Lavazza sets certain limits on its employees (or their family members) receiving gifts or other benefits from people with whom they undertake business dealings, which: – are not in line with normal business practice; – are in cash or cash equivalents; – are of excessive value, or in any case worth more than €– may compromise the independ ence of judgement in business matters, operating fairness, integrity and reputation of the employee; – may, in any case, be reasonably interpreted by an impartial observer as intended to acquire advantages in an improper manner.