ART. 1 – The 11° MEDITERRANEAN EXCHANGE FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL TOURISM will take place in the “Centro Espositivo Ariston” of Paestum, from 13 to 16 November 2008.

ART. 2 – The exhibition will be open:
On Thursday 13 November from 10.00 to 19.00
On Friday 14 November from 10.00 to 19.00
On Saturday 15 November from 10.00 to 19.00
On Sunday 16 November from 10.00 to 13.30

The WORKSHOP will be held on Saturday 15 November (from 10.00 to 18.00) with the operators of the foreign demand. Only the operators of the offer who meet all the requisites and who have paid their relative fee may assist to the meeting. The registration form to the WORKSHOP must be sent to the secretary together with the payment of the fee within and not after 15 October 2008.
The filling in of the registration form is compulsory in order for the credit to the WORKSHOP to be accepted.
All exhibitors must be present at the stand with their own personnel for the whole duration of the Exhibition and during all the opening hours.
The employed or autonomous personnel must fully comply with the laws, all obligations falling under the responsibility of the exhibitor.
The Organisation may exercise its right to modify the opening hours of the Exhibition as well as the opening and closing dates.

ART. 3 – The Exhibition aims at favouring the exchange, by means of a confrontation between Demand and Offer, of all forms of tourism relative to the economic, scientific, social, political and cultural activities, in the archaeological areas.

ART. 4 – The Exhibition is open to Italian and foreign companies - OFFER AND DEMAND – as well as to organizations and individual operators (suppliers of basic and complementary services, representatives or agents), in particular to:
- TOUR OPERATORS AND TRAVEL AGENCIES
- RECEPTIVE STRUCTURES
- NATIONAL BODIES FOR TOURISM
- COMPLEMENTARY TOURISM SERVICE COMPANIES
- PUBLIC COMPANIES FOR THE PROMOTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND DESTINATIONS
- SECTOR ASSOCIATIONS
- ANYBODY ELSE INTERESTED IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TOURISM

The Organization has the discretional and unquestionable right to exclude from the Exhibition products and services. The Organization will provide for the insertion of the exhibitors in the official catalogue and on the website; nevertheless, it will not be held responsible in case of possible omissions and/or errors in printing and diffusing such catalogue. The publication will enclose the data relative to the forms sent by the exhibitors within 30 September 2008.

ART. 5 – The FORMS, which contain the participation regulations, must be sent back within and not after 30/9/2008 to the ORGANISATION SECRETARY Leader sas via Roma, 226 - 84121 Salerno. Based on its firm judgment, the Secretary may, though, accept FORMS sent after such date.
The FORMS will be considered as valid only if the full amount has been settled. Such import will be fully returned in case the request is not accepted. The services used during the Exhibition must be paid before the end of the Exhibition. By signing the form, the Exhibitor accepts the present regulation as well as all subsequent integrative normative and technical regulations that will be issued.

ART. 6 – Admission to the exhibition is subject to the acceptance of the request by the Organisation, whose firm and unquestionable decision will be confirmed by written within 30 days before the starting date of the Exhibition. The acceptance will be valid exclusively as regards the exhibitor who has signed the form and paid the relative amount. In case of refusal of the request, the Organisation is not obliged to specify its motives and is not to be held responsible for such decision.

ART. 7 – Should the Exhibitor renounce by means of a written registered communication sent within 30 days at the latest before the starting date of the Exhibition, the Organisation will keep 50% of the participation fee already paid as general expense allowances.
No repayments will be carried out in case such renunciation is not done in accordance with the previously stated terms.

ART. 8 – Following the adherence, the exhibitor will receive an Informative Card containing all regulations regarding the assembling of the Stand, the furniture material, the safety norms, the days and hours for the assembling and disassembling of the stand, as well as any other directives regulating the entry of the workers and persons responsible for the assembling operations. Exhibitors must abide by the norms held in the Informative Card, which will be established according to the unquestionable decision of the Organisation.

ART. 9 – The Organisation will subsequently assign the stands according to the exhibitors’ indications, within the limits of the technical-organisational needs. Therefore, any preference will have only an indicative value.
The Organisation may exercise its right to modify the placing of the stands even if previously assigned or change their dimensions should they be made necessary due to technical causes or organisational needs.

ART. 10 – All persons who present a reservation form for a non-assembled stand, must present layout projects, sketches, furniture and decoration (such as the preparation of back-panel, dividing panels, and the decorations), which are subject to the approval of the Organisation within 30 September 2007. It is forbidden to close with full panels every side of the area towards the corridor for a length over 50% of the total length of the side itself.

ART. 11 – Except in case of force majeur or particular needs, the areas will be made available to the exhibitors ONE DAY before the start of the Exhibition, and all stands must be assembled and all products displayed, within 8pm of 12 November 2008.

ART. 12 – If, due to force majeur or due to reasons independent from the Organisation, the exhibition were not to be held, all engagements taken towards third parties and all the organisation expenses will be divided among the Exhibitors registered within the limits of the amounts paid. The amounts, if available, will be returned proportionally to the adherent members. The expenses sustained for special systems and installations, carried out on the specific request of the exhibitors, must be fully reimbursed to the Organisation.

