Legal notice

This Website belongs to and is operated under its responsibility. Kanal is the publisher responsible for the Website.

The Website is hosted and maintained by:

Minsky BV/SRL
Rue Aux Fleurs 32
1000 Brussels
TVA BE 0550 898 335

Any questions or complaints regarding the Website, this legal notice, the Privacy Policy or the General Terms and Conditions of Service may be addressed to Kanal.

Its contact details are as follows.

• Kanal
  Company name: Kanal 
  Legal form: Public benefit foundation [Fondation d’utilité publique] 
  Registered office: Square Sainctelette 11-12 à 1000 Brussels 
  Company registration number: 0682.473.786 
  VAT number: BE 0682.473.786 
  Contact: privacy@kanal.brussels
               +32(0)2 435 13 68 

This Website is a platform designed to provide users (hereinafter referred to as ‘the User’) with information about all the activities of Kanal and of the following legal entities:  

• Kanal Architecture 
  Name: CIVA Foundation (Centre for Information, Documentation and Exhibition on the City, Architecture, Landscape and Urban Planning of the Brussels-Capital Region)) 
  Legal form: Public benefit foundation [Fondation d’utilité publique] 
  Registered office: Rue de l'Ermitage 55 à 1050 Ixelles 
  Company registration number: 0653.956.380 
  VAT number: BE 0653.956.380 
  Contact: info.archi@kanal.brussels
               +32(2) 642 24 50 
   
• L’Agence KANAL EXPERIENCE 
  Name: AGENCE KANAL EXPERIENCE 
  Legal form: Limited liability company: [société à responsabilité limitée] 
  Registered office: Square Sainctelette 11-12 à 1000 Brussels 
  Company registration number: 1016.885.246 
  VAT number: BE 1016.885.246 
  Contact: experience@kanal.brussels   
   
• L’Agence KANAL F&B 
  Name: AGENCE KANAL F&B 
  Legal form: Limited liability company [société à responsabilité limitée] 
  Registered office: Square Sainctelette 11-12 à 1000 Brussels 
  Company registration number: 1014.559.919 
  VAT number: BE 1014.559.919 
  Contact: foodandbeverage@kanal.brussels
   
• L’Agence KANAL HOSPITALITY 
  Name: AGENCE KANAL HOSPITALITY 
  Legal form: Limited liability company [société à responsabilité limitée] 
  Registered office: Square Sainctelette 11-12 à 1000 Brussels 
  Company registration number: 1016.905.933 
  VAT number: BE 1016.905.933 
  Contact: events@kanal.brussels 
   
• L’Agence KANAL DEVELOPMENT 
  Name: AGENCE KANAL DEVELOPMENT 
  Legal form: Limited liability company [société à responsabilité limitée] 
  Registered office: Square Sainctelette 11-12 à 1000 Brussels 
  Company registration number: 1021.790.575 
  VAT number: BE1021.790.575 
  Contact: development@kanal.brussels

All of these entities are referred to under the name ‘Kanal’.  

Access to the Website is subject to these General Terms of Use and to the Privacy Policy and, for certain sections of the Website, to the General Terms and Conditions of Services, as well as to all applicable laws and regulations.

Consequently, access to the Website implies the User's full and unreserved acceptance of these Terms and Conditions of Use, the Privacy Policy and, for certain parts of the Website, the Terms and Conditions of Service. 

These Terms and Conditions of Use, the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions of Service govern the relationship between the User and Kanal in connection with the use of the Website. They may be consulted at any time on the Website. 

Kanal reserves the right to modify and update, at any time, these Terms and Conditions of Use, the Privacy Policy, the access to the Website, and its content. These modifications are applicable to the User each time the Website is accessed.

The User undertakes to use the Website solely for its intended purpose, to the exclusion of any other purpose. The User is required to ensure that all information provided is accurate and up to date.

Users undertake to comply with the legislation in force and, in particular, to refrain from: 

• sending Kanal any content or communications that are false or misleading (and to update such content, where appropriate, to ensure it does not become false or misleading), obscene, racist or xenophobic, abusive, illegal, fraudulent, infringing on the privacy of others, offensive, harmful, violent, threatening or harassing, defamatory, constituting an infringement of intellectual property rights or any other rights, or encouraging or participating in any of the foregoing;  
• providing email addresses or other types of content to Kanal without obtaining the prior consent of the persons concerned;  
• sending Kanal content that infringes the rights of a third party or otherwise causes them harm in any way; 
• sending Kanal content that directs to illegal websites or to websites containing inappropriate content; 
• using the Website to send spam, unsolicited mail, pyramid schemes or for similar or fraudulent purposes; 
• any action that may disrupt the proper functioning of the Website, including the use of computer worms, viruses, malicious software or the mass sending of emails; 
• attempting to violate unauthorised access to any part of the Website or equipment used to operate the Website; 
• using a false name, pseudonym, or impersonating another person or entity; 
• using the Website for purposes other than those intended. 

