signed and this waiver will be valid only in connection with the rights and the circumstances specifically mentioned therein.

19.5.          Every provision of this Contract is a distinct whole so that any ruling to the effect that one of its provisions if is null and void or unenforceable will not affect the validity of the other provisions or their enforceability.

19.6.          This Contract is the complete agreement between the parties hereto and nothing may be changed or modified without their written consent.

19.7.          This Contract is binding on the parties hereto as well as on their respective heirs, successors, legal representatives and assigns and is for their benefit.

19.8.          This Contract is governed and interpreted according to the laws in force in the province of Quebec.

19.9.          The parties irrevocably submit any litigation resulting from this Contract to the courts of federal and provincial jurisdiction sitting in the Judicial District of Quebec.