Terms of Sale
Terms of Sale 2025
Valid as of 01.11.2024
This is a free translation of the Finnish version. In case of discrepancies, the Finnish version shall be considered official.
1 General
These sales terms apply to all advertising solutions provided by JCDecaux Finland Oy (hereinafter "JCD") to its customers (hereinafter "Customer"), unless otherwise agreed in writing between JCD and the Customer. The Customer is deemed to have accepted these sales terms as part of the sales agreement between JCD and the Customer by ordering JCD advertising solutions without any separate reference. JCD reserves the right to change these sales terms. The Terms of Sale in force at any given time are available on JCD's website at https://www.jcdecaux.fi/.
2 Advertising Campaign, Advertising Period, and Posting Times
Advertising campaigns sold by JCD are sold for the duration of the advertising period specified in the media agreement and subject to prior sale. The agreement is considered concluded when the Customer or their representative confirms the advertising campaign in writing or by some other provable means. Depending on the advertising medium and product, the advertising campaign and/or advertising period may be measured in minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, playouts, DOOH impressions, VAC contacts, or, for example, the number of posters.
Posting times for paper posters varies depending on the format. Abribus posters are posted between Saturday 10:00 PM and Monday 6:00 AM. For other formats posting times are between Saturday 12:00 PM and Monday 12:00 AM. Posting time for transport advertising is 1–3 days. Any deviation from the change schedule or changes or interim changes during the advertising campaign must be agreed upon in writing and in advance. Such changes are charged separately.
The start time of digital campaigns depends on the uptime of the advertising devices in question unless it includes time-of-day or hour based targeting, in which case the campaign starts according to the purchased time. The end time of digital campaigns depends on the uptime of the advertising devices selected for the campaign, unless it includes time-of-day or hour based targeting, in which case the campaign ends according to the purchased time.
3 Product or Service to be Advertised
In addition to the name of the advertiser, the Customer must specify the product or service to be advertised when confirming the advertising campaign. Parallel packages may contain advertising for the same product category simultaneously. JCD reserves the right to use the visual material from completed advertising campaigns in its own marketing and communication channels.
4 Total Price of the Advertising Campaign
The total price of the advertising campaign consists of the media price, posting and maintenance fee, possible separate production cost or handling fee (paragraph nine (9)), and the digital content management fee for advertising campaigns containing digital advertising solutions. Posting and maintenance fee includes poster mounting, quality monitoring, and maintenance during the campaign. The digital content management cost for advertising campaigns containing digital advertising solutions includes the publication of digital advertisements and the monitoring and maintenance of digital advertising media during the campaign.
5 Right to Deviate from the Contract
5.1 Outdoor Impact and Poster-based Advertising Media
Outdoor Impact is an audience measurement system for outdoor advertising, where the products' reach value is determined as a result of analyzing advertising media and their environment, using Visibility Adjusted Contact (VAC) as a metric. The media pricing of products consisting of these advertising media is based on VAC contact amounts (VAC total). If VAC contacts are unavailable, the pricing is based on the number of posters. JCD does not grant a contact guarantee, and the realization of VAC contacts is not verified retrospectively. JCD has the right to reasonable changes in contact numbers without altering the advertising campaign-related agreements. JCD has the right to reasonable poster number overages and a 5 % shortfall without altering the advertising campaign-related agreements. A shortfall may temporarily be greater than this for the reasons specified in paragraph fourteen (14).
5.2 Digital Advertising Media
Digital advertising media are not part of the Outdoor Impact audience measurement system. JCD has the right to reasonable overages of DOOH impressions and a 5 % shortfall in campaign-related contracts without altering them. A shortfall can be temporarily greater than this for reasons specified in paragraph fourteen (14). Playouts/SOT (share of time) can vary among different media, locations, and times of day. Campaign overages or shortfalls are compared to the total impressions of the purchased package, product, or tactical targeting, unless the campaign consists of a single location.
For campaigns on digital screens inside transportation vehicles, only predicted DOOH impressions are reported.
5.3 Impacts of Road Construction, Maintenance work, and Installation work
In case of road construction, advertising furniture installation work or similar the campaign may not be actualized in the advertising medium purchased by the customer. JCD reserves the right not to execute the campaign at that location and to unilaterally cancel the campaign for those advertising media. JCD will notify the Customer as soon as possible.