Kanal shall not, in any circumstances, be held liable for any failure by the User to comply with the General Terms and Conditions of Use, the General Terms and Conditions of Services, the Privacy Policy, or applicable laws and regulation. The User indemnifies Kanal against any action, claim or complaint by third parties (including public authorities) relating to their use of the Website. 

The User is also required to inform Kanal immediately in writing if they become aware of any inappropriate behaviour in connection with the Website by sending an email to the following address: privacy@kanal.brussels. 

The purpose of the Kanal website is to promote public access to information about its initiatives. Our goal is to provide accurate and up-to-date information. We will endeavour to correct any errors that are brought to our attention.

Kanal cannot, however, guarantee the accuracy, correctness, or completeness of the information made available on this Site. Consequently, Kanal shall not be held liable for any inaccuracies, errors, or omissions in the information contained on this Site. The information is provided without any form of warranty. Kanal shall not be held liable for any information that may cause harm to the User or third parties, nor for any damage that may result therefrom.  

Furthermore, Kanal seeks to limit as much as possible the inconvenience caused by technical errors. However, some data or information on our Website may not have been created or structured in files or formats that are free of errors, so we cannot guarantee that our service will not be interrupted or otherwise affected by such problems. Kanal shall not be held liable for any such problems that may arise from the use of this site. 

This Website may contain hypertext links to other sites and references to other sources of information. These links and sources of information are provided for information purposes only. Kanal has no control over these sites. Consequently, Kanal shall not be held liable for their content or the links they contain, nor for any changes or updates made to them.  

Users of the Website are expressly informed that the version of the Legal Notice that is valid, is the one accessible online at the time they connect to the Website. Kanal reserves the right to modify or correct the content of this Website and this Legal Notice at any time without prior notice and without this giving rise to any right to compensation. Users are therefore invited to consult it regularly.  

This clause is not intended to limit Kanal's liability in a manner contrary to the requirements of applicable national legislation or to exclude its liability in cases where such exclusion is not permitted under those laws.

This entire content of this Website is governed by Belgian and international legislation on copyright and intellectual property (copyright and related rights, trademark law, etc.).

Accordingly, and except for private use strictly for personal purposes, any reproduction, full or partial representation, use, adaptation, making available, or modification of the works, images, texts, downloadable documents, video or audio files on the Website, by any means, by any person, and by any method (including sale, marketing, etc.) without the express authorization of Kanal, the relevant authors, or their rights holders, is strictly prohibited and constitutes an infringement under the Commercial Code.

Furthermore, any paid use of the content or parts of the content published by Kanal, as well as any use for commercial or advertising purposes, is strictly prohibited.

Kanal is also the owner of a European trademark entitled ‘Kanal/Kanal-Centre Pompidou’, n• XXX, Registered with the EUIPO on 8 December 2025 under Classes 3, 4, 9, 14, 16, 18, 21, 22, 25,28, 32, 33, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43 (Nice Classification).

Finally, with regard to photo credits, the images displayed on the Website are the property of Kanal or any other natural or legal person mentioned in the copyright notice. Any use by a person not expressly authorised by Kanal constitutes a violation of its intellectual property rights and may result in civil or criminal proceedings for infringement. Under the rules governing image rights, any non-public person who appears in a photograph and who has not expressly authorised its publication on this Website may, upon request, have it removed.

The creation of a hypertext link to the content of the Kanal Website or any of its elements is authorised, subject to the following conditions:

• It must be accessible by opening it in a new window;
• The source, which must link directly to the targeted content via a hyperlink, is cited;
• This information must not be used for commercial or advertising purposes.

This authorisation does not apply to websites that disseminate information of a controversial, pornographic or xenophobic nature or that may, more broadly, be likely to offend the general public.

The www.kanal.brussels Website provides links to other websites, mainly official sites (institutions, public bodies, etc.) but also to the websites of partner associations or companies. These web pages, whose addresses are regularly checked, are not part of the official public Website www.kanal.brussels.

Kanal is not responsible for the content of such other sites and shall not be held liable for any damage or harm resulting therefrom.

See Privacy Policy.

This Legal Notice is governed by Belgian law. In the event of a dispute concerning the validity, application, interpretation or enforcement of this notice, the courts of the judicial district of Brussels (Belgium) shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

Kanal
Public benefit foundation [Fondation d’utilité publique]
Square Sainctelette 11-12
1000 Brussels
Company registration number and VAT number: BE0682.473.786
info@kanal.brussels
+32(0)2 435 13 68