Public offer

18 May 2021

LLC "Publishing House Sreda" (hereinafter – the Publisher) offers to an unlimited circle of persons (hereinafter – the Author) to enter into this Agreement (hereinafter – the Agreement) for the publication of scientific, educational, and methodological materials (hereinafter – the Article) in the Publisher's publications under the following conditions.

The present Contract, in accordance with clauses 2 of Art. 437 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation is a public offer, complete and unconditional acceptance of which, in accordance with Art. 438 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation is considered the sending of the Author's materials by filling the form "Online Submissions" at one of the Publisher's sites: https://phsreda.com, https://journaledu.com, https://journalec.com

1. Subject of the Contract

1.1. The Author from the coming into force of this Contract provides the Publisher non-exclusive licence to use the Article he created.

1.2. In accordance with p. 2 of Article 1270 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation and this Contract, the use of the Article is understood as:

- reproduction of the Article or its parts in any material form, including paper and electronic media in the Publisher's publications and/or in databases of Publisher and/or other persons, at the option of the Publisher;

- distribution of the Article or its parts as part of the Publisher's publications and/or in the databases of the Publisher and/or other persons, at the Publisher's discretion, or as an independent work worldwide;

- making the Article available to the public in such a way that any person can access it from any place and at any time of their own choosing (making available to the public, including via the Internet);

- to sublicense (grant permission to use the Article and its individual materials) the rights obtained under this Agreement to third parties, notifying the Authors thereof by posting the relevant information on the Publisher's website.

1.3. Granting of rights under this Contract shall include the right to process the form of Article submission for its use in conjunction with computer programs and systems (databases), publication and dissemination in machine-readable format and incorporation into retrieval system (database).

1.4. The Publisher in case of acceptance for publication by the Editorial Board publishes the Article of the Author in the Publisher's issue. If the Editorial Board decides to refuse publication of the Author's Article, this Agreement becomes null and void. The Publisher shall notify the Author about such decision on the condition the Author (authors) gave the Editorial office contact email address.

1.5. The Author guarantees that he has an exclusive copyright to the Article, and that the Article has not been transferred to anyone under a contract for reproduction or other use.

1.6. The rights are granted by the Author to the Publisher free of charge, and the publication does not entail any financial compensation to the Author.

1.7. The area on which the use of the rights to the Article is permitted is not limited.

1.8. During the term of this Agreement, the Publisher undertakes to provide the Author with services related to the publication of the Article on the Publisher's websites https://phsreda.com, https://journaledu.com, https://journalec.com

2. General Terms for Provision of Services

2.1. The Publisher provides the services to the Author only under the following conditions:

- the Author has provided materials that meet the requirements of the Offer;

- the Author has accepted the Offer.

2.2. In case the materials provided by the Author violate the rules and requirements of this Offer, the Publisher has the right to refuse to publish them.

2.3. During the term of this Agreement, the Publisher shall not be liable for unauthorized use of the data provided by the Author by third parties.

2.4. Publication of Articles is carried out in accordance with the license Creative Commons «Attribution» 4.0 International.

3. Rights and obligations of the Parties

3.1. The Author (Co-authors) guarantee(s) that:

- the data in the form "Online Submissions" on the Publisher's website are filled in correctly, including the metadata of the Article, the personal data of the Author (Co-authors) and the order of Co-authors;

- has informed the other Co-authors about the terms of this Contract and received the consent of all Co-Authors to conclude this Contract on the terms provided for in the Contract;

- the Article is an original work submitted for consideration only to the Publisher, and the Author (Co-authors) has not previously published the Article in other printed and/or electronic publications, except for the publication of the preprint (manuscript) of The Article;

- the Article contains all references to cited authors and/or publications (materials) required by copyright law; the Author (Co-authors) have obtained all necessary permissions for the results, facts, and other borrowed materials used in the paper, the copyright of which does not belong to the Author (Co-authors);

- the Article does not contain any materials that are not subject to publication in open access in accordance with current legislative acts of the Russian Federation and its publication and distribution will not lead to the disclosure of secret (confidential) information (including state secrets);

- the Article is proofread and stylistically correct for publication;

- the Article sent via the "Online Submissions" form to the Publisher is the final version for publication.

