RULES OF USAGE / IMAGE RIGHTS 
VALLEE DE LA GASTRONOMIE- FRANCE®

Photo credits: the photo credits given for each image must be mentioned in any usage

Rules of usage 

Photographic and video contents produced in relation to the Vallée de la Gastronomie - France® are the exclusive property of the project’s members in charge of promoting and communicating on the Vallée de la Gastronomie - France®.

Concerning any photographs, the rights have been assigned for five years, and in exclusivity, to Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Tourisme and the partners and participants in the Vallée de la Gastronomie - France® project, covering all visual elements selected and for all types of platforms and media (print, media, digital, etc…) in France and abroad. 

These contents can only be used in relation to communications directly linked to the Vallée de la Gastronomie - France® and should also feature, as far as possible, the Vallée de la Gastronomie logo and the relevant more specific symbol (e.g. Gourmet Offer or Outstanding Experience) concerning any stakeholders accredited by the Vallée de la Gastronomie project. 

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Tourisme and the partners involved in the Vallée de la Gastronomie - France® project will not be held responsible regarding any other usage, for personal ends or for promotion or communication beyond the remit of the Vallée de la Gastronomie - France®; in any cases where an entity has used images beyond the exclusive remit of the Vallée de la Gastronomie - France®, they can pursue remedies against such an entity. 

Regarding the usage of photos acquired by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Tourisme, the creators concerned have assigned to Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Tourisme and its partners in the Vallée de la Gastronomie - France® projet the rights to make use of their images, worldwide and for the legal duration of the literary and artistic property rights granted in France and abroad, under the following conditions:

• the right to reproduce, or to have reproduced, all or part of any image / iconography making use of any existing or future processes, notably copying, engraving, printing, publishing, photographing, mechanical recording, digital recording, digital storing, downloading, etc., and on any existing or future platforms, notably paper, film, video, magnetic tape, electronic platforms or digital platforms (CD-Rom, CDI, DVD, etc…); 

• the right to include all or part of the image / iconography in multimedia works defined for the needs of the present contract as works gathering together on the one platform, generally optical or digital, works of different natures, such as photographs, reproductions of works of art, texts, music videos or passages, or performances by recording artists, and whose structure and access are determined by software allowing for interactivity in the viewing / consulting / accessing. 

• the right to communicate to the public all or part of the image / iconography, where applicable, incorporated into a multimedia work by any existing or future process of communication to the public and notably in print format, via online posting on Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Tourisme social media accounts, or on any broadcasting platform, notably via the means of screens, electronic communication and information terminals,  audiovisual terminals, multimedia electronic communication and information terminals, telephones or via any other means known or unknown.
 
The use of any photos / iconography in the context of large-format billboards or signs (4x3) or in the context of any commercial publication will be subject to the seeking of the agreement of the accredited photographer / creator.

October 2023.