5.4 Environments with Advertising Restrictions
JCD's contractual partners may restrict advertising content in certain environments. Examples include prohibited political advertising in certain municipalities and prohibited advertising of competing brands in some commercial environments. More detailed information on restrictions is available from JCD's media sales. JCD has the right to unilaterally cancel the campaign for the respective advertising media if the content of the customer's advertising is prohibited in the environment purchased for the advertising campaign. JCD will notify the Customer as soon as possible.
6 Cancellation/Transfer of the Contract
6.1 Poster-based Products
If the advertising campaign is cancelled by the customer later than four (4) weeks before the agreed start of the advertising campaign, JCD has the right to invoice the entire net price of the cancelled advertising campaign from the Customer. Cancellation must always be done in writing. The advertising campaign can be postponed to a later date once (1) at no additional cost and must always be agreed upon in writing separately (postponement must be requested four (4) weeks before the start of the campaign). In the case that the production of the advertising campaign has been ordered from JCD and JCD has respectively ordered it bindingly from its subcontractor, the production cost is always invoiced to the Customer, regardless of the time of cancellation.
The cancellation period for fully wrapped tram and metro cars, floor and escalator wraps, and innovate shelters is eight (8) weeks. If the advertising campaign is cancelled later than eight (8) weeks before the agreed start of the advertising campaign, JCD has the right to invoice the entire net price of the cancelled advertising campaign to the Customer. Cancellation must always be done in writing. In the case that the production of the advertising campaign has been ordered from JCD and JCD has respectively ordered it bindingly from its subcontractor, the production cost is always invoiced to the Customer, regardless of the time of cancellation.
6.2 Digital Products
If the advertising campaign is cancelled by the customer later than five (5) business days before the agreed start of the advertising campaign, JCD has the right to invoice the entire net price of the cancelled advertising campaign to the Customer. Cancellation must always be done in writing. The advertising campaign can be postponed to a later date once (1) at no additional cost and must always be agreed upon in writing separately. The postponement must be made at least five (5) business days before the start of the campaign.
7 Billing
The total price of the advertising campaign is invoiced at the start of the advertising campaign. The prices in the agreement as per section four (4) of the sales terms will be used for billing. Any complaints related to billing must be made within eight (8) days of receipt of the invoice. VAT is added to all prices in accordance with current legislation.
8 Payment Terms
The payment term is 30 days net from the invoice date. Media and advertising agencies with a cooperation agreement have a payment term of 45 days net from the invoice date. Interest on late payments is charged at the maximum annual rate allowed by law.
9 Production
9.1 Poster Production
The production of posters is not included in the media price of the advertising campaign. When the Customer uses JCD's production service, the printing material must be provided to JCD at least fourteen (14) days before the start of the advertising campaign. If the material is received later than fourteen (14) days before the start of the campaign, an express delivery surcharge will be invoiced according to the current price list. The Customer is responsible for any additional costs incurred due to material delay. The required maintenance reserve quantity is 10-20% depending on the advertising medium and is added to the quantity of posters specified in the agreement. JCD does not store maintenance reserve posters after the advertising campaign ends. Delivery of printing material to JCD is considered an order for production work and will be invoiced to the Customer according to the current price list. The production price of posters is not included in the media price of the advertising campaign.
If the Customer provides JCD with posters printed outside JCD’s service, the posters must comply with JCD's material guidelines https://www.jcdecaux.fi/en/planning-instructions/material-instructions-for-classic-outdoor-ads and poster delivery instructions https://www.jcdecaux.fi/en/planning-guides/delivery-instructions (section: Posters printed elsewhere).
If posters delivered to JCD do not comply with the material and/or delivery instructions, any additional costs will be charged to the Customer.
Posters printed outside JCD’s service must be delivered to JCD's warehouse at least ten (10) days before the start of the advertising campaign, and costs incurred from poster delay will be charged to the Customer. Poster delay can also prevent the implementation of the Customer's advertising campaign partially or completely. JCD does not compensate the Customer for the cancellation or partial cancellation of the advertising campaign due to poster delay. Handling costs for posters produced through JCD's production service are included in the invoiced production bill. A handling fee is charged for posters delivered by the Customer to JCD in conjunction with the advertising campaign's media billing https://www.jcdecaux.fi/en/planning-guides/delivery-instructions .
