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Legal notice

IRICE website

Last updated: 01/01/2025

1. Website publisher

This website is published by:
IRICE – Independent Reference Infrastructure for Certification and Evaluation,
a simplified joint-stock company (SAS) with a capital of €20,000,
registered with the Aix-en-Provence Trade and Companies Register under number 835 324 112.
Registered office: 10 rue du Lieutenant Parayre, Espace Wagner Building A2, 13290 AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France.
Telephone: +33 9 70 70 75 35.
Email: hello@irice-certification.com.
Publication Director: Cédric PLANTAZ, in his capacity as President

2. Accommodation

The site is hosted by:
Infomaniak Network SA,
Rue Eugène-Marziano 25, 1227 Les Acacias – Geneva, Switzerland.
Telephone: +41 22 820 35 44.
Email: support@infomaniak.com.
Website: www.infomaniak.com

3. Intellectual Property

All content on this website (text, images, graphics, logos, videos, documents, etc.) is protected by copyright and remains the exclusive property of IRICE, unless otherwise stated. Any reproduction, representation, modification, adaptation, or exploitation, in whole or in part, of the website's elements without prior written authorization is strictly prohibited.

4. Responsibility

IRICE strives to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of the information published on this website. However, the organization cannot be held liable for any errors, omissions, or temporary unavailability. Use of the content is at the user's sole risk.

5. Hyperlinks

The site may contain links to third-party websites. IRICE does not control this content and accepts no responsibility for the information, services, or practices of these external sites.

6. Personal Data

Browsing this website may result in the collection of personal data, which is processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For more information, please see our Privacy Policy .

7. Applicable Law

These legal notices are governed by French law. Any dispute relating to the use of the site falls under the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the district where IRICE's registered office is located.

8. Regulatory Compliance and Environmental Claims

The ecological transition undertaken at the European level has shifted the use of environmental claims from a declarative register to a legal and economic one. Within the framework of the Green Deal, the European Union has strengthened the requirements applicable to environmental communications in order to prevent misleading practices and ensure the comparability, verifiability, and fairness of the information disseminated.

Directive (EU) 2024/825 on environmental claims is part of this trajectory and strictly regulates the use of any claim relating to environmental performance, benefits or commitments.

In this context, the content published on this site is structured according to a clear distinction between the different levels of intervention:

  • The commitment rests with the project leaders.
  • Evaluation consists of analyzing a situation or approach based on defined criteria.
  • Certification corresponds to a formalized process, framed by rules of impartiality, leading, where applicable, to enforceable recognition.
  • Finally, communication can only occur in accordance with the actual status of the project and the level of evidence actually established.

IRICE ensures that its editorial, methodological, and institutional content strictly adheres to this separation of roles. No promises of results, environmental impact, or performance are made without a formalized assessment or certification.