ART. 13 – The emptying of the stands must begin only after 2 pm on 16 November. After such date, the organisation will provide for the emptying of the stand at the expenses of the exhibitor, without it involving the responsibility of the Organisation. The Exhibitor must consign back the stand to the competent Technical office of the Exhibition in the same conditions in which it has been provided. In case of non-fulfilment of these regulations, the Organisation may make up for the expenses it incurs for taking back the stand at the Exhibitor’s expenses. Were the exhibitor to refuse, the Organisation will have the right to make up for the expenses on the goods and material displayed. The Organisation may exercise such right on any other credit the adherent member owes to the Organisation following its registration and participation in the Exhibition. To protect its right and credit reason, the Organisation may forbid the removal of the goods and furniture present on the stand, having the right to request the preventive attachment of the goods and any other objects present in the stand, should it consider it necessary.

ART. 14 – Non-members are not allowed to design, copy or photograph the objects on display without a written authorisation from the Exhibitor.
The Organisation, which has the right to directly reproduce or which may authorise the reproduction of the complete of parts of the external and internal area, and to allow the selling by official persons in charge, cannot be held responsible for possible photographic recording third parties may do unlawfully. The introduction in the Exhibition area of cinematographic equipments is subject to the written authorisation of the organisation. A copy of any filming must be provided to the Secretary.

ART. 15 – All exhibitors who, in their own stand, intend providing food and drinks for promotional purposes must present a request to do so to the Organisation. The Organisation will subsequently present to the Municipality of Capaccio Paestum a request for the issuing of a regular health authorisation. The Organisation is exempted from any consequences following the non-fulfilment of the exhibitor exposed by the competent Institutions.

ART. 16 – For the sole purpose of ensuring the good proceeding of the Exhibition, the Organisation provides for a general security service without assuming, though, responsibility for any theft, damage, or any other type of risk that may occur. During the opening hours of the Exhibition and during the whole periods for the assembling and disassembling of the stands, the exhibitor is responsible for supervising its own stand. The registration fee includes a cleaning service. Nevertheless, the exhibitors may entrust such service to trust companies with which the Organisation has agreed on the conditions and unit prices.

ART. 17 – It is forbidden for the exhibitors to put on music and sounds. Any derogation, provided by the Organisation either generally or “ad personam”, will be valid only in case it has been issued by written, and may be revoked at any time with immediate effect, even by means of a simple verbal communication. The authorisation does not exempt the exhibitor from using such equipments in such a way as not to disturb the other stands and visitors, and does not exempt the exhibitor from abiding by the law in force that regulate such matter. Any advertisement tax will be at the exhibitor’s expenses should it be applied by the competent offices of the Municipality of Capaccio and by the SIAE (Italian Authors and Publishers Society).

ART. 18 – It is forbidden to display or distribute any type of graphical material (pamphlets, brochures, leaflets, posters, etc.) that is not strictly commercial, or that may (even unintentionally, occasionally or indirectly) criticise, damage or offend third parties. It is forbidden to distribute questionnaires or any other documents that serve the purpose of gathering signatures, declarations or information not pertinent to tourism.
Each adherent member may carry out commercial actions within its own stand only for his or her own company and by means of promotional and advertising tools strictly pertinent to the goods for which the Exhibitor has been admitted. It is absolutely forbidden any type of selling to the public with immediate consignment.

ART. 19 – The exhibitor is responsible towards the Organisation and the Institution owner of the exhibition area, of any damage provoked directly or indirectly by his or her employees or third parties, without exclusion or limitation of any kind. THE EXHIBITOR MUST BE ENSURED against all risks, including theft, fire, water infiltration or waterfall, rust and civil liability towards third parties.
The Exhibitor must have the following insurances:
a) «All Risks» Insurance policy for all goods, material, furniture, equipments and installations either self-owned or used by the Exhibitor during the exhibition;
b) Civil Liability Insurance policy for any damage unintentionally provoked to third parties in relation to the participation in the Exhibition for a maximum not inferior to € 500,000.00; the Province of Salerno, leaseholder of the areas, will provide for such insurance, for all Exhibitors by means of special agreement.
As regards the aforementioned guarantees, the Exhibitor must have his or her own «All Risks» insurance valid for fairs and exhibitions, including the renunciation clause to the right for compensation towards the Province of Salerno and third parties involved in the organisation of the Exhibition.

ART. 20 – The Organisation has the right to establish, even by means of derogation to the present regulation, norms and directives it may consider as suitable for a better functioning of the Exhibition and pertinent services. These norms and directives have the same value as that of the present Regulation and same compulsoriness. In case of non-fulfilment of the present Regulation or of any subsequent directives, the Organisation may also adopt expulsion measures. In such case, the Exhibitor has no right to refunds or to indemnities.

ART. 21 – Further technical regulations regarding the assembling of the stands as well as further general regulations such as the norms regulating the advertisement of the stand, the exhibition’s official catalogue, the entrance tickets and admission cards, the parking lots, the renting of cars, the sign posters, the working machinery, the supply of electric energy and water, etc., will be communicated by means of the Informative Cards and, thus, will be fully part of the present Regulation.

ART. 22 – Any complaint must be presented by written to the Organisation. The Court of Salerno is the only court competent for any controversy that may arise.