Terms of Service

Last updated: 21 April 2026

Please read these terms carefully before using VSME OS. By creating an account or using the service, you agree to be bound by these terms.

1. Acceptance of Terms

These Terms of Service ("Terms") constitute a legally binding agreement between you ("User", "you") and VSME OS ("VSME OS", "we", "us"), governing your access to and use of the VSME OS platform at vsmeos.fr ("the Service").

By registering an account, clicking "I Agree", or otherwise accessing the Service, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms in full. If you are accepting on behalf of a company, you warrant that you have the authority to bind that company to these Terms.

If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not access or use the Service.

Note: VSME OS is currently pre-incorporation. These Terms will be amended to reference the registered legal entity (with SIRET number) immediately following incorporation, with reasonable advance notice to active users. All obligations in these Terms remain binding in the interim.

2. Description of Service

VSME OS is a B2B software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that enables small and medium-sized enterprises ("SMEs") to measure, calculate, and report their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in accordance with recognised standards including:

  • GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard
  • ISO 14064-1:2018 — Specification for quantification of GHG emissions
  • Commission Recommendation (EU) 2025/1710 of 30 July 2025 — voluntary sustainability reporting standard for SMEs (EU VSME)
  • CSRD ESRS E1 — EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

The Service includes: carbon footprint calculation engine, Scope 1/2/3 data entry forms, automated PDF report generation, evidence file vault, buyer dashboard, and supplier invitation system.

We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue any aspect of the Service at any time, with reasonable notice to active subscribers.

3. User Obligations and Acceptable Use

3.1 Account Responsibility

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. You must notify us immediately at legal@vsmeos.fr if you suspect unauthorised access.

3.2 Data Accuracy

You warrant that all activity data, company information, and supporting documents you provide are accurate, complete, and relate to the entity and reporting period you have declared. Providing knowingly false or misleading data to generate a carbon report is a breach of these Terms and may constitute fraud under applicable law.

3.3 Prohibited Uses

You agree not to:

  • Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable regulation
  • Attempt to reverse-engineer, copy, or create derivative works of the VSME OS platform
  • Upload malware, viruses, or any harmful code
  • Attempt to gain unauthorised access to other users' data or the underlying systems
  • Use the Service to generate reports for entities other than your own without authorisation
  • Misrepresent your organisation's identity or emissions data to third parties
  • Scrape, crawl, or systematically extract data from the platform

4. Pricing and Payment (Not Currently Active)

The Service is currently offered free of charge. Paid subscription plans — including billing, refunds, and payment processing — will be introduced in a future release of VSME OS.

When paid plans launch, users will be notified by email and in-app notice at least 30 days in advance, and these Terms will be amended to include the applicable pricing, billing terms, and consumer protection rights under EU and French law (including the 14-day right of withdrawal for annual subscriptions).

Until paid plans are introduced, no clauses in this Section 4 apply, and no payment obligations arise from your use of the Service.

5. Intellectual Property

5.1 Platform Ownership

All intellectual property in the VSME OS platform — including the software, calculation engine, emission factor database, UI design, and generated report templates — is owned by or licensed to VSME OS. You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the Service during your subscription period.

5.2 Your Content

You retain ownership of all data, documents, and information you upload to the Service ("Your Content"). You grant VSME OS a limited licence to process Your Content solely to provide the Service. We will never use your company emissions data for purposes other than generating your report and improving the calculation engine (in anonymised, aggregated form only).

5.3 Generated Reports

PDF reports generated by the Service are owned by you. You may share them freely with buyers, auditors, regulators, or any third party for any lawful business purpose.

6. Data Accuracy and Disclaimer

Important disclaimer — please read carefully.

VSME OS provides a calculation tool. The accuracy of generated reports depends entirely on the accuracy of the activity data you provide. VSME OS does not independently verify the data you enter. Reports are self-attested (limited assurance) unless you separately engage a third-party verifier.

Emission factors used in calculations are sourced from recognised national databases (ADEME, DEFRA, EPA, IEA, etc.) and are updated periodically. We make reasonable efforts to keep factors current but cannot guarantee they reflect the most recent published values at all times. Factor sources and update dates are disclosed in each generated report.

Generated reports are not a substitute for independent third-party verification where such verification is required by regulation, contract, or buyer specification. Buyers relying on supplier reports for CSRD Scope 3 disclosures should conduct appropriate due diligence.

7. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law:

  • VSME OS shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the Service.
  • Our total liability to you for any claim arising from these Terms or the Service shall not exceed the amount you paid to us in the 12 months preceding the claim.
  • We are not liable for regulatory penalties, fines, or compliance failures arising from inaccurate data you provided to generate a report.
  • We are not liable for temporary unavailability of the Service due to maintenance, infrastructure issues, or events beyond our reasonable control (force majeure).

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for fraud, death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or any other liability that cannot be excluded under applicable French or EU law.

8. Termination

8.1 By You

You may close your account at any time from the account settings page. Your data is retained for 90 days after closure, during which you may request export of your assessment data and reports. If paid subscription plans are active at the time of closure, cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period in accordance with Section 4.

8.2 By VSME OS

We may suspend or terminate your account immediately if you materially breach these Terms (including providing fraudulent data), fail to pay, or if we are required to by law. We will give reasonable notice where practicable.

8.3 Effect of Termination

On termination, your licence to use the Service ends. Previously generated PDF reports remain your property. Data deletion timelines follow our Privacy Policy (Section 5).

9. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of France, without regard to conflict of law principles.

For B2B disputes, the parties agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Commercial Courts of Paris (Tribunal de Commerce de Paris).

For disputes involving consumers (natural persons acting outside their trade or profession), mandatory EU consumer protection laws apply and may provide additional rights.

10. General Provisions

  • Entire Agreement: These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and VSME OS.
  • Severability: If any provision is found unenforceable, it will be modified to the minimum extent necessary; the remaining provisions remain in effect.
  • No Waiver: Failure to enforce any right does not waive that right.
  • Assignment: We may assign these Terms in connection with a merger or acquisition. You may not assign your rights without our prior written consent.
  • Language: These Terms are provided in English. In case of conflict with any translation, the English version prevails.

Legal Enquiries

For questions about these Terms or to report a breach:

legal@vsmeos.fr