9.2 Digital Advertising Solutions, Production, and Delivery of Digital Materials
The production of digital materials is not included in the media price of the advertising campaign. Digital production refers to the creation of finished campaign materials based on the preliminary materials and information provided by the customer. The Customer must deliver digital material produced in accordance with JCD's material guidelines and within the schedule specified in the material guidelines (different formats have different schedules). The material guidelines can be found at https://www.jcdecaux.fi/en/planning-guide/material-instructions-for-digital-ooh . The Customer is responsible for ensuring that digital material is compliant with JCD's material guidelines.
If there are deficiencies in the digital material, the Customer is responsible for editing the digital material and any resulting additional costs. JCD has the right to refuse the use of digital material produced in violation of the material guidelines in the Customer's advertising campaign. If the delivery of digital material to JCD is delayed for reasons attributable to the Customer, the price of the advertising campaign will not be refunded. The calculation of impressions for digital advertising campaigns is based on a 10-second material length. If the material provided by the customer is longer than 10 seconds, the impressions of the advertising campaign will change without affecting the price or overall visibility of the advertising campaign. If the material is shorter than 10 seconds, the purchased number of impressions does not change. Digital advertising campaigns are charged a content management fee in conjunction with the advertising campaign's media billing https://www.jcdecaux.fi/en/planning-guides/delivery-instructions .
9.3 Allocation of Posters
If the Customer uses multiple poster themes in their advertising campaign and no specific written instructions for their allocation has been provided, JCD will allocate the posters evenly across the advertising media for the campaign. Special solutions requiring special measures must be agreed upon with JCD at least six (6) weeks before the start of the advertising campaign. Special measures are priced on a case-by-case basis. Allocations requiring special measures may be restricted by agreements between JCD and third parties.
10 Lighting and Uptime of Advertising Media
The lights of Abribus advertising furniture turn on and off simultaneously with the city streetlights. Digital advertising media are used in accordance with the normal operating schedules, opening hours, and lighting control of their operating environment (vehicle operating hours, shopping center opening hours, etc.). Outdoor digital advertising media are operational from 06:00 to 01:00. JCD is not responsible for electricity outages or interruptions in internet connections.
11 Damage to Advertisements
Damage to advertisements caused by reasons beyond JCD's control, such as weather or vandalism, will not be compensated to the Customer.
12 Restriction of Advertising Content
Outdoor advertising must take into account the applicable legislation as well as the international codes of advertising, decisions of the Finnish Central Chamber of Commerce, and the Finnish Ethical Council on Advertising, and pre-decisions made by the product control of social and healthcare. Advertising must not be contrary to good conduct. JCD is committed in agreements made with authorities to remove advertisements causing public offense from its advertising media upon request. If the advertising campaign cannot be started for these reasons or has to be discontinued, JCD is not obliged to compensate for losses incurred to the Customer. Political advertising may be prohibited in some municipalities, and JCD's contractual partners may impose restrictions on the content of advertising. More detailed information on restrictions is available from JCD's media sales. Regardless of who produces the advertising campaign, the Customer is responsible in all situations in relation to JCD and third parties ensuring that the advertising or its content does not violate applicable legislation or any third party's rights. If the advertising campaign has to be discontinued for reasons mentioned in this section, JCD is not obliged to compensate the Customer for any resulting damage or losses, nor to refund payments already made by the Customer. JCD's ethical guidelines for outdoor advertising are available on JCD's website at https://www.jcdecaux.fi/en/code-of-conduct-for-out-of-home-display .
13 Ethical and Legal Conduct
The Customer commits to act professionally, fairly, and honestly in all business relationships and conducts in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including those prohibiting bribery, combating corruption, as well as international and national regulations concerning export control and sanctions. Upon JCD's request, the Customer must cooperate with JCD and demonstrate compliance with this commitment. JCD reserves the right to terminate the agreement made with the Customer immediately and to suspend an ongoing advertising campaign if the Customer violates this commitment. In such a case, JCD is not liable to compensate the Customer for any resulting damages or losses, nor to refund payments made by the Customer.
