What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Essential cookies allow us to improve your experience on this website. Our website also uses non-essential cookies and similar technologies to understand your usage preferences and visiting behaviour, with the aim of improving the functionality and experience of our website.

Types of cookies

This website uses both essential cookies to ensure that the website functions properly and functional and statistical cookies to improve your user experience.An overview of the cookies we use:

• Essential cookies are necessary for the website to function properly.
• Functional cookies record your preferences and recognise you when you revisit the website. The advantage of functional cookies is that as a visitor you do not have to enter your preferences over and over again.
• Statistical cookies are cookies that we use to analyse how our visitors use the website. To do this, the website uses tools such as Google Analytics*. This means that we receive information about the duration of your visit, the pages you visit, how you arrived at our website, etc. These cookies enable us to improve your user experience.

Accepting cookies

When you visit the website for the first time, you will be asked to indicate your preference regarding the use of cookies.You can refuse or block cookies at any time via the browser you use to visit the website. However, disabling cookies means that certain functionalities of the website will no longer be usable.

Changing preferences and managing cookies

You can change your preference about allowing cookies at any time. To do so, click on 'View preferences' at the bottom of the screen.Cookies are enabled in your browser. Depending on your browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, etc.) you may be able to change certain options for the use of cookies.