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Terms and Conditions of Access
The Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) is funded under the
Regulation (EU) No 377/2014 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 3 April 2014
and is part of the Copernicus services. It provides information for
emergency response in relation to different types of disasters,
including meteorological hazards, geophysical hazards, deliberate and
accidental man-made disasters and other humanitarian disasters, as well
as the prevention, preparedness, response and recovery activities. The
early warning and monitoring systems of the Copernicus EMS are composed
of the European and Global Flood Awareness Systems (CEMS EFAS and
GloFAS), the European and Global Drought Observatories (CEMS EDO and
GDO), the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) and the Global
Wildfire Information System (GWIS).
The access and use of Copernicus Service Information is regulated under
Regulation (EU) No 377/2014
and Commission Delegated
Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013
. In particular, the
law provides that users shall have a free, full and open access to
Copernicus Service Information without any express or implied warranty,
including as regards quality and suitability for any purpose. These
terms and conditions are designed to reflect the relevant law.
By using data of CEMS early warning and monitoring systems the user
agrees to be bound to all terms and conditions provided herein
including, in particular, the limitations on use, transferability,
warranty and liability. If you are agreeing to these terms on behalf of
a company or other legal entity, you represent that you have the legal
authority to bind that company or legal entity to these terms. The terms
provided herein are complemented by the terms of the Commission Legal
Notice and Privacy
Statement , unless
otherwise expressly stipulated herein.
Access and use:
Subject to their compliance with the terms and conditions set forth
herein, users are granted free access to the data of the CEMS early
warning and monitoring systems for the following purposes and within the
limits allowed under applicable law:
(a) reproduction;
(b) distribution;
(c) communication to the public;
(d) adaptation, modification and combination with other data and
information;
(e) any combination of points (a) to (d).
Some data as produced by the CEMS early warning and monitoring systems
are restricted according to article 12 of Commission Delegated
Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013
. Access to this
restricted data will be granted only to specific users and upon
registration.
Where the user communicates to the public or distributes data of the
CEMS early warning and monitoring systems, he/she shall inform the
recipients of the source of that data and information by using the
following or similar notice:
'Generated using Copernicus Emergency Management Service information
[Year]'
Where the data of the CEMS early warning and monitoring systems has been
adapted or modified, the user shall provide the following or similar notice:
'Contains modified Copernicus Emergency Management Service information
[Year]'
Disclaimer and liabilities:
Data from the CEMS early warning and monitoring systems is provided for
information purposes only. This means that the data does not constitute
in any way an early warning for which only national/regional
institutions are authorized within their region of responsibility.
The information contained in the CEMS early warning and monitoring
systems are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either
express or implied, including, but not limited to, any implied warranty
against infringement of merchantability, integration, satisfactory
quality and fitness for a particular purpose. In particular, nothing in
these terms and conditions should be interpreted as a guarantee that the
information contained will be free from errors or omissions, and that
such errors or omissions can be rectified. In addition, changes to the
data might occur frequently and without prior notice.
By using CEMS early warning and monitoring systems information and
data the user acknowledges that these conditions are applicable to
him/her and that - to the full extent allowed by law - the user
renounces to any claims for damages against the European Union and
the providers of the data and information thereto. The scope of this
waiver encompasses any dispute, including contracts and torts claims
that might be filed in court, in arbitration or in any other form of
dispute settlement.
Intellectual Property Rights
The user expressly recognises and acknowledges that the use of the data
from CEMS early warning and monitoring systems shall not confer any
intellectual property rights or other proprietary right to the user. No
provision herein shall be deemed to affect the ownership and interest of
the European Union in said data and the intellectual property thereto
which shall remain unaltered. Any independent intellectual property
right generated as a result of modifying or adapting the data from the
CEMS early warning and monitoring systems shall be owned by the
respective creator(s).
Access to third party information:
These terms and conditions only cover data and information from the CEMS
early warning and monitoring systems. Access to information from third
parties to which the user is directed through this portal may be subject
to different license terms.
Appropriate conduct:
While using the data from the CEMS early warning and monitoring systems
you agree that you are solely responsible for complying with these terms
and conditions and with any other obligation that may be applicable
under law.
Data privacy:
The users' rights on their personal data are protected according to
Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24
October 1995 and
Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 18 December 2000
. Such data will only be
used by the European Commission and the providers of the said
data and Information for providing services to the user and for
statistical as well as evaluation purposes.