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RÜJ Terms and Conditions

Effective date: 26 June 2026

These Terms and Conditions (the "Terms") govern your access to and use of the website at iamruj.com (the "Site") and the "Request Access" form made available on it. Please read them carefully. They are presented in full before you use the Site so that you can read them in their entirety.

1. Acceptance of the Terms

1.1. By accessing, browsing, or otherwise using the Site, or by submitting the "Request Access" form, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms.

1.2. If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use the Site and do not submit the form.

1.3. These Terms are pre-formulated standard terms. They are made available to you in full and in an accessible format before any submission, so that you may read and retain them.

2. Who operates this Site

2.1. The Site and the RÜJ brand are operated by:

KULTR Unipessoal, Lda. ("KULTR", "we", "us", or "our"), a single-shareholder private limited company incorporated under the laws of Portugal.

2.2. "RÜJ" is the brand under which KULTR presents and distributes a single-source natural mineral water from Portugal.

2.3. This identification is provided in accordance with the information duties applicable to online service providers established in Portugal under Decreto-Lei n.º 7/2004 (electronic commerce).

3. Description of the Site and nature of the service

3.1. The Site is an informational and brand website for RÜJ natural mineral water.

3.2. The Site does not sell goods or services online. There is no price list, no shopping cart, no checkout, and no payment function. Distribution of RÜJ products is by invitation only.

3.3. The only interactive feature on the Site is the "Request Access" form described in Section 5.

4. No offer and no contract of sale concluded through the Site

4.1. Nothing on the Site constitutes a binding offer capable of acceptance. All content is presented as information and as an invitation to express interest only.

4.2. No contract of sale, supply, or delivery is concluded through the Site. Submitting the "Request Access" form does not create any contract, entitlement, or obligation for KULTR to grant access, to communicate with you, or to supply any product.

4.3. Access to RÜJ and any distribution of RÜJ products is granted by invitation, at the sole and absolute discretion of KULTR.

5. The "Request Access" form

5.1. The "Request Access" form allows you to ask to be considered for invitation. Submission is a request only.

5.2. When you use the form, you agree to provide information that is accurate, current, and complete, and that relates to you or that you are authorised to provide. You must not impersonate any person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation.

5.3. The free-text "Restaurant, context" message field is optional. You must not include in it any content that is unlawful, defamatory, abusive, obscene, offensive, threatening, infringing of third-party rights, or otherwise objectionable. Please do not submit confidential information or sensitive personal data in this field.

5.4. KULTR may, in its sole discretion and without any obligation to give reasons, accept, decline, defer, or later revoke any request. We are under no obligation to respond to any request or to grant access to any person.

5.5. You must not submit requests by automated means, in bulk, or in any way intended to abuse, overload, or manipulate the form.

6. Eligibility and adult use

6.1. The Site and the RÜJ product are intended for adults and for hospitality professionals. The Site is not directed to children and is not intended for use by anyone under the age of 18.

6.2. By using the Site and submitting the form, you confirm that you are at least 18 years old (or of the age of majority and full legal capacity in your place of residence) and that you have the legal capacity to accept these Terms.

7. Licence to your submitted message content

7.1. You retain ownership of the information and message content you submit through the form.

7.2. By submitting content through the form or through any contact channel, you grant KULTR a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to store, reproduce, and use that content solely for the purpose of receiving, reviewing, evaluating, and responding to your request, and otherwise as described in our Privacy Policy.

7.3. You warrant that you have the rights necessary to submit the content you provide and that it does not infringe the rights of any third party or breach any law.

7.4. Any unsolicited ideas or suggestions you choose to send are submitted without obligation of confidentiality on our part, except as required by data-protection law in respect of personal data.

8. Acceptable use and prohibited conduct

8.1. You agree to use the Site only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms.

8.2. You must not:

9. Intellectual property and the RÜJ trademark

9.1. The RÜJ name, the "RÜJ" word mark, the logo, brand names, designs, text, graphics, images, video, layout, and the overall look and feel of the Site are owned by or licensed to KULTR and are protected by intellectual property and trademark laws.

9.2. We grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to view and access the Site for your own personal, non-commercial use. No other right or licence is granted.

9.3. You must not copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, modify, create derivative works from, or commercially exploit any part of the Site or its content without our prior written consent, except as permitted by mandatory law.

9.4. Nothing on the Site should be construed as granting any licence or right to use any RÜJ trademark, logo, or brand element without our prior written permission.

10. Third-party links

10.1. The Site may contain links to third-party websites or social-media pages provided for your convenience.

10.2. We do not control and are not responsible for the content, products, services, or privacy practices of any third-party site. The inclusion of any link does not imply our endorsement of that site.

