GAME RULES [GAME NAME]

(TEMPLATE)

(This rule template is provided for purely informational purposes. You are not required to use it. If you choose to do so, it is your responsibility to complete it and verify its content, particularly with regard to applicable regulations. In case of doubt, or if the nature of the game or its prizes require it, it is your responsibility to consult a legal professional.)

ARTICLE 1 - ORGANIZING COMPANY

The company [Company Name], [legal form] with share capital of [x.xxx euros], registered in the Trade and Companies Register of [CITY] under number [SIRET] and whose registered office is located [address, postal code CITY] (hereinafter "the Organizer"), organizes a promotional game without purchase obligation (hereinafter the "Game").

ARTICLE 2 - PARTICIPATION CONDITIONS

The Game is open to any natural person of legal age at the launch date, residing in [Country/Region], and meeting the following conditions:

Have Internet access,
Hold a valid email address.

Cannot participate in the operation:

Persons not meeting the aforementioned criteria,
Employees of the Organizer, as well as any person who has participated, directly or indirectly, in setting up or managing the game,
Their spouses, as well as their close families (ascendants, descendants, or household members, whether they live there or not).

The organizer may ask any participant to provide proof of compliance with participation conditions. In case of non-compliance or refusal to justify, the person concerned will be excluded from the game, and any potential prize will be withdrawn.

Only one participation is authorized per person (same name and same address). The organizer reserves the right to perform necessary checks to enforce this rule.

Any attempt at fraud, cheating, or multiple participation will result in immediate disqualification.

Participation in the Game implies full and complete acceptance of these rules, without reservation.

ARTICLE 3 - PARTICIPATION METHODS

To participate in the Game, participants are invited to go to the following address: [platform URL].

The Game is accessible via [website or platform URL], and will run from [day month year] to [day month year]. Any participation made outside this period cannot be taken into account.

Participants must complete a participation form. A draw will then be organized, according to the procedures specified in these Rules.

The dates and times mentioned in these rules refer to the [local timezone]. Participations based on another timezone will not be accepted.

For participation to be valid, the form must be completed entirely and with accurate information.

The Organizer cannot be held responsible in case of loss, delay, delivery problems, or connection issues, whatever the cause.

ARTICLE 4 - WINNER DESIGNATION

Winners will be designated by draw, which will take place on [date], through the platform [platform name]. To guarantee total impartiality to participants, the draw is entirely automated and requires no human intervention.

The number of winners is set at [number in words and (figures)], subject to the validity of their participation.

ARTICLE 5 - PRIZES

Winners will be awarded the following prizes:

[description of each prize, approximate commercial value, possible delivery methods],
XXX,
XXX

Prizes are neither exchangeable nor refundable. In case of unavailability of a prize, the Organizer reserves the right to replace it with a prize of equivalent value. Each winner will be informed of any changes.

ARTICLE 6 - WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT AND PRIZE DELIVERY

Winners will be informed by [email / phone] within [number in words and (figures)] days after designation.

Prizes will be sent to the postal or electronic address provided by winners within [number in words and (figures) days/months] from confirmation of their win.

Any winner not responding within [number in words and (figures) day/month] following notification will be deemed to renounce their prize, without engaging the Organizer's responsibility. (Note: the deadline must be reasonable (e.g., 1 week)).

ARTICLE 7 - LIABILITY

Participation in the Game implies knowledge and acceptance of Internet characteristics and limitations, particularly regarding disruption risks, technical performance, response times for consulting or transmitting information, contamination risks from viruses or malicious software, as well as communication security risks.

The Organizer makes every effort to allow secure access to the Game, but cannot be held responsible for interruptions, delays, data loss, technical failures, or other network or participant equipment malfunctions, nor for direct or indirect consequences that may result.

Access to the Game may be temporarily suspended for technical reasons, particularly maintenance, without the Organizer's responsibility being engaged.

The Organizer also reserves the right to shorten, extend, modify, or cancel the Game, without its responsibility being engaged, in case of force majeure or fortuitous events within the meaning of applicable law, or in case of proven fraud or attempted fraud, cheating, or disruption of the Game's proper conduct, particularly through automated or malicious processes. In such cases, the Organizer reserves the right to exclude any involved participant and not award the concerned prize.

The Organizer's responsibility cannot be engaged in case of incomplete, illegible, erroneous, unusable, or misdirected information provided by a participant. In such case, the concerned winner(s) will lose the benefit of their prize(s).

No claim will be accepted on this basis, and the prize may be put back into play or awarded to another participant in accordance with these Rules. The Organizer cannot be held responsible for the use of prizes by winners.

Participation in the Game creates no contractual obligation between participants and the Organizer other than that arising from these Rules.

ARTICLE 8 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

All elements composing the Game, including but not limited to trademarks, logos, texts, images, illustrations, videos, graphic elements, website or platform structure used, are protected by intellectual property law provisions and remain the exclusive property of the Organizer or their respective holders.

Participation in the Game confers no intellectual property rights to participants on these elements.

Any reproduction, representation, use, adaptation, modification, distribution, total or partial exploitation of these elements, by any means whatsoever, without prior written authorization from the Organizer, is strictly prohibited and would constitute counterfeiting liable to engage the civil and/or criminal responsibility of its author.

ARTICLE 9 - PERSONAL DATA

In the context of the Game, the Organizer collects participants' personal data. This data is processed in accordance with applicable regulations, particularly the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

For more information, you can consult the Privacy Policy via the link [privacy policy URL].

ARTICLE 10 - RULE ACCEPTANCE

Participation in the Game implies full and complete acceptance of these rules.

The rules are available free of charge on the Game page.

ARTICLE 11 - RULE DEPOSIT

These Rules are deposited with:
[Name and contact details of the bailiff to be completed by the Organizer]

The rules can be consulted at any time during the Game period:

either online at the following address: [insert rule consultation URL];
or upon simple written request addressed to the Organizer at the following address: [Organizer postal address].

Any possible modification of these rules will be subject to an amendment deposited with the same bailiff and, where applicable, published according to the same procedures as the initial rules.

ARTICLE 12 - DISPUTE RESOLUTION

In case of conflict relating to the Game or these Rules, the parties undertake to attempt to resolve the dispute amicably. When no amicable solution can be found, the following article applies.

ARTICLE 13 - APPLICABLE LAW AND COMPETENT COURT

These Rules are subject to [applicable country] law.

Any dispute relating to the Game and these Rules that cannot be settled amicably will be submitted to the competent courts of the Organizer's registered office jurisdiction, except for mandatory contrary provisions.