Every prospective user is requested to agree to the User Regulations indicated below, then file an application. User Regulations for the JMF Materials Procurement Network The Japan Machinery Federation ("JMF") hereby sets forth the User Regulations for the JMF Materials Procurement Network as follows: Article 1 (Definition) For the purpose of this set of regulations, the terms listed below shall have the corresponding meanings indicated below. (1) "The Service" shall refer to the Materials Procurement Network Service provided by the JMF. (2) "A User" or "Users" shall mean (a) corporation(s) and/or individual business operator(s) qualified to use the Service according to the procedure set forth by the JMF. (3) "IDs and other facilities" shall mean user IDs and passwords to be loaned by the JMF to Users, along with other codes or numbers to be given by the JMF to Users for access to the Service. Article 2 (Application for access to the Service) 1. Prospective Users of the Service shall agree to the provisions of this set of regulations, then apply to access to the Service according to a separate procedure set forth by the JMF. A user agreement on the Service shall be construed as having been established between the particular prospective User and the JMF at the moment when an ID and other facilities are given to the particular prospective User. 2. If the JMF finds that any application filed as set forth in the preceding clause is problematic, the JMF may not accept the said application. Such non-acceptance shall not make the JMF take any responsibility for not accepting the said application for the particular prospective User of the Service, and shall not obligate the JMF to explain or disclose the reason for not accepting the said application. Article 3 (Preparations for equipment and other facilities) The User shall, under his or her own expense and responsibility, make all preparations for entering into user agreements on communications equipment, software, and phone line(s) and for subscribing to an Internet connectivity service required for access to the Service. Article 4 (Charges and payments) 1. JMF corporate members are free of charge. Article 5 (Intellectual property rights) 1. All systems and constituents constituting the Service, along with all intellectual property rights accompanying the said systems and constituents, shall belong to the JMF. Article 6 (Control of IDs and other facilities) 1. The User shall be responsible for controlling his or her IDs and other facilities. 2. The User shall not permit his or her IDs or other facilities to be used by a third party other than the User, and shall not loan, transfer, sell or otherwise give his or her IDs or other facilities to any such third party. 3. All damages arising out of the insufficient control of IDs or other facilities, any error in the use thereof, the use thereof by a third party, or any other mistake on the part of the User shall be compensated for by the User. The JMF shall not take any responsibility therefor. The charges and rates for the Service arising out of the use of IDs and facilities by a third party shall all be compensated for the User who is in charge of controlling the particular IDs and other facilities, except when such use of IDs and facilities by a third party is conducted for a reason attributable to the responsibility of the JMF. Article 7 (Indemnity) 1. The JMF will not take any responsibility for any damage to the User arising out of a delay in the provision of the Service, a modification, suspension, or abolition of any part of the Service, or the provision of the Service. 2. The JMF shall not take any responsibility for any part of the merchandise transactions and trading through a home page born out of the Service. 3. If any conflict occurs between the User and a third party through the use of the Service by the User or through a home page thereon, or if the User causes any damage to a third party, the User shall resolve the said conflict or compensate for the damages upon his or her own expense and responsibility. Article 8 (Prohibitions) The User shall, in using the Service, not conduct any of the acts described below. (1) The act of infringing on any copyright, property right or other right of another User, third party, or the JMF (2) The act of causing any adverse impact or damage to another User, a third party, or the JMF (3) The act of compromising the confidence or honor of the JMF or a third party (4) The act of violating the public policy or any act at risk of violating the public policy. (5) Any act of crime or any act that may lead to an act of crime. (6) The act of filing a false application or registration with the JMF (7) Any election campaign or any similar act (8) Any act hampering the operation of the Service. p.3 (9) The act of using any ID or other facility illegally (10) Any act in violation of any provision of this set of regulations or any law (11) Any other act found by the JMF to be inappropriate. Article 9 (Termination and cancellation) 1. In any case corresponding to Article 8, the JMF reserves the right to terminate the registration of the corresponding User immediately without prior notice. Article 10 (Applicable laws) This set of regulations shall be interpreted as per relevant Japanese laws. Article 11 (Principles of settlement by deliberation and competent court) 1. All problems that may have occurred between the User and the JMF in connection with the Service shall be deliberated in good faith between the User and the JMF. 2. All problems that persist after such deliberation shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court. Article 12 (Effective date) This set of regulations shall come into effect on September 10th, 2001.