Legal Notice & Statutory Mentions

Statutory Regulatory Disclosures

The ASSOCIATION POUR LA RESTAURATION ET L'ANIMATION CULTURELLE DE L'ABBAYE publishes these statutory notices to guarantee complete institutional clarity, regulatory compliance, and civic transparency.

Legal Entity & Official Registration

This website is the official digital communication medium of the ASSOCIATION POUR LA RESTAURATION ET L'ANIMATION CULTURELLE DE L'ABBAYE, a French non-profit association governed by the Law of 1 July 1901 and the Decree of 16 August 1901.

• Corporate Name (Dénomination Sociale): ASSOCIATION POUR LA RESTAURATION ET L'ANIMATION CULTURELLE DE L'ABBAYE
• National Directory of Associations (RNA Number): W284000839
• National Business Register (SIREN Number): 494 079 718
• NAF / APE Activity Code: 9499Z (Other membership organizations n.e.c. / Associations culturelles et patrimoniales)
• Registered Administrative Seat (Siège Social): PRESBYTERE, 14 RUE DE L'ABBAYE, 28480 THIRON-GARDAIS, FRANCE
• Territorial Administrative Jurisdiction: Sous-Préfecture de Nogent-le-Rotrou / Préfecture d'Eure-et-Loir (Chartres)
• Official Publication: Published in the Journal Officiel des Associations et Fondations d'Entreprise (JOAFE)
• Official Inquiries Telephone Line: +33 3 27 48 50 20
• Official Contact Email: thykeksihwo@gmail.com

The statutory purpose of the association, deposited with the Prefecture of Eure-et-Loir, is the architectural preservation, archaeological safeguarding, restoration, and cultural and artistic animation of the historic Abbey of Thiron-Gardais, its monastic grounds, and adjacent heritage structures for the benefit of the general public.

Publication Director & Editorial Responsibility

Pursuant to Article 6-III-1 of French Law No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 (LCEN):

Publication Director (Directeur de la Publication): The President in office of the Association pour la Restauration et l'Animation Culturelle de l'Abbaye, acting in an honorary, non-remunerated capacity.
Editorial Secretariat: Commission de la Communication et des Archives, Presbytère, 14 Rue de l'Abbaye, 28480 Thiron-Gardais, France.

The publication director exercises editorial control over all published texts, historical monographs, photographs, and educational bulletins to ensure fidelity to historical scholarship and compliance with the association's strictly non-commercial mission.

Web Hosting Infrastructure & Technical Maintenance

In accordance with Article 6-I-2 of the LCEN, the hosting services for this institutional web platform are supplied through standard, secure non-profit web server infrastructure located within the territory of the European Union, ensuring compliance with European Union data sovereignty standards and ISO/IEC 27001 security protocols.

All communications between client browsers and the hosting servers are encrypted using modern Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.3) protocols. Automated cache-control headers, asset version hashing via filesystem modification timestamps (`filemtime`), and server-side input sanitization are deployed to guarantee visitor data integrity and service reliability.

Intellectual Property, Copyright & Monument Historique Protections

The overall structure, source code, text compositions, archival transcriptions, audio recordings, and visual icons accessible on this platform are the property of the ASSOCIATION POUR LA RESTAURATION ET L'ANIMATION CULTURELLE DE L'ABBAYE or its benevolent contributors, protected under the French Intellectual Property Code (Code de la Propriété Intellectuelle).

In accordance with our educational and public benefit mission, texts and original historical research published by our teams are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. Any reproduction, adaptation, or citation for non-commercial educational, scholarly, or cultural purposes is explicitly authorized, subject to clear mention of the association's paternity.

Commercial use, trademark imitation, or unauthorized monetization of any materials or photographs depicting protected Monument Historique architectural elements of the Abbey of Thiron-Gardais is strictly prohibited without prior written covenant approved by the Board of Directors and the competent state authorities (DRAC Centre-Val de Loire).

Exclusion of Commercial Commerce & Public Disinterest

The association certifies that this website contains zero electronic commerce storefronts, charges zero processing fees, sells no consumer products, and offers no commercial services. The association is entirely non-commercial and disposes of all revenues solely to fulfill its non-profit statutory purpose.

Neither the officers, members of the Board of Directors, nor volunteers receive financial compensation or dividend payments. All financial contributions, public subsidies, and membership dues are audited and directly allocated to masonry restoration, botanical stewardship, school educational programs, and free public concerts.

Civil Liability & Professional Non-Profit Insurance

In strict compliance with statutory obligations governing associations receiving the public (Établissements Recevant du Public - ERP), the ASSOCIATION POUR LA RESTAURATION ET L'ANIMATION CULTURELLE DE L'ABBAYE subscribes to an institutional Multi-Risk Civic Association Insurance Policy contracted with an accredited French insurance mutuelle.

This coverage encompasses full civil liability protection for bodily injury, material damage, and immaterial consequences occurring during authorized restoration workshops, volunteer operations, guided docent tours, school visits, and open-air classical concerts held within the perimeter of the Abbey, presbytery, cloisters, and tithe barn.

Applicable Legislation & Judicial Jurisdiction

This website and its legal terms are governed exclusively by French internal law and European Union community regulations. Any dispute concerning the interpretation, validity, or execution of these legal notices that cannot be settled through amicable mediation shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent French judicial courts of the judicial district of Chartres (Tribunal Judiciaire de Chartres).

Citizens and users may address formal statutory queries or notices to our honorary secretariat via registered mail or through our online contact desk at Presbytère, 14 Rue de l'Abbaye, 28480 Thiron-Gardais.

Public Establishment Safety (ERP) & Monument Regulations

The architectural premises accessible to the public—including the 12th-century Romanesque nave, cloisters, Tithe Barn, and reception areas—are classified as an Établissement Recevant du Public (ERP) of the 5th category. In strict accordance with the French Construction and Housing Code (Code de la Construction et de l'Habitation) and ministerial fire safety directives, all spaces undergo periodic inspection by the Intercommunal Safety Commission (Commission Intercommunale de Sécurité).

Emergency egress routes, fire extinguishers (CO2 and water spray), emergency lighting blocks, and illuminated exit signage are certified annually by accredited testing bodies. Due to the classified status of the Monument Historique, physical modifications to doors, lintels, and timber trusses are strictly submitted to prior technical approval by the Architecte des Bâtiments de France (ABF) to harmonize safety with historical preservation.

Hyperlink Policy & External Syndication Rules

The association authorizes non-commercial educational institutions, public cultural portals, tourism offices, and academic bodies to establish hyperlinks toward any page of this website, provided that the link opens in a dedicated window and clearly displays the association's URL and identity.

The technique of deep inline framing (embedding this website within an external site's framing elements) or any association of our content with commercial sales, advertising banners, or illicit material is strictly prohibited. The association reserves the right to demand the immediate dismantling of any link that compromises its institutional integrity or statutory neutrality.

All intellectual inquiries, licensing requests, and educational syndication covenants may be lodged directly with our administrative secretariat at Presbytère, 14 Rue de l'Abbaye, 28480 Thiron-Gardais.