Every commitment has a named guarantor

Unspoken rules. In every team, some rules hold without being written: “you don't report a colleague”, “you fill in the forms for the inspector”. They protect the group, but they also hide problems. We name them with the teams, and in their place we write rules that everyone can read.

The guarantor. For a problem to be spoken about, someone has to guarantee that it can be said safely: a management, a manager, a facilitator. If that guarantor sanctions the person who spoke, the guarantor becomes the threat, and nobody shows anything any more. That is why the guarantor is named in writing, and commits.

1. A guarantor named on each side, in writing, authorised to commit their organisation.
2. A dated, signed register: problems found, decisions taken, who answers for them and by when.
3. No sanction for a problem reported in good faith, without prejudice to legal reporting obligations or to intentional misconduct.

Shared responsibility organises who does what, and who answers for what, between the parties who sign. It does not move the responsibilities the law assigns: the operator of a food business keeps primary responsibility for the safety of its food (Regulation (EC) No 852/2004, Article 1); the employer keeps responsibility for the health and safety of its staff (French Labour Code, Article L. 4121-1). La Lettre answers for its own commitments.

Training and inspecting remain two separate missions. La Lettre never inspects an establishment it trains, advises or supports.

On request, and with due respect for people's confidentiality: the names of the guarantors, the signed clause and the register of decisions. These are dated documents that anyone can re-read.

The LA LETTRE association (French 1901 law, being set up): the clause is part of its partnership and hosting agreements. Its guarantor is the person mandated by the board.

The company (the game's production company): the clause is part of its partnership and funding contracts. Its guarantor is its legal representative.

The services of Jean-Cyrille Merle-Remond, sole trader: the clause is part of the terms of sale, attached to every quote. The guarantor is Jean-Cyrille Merle-Remond.

Each structure signs its own contracts; none commits the others.

1. Named guarantors. Each party appoints in writing a person authorised to commit it, who answers for its commitments. Any change of guarantor is notified in writing.
2. Own responsibilities. The client keeps the responsibilities the law assigns to it: as operator, food safety (Regulation (EC) No 852/2004, Art. 1); as employer, health and safety at work (French Labour Code, Art. L. 4121-1). This contract neither transfers nor shares them. The signing La Lettre structure answers for its services and for the accuracy and traceability of the documents it provides.
3. Joint commitments. The parties undertake to: a) keep a dated, signed register of problems found, decisions taken and who is responsible; b) sanction no participant for a problem reported in good faith during the session, without prejudice to legal reporting obligations or to intentional misconduct; c) make this register available to inspection services and funders who request it, without unnecessary personal data.
4. Breach. If a guarantor fails these commitments, in particular by sanctioning a good-faith report, the other party may suspend the service eight days after a formal notice that has remained without effect.