Terms and conditions
Terms of use
1. Your agreement to these terms of use
Please read these Terms of Use carefully before accessing or using this website. By accessing or using this website you signify your understanding of and agreement to these Terms of Use. The information, services and materials on this website are provided by the CRU Group (comprising CRU International Limited, CRU Publishing Limited and CRU Strategies Limited) subject to your agreement to the following Terms of Use. These Terms of Use should be read in conjunction with the Privacy Policy for this website.
2. Accessing our website
Access to this website is permitted on a temporary basis, and the CRU Group reserves the right to withdraw or amend the service it provides on this website without notice (see below). The CRU Group will not be liable if for any reason this website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
From time to time, the CRU Group may restrict access to some parts of this website, or the entire website, to users who have registered.
If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other information as part of the CRU Group’s security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party. The CRU Group has the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by it, at any time, if in its opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provision of these Terms of Use.
You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to this website. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access this website through your internet connection are aware of these terms, and that they comply with them.
3. Purpose and status of information
The information contained in this website has been prepared solely for the purposes of providing general information about the CRU Group.
Whilst the CRU Group has taken all reasonable care to ensure that the information, services and materials contained in its website are accurate, no representation, warranty or condition, express or implied, is made as to their accuracy or completeness. The CRU Group accepts no liability for any inaccuracies in or omissions from this website or liability for any loss or damage howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly from the use of this information, services and materials. All such information, services and materials are provided “as is” and “as available” without warranty of any kind. It is your responsibility to verify the accuracy completeness and fitness for purpose of all details, services and other information provided on the website to your satisfaction before acting upon them.
4. No advice or offer
This website does not provide or constitute any advice or recommendation in connection with the acquisition or disposal of any investment or any other investment decision or transaction. Under no circumstances may information contained on this website be treated as any form of commercial, investment, legal, tax or other advice. If you need such advice, please consult your own professional advisers.
5. Liability
To the extent permitted by law, the CRU Group, other members of its group of companies and third parties connected to it hereby expressly exclude
- All conditions, warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity;
- Any liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user in connection with this website
or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of this website, any websites linked to it and
any materials posted on it, including without limitation any liability for:
- loss of income or revenue;
- loss of business; loss of profits or contracts;
- loss of anticipated savings;
- loss of data;
- loss of goodwill;
- wasted management or office time; and
- for any other loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence),
breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable.
This does not affect the CRU Group ‘s liability for death or personal injury arising from its negligence, nor its liability for fraudulent misrespresentation or misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
6. Trade marks and copyright
“CRU”, “CRU THE INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY”, “TJF”, “CRUspi”, “CRU VALUE-BASED COSTING”, “VBC”, “SCRIP RATIO” and “CRU HEATCHARTS” (and respective logos where appropriate) are trade marks, and in certain cases registered trade marks, of the CRU Group or its affilated companies. Certain other names, words, phrases, logos, graphics, or designs appearing on this website may also constitute CRU Group trade marks. You acknowledge that all materials on this website (as well as the organisation and layout of the website) are owned by and are subject to the copyright of the CRU Group or its affilated companies and may be accessed, downloaded or printed only for your personal non-commercial use. You may not copy, distribute or transfer any material on this website, in whole or in part without the prior written permission of the CRU Group. In particular, you may not use part of this website on any other website, or link any other website to this website, without the prior written permission of CRU.
7. CRU publications
Information contained in this website relating to the CRU Group’s products and services and the basis on which they are supplied does not constitute an offer to supply those products and services.
Where the CRU Group does supply products and services to its subscribers, it does so only on the basis of separate terms and conditions as specified by it from time to time. The current version of these terms and conditions is below.
8. Links to other websites
This website may include links to other websites solely as a convenience to users. Neither the CRU Group nor its affiliated companies are responsible for the content of, or have any control over the content or availability of, any other website from which you have accessed this website or to which you may hyperlink from this website and cannot be held liable for any loss or damage you incur as a result of your use of any other website from which you hyperlink to or from this website.
9. Governing law and jurisdiction
These Terms of Use are governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and you agree that the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in any dispute.
If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, please leave this website now.
CRU standard terms and conditions
CRU’s reports are made available only on the following terms and conditions, which form part of every CRU subcriber agreement.
1. Effect of agreement
References to “the Agreement” are to the CRU Subscriber Agreement of which these Terms and Conditions form part. These Terms and Conditions are subject to any “Variable Terms” set out in the Agreement.
References to “Customer”, “Payments”, “CRU Reports”, “Specified Sites”, “Specified Users” and “Licence” are to the definitions given to those words in the Agreement.
The Agreement becomes effective when signed by Customer and delivered to CRU. Time periods mentioned in the Agreement are calculated from the date of such delivery unless otherwise specified.
2. Price / payment
Payments shall be made within 15 days of invoice date.
CRU may raise separate invoices for different CRU Reports and, for annual payments, on an annual basis. Payments shall be made in accordance with CRU’s invoices, in the currency stipulated in the Agreement.
Prices payable for CRU Reports on renewable Agreements may be increased annually by CRU on not less than three (3) months’ notice.
3. User restrictions and copying
Customer shall use the information in CRU Reports solely for its own internal business purposes. Customer shall not disclose any such information to any other person, and shall take reasonable measures to ensure its security.
Customer shall allow access to CRU Reports only to employees of Customer. Customer shall restrict electronic access to any electronic or on-line CRU Report to the Specified Users or Specified Sites set out in the Agreement. If any named Specified User leaves Customer’s employment, Customer may specify an alternative Specified User by written notice to CRU.
Electronic and on-line CRU Reports may be used only at the Specified Sites.
Customer may create one single print copy of any CRU Report delivered electronically, for purposes of internal circulation, and may make one back-up copy of such a Report.
Save as expressly permitted above, Customer shall not copy, transmit or disclose any CRU Report, whether in print or electronic or other form, or any information therein. All rights in CRU Reports are reserved to CRU.
4. Limited-term licences
Where a CRU Report is stated in the Agreement to be supplied on a limited-term Licence:
- Customer’s right to use the information contained in it, and to load and run the Report on a computer, ends automatically
at the end of the stated licence term and, unless the licence is renewed by arrangement with CRU, the Customer shall
then make no further use of the CRU Report concerned;
- Customer’s said right may be terminated by CRU prematurely, to the same effect, if Customer makes any material breach
of the Agreement and fails to remedy it within fourteen (14) days after receiving notice of the breach, or a received,
manager, administrator or administrative receiver or similar is appointed in relation to the Customer; and
- Upon expiry or termination of said right, the Customer shall promptly deliver the Report concerned (and any copies)
to CRU.
5. Special right re: computer models
CRU Reports comprising computer models may contain a database of data on a given subject (e.g. steel production) capable of manipulation by the software. CRU permits Customer to make a copy of such a database for other uses in the Customer’s own business, and Customer’s permission to use such database shall continue without limit of time notwithstanding the expiry (under paragraph 4 above) of a limited licence in relation to the CRU Report concerned. This permission does not extend to the software contained in the Report.