You
have recently purchased a SHARK helmet for your safety and pleasure. It
has been designed with the greatest care to satisfy your every requirement.
For your safety, and that of your passenger, you must respect all the
usual rules of prudence when using your two-wheeled vehicle.
The SHARK 5-YEAR warranty guarantees the initial purchaser that any possible
manufacturing fault or material defect will be covered by the SHARK warranty.
If during the
warranty period (5 years as from the date of purchase), a problem covered
by the warranty were to arise, SHARK, through the intermediary of its
sales network, undertakes to repair or replace any defective components,
up to a maximum limit which is the purchase value of the helmet. Any labour
costs are normally paid by the SHARK network, but are submitted for approval
prior to the work being carried out.
If the repair requires components to be dispatched incurring transportation
costs, the SHARK network shall cover these costs up to a limit which is
the cost of transport by the national postal service at the normal rate.
This warranty only covers problems related to materials or manufacturing. SHARK cannot be held liable with regard to the product in the following cases:
Any damage following:
1) a fall or accident
2) a technical modification made by the user or a third party (glue, adhesives,
paint, screws, etc.)
3) use of or contact with: harmful chemical products (including methylated
spirits on the visor treatments), or an intense heat source
4) incorrect use: abnormal conditions (e.g. underwater), lack of maintenance
or care
5) ageing due to normal wear of the inner fabrics or foams, the appearance
of the external parts, or the visor (scratches, marks, etc.)
6) abnormal and prolonged exposure to ultra-violet light, in particular
for the decorative colours.
In addition, SHARK
cannot consider subjective considerations related to use of the helmet
as defects covered by the warranty: problems with comfort, size, noise
or whistling, aerodynamics, etc.
SHARK cannot
be held liable for the temporary non-availability of the helmet while
it is being enhanced to satisfy the needs of its owner.
In all cases,
the maximum warranty period is 5 years. Replacement of a component during
this period does not prolong this period.
When
the helmet is sold the warranty card comprising all the information must
be filled out and returned to SHARK SA by the purchaser.
All warranty
claims must be made to the SHARK dealer that sold the helmet.
For a warranty
claim to be considered, the purchaser must notify the dealer of the problem
that has arisen, and return the helmet that is the subject of the claim,
together with the warranty card filled out when the helmet was purchased.
The present
warranty is valid solely in member states of the European Union. This
warranty does not affect in any way the statutory rights of the purchaser
as stipulated by directive 1999/44CE.
The effects of this
specific and limited warranty shall come to an end after a period of 5
years as from the date of purchase. After this period, if you continue
to use a helmet regularly, we recommend that to benefit from optimum protection
and comfort you should replace your helmet.
This is because certain external factors - general wear, certain impacts
- could be prejudicial to the safety characteristics of this essential
piece of protective equipment.
SHARK reserves the right to carry out work within the terms of the warranty using replacement parts from the most recent version compatible with the model concerned, and is unable to guarantee perfect harmonisation of the paint or decorative elements associated with specific production runs and/or limited editions. In addition, the natural deterioration of colours over a period of time can cause mismatching in the adaptation of colours of spare parts.
If SHARK is unable to carry out the repair for technical reasons or because a component is not available, SHARK undertakes to make the customer an advantageous offer, taking account of the age of the helmet, consisting in either an identical new helmet or an equivalent model manufactured at the time of the repair, if the original model is no longer available.
According to the legal conditions of private life, Shark will be allowed to use the customer's personal data in order to send him news and advertising.