10.3. Your use of any third-party site is at your own risk and is governed by the terms and policies of that site.

11. Disclaimers and "as is" provision

11.1. The Site and its content are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis.

11.2. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we make no warranties or representations of any kind, whether express or implied, regarding the Site, including as to its accuracy, completeness, reliability, availability, uninterrupted operation, or fitness for any particular purpose.

11.3. Descriptions of RÜJ natural mineral water on the Site are presented for general and descriptive brand information only. We do not make any health, medical, wellness, or bodily-benefit claim about the RÜJ product.

11.4. We do not warrant that the Site will be free from errors, viruses, or other harmful components, or that defects will be corrected.

12. Limitation of liability

12.1. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and subject to Section 12.3, KULTR shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential loss or damage, or for any loss of profit, revenue, data, goodwill, or business opportunity, arising out of or in connection with your use of, or inability to use, the Site or your reliance on any content on it.

12.2. Subject to Section 12.3, our total aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with the Site and these Terms shall be limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.

12.3. Mandatory carve-out. Nothing in these Terms shall exclude or limit any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited under Portuguese or European Union law. In particular, nothing in these Terms excludes or limits our liability for:

13. Indemnity

13.1. To the extent permitted by applicable law, and without affecting any mandatory consumer rights, you agree to indemnify and hold KULTR harmless against any third-party claims, liabilities, damages, and reasonable expenses arising out of or in connection with your breach of these Terms, your misuse of the Site, or your submission of unlawful or infringing content.

14. Privacy and cookies

14.1. Personal data that you submit through the "Request Access" form (your full name, your email address, and the optional "Restaurant, context" message), together with the IP address and submission time that our server records for anti-spam and security purposes, is processed by KULTR as data controller in order to evaluate and respond to your request, and, where you have given consent, to contact you about RÜJ access and to send you RÜJ communications. This personal data may be processed and stored outside your country, including in the United States, where our hosting and email infrastructure is located. Full details of how we handle personal data, including the legal bases, retention, the international-transfer mechanism we rely on, your rights, and how to contact us, are set out in our Privacy Policy.

14.2. The Site stores one strictly functional item in your browser to remember your chosen language. It uses no advertising or analytics cookies and no third-party trackers. Any further detail on cookies and similar technologies is provided in our Privacy Policy or Cookie information, as applicable.

14.3. For all data-protection and privacy matters, you may contact us at hello@iamruj.com.

15. Changes to these Terms

15.1. We may update or amend these Terms from time to time. The version in force is the one published on the Site, identified by its effective date.

15.2. Where a change is material, we will take reasonable steps to make it visible. Your continued use of the Site after a change takes effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms. If you do not agree with the updated Terms, please stop using the Site.

16. Severability

16.1. If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, that provision shall be severed to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

17. Entire agreement

17.1. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any cookie information referenced on the Site, constitute the entire agreement between you and KULTR regarding your use of the Site, and supersede any prior understanding or arrangement on that subject.

18. Governing law and jurisdiction

18.1. These Terms and any matter arising out of or in connection with them or with your use of the Site are governed by the laws of Portugal.

18.2. The courts of Portugal shall have jurisdiction to settle any dispute, subject to Section 18.3.

18.3. If you are a consumer resident in the European Union, you continue to enjoy the protection of the mandatory provisions of the law of your country of habitual residence, and these Terms do not deprive you of that protection. Where applicable rules so provide, you may also bring proceedings in the courts of your place of residence.

19. Consumer dispute resolution

19.1. In the event of a dispute, we encourage you to contact us first at hello@iamruj.com so that we can try to resolve the matter.

19.2. Consumers in Portugal may have recourse to out-of-court alternative dispute resolution (resolução alternativa de litígios). The competent consumer-arbitration entity depends on your location and the nature of the dispute. The Centro Nacional de Informação e Arbitragem de Conflitos de Consumo (CNIACC) has residual national competence where no regional centre is available, and regional consumer-arbitration centres operate in areas such as Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra, Braga, and the Algarve. A full list of competent entities is available at www.consumidor.pt.

19.3. The central consumer authority in Portugal is the Direção-Geral do Consumidor (www.consumidor.gov.pt).

19.4. You may also submit a complaint through the electronic Complaints Book (Livro de Reclamações eletrónico) at www.livroreclamacoes.pt.

19.5. This information is provided for consumers and does not by itself create any obligation on KULTR to submit to any particular dispute-resolution procedure, except as required by mandatory law.

20. Contact

20.1. For any question about these Terms, the Site, or the RÜJ brand, including any data-protection request, please contact us at:

Last updated: 26 June 2026

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