3.2. The Author (Co-authors) retains the copyright to the work and grants the Publisher the right to publish the work for the first time.

3.3. The Author (Co-authors) undertakes:

3.3.1. To submit a manuscript of the Article in accordance with publication requirements for authors, accessible on the Publisher's website.

3.3.2. While preparing the Article for publication:

- to make corrections to the text of the Article as suggested by reviewers and accepted by the Editorial Board, and/or, if necessary, to revise the Article at the Publisher's request;

- to make only the minimum corrections during proofreading that are necessary to fix errors in the original version of the Article and/or to make factual and contextual changes.

3.4. The Author (Co-authors) may keep and distribute copies of the Article before and after its publication. However, the Publisher recommends that the Author (Co-authors) begin distributing copies of the Article after the journal issue is published, since before that the Article does not have the metadata that is important for citation.

3.5. The Publisher undertakes:

- to publish the Authors' Article in the issue of the Publisher in accordance with the terms of this Contract.

3.6. The Publisher has the right:

- to provide technical editing of the Article without altering its fundamental provisions.

- to evaluate the Article and propose that the Author make necessary amendments; until such amendments are made, the Article will not be published in the issue.

- to establish rules (conditions) for the acceptance and publication of materials. The Editorial Board has the exclusive right to select and/or reject materials submitted to the editor for publication. The manuscript (physical medium) submitted by the Author (Co-authors) is non-returnable.

- to temporarily suspend the provision of services under this Agreement due to technical, technological, or other reasons that hinder the provision of services, for the duration of such reasons.

- to change the release dates of the electronic collection with the information of the authors on the conference page.

- to suspend the provision of services under this Agreement in an unilateral out-of-court procedure in the following cases:

a) if the Article does not correspond to the scope of the journal (or any part thereof), or the material presented is insufficient for independent publishing, or the Article formatting does not meet the requirements;

b) the Author violates other obligations undertaken in accordance with the Offer.

- to make changes to the Offer in accordance with the procedure established by the Offer.

3.7. In all cases not covered and not stipulated by this Contract, the Parties are obliged to be guided by the current Russian legislation.

4. Acceptance of the Offer and the conclusion of the Contract

4.1. This Contract shall enter into force on the date of its conclusion, when the Author makes acceptance of the Offer by filling an online application at one of the Publisher's sites: https://phsreda.com, https://journaledu.com, https://journalec.com

4.2. Acceptance of the Offer by the Author creates an agreement (Article 438 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation) on the terms of the Offer.

4.3. The Contract enters into force from the date of acceptance of the Offer by the Author and is valid:

а) until the Publisher fulfills his obligations on services provision;

б) until the moment of Contract termination.

5. The procedure for amendment and termination of the Contract

5.1. The publisher has the right to change the terms of this Contract unilaterally, in advance, no later than ten (10) calendar days prior to the entry into force of the amendments, notifying the Author through the Publisher's web server https://phsreda.com or by sending a notice by e-mail to specified by the Author in the application. The changes come into force from the date specified in the relevant notice.

5.2. In case of Author's disContract with the changes of the present Contract in accordance with paragraph 5.1. of the Contract the Author has the right to send to the Publisher a written notice of the present Contract cancellation until the entry into force of the amendments. In the absence of a written notice from the Author until the moment of the entry into force of the changes, the changes are considered to be accepted by the Author, and the Contract continues to act as amended.

5.3. The present Contract can be terminated pre-term

- under the Contract of the Parties in any time;

- under other terms stipulated by the Contract.

5.4. The Author has the right to withdraw unilaterally from the execution of this Contract by giving a notice in a written form to the Publisher not less than in fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the intended date of termination of the Contract.

