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Access to and use of this website are subject to the following conditions. Please do not use this website unless you agree with these conditions. This website has been developed by United Nations Environment Programme – UNEP and Bayer AG, and is administered by the same. We reserve the right to discontinue or to make partial or complete modifications to this website or to the General Conditions of Use and to our General Terms and Conditions. Please note that we may make such changes at our own discretion and without prior announcement. We must therefore ask you, next time you visit this website, to view the conditions again and to note any changes or amendments that may have been made.
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UNEP and Bayer AG have compiled the detailed information provided on this website from internal and external sources to the best of their knowledge and belief, using professional diligence. We endeavor to expand and update this range of information on an ongoing basis. The information on this website is purely for the purpose of presenting UNEP and Bayer AG. However, no representation is made or warranty given, either expressly or tacitly, for the completeness or correctness of the information on this website. Please be aware that this information although accurate on the day it was published may no longer be up to date. We therefore recommend that you check any information you obtain from this website prior to using it in whatever form. Users of this website declare that they agree to access the website and its content at their own risk. Neither UNEP and Bayer AG nor third parties involved in the writing, production or transmission of this website can be held liable for damage or injury resulting from access or the impossibility of access or from the use or impossibility of use of this website or from the fact that you have relied on information given on this website.
Websites of third-party vendors/links
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Forward-looking statements
This Internet site contains forward-looking statements. These statements use words like "believes," "assumes," "expects" or similar formulations. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of our company and those either expressed or implied by these statements. These factors include, among other things:
These factors include those discussed in our public reports filed with the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (including our Form 20-F). In view of these uncertainties, we caution readers not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We assume no liability whatsoever to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.
- downturns in the business cycle of the industries in which we compete;
- new regulations, or changes to existing regulations, that increase our operating costs or otherwise reduce our profitability;
- increases in the prices of our raw materials, especially if we are unable to pass these costs along to customers;
- loss or reduction of patent protection for our products;
- liabilities, especially those incurred as a result of environmental laws or product liability litigation;
- fluctuation in international currency exchange rates as well as changes in the general economic climate; and
- other factors identified in this Internet site.
These factors include those discussed in our public reports filed with the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (including our Form 20-F). In view of these uncertainties, we caution readers not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We assume no liability whatsoever to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.