14 Limitation of Liability and Force Majeure
JCD's liability for damages is in all cases limited to the net price billed to the Customer by JCD for the relevant advertising campaign. JCD is not responsible for any indirect damages incurred by the Customer. JCD is not responsible for delays and damages resulting from force majeure. Such is considered to be a cause outside JCD's influence, which cannot reasonably be expected to have considered, and which prevents JCD from fulfilling its contractual obligations without JCD being able to rectify such a hindrance with reasonable efforts. Reasons outside JCD's influence include, for example, traffic arrangements, strikes, road construction. Force majeure is also considered to be, for example, labor dispute, war, demonstration, natural disaster, fire, import ban, or other government measures, interruption of public transportation, or energy distribution. A strike, lockout, boycott, and other labor disputes are considered force majeure even when JCD itself is the target or participant of it.
General Terms and Conditions of Sale 2026
Effective from 1 January 2026.
1 General
These terms of sale shall be applicable to all advertising solutions provided by JCDecaux Finland Oy (hereinafter, ”JCD”) to its Clients (hereinafter the ”Client”), unless JCD and the Client have agreed otherwise in writing. The Client shall be deemed to have accepted these terms of sale as part of the media agreement between JCD and the Client without reference by placing an order for JCD's advertising solutions. JCD shall have the right to amend the terms of sale. The terms of sale in force from time to time are available on JCD's website at https://www.jcdecaux.fi/
2 Advertising campaign, advertising period and affixing periods
The advertising campaigns sold by JCD are sold for the duration of the advertising period specified in the media agreement and subject to intermediate sales. The agreement shall be deemed to have been concluded when the Client or its representative confirms the advertising campaign in writing or in another demonstrable manner. Depending on the advertising medium and product, the advertising campaign and/or advertising period may be measured in minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, impressions, DOOH impressions, VAC contacts or, for instance, the number of posters.
The affixing times of advertisements vary across different advertising media. Abribus posters are affixed between 22:00 on Saturday and 8:00 on Monday. Other outdoor advertising media between 12:00 on Saturday and 24:00 on Monday. The affixing period for advertising on means of transport is 1–3 days. Any deviant changing schedule or modifications or intermediate changes effected during the course of the advertising campaign must be agreed upon separately in writing well in advance. Such changes shall be subject to a separate charge.
The advertising period of a poster and wrapping campaign shall be in accordance with the agreement, but the visibility may be longer.
In case the advertising period of a poster and wrapping campaign may not exceed the period specified in the agreement (so-called forced coverage), this must be notified in writing at the latest in connection with the submission of the production material for the campaign.
The commencement time of digital campaigns is determined in accordance with the time the advertising device is on or in accordance with the purchased dayparting or hourly targeting. In the displays of means of transport, a morning-targeted campaign always begins at 5:00 a.m. The end time of digital campaigns is contingent on the time the advertising devices selected for the campaign are on, except in cases of dayparting or hourly targeting, in which case the campaign shall end in accordance with the purchased timing.
3 Product or service to be advertised
When confirming the advertising campaign, the Client must indicate not only the product or service to be advertised, but also the advertiser. Advertising media may contain advertising for the same product group occurring at the same time. JCD reserves the right to use the images of completed advertising campaigns in its own marketing and communication channels.
The Client may not sell the advertising campaign or inventory purchased from JCD to any other party, unless the matter has been separately agreed upon in writing.
4 Total cost of the advertising campaign
The total price of an advertising campaign shall consist of the media price, the affixing and maintenance price, any separate production costs or processing fee (Clause nine (9)) as well as the data management fee for an advertising campaign containing digital advertising solutions. In addition to the fixing and maintenance of the advertisements, the fixing and maintenance price shall include the monitoring and maintenance of the advertisements during the advertising campaign. The material management fee for advertising campaigns containing digital advertising solutions shall encompass the publication of digital advertisements as well as the monitoring and maintenance of digital advertising media during the campaign period.
Different pricing models may be utilised in programmatic outdoor advertising. The details of the pricing shall be agreed upon separately in writing and shall affect the overall costs of the programmatic outdoor advertising campaign.