5.5. Once paid, publication fees are non-refundable. In this case, the Author has no claims against the Publisher and undertakes not to use the received electronic documents confirming the publication (certificate, certificate of publication, etc.).

5.6. Termination of the Contract for any reason does not release the parties from liability for breach of the Contract arising during its term.

6. Liability

6.1. For non-performance or improper performance of obligations under this Contract the parties shall be liable in accordance with applicable Russian legislation.

6.2. All the information provided by the Author must be factual. The Author is responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the information transmitted to the Publisher. When using false information provided by the Author, the Publisher is not responsible for the negative consequences caused by the actions on the basis of false information provided.

6.3. The Author bears full responsibility for compliance with the requirements of advertising legislation, copyright and related rights, protection of trademarks and service marks, protection of consumer rights.

6.4. The Publisher shall not be liable under the Contract for:

a) any action being directly or indirectly a result of Author's actions;

b) published Articles content;

c) any losses incurred by the Author, regardless of whether the Publisher could foresee the possibility of such losses or not.

6.5. Without prejudice to the above mentioned, the Publisher is being released from liability for breach of the Contract if such infringement is caused by the action of force majeure (force majeure), including: actions of public authorities (including the adoption of legal acts), fires, floods, earthquakes and other natural disasters, lack of electricity and / or malfunctions of computer network operation, strikes, civil unrests, riots, any other circumstances, without limitation of above stated which may affect the Publisher's performance of the Contract.

7. Disputes settlement procedure

7.1. Disputes and disContracts are to be resolved by means of negotiations, and in case of failure to reach the Contract - in accordance with applicable Russian legislation.

7.2. If there are any unresolved disContracts between the parties the disputes are settled in court at the Publisher's location in accordance with applicable Russian legislation.

8. Other terms and conditions

8.1. The text of the Annexes to this Contract is posted on the Publisher's site: https://phsreda.com, https://journaledu.com, https://journalec.com

8.2. In the case of presentation to Publisher the requirements related to the infringement of exclusive copyright and other intellectual property rights of third parties while creation of the Articles, or in connection with the conclusion of the Author (authors) of this Contract, the Author undertakes:

- immediately after receipt of the Publisher's notification take measures to resolve disputes with third parties, if necessary, intervene in proceedings on the Publisher's side and take all steps in his power to avoid the Publisher from the number of defendants;

- indemnify the Publisher incurred legal fees, costs and damages caused by the use of the claim ensuring measures and enforcement of the judgment, and paid to a third party amount for the violation of the exclusive copyright and other intellectual property rights, as well as other losses incurred by the Publisher in connection with failure to comply with the Author (s) guarantees provided under this Contract.

8.3. If the Author is an individual, in accordance with Art. 6. of Federal Law "On Personal Data» № 152-FL from July 27, 2006, in the period from the date of this Contract and until the termination of the obligations of Parties under this Contract the Author expresses his consent to the processing of personal data by the Publisher of the following Author: surname, name and patronymic; address of residence; email; postal address; contact telephone numbers; fax numbers; information about the places of work.

8.4. The Publisher has the right to process these personal data for the purpose of the Contract execution, including the implementation of information service of the Author. Personal data processing means actions (operations) with personal data, including collection, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (update, change), use, distribution (including transfer to third parties), anonymization, blocking, and destruction of personal data.

8.5. The Author has the right to withdraw consent for the processing of personal data by sending a notice to the Publisher in cases provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation. Upon receipt of the notification the Publisher may suspend the provision of services.

Legal address and bank details of the Publisher

LLC "Publishing house Sreda"

75 Grazhdanskaya St., office 12, Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, Russia, 428000

TIN 2130189505

KPP 213001001

OGRN 1172130009040

Bank details:

Payee's bank: «Nizhny Novgorod» branch of JSC "Alfa-Bank" in Nizhny Novgorod.

BIC 042202824

correspondent account 30101810200000000824

current account 40702810229040001848