Terms of Participation

From 01/08/2024 to 30/10/2024 included.

These Terms of Participation (“Rules”) and the General Terms and Conditions govern your participation in the Contest (as defined herein). Please read them carefully. By participating in the Contest you warrant that you have read and understood these Rules and the General Terms and Conditions of Use and agree to be bound by them.

1. ORGANISATION

1.1 BEL S.A, a Joint Stock Company registered in France with the Nanterre Commercial Court Register under the number 542 088 067, with its registered office located at 2 allée de Longchamp 92150 Suresnes, France (hereinafter “BEL”), is organizing a contest named “Back to School Friends / Disney Classics” (the “Contest”).

1.2 The Contest will run from 12 am (GST) August 1st 2022 until 11:59 pm (GST) September 30th 2022 inclusive (“Contest Period”).

1.3 The Contest consists of two separate games:

  • a. “Everybody is a winner”: instant winnings of downloadable digital gifts; and
  • b. “The Raffle”: winners will be selected by random raffle draw.

2. TERMS OF PARTICIPATION

2.1 Participants must be:

  • At least 18 years old, and
  • Legal residents of the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, & Egypt (collectively the “Region”)

2.2 Employees of BEL and its affiliated companies as well as its distributors, regional partners, and any external agencies and other companies involved in organizing the Contest, and their respective immediate family and household members are not eligible to participate.

2.3 This Contest is only open during the Contest Period and is not available outside the Region. The Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by mandatory law.

2.4 Participants may be subject to restrictions as may be provided for in the laws and regulations of their respective country. BEL reserves the right to exclude Participants from the Contest in its sole discretion.

2.5 By Participating in the Contest, each Participant agrees to be bound by the General Terms and Conditions of Use and by these Rules, and to all decisions of BEL with respect to the Contest and the application of the Rules, which decisions shall be final, binding, and non-appealable.

2.6 The Contest is subject to all applicable laws and regulations.

2.7 Participation in the Contest implies full and complete acceptance of these Rules and the General Terms and Conditions of Use.

3. MECHANICS OF PARTICIPATION

3.1 In order to play, the Participant needs to:

  • A. Scan the QR Code of a participating product to go to the Contest home page (“Site”) during the Contest Period.
  • B. Follow the instructions to participate:
    • a) Everyone is a Winner: each Participant is guaranteed a downloadable digital gift; or
    • b) The Raffle: Participate in the raffle draw for a chance to win prizes.
      • i. Participants must:
        • enter the requested information; and
        • optionally upload a picture of a receipt as proof of purchase or a picture of the participating products.
      • ii. The Participant will then receive a confirmation of its participation in the Contest and be entered into a raffle draw for a chance to win Disney prizes.
      • iii. Winners will be selected randomly by raffle draw.

3.2 Any entry or registration that is incomplete, inaccurate, falsified, not validated, registered after the deadline, or that does not comply with the conditions set out in these Rules as determined by BEL in its sole discretion, will not be taken into consideration and will be considered null and void. BEL reserves the right to disqualify any Participant it considers to be breaching or tampering with the Rules or Contest procedures or in a manner which BEL considers conflicting with the BEL brand or its ethical values. The decision of BEL is final and binding in this regard.

3.3 Each Participant hereby authorizes BEL to carry out any checks concerning their identity or domicile. Any false or erroneous information shall result in the immediate elimination of their participation and the forfeiture of their winnings, if any.

4. SELECTION OF RAFFLE WINNERS AND PRIZES

4.1 Winners will be selected randomly by draw. Winners will be contacted no later than two weeks after the competition has ended.

4.2 The Raffles will be conducted according to applicable law.

4.3 The winner/s will be required to provide proof of identity and residence in the form reasonably required by Bel.

4.4 Winners will receive a bundle of prizes from the below list; the number of exact prizes in each bundle is subject to change by BEL at its sole discretion:

  • Stickers
  • Metal Water bottle
  • Backpack
  • Pencil case
  • Stationery Set
  • Cap
  • Lunch box
  • ToteBag
  • “Mega Gift”
  • Puzzle
  • Card Games
    • “Mega Gift” is only applicable to Participants in certain participating countries in the Region. The contents of the Mