1.7 Selling / promoting products directly or indirectly competing with the company’s products

The employees are prohibited from promoting and selling products that are directly or indirectly competing with the company’s products. The Company shall regularly inform its employees of the product portfolio and the categories to which they belong so that the directly or indirectly competing products may be easily identified.

Often, this information provided to the employees contain exact details related to the competition’s products or to the industry in which the company operates. Therefore, the company’s employees cannot in any way be exempted with regard to the information related to these products.

If they have doubts about a particular product / range of products of another manufacturer / trader on the market where the company operates, they may request for clarifications from the direct superior or management of the company. The company’s employees are also prohibited from promoting and / or selling products or services belonging to a supplier or customer of the company.