5 Right to deviate from the agreement
5.1 Outdoor Impact and poster-based advertising media
Outdoor Impact is an audience measurement system for outdoor advertising, in which the analysis of advertising devices and their surroundings results in a reach value for the products, the unit of which is Visibility Adjusted Contact (hereinafter, “VAC”). The media pricing of products consisting of such advertising devices is based on the number of VAC contacts (VAC total). If VAC contacts are not available, pricing will be based on the number of posters. JCD does not grant any contact guarantee, and the realization of VAC contacts will not be verified afterwards. JCD shall be entitled to reasonable alterations in the number of contacts without any amendments being made to the agreements pertaining to the advertising campaign. JCD shall have the right to exceed the number of posters to a reasonable extent and to fall short of the agreed number by up to 5 %, without it being necessary to amend the agreements pertaining to the advertising campaign. On a temporary basis, the undercutting may be even higher owing to the reasons set out in Clause fourteen (14).
5.2 Digital advertising devices
Digital advertising devices are not encompassed by the Outdoor Impact audience measurement system. JCD shall have the right, without it being necessary to amend the agreements pertaining to the advertising campaign, to exceed the campaign's DOOH impression count and to fall below same by up to 5 %. On a temporary basis, the undercutting may be even higher owing to the reasons set out in Clause fourteen (14). The share of time (SOT) may vary across different devices, locations and parts of the day. Any campaign excesses or undercutting shall be compared to the total impressions of the purchased package, product, or tactical targeting, unless the campaign consists of a single location.
For campaigns on digital screens, i.e. digital screens inside means of transport, only the predicted DOOH impressions shall be reported.
The assessment of reach in programmatic outdoor advertising is based on data and modelling that affect the targeting, reach and performance of the campaign. JCD does not guarantee any specific impression or reach numbers, nor display or impression counts, unless specifically agreed.
5.3 Effects of street, maintenance and installation work on purchased campaigns
For reasons attributable to street works, advertising device installations or similar situations, it may not be possible to carry out the advertising in the advertising device purchased by the Client. JCD reserves the right to refrain from running the campaign in such a location and to unilaterally cancel the campaign for the relevant advertising devices. JCD shall notify the Client of any significant changes as soon as possible.
5.4 Environments with advertising restrictions
JCD's contractual partners may restrict the content of advertising in certain environments. Examples of this include political advertising, which is prohibited in certain localities, and advertising featuring competing brands that is prohibited in some retail environments. Further details concerning such restrictions are available from JCD's media sales. JCD shall have the right to unilaterally cancel a campaign as concerns the advertising media in question, in case the content of the Client's advertising is prohibited in the environment purchased for the advertising campaign. JCD shall notify the Client of same as soon as possible.
6 Cancellation/postponement of agreement
6.1 Poster-based products and decal products for means of transport
If an advertising campaign is cancelled by the Client later than four (4) weeks prior to the commencement date of the advertising campaign as per the signed agreement, JCD shall have the right to invoice the entire net price of the cancelled advertising campaign from the Client. Cancellation must always be made in writing. An advertising campaign can be postponed to a later date and any postponement must always be agreed upon separately in writing (postponement must be made four (4) weeks prior to the commencement of the campaign). In the event that the production of an advertising campaign has been ordered from JCD and JCD has accordingly ordered it from its subcontractor in a binding manner, the price of the production will always be charged to the Client, regardless of the time of cancellation.
The above notwithstanding, the cancellation period for fully-wrapped tram and metro cars, special implementation wrapping and innovate waiting shelters shall be eight (8) weeks. In case an advertising campaign is cancelled later than eight (8) weeks prior to the commencement date of the advertising campaign as per the signed agreement, JCD shall have the right to invoice the entire net price of the cancelled advertising campaign from the Client. Cancellation must always be made in writing. In the event that the production of an advertising campaign has been ordered from JCD and JCD has accordingly ordered it from its subcontractor in a binding manner, the price of the production will always be charged to the Client, regardless of the time of cancellation.
6.2 Digital products
If an advertising campaign is cancelled by the Client later than five (5) working days prior to the commencement date of the advertising campaign as per the signed agreement, JCD shall have the right to invoice the entire net price of the cancelled advertising campaign from the Client. Cancellation must always be made in writing. An advertising campaign can be postponed to a later date and such postponement must always be agreed upon separately in writing. The postponement must be made no later than five (5) working days prior to the commencement of the campaign.
7 Invoicing
The total price of the advertising campaign will be invoiced from the Client at the commencement of the advertising campaign. The advertising campaign and production of private individuals will be invoiced, and must be paid, prior to the commencement of the campaign. The contract prices set forth in Clause four (4.) of the terms of sale shall be used in invoicing. Any remarks concerning invoicing must be made within eight (8) days of the arrival of the invoice. VAT will be added to all prices in accordance with the legislation in force.
