Terms and conditions for data usage

Version: 25 September 2026

Commercial appropriation, systematic extraction and republication of protected Motoveikals21.lv content and its product database without prior written permission are prohibited. Exceptions are set out in these Terms and applicable legislation.

1. General Provisions and Protection of Rights

1.1. The Motoveikals21.lv website is operated by European Trade Partners SIA, registration No. 43603064507, hereinafter referred to as the “Company”.

1.2. These Terms define the scope of the permissions granted by the Company to use its content and its reservation of rights in relation to the website’s texts, product descriptions, photographs, graphic materials and product database, including the names, prices, product codes, specifications and availability information compiled within it.

1.3. The Company protects rights that it owns and rights whose holders it represents. Rights in materials belonging to manufacturers, suppliers and other parties remain with their respective rights holders. Publication of material on Motoveikals21.lv does not, in itself, grant third parties a licence for its further use.

1.4. The legal basis for the protection of original works and the database is provided by Sections 4, 5, 15 and 57 of the Latvian Copyright Law (Autortiesību likums), subject to the requirements for the relevant form of protection. Publishing an individual fact or price on the website does not, in itself, create copyright in that fact. Latvian Copyright Law.

2. Unauthorised Use of Content and Data

2.1. Unless the Company’s prior written permission has been obtained or a statutory basis for the use applies, the following are prohibited:

• copying, republishing, distributing, translating or adapting protected texts, photographs and other materials;
• taking over the entire protected product database or a substantial part of it;
• repeatedly and systematically extracting small parts of the database where this conflicts with its normal exploitation or unreasonably prejudices the legitimate interests of its maker;
• using content obtained in this manner on price comparison portals, product search engines, classified advertising websites, trading platforms, mobile applications or other commercial catalogues;
• creating, maintaining or regularly updating other databases or data feeds through the unauthorised appropriation of protected Motoveikals21.lv content;
• transferring unlawfully obtained content to other parties, selling it or offering it as one’s own service.

Database protection is governed by Section 57(2) and (4) of the Latvian Copyright Law. Latvian Copyright Law.

2.2. These restrictions apply to both manual and automated extraction, including the use of web robots, scripts, browser automation and data extraction tools (scraping, crawling and harvesting).

2.3. Public accessibility of the website, structured data, a sitemap or a technical data interface does not constitute general permission to extract its content for commercial republication.

2.4. Acknowledging Motoveikals21.lv as the source, linking to a product page or claiming to promote the store does not replace permission where such permission is required.

2.5. Circumventing access restrictions or using misleading robot identification to continue data collection that the Company has not authorised is not permitted.

3. Obtaining Written Permission

3.1. Requests for permission must be sent to info@motoveikals21.lv and must specify:

• the applicant’s name, registration details and contact information;
• the address of the website or service;
• the materials required and the volume of data;
• the purpose of use, method of data collection and update frequency;
• the intended period of use and any potential recipients of the data.

3.2. Use may begin only after explicit written permission has been received. Sending a request, receiving no reply or the absence of previous objections does not constitute permission.

3.3. Permission applies only to the person, service, data, purpose and period specified in it. Transferring permission to another party or expanding the scope of use requires separate written consent.

3.4. The Company may refuse permission or offer use under a separate licence or cooperation agreement. Amendments to and termination of existing agreements are governed by the relevant agreement and applicable legislation.

4. Permitted Use and the Search Engine Exception

4.1. Ordinary browsing of the website, selecting and purchasing products, and sharing links to Motoveikals21.lv pages are permitted.

4.2. To the extent of its rights, the Company permits the official crawlers of Google Search, Microsoft Bing and other recognised general web search services to index publicly accessible pages and display links, short snippets and content previews in search results, subject to the technical restrictions specified on the website.

4.3. This exception applies to the provision of general web search. It does not grant permission to create a separate price comparison service, product catalogue, data resale service or copy of the website. The use of separately agreed product data feeds is governed by the relevant agreements.

4.4. These Terms do not restrict mandatory statutory rights of use, including the rights of a lawful database user and applicable exceptions. Sections 18, 58 and 59 of the Latvian Copyright Law.

5. Text and Data Mining

5.1. To the extent of its rights, the Company expressly reserves its rights and prohibits the use of protected content for text and data mining without separate permission, insofar as the rights holder is entitled to prohibit such use.

5.2. This reservation does not affect uses that may not be restricted by law, including applicable research exceptions. For content publicly available online, the prohibition must additionally be communicated in a machine-readable form. Legal basis: Section 21.¹(3), Section 21.² and Section 59(1)(4) of the Latvian Copyright Law. Latvian Copyright Law.

6. Presentation of the Store’s Identity and Offers

6.1. Creating a misleading impression that a third-party website or service is an official representative, cooperation partner or Company-approved source of information for Motoveikals21.lv is prohibited.

6.2. Disseminating false, incomplete or distorted information about the Company’s products, prices or offer conditions in circumstances constituting unfair competition is not permitted. Section 18 of the Latvian Competition Law (Konkurences likums) applies in such cases. Latvian Competition Law.

7. Cessation of Infringements and Enforcement of Rights

7.1. Upon identifying an infringement of its rights, the Company may preserve evidence, restrict the infringer’s technical access and demand the immediate cessation of unlawful use.

7.2. Depending on the nature of the infringement, the Company may demand the removal of unlawfully republished content, suspension of unauthorised data feeds, deletion of unlawfully made copies and written confirmation that the infringement has been remedied, subject to statutory obligations to preserve evidence.

7.3. The Company is entitled to bring proceedings seeking cessation of the infringement and compensation for losses, and to seek recovery of litigation costs to the extent provided by law. Sections 62, 68, 69 and 69.¹ of the Latvian Copyright Law, together with Sections 1635 and 1779 of the Latvian Civil Law (Civillikums), apply where the requirements for the relevant liability are met. Latvian Copyright Law, Latvian Civil Law.

7.4. Where a legal basis exists, the Company may apply to the court for interim protective measures, including an order prohibiting specific activities, also before bringing the substantive claim. Legal basis: Sections 250.¹⁰ and 250.¹¹ of the Latvian Civil Procedure Law (Civilprocesa likums). Latvian Civil Procedure Law.

7.5. Cessation of the infringement or removal of content does not, in itself, extinguish liability for an infringement already committed or losses already caused.

8. Final Provisions

8.1. These Terms apply from the time of their publication. They constitute public notice of the Company’s reservation of rights and the scope of the permissions it grants.

8.2. These Terms do not create rights for the Company that are not granted to it by law or by the relevant rights holder. Disputes shall be heard by the competent court in accordance with applicable law.

Permission requests and questions concerning the use of content: info@motoveikals21.lv.

All rights belonging to the Company that are not expressly granted under these Terms are reserved.