Microsoft Open Affiliate Participation
The Microsoft Open Business, Open License Volume, Open Value, and Open Value Subscription programs (the Open programs) allow customers to share price levels with their legal affiliates throughout a geographic territory. The term affiliate is defined in the relevant Open program agreement.
The following table shows the defined territories and countries for affiliate participation under the Open programs.
Note This table does not apply to Open Value or Open Value Subscription customers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa where affiliate territory is the country in which the customer is located, unless the customer is located in the in the European Union (EU) or European Free Trade Association (EFTA), in which case the affiliate territory is the entire EU/EFTA region. In addition, the table does not apply to the Government Open programs worldwide where affiliate territory/defined region is the country in which the customer is located.
| Open License and Open Value Territory Listings 2006/2007 | |||||
| Country/region | |||||
North America | United States, Canada | ||||
Latin America | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela are each defined as a region/territory. Central America and the Caribbean are each a region/territory. | ||||
Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) | The countries in the European Union and European Free Trade Association (EU/EFTA): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom The rest of the EMEA region consists of:
For further details, please contact your local Microsoft office or local reseller. | ||||
Asia Pacific | Australia, Bhutan, Brunei, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Maldives, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam | ||||
Japan | Japan | ||||
Greater China | Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, China, Taiwan | ||||
India | Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, India | ||||
Note Affiliates using an originating customer's authorization number must (i) order only from the product pool(s) covered by such authorization number; (ii) place all orders through resellers in their own countries (or for affiliates located in an EU- or EFTA-member country, through resellers located in an EU- or EFTA-member country); and (iii) place all orders prior to the expiration of such authorization number.