8 Terms of payment
The terms of payment shall be net 30 days from the date of the invoice. The payment period for media agencies encompassed by the co-operation fee shall be net 45 days from the date of the invoice. Delayed payments shall subject to the maximum annual interest rate allowed by the Finnish Interest Act.
9 Production
9.1 Production of poster-based products and decal products for means of transport
The production of posters is not included in the media price of the advertising campaign. When the Client avails itself of JCD's production service, the material must be in JCD's possession no later than fourteen (14) days prior to the commencement of the advertising campaign. Should the material arrive later than fourteen (14) days prior to the commencement of the campaign, we will charge an express production fee in accordance with the price list in force. The Client shall be liable for any additional costs caused by the delay in the delivery of the material. The required maintenance margin is approximately 10–20 %, depending on the advertising medium, and shall be added to the number of posters set forth in the agreement. JCD will not store maintenance margin posters after the end of the advertising campaign. The delivery of the material to JCD shall be deemed to constitute an order for production work and shall be invoiced from the Client in accordance with the price list in force.
If the Client prints the posters themselves, the posters must follow JCD's material guidelines https://www.jcdecaux.fi/en/planning-instructions/material-instructions-for-classic-outdoor-ads and the guidelines for the submission of finalised posters https://www.jcdecaux.fi/en/planning-guides/delivery-instructions (Section: Posters printed elsewhere).
If the posters are delivered to JCD in finalised form and they deviate from the material instructions and/or delivery instructions, any additional costs incurred will be charged to the Client.
The finished posters must be in JCD's warehouse no later than ten (10) days prior to the commencement of the advertising campaign, the costs incurred from any delay in the delivery of the posters will be charged to the Client. Delays in the delivery of posters may also prevent the implementation of the Client's advertising campaign in part or in full. JCD shall not compensate the Client for the cancellation of the advertising campaign caused by a delay in delivering the posters. The processing costs of posters produced through JCD's production service shall be included in the price of the production invoice to be charged. Posters delivered by the Client to JCD shall be subject to a handling fee in conjunction with the media invoicing of the advertising campaign https://www.jcdecaux.fi/en/planning-guides/delivery-instructions .
9.2 Digital advertising solutions, production and delivery of digital material
The production of digital materials shall not be included in the media price of the advertising campaign. The Client must deliver the digital material produced in accordance with JCD's material instructions and within the material instructions schedule (different implementations follow different schedules). The material instructions are available from https://www.jcdecaux.fi/en/planning-guide/material-instructions-for-digital-ooh . The Client shall be responsible for ensuring that the digital material does not deviate from JCD's material instructions.
In case any deficiencies are discovered in the digital material, the Client shall be responsible for the modification of the digital material and for any additional costs incurred from same. JCD shall have the right to refuse to use digital material produced in non-compliance with the material instructions in the Client's advertising campaign. If the delivery of the digital material to JCD is delayed due to reasons attributable to the Client, the price of the advertising campaign shall not be refunded. The basis for the calculation of impressions for digital advertising campaigns is material with a 10-second material length. In case the length of the material provided by the Client exceeds or falls short of 10 seconds, the impressions of the advertising campaign will change, with the price of the advertising campaign and the total visibility of the advertising campaign, however, remaining unaltered. https://www.jcdecaux.fi/en/planning-guides/delivery-instructions. If the advertising campaign has been divided into several different agreements (SB/SA number), the Client must separately state that the agreements belong under the same advertising campaign, in which case the material management fee shall only be charged once.
9.3 Special implementations, wrapping, Innovate
The production of special implementations and wrappings shall not be included in the media price of the advertising campaign. Special implementations (such as special wrapping) and Innovate implementations shall always be designed in cooperation with the Client, JCDecaux and the subcontractor. This ensures the feasibility of the campaign from a technical point of view and agreeing on the implementation schedules. Furthermore, all special implementations, wrapping and Innovate campaigns shall be submitted by JCD to the permitting authority for its approval to ensure compliance with all local regulations and requirements. The Client must deliver the print-ready materials and the final layout image of the special implementation to JCD in accordance with the material instructions provided by JCD for each implementation.
