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This Legal Notice applies to:

Website: thechinavillage.shop
Email: info@thechinavillage.shop

The website operates under the online commercial name thechinavillage.shop.

1. Purpose and Scope

This Legal Notice provides general legal information regarding use and operation of thechinavillage.shop.

It should be read together with our:

• Terms of Service;
• Privacy Policy;
• Return and Refund Policy;
• Shipping Policy.

Nothing in this Legal Notice limits mandatory rights under German or European Union law.

2. Electronic Contact

Questions regarding the website, purchases, customer service, privacy, or legal matters may be sent electronically to:

info@thechinavillage.shop

Customers contacting us about an existing order should include their order number whenever possible.

3. Ecommerce Services

thechinavillage.shop operates as an ecommerce website through which customers may browse and purchase products online.

Product availability, pricing, descriptions, promotions, and shipping arrangements may change prospectively.

The terms applicable to an individual purchase are determined by the information presented during the transaction, our applicable policies, and mandatory law.

4. Product Information

We make reasonable efforts to maintain accurate product information.

However, minor variations may occur because of photography, lighting, screen settings, manufacturing tolerances, packaging changes, and reasonable product updates.

Nothing in this Legal Notice removes statutory rights concerning defective or non-conforming products.

5. Pricing

Consumer prices will be displayed in accordance with applicable pricing requirements.

The total amount payable will be displayed before a customer submits an order.

Standard shipping is free under our Shipping Policy.

6. Intellectual Property

Original content available through thechinavillage.shop may be protected by copyright, trademark, design, database, or other intellectual property rights.

Protected material may not be unlawfully reproduced, republished, distributed, modified, or commercially exploited.

7. Third-Party Intellectual Property

Third-party trademarks, product names, trade names, and logos remain the property of their respective owners.

Displaying a third-party mark does not automatically imply sponsorship, partnership, affiliation, or endorsement.

8. External Links

Our website may contain links to independent third-party websites.

External websites are outside our direct control.

The existence of a hyperlink does not automatically mean that we endorse or assume responsibility for independent third-party content.

9. Website Availability

We aim to provide reliable access to thechinavillage.shop.

Temporary interruptions may nevertheless occur due to maintenance, hosting failures, technical problems, network interruptions, security measures, or events outside our reasonable control.

10. Consumer Rights

Consumers retain mandatory protections available under German and European Union consumer law.

For qualifying distance contracts, §355 BGB generally provides a statutory 14-day withdrawal period.

Detailed withdrawal information is contained in our Return and Refund Policy.

11. Electronic Withdrawal Function

For qualifying distance contracts concluded through an online interface, §356a BGB requires the trader to provide an electronic withdrawal function that remains available during the withdrawal period and meets requirements concerning visibility, accessibility, confirmation, and durable-medium acknowledgement.

12. Refunds Following Withdrawal

German §357 BGB establishes rules concerning reimbursement following withdrawal, including a general 14-day reimbursement period, standard delivery costs, use of the original payment method, direct return costs, and when reimbursement may be withheld pending receipt or proof of dispatch of returned goods.

13. Data Protection

Personal information is processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data-protection requirements.

Privacy enquiries may be submitted to:

info@thechinavillage.shop

14. Shopify Platform

thechinavillage.shop uses Shopify ecommerce technology.

Shopify provides infrastructure and tools supporting ecommerce operations, but Shopify states that the merchant remains responsible for the operation of its store, products, transactions, returns, refunds, regulatory compliance, and compliance with laws applicable where the merchant and customers are located.

15. Liability

Liability is determined in accordance with applicable law.

Nothing in this Legal Notice excludes liability where exclusion or limitation would be prohibited.

Mandatory liability relating to intentional conduct, gross negligence, injury to life, body or health, statutory product liability, guarantees, fraudulent concealment, and other legally non-excludable obligations remains unaffected.

16. Website Security

Users must not interfere with website security, introduce malicious code, attempt unauthorised access, disrupt website functions, or otherwise misuse thechinavillage.shop.

We may implement reasonable measures to protect customers, systems, and services.

17. Consumer Complaints

Customers experiencing a problem are encouraged to contact:

info@thechinavillage.shop

so that we can attempt to resolve the matter directly.

Unless legally required to participate in a particular consumer arbitration procedure, thechinavillage.shop does not generally undertake to participate in proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

18. Governing Law

To the extent legally permissible, contracts with consumers in Germany are governed by German law and applicable European Union law.

Mandatory consumer protections that cannot legally be excluded remain unaffected.

19. No Waiver of Mandatory Rights

Nothing contained in this Legal Notice or another thechinavillage.shop policy is intended to remove a statutory right that cannot legally be waived.

Mandatory law takes precedence where required.

20. Changes to This Legal Notice

We may update this Legal Notice to reflect changes in law, website functionality, services, technology, or business operations.

Updates will not retroactively remove contractual or statutory rights already acquired by customers.

21. Contact Information

For customer-service, privacy, general, or legal enquiries:

thechinavillage.shop
Email: info@thechinavillage.shop