Legal Notice
This legal notice is published in compliance with French law n° 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on trust in the digital economy (LCEN), Article 6 III-1, as amended by law n° 2024-449 of 21 May 2024 (SREN Act), codified as Article 1-1 of the LCEN (Légifrance: LEGIARTI000049577522). French law governs this portal regardless of where the visitor is located.
1. Publisher
The Lourdes-Massabielle.org portal is published by a self-employed individual operating as a sole trader (micro-entrepreneur) within the meaning of Article L. 526-22 of the French Commercial Code.
| Name | Michelet Samuel |
|---|---|
| Status | Self-employed individual (sole trader — micro-entrepreneur) |
| Address | 20 rue Bartayrès, 65100 Lourdes, France |
| contact@lourdes-massabielle.org | |
| Phone | None |
| SIREN (French company ID) | 903 472 108 |
| SIRET (establishment ID) | 903 472 108 00013 |
| APE code | 5811Z — Book publishing |
| EU VAT number | FR44903472108 |
| Trade register | Not registered |
VAT notice:
- Until 31/08/2026: "VAT not applicable, Article 293 B of the French General Tax Code."
- From 01/09/2026: "VAT not applicable, Articles L. 223 et seq. of the French Code on Taxes on Goods and Services." (Ordinance n° 2025-1247 of 17 December 2025.)
- The former wording remains admissible until 31/12/2027.
2. Editorial Director
| Name | Michelet Samuel (same as publisher — self-employed individual) |
|---|---|
| Contact | contact@lourdes-massabielle.org |
The editorial director (directeur de la publication) is a concept required by French law n° 82-652 of 29 July 1982 on audiovisual communication, Article 93-2. For a self-employed individual, the publisher and editorial director are the same person.
3. Hosting provider
| Company | Cloudflare, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Address | 101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, United States |
| Phone | +1 (650) 319-8930 |
| Website | cloudflare.com |
The portal is hosted on Cloudflare infrastructure (Workers, D1, R2, CDN). Portal data is stored in the EU region (R2 jurisdiction EU). The Cloudflare Data Processing Addendum (DPA v6.3, 20 June 2025) applies.
4. Intellectual property
All editorial content on the portal (texts, photographs, illustrations, layout) is protected by copyright under Articles L. 111-1 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code. Any reproduction, representation or distribution, in whole or in part, without prior written authorisation from the publisher, is prohibited.
Quotations from the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC), the Code of Canon Law and pontifical documents are reproduced in accordance with canonical citation rules and with the original paragraph references.
Trademarks and logos of third parties (Cloudflare, Stripe, Brevo, Plausible) are the property of their respective holders.
5. Technical credits
| Component | Provider |
|---|---|
| Framework | Astro 6 (open source, MIT licence) |
| Hosting | Cloudflare Workers + R2 EU |
| Styles | Tailwind CSS v4 |
| Icons | Lucide Icons (open source, ISC licence) |
| Fonts | Self-hosted (OFL licence) |
| Analytics | Plausible Analytics (hosted in Estonia, EU) |
| Payments (donations) | Stripe Payments Europe, Ltd (Dublin) |
| Brevo / Sendinblue SAS (Paris) |
6. Liability
The publisher endeavours to provide accurate and up-to-date information. However, the publisher cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness or currency of the information published on the portal. Use of the portal is at the sole responsibility of the visitor.
The portal may contain links to third-party websites. The publisher has no control over such sites and accepts no liability for their content, privacy practices or availability.
7. Compliance links
| Document | URL on this portal |
|---|---|
| Privacy policy (GDPR Art. 13–14) | /en/privacy-policy/ |
| Cookie policy | /en/cookie-policy/ |
| Terms of use | /en/terms-of-use/ |
| Terms of sale — Directory | /en/terms-of-sale-directory/ (coming soon) |
| Accessibility statement (voluntary) | /en/accessibility-statement/ (coming soon) |
| GDPR contact | contact@lourdes-massabielle.org |
8. Applicable law and jurisdiction
This portal and the present legal notice are governed by French law. In the event of a dispute, and after an attempt at amicable resolution, the competent courts are those of the publisher's domicile, unless mandatory legal provisions provide otherwise.
For consumers resident in the European Union: in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) n° 524/2013, the European Commission provides an online dispute resolution platform: ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/.
Legal references
| Source | Reference |
|---|---|
| LCEN | French Law n° 2004-575 of 21 June 2004, Art. 6 III-1 |
| LCEN Art. 1-1 (SREN Act) | Law n° 2024-449 of 21 May 2024, Légifrance LEGIARTI000049577522 |
| Law n° 82-652 | Art. 93-2 (editorial director) |
| French Commercial Code | Art. L. 526-22 (sole trader) |
| French Intellectual Property Code | Art. L. 111-1 et seq. (copyright) |
| French General Tax Code / CIBS | Art. 293 B CGI (until 31/08/2026) → Art. L. 223 et seq. CIBS (from 01/09/2026) |
| ODR Regulation | Regulation (EU) n° 524/2013 (online dispute resolution) |