The EU Federation for the Factoring and Commercial Finance Industry (EUF) is the Representative Body for the Factoring and Commercial Finance Industry in the EU. It comprises national and international industry associations that are active in the EU. EUF is a subdivision of FCI, the Global Association for Open Account Trade Finance.

FCI’s Registered Office address is:

Keizersgracht 559
1017 DR Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31-20-6270306
Fax: +31-20-6257628
Email: fci@fci.nl
Website: www.fci.nl

When you visit this public site, EUF does not collect any personal identifying information about you. We do not use individual information for commercial purposes nor do we share this information with any other organisation. You will not receive any e-mail from EUF simply as a result of visiting our site.

Visitors can register to receive the newsletter. When registering a visitor, EUF collects information such as his/her name, first name, company, country, job title and e-mail address. EUF stores the data in a database only available to EUF Secretariat in order to add such visitor to the list of registered users. If you wish to unsubscribe from the newsletter, you are free to do it from the last newsletter you received by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the end of the email or by contacting EUF Secretariat at info@euf.eu.com. 

The EUF private site uses session cookies for identification, which allows an identification of the visitor once logged in. When you are finished interacting with one or more online services using your EUF Account, you must then log out and close all of your browser windows to prevent other users from accessing EUF services through your account. Please be aware that EUF accepts no liability for financial or any other loss incurred if you do not log out and close all of your browser windows. Regarding the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), for members area, EUF website store your name and email to give you access to the website. The data is not used for any other purpose neither available to anyone else than EUF Secretariat to handle your access. Registered user received a weekly notification email to inform them of the latest additional documents uploaded in the private area of the website. If the registered wishes to stop receiving the emails and/or update his profile, he is free to do it from the e-mail or from the website by clicking on the “edit profile” button.

EUF does gather information about how the private site is used. For instance, our web server automatically collects each visitor’s domain name (the internet name of the organization through which the visitor connects to the site). We also collect aggregate information about users’ visits; such as when the site is visited most often and which areas of the site are accessed most often. We use the automatically collected information to analyze how to improve our site.

EUF has prepared the content of this website responsibly and carefully, but disclaims all warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy of the information contained in any of the materials on this website or on other linked websites or on any subsequent links.

EUF makes no representation or warranty, and expressly disclaims any liability with respect to copyright statements and related terms and conditions in accordance with EUF website disclaimer.

This includes, but is not by way of limitation:

• any implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose
• any liability for damage to your computer hardware, data, information, materials and business
• resulting from the information or the lack of information available
• any errors, omissions, or inaccuracies in the information
• any decision made or action taken or not taken in reliance upon the information

EUF makes no warranty as to the content, accuracy, timeliness or completeness of the information or that the information may be relied upon for any reason and bears no responsibility for the accuracy, content or legality of any linked site or for that of any subsequent links. EUF makes no warranty that the website service will be uninterrupted or error-free or that any defects can be corrected.

EUF shall not be liable for any losses or damages (including without limitation consequential loss or damage) whatsoever from the use of, or reliance on, the information in its website, or from the use of the Internet generally. Any links to other websites do not constitute an endorsement or an approval by EUF of any products, services, policies or opinions of the organisation or individual.

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