Legal notice

1. Site owner

1.1 Site: Sicily’s Finest Food — https://sicilyfinestfood.it.

1.2 Operator/Owner: EUROPE DISTRIBUTION TRADE D.O.O.
Registered office: Porporela ulica 2, 52466 Novigrad, Croatia.

1.3 Business contacts: info@sicilyfinestfood.it.
Telephone Italy: +39 388 93 84 565.
Authorized orders and returns: ordini@sicilyfinestfood.it.
Administration of the Croatian company: mail@europe-distribution.net.
Telephone Croatia: +385 91 959 5055.

1.4 EU VAT number: HR08859958196.
OIB: 08859958196.
Share capital: € 20.000,00.
Italian operational headquarters: Via Amerigo Vespucci 12, 95014 Giarre (CT), Italy.

The operational headquarters does not constitute an automatic address for returns, which will be communicated on a case-by-case basis after authorization.

2. Scope of application

2.1 These Legal Notices govern access to and use of the Site. Purchases and commercial relationships concluded through the Site are governed by the General Terms and Conditions of Sale published on the Site, which prevail in the event of any conflict.

2.2 The Site and sales through the Site are reserved exclusively for professionals and businesses (B2B). Purchasing functions may require the entry of business details (e.g. company name and VAT number or fiscally equivalent details) and may be limited or unavailable in the absence of such information.

2.3 If the Site includes services, content or initiatives subject to specific rules, additional terms indicated from time to time may apply.

3. Access to and use of the Site

3.1 The User undertakes to use the Site exclusively for lawful purposes, in compliance with these Legal Notices and applicable legislation.

3.2 Systematic extraction, unauthorized scraping or mass crawling for republication or competitive purposes; circumventing protection or limitation measures; systematically copying content; compromising the security, integrity or availability of the Site; inserting or transmitting malware or malicious code are prohibited. Uses permitted by law and lawful indexing by search engines remain unaffected.

3.3 The Owner may adopt technical and organizational measures to prevent abuse and may suspend or restrict access in the event of abnormal or non-compliant use.

4. Intellectual Property

4.1 Content, layout, trademarks, logos, graphics, photographs, texts, databases, code and domain names are protected by the applicable intellectual property laws and/or are available to the Owner or the respective rights holders.

4.2 Reproduction, distribution, communication to the public, modification or use of the content, in whole or in part, without the prior written authorization of the Owner or the rights holders is prohibited, except within the mandatory limits established by law.

4.3 Use of the Website and its content is permitted as necessary for browsing the catalogue and making purchases in the course of business, commercial, craft or professional activities, without prejudice to the limitations on unauthorized reuse.

5. Third-Party Content and External Links

5.1 The Website may contain links to third-party websites, resources or services. Such links are provided for information purposes only and do not imply approval, control or assumption of liability by the Owner.

5.2 The Owner is not responsible for the content, services, availability, data processing policies or compliance of third-party websites.

6. Information on food products

6.1 Information on ingredients, allergens, nutritional values, origin and characteristics of the products is provided by the manufacturers and may be updated. Mandatory information is made available before purchase in the cases and according to the procedures provided for by applicable law.

6.2 The Customer must also check the label of the delivered product before use, particularly in relation to allergies, intolerances or specific requirements. The physical label does not replace the information obligations applicable before purchase. In the event of discrepancies or doubts, the Customer may contact customer support.

6.3 The products normally bear original Italian labeling. Upon request made before placing the order, Sicily’s Finest Food guarantees the availability of translations, with the language and method of provision to be agreed. The application of physical multilingual labels is not automatically included. The compliance obligations in the country of marketing remain unaffected.

7. Availability, Security and Limitations of Liability

7.1 The Website is provided “as is” and “as available”. The Owner takes reasonable measures to ensure its functionality but does not guarantee that the Website will be free from interruptions, errors or vulnerabilities.

7.2 The User is required to use up-to-date devices and software, adopting appropriate security measures (such as antivirus software, firewalls and credential management).

7.3 To the extent permitted by law, the Owner shall not be liable for indirect or consequential damages arising from the use of or inability to use the Website, without prejudice to the provisions of the General Terms and Conditions of Sale applicable to purchase contracts and cases of liability that cannot be excluded by law.

8. Electronic communications and documents

8.1 Electronic communications (e.g. emails, order confirmations, notifications) may satisfy the written-form requirement where provided for, in accordance with applicable law.

8.2 Electronic copies of orders, confirmations and communications may be retained in the Owner’s systems in accordance with criteria consistent with the purposes and applicable retention obligations.

9. Privacy and cookies

9.1 The processing of personal data is described in the Privacy Policy published on the Website.

9.2 Cookies and similar tools are described in the Privacy Notice and managed through the consent tools available on the Website.

10. Reports and protection of rights

10.1 To report unlawful content, infringements of rights or issues relating to the Website, write to info@sicilyfinestfood.it with the subject line “Legal report – [descrizione]”, indicating the URL or item concerned by the report and attaching any relevant evidence or materials.

10.2 The Owner reserves the right to request additional information in order to assess the report and to take any measures deemed appropriate.

11. Applicable law and jurisdiction

11.1 These Legal Notices are governed by Italian law.

11.2 For disputes relating to the use of the Website, the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Catania is agreed, unless otherwise provided by the B2B General Terms and Conditions of Sale or by mandatory provisions of law. This clause shall apply within the limits and subject to the validity and formal requirements established by the legislation applicable to jurisdiction agreements.