Terms and Conditions

Please read carefully these terms and conditions of use (hereinafter referred to as terms and conditions) before accessing any of our services.

Access to the website on foreign direct investment attraction by the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER), located in San José, Costa Rica, implies the user’s acceptance of the established usage rules and the content of the clauses on applicable intellectual property rights and the Privacy and Security Policy. Users should refer to the specific conditions set for accessing and using certain services within the PROCOMER Foreign Direct Investment Attraction Website.

Access to the Foreign Direct Investment Attraction Site is free and does not create any commercial, contractual, or professional relationship between its users and PROCOMER.

These terms and conditions apply to all users of the PROCOMER Foreign Direct Investment Attraction Website. However, if new sections are added in the future that provide specific services, the Promotion Office may include them in this document as a supplement.

The PROCOMER Foreign Direct Investment Attraction Site may contain access to forums with moderators, which may feature personal opinions and other expressions from participants on a wide variety of topics. The content of these forums and links included from them to external sites are not reviewed, monitored, or approved by the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office. PROCOMER is the editor of the contents of these forums or the sites that can be accessed through them.

The text and any other material published in these forums represent the opinion of a specific author and do not correspond to the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER). If, for any reason, you find the published information offensive, please report it to the Administration at [email protected].

The user agrees not to access, attempt to access another user’s account, forge or attempt to forge their identity while using the PROCOMER Foreign Direct Investment Attraction Site or any systems for which they have permission to access.

RULES FOR ONLINE CONDUCT

It is expressly prohibited to use the PROCOMER Foreign Direct Investment Attraction Site for:
  1. Content that defames or threatens other individuals.
  2. Statements that may be considered fanatical, hateful, or racially offensive.
  3. Content that discusses illegal activities with the intention of committing them.
  4. Content that infringes on the intellectual property of others, including but not limited to copyrights, trademarks, or trade secrets.
  5. Material that contains language or images that may be considered vulgar or obscene.
  6. Advertising or any other form of commercial solicitation.

Material protected by copyright, or by any other legal right, such as software, graphics, text, photographs, sounds, video, and music, may not be published on the PROCOMER Foreign Direct Investment Attraction Site without the express authorization of the owner of that material.

USAGE LIMITATIONS

The user agrees to use the PROCOMER Foreign Direct Investment Attraction Site only for legal purposes. In the event of agreement with the above, if a third party claims that any material posted on the site is illegal, it will be the user's responsibility to determine if the material in question complies with applicable laws. Additionally, the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER) has the right to remove material from the site, block access, or take any other action regarding posted material at its discretion, although it is not obligated to do so. The user may not use the computing resources of the Promotion Office to distribute unsolicited advertising or any type of promotional material.

HYPERLINKS

The PROCOMER Foreign Direct Investment Attraction Website contains links to sites outside the domain of the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER). The content of these sites is the responsibility of their respective owners, and the Promotion Office does not guarantee or endorse such content.

RESPONSIBILITIES

This Site, and any information or services related to it, are provided "as is," with no warranty that the information is real and timely.

The Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER), regarding external sites, hereby disclaims any warranty, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, suitability, or completeness of a site, the information obtained, or the link. PROCOMER does not guarantee that these sites will operate uninterrupted or error-free, or that they are free from viruses or other harmful components. The use of information obtained through these sites is at the user's own risk.

In particular, the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office will not have any obligation for consequential, indirect, punitive, special, or incidental damages, foreseeable or unforeseeable (including, but not limited to, defamation claims, errors, loss of data, or interruption in data availability) related to these terms and conditions, the use or inability to use a site, or any posting the user makes on this Site, or their reliance on information obtained on or through a site.

The user is responsible for any damage and/or harm of any nature caused by violating these terms and conditions or any applicable regulations, releasing the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office from all administrative, civil, criminal, or other liability.

INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY

The logo, name, brand, design, and all graphics identifying the Promotion Office within the foreign direct investment attraction site belong to it. The use, reproduction, copying, or redistribution of them without the written permission of PROCOMER is prohibited. All other trademarks appearing on the site belong to their respective owners, and likewise, the use, reproduction, copying, or redistribution of them without the express permission of the owner is prohibited.

OTHER

The PROCOMER Foreign Direct Investment Site may contain errors or omissions in the information. PROCOMER reserves the right to correct these errors or omissions.

GENERALITIES

These terms and conditions constitute an agreement between you and the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office regarding the matters discussed and supersede any prior agreements, whether oral or written.

COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS

The Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office respects the property rights of others. If you believe that your copyright has been violated on the Foreign Direct Investment Site of the Promotion Office, you can contact us via email at: [email protected]

JURISDICTION AND APPLICABLE LAW

Any dispute or conflict that may arise as a result of the use of the Foreign Direct Investment Site will be resolved in accordance with the laws of Costa Rica, submitting to the jurisdiction and competence of the courts of the Republic, expressly waiving any other venue or jurisdiction that may legally apply.