9.4 Allocation of posters
In case the Client utilises several poster motifs in their advertising campaign and no specific written instructions have been provided for their allocation, JCD shall allocate the posters evenly across the advertising media of the advertising campaign. Contact must be made with JCD regarding any solutions requiring special measures six (6) weeks prior to the commencement of the advertising campaign. Special measures shall be priced on a case-by-case basis. The affixing and serialization requiring special measures may be restricted by agreements between JCD and third parties.
10 Illumination and on-time of advertising devices
The illumination of the Abribus advertising devices is typically turned on and off simultaneously with the street lights in cities. Digital advertising devices are in use in accordance with the customary operating schedules, opening hours and illumination control of their operating environment (trafficking hours of means of transport, etc.). Outdoor digital advertising devices are in use from 06:00 to 24:00. JCD shall not be liable for any disruptions in electricity distribution or internet connections.
11 Damage incurred by advertisements
The Client shall not be compensated for any damage incurred by the advertisements on account of causes beyond JCD’s control, such as the weather or vandalism.
12 Limitations on advertising content
Outdoor advertising must consider the legislation in force from time to time, as well as the International Code of Advertising Practice, the decisions of the Finland Chamber of Commerce and the Council of Ethics in Advertising, along with the advance decisions issued by the National Product Control Agency for Welfare and Health. Advertising must not be contrary to good practice. JCD has committed itself in its agreements with the authorities to remove advertisements that invoke public indignation from its advertising media, if required. If the advertising campaign cannot be commenced or needs to be suspended for these reasons, JCD shall not be liable to compensate the Client for any losses incurred. Political advertising may be prohibited in some localities and JCD's contractual partners may impose restrictions on the content of advertising. Further details concerning the restrictions are available from JCD's media sales. Regardless of which party produces the advertising campaign, the Client shall in all situations be liable to JCD and third parties for ensuring that the advertising or the content of the advertising does not in any way violate the legislation in force from time to time or the rights of any third party. In the event that the advertising campaign has to be discontinued for the reasons mentioned herein, JCD shall not be liable to compensate the Client for any damage or loss incurred from same or to refund any payments already made by the Client. JCD's Code of Conduct for Outdoor Advertising is available on JCD's website at https://www.jcdecaux.fi/en/code-of-conduct-for-out-of-home-display .
13 Ethical and lawful conduct
The Client undertakes to act professionally, with fairness and integrity in all its business relations and activities as well as to comply with the applicable laws and regulations, including all anti-bribery and anti-corruption regulations and international and national regulations on export control and sanctions. At JCD’s request, the Client must cooperate with JCD and evidence its compliance with this commitment. JCD shall have the right to terminate the agreement concluded with the Client with immediate effect and to suspend any ongoing advertising campaign should the Client breach the said commitment. In such cases, JCD shall not be liable to compensate the Client for any damage or loss incurred thereby or to refund any payments made by the Client.
14 Limitation of liability and force majeure
The maximum amount of JCD's liability for damages shall in all circumstances be limited to the net price invoiced by JCD from the Client for the respective advertising campaign. JCD shall not be liable for any indirect damage incurred by the Client. JCD shall not be liable for any delays or losses caused by force majeure circumstances. Such circumstances shall be deemed to constitute causes beyond JCD's control that it cannot reasonably be expected to have taken into consideration and that preclude JCD from performing its obligations under the agreement without JCD being able to take reasonable steps to remove the obstacle. Causes beyond JCD's control shall include, for instance; traffic arrangements, strikes, street works. Force majeure circumstances shall also be deemed to constitute labour disputes, war, demonstration, natural disaster, fire, import ban or other action taken by an authority, interruption of public transport or energy distribution. A strike, lockdown, boycott or other industrial action shall be deemed to constitute a force majeure event even when JCD itself is the target thereof or a participant therein.
JCD's sales channel for programmatic outdoor advertising is VIOOH, which can be integrated with the Client's chosen purchasing platforms, first and third-party technologies and tools for implementing programmatic outdoor advertising, if necessary. It shall be the Client's responsibility to ensure that the purpose and operation of the integration complies with data protection laws and regulations, as well as JCD's ethical and technical guidelines. Any additional costs entailed by the integrations may affect the total cost of the campaign.