Terms of the partner programme

§2a. Partner levels

A supplement to §2. The level results from the number of paid Projects and is permanent — it is not reset at the end of the year.

• Ambassador — from the first Submission. Applies to both companies and natural persons. Commission 10%.
• Business Partner — from the third paid Project. Commission 12%, a listing in the partner directory, the right to use the designation “DV Business Partner”. This level is available only to entities carrying on a business activity.
• Strategic Partner — from the sixth paid Project. Commission 12% and a share in the monthly fees, a featured place in the directory and industry exclusivity in a county (powiat), granted for a fixed period.

In the no-remuneration path (§9) separate naming applies: Cooperating Law Firm, Partner Law Firm and Strategic Partner. The designation “Business Partner” is not used in this path, because it would suggest a commercial arrangement that does not exist in it.

EDITORIAL NOTE — to be removed before publication: the numbering of the sections needs a final pass together with the lawyer. Sections 2a and 5a–5c were added after the first version and should be fitted into the continuous numbering.

§5a. Method of payment

• The basis for payment is an invoice or bill issued by a Partner carrying on a business activity. Commission amounts are stated as net values.
• Payment is made by transfer to the bank account indicated by the Partner, in Polish zloty. The Partner indicates the account once and updates it in writing.
• Before issuing the document, the Organiser gives the Partner a statement of the amounts due together with the numbers of the Projects and Stages they relate to.
• Where the reward is a credit towards the Organiser's services or a discount for the Referred Company, no payment is made and no accounting document is issued on the Partner's side.
• A donation is made by the Organiser directly to the indicated organisation, on behalf of the Partner, together with confirmation of the transfer.

§5b. Minimum payout threshold

The threshold applies only to amounts accruing from monthly fees. Commissions on Project Stages are always paid, regardless of the amount.

• Commissions on monthly fees accumulate and are payable once they exceed PLN 300 net cumulatively.
• Regardless of the threshold, the Organiser settles all accumulated amounts once a year, by 31 January for the previous year. The threshold cannot lead to a commission due going unsettled.
• Amounts below the threshold do not lapse and carry over to the next period.

The reason for the threshold is practical: with technical care in the range of PLN 450–1,500 per month, the commission is PLN 45 to 150. A monthly invoice for PLN 45 costs both sides more work than it is worth.

§5c. Partners who are natural persons

Partners who do not carry on a business activity are subject to separate terms. This follows from a different basis of settlement and different tax obligations, not from different rules on the protection of a Submission.

§7. Nature of the cooperation

The following provisions are intended to exclude the qualification of the cooperation as an agency agreement within the meaning of Article 758 et seq. of the Polish Civil Code, and in particular the arising of a claim for compensatory payment under Article 764³ of the Civil Code.

• The Partner's role is limited to pointing out a contact. The Partner does not negotiate terms, conclude contracts, hold a power of attorney or act permanently on behalf of the Organiser.
• The Partner is not entitled to territorial or industry exclusivity, except where expressly granted at the highest level and for a fixed period.
• The Partner does not undertake to obtain a specific number of Submissions, and the Organiser does not undertake to accept them.
• The Partner may not be an employee of the Referred Company or a person who decides on purchases on its side.
• The parties exclude the application to the cooperation of the provisions on the agency agreement to the extent permitted by law.

§8. Personal data and communication

• The Partner does not pass the Referred Company's personal data to the Organiser. A Submission contains only company data.
• The Organiser's first contact with a natural person requires that person's prior consent, in accordance with the provisions of the Polish Electronic Communications Law.
• Data that the Partner processes as a processor on behalf of its own client may not be used for the purposes of the programme.

§9. No-remuneration path

• A Partner in this path is not entitled to any monetary or in-kind benefit, including a discount on the Organiser's services.
• Benefits in this path are limited to: a listing in the partner directory, joint expert content, and mutual, non-exclusive referrals.
• A discount granted on the basis of the Partner's code is due solely to the Referred Company. A discount equal to the commission replaces the standard welcome benefit for the Referred Company (a free audit or three months of technical care) and is not cumulative with it; the Referred Company chooses one of the two.

§10. Access to the preview of Submissions

• A referral Submission is made through a publicly available form and does not require creating an account.
• The Organiser informs the Partner of every change in the status of a Submission by email.
• The Partner receives access to a preview of their Submissions, Stages and settlements through an individual link sent by email, without the need to register or set a password.
• An account in the partner portal, including billing data and a directory listing, is made available to the Partner from the second submitted Project.

The Organiser does not store personal data of Referred Companies in the portal. A Submission contains only company data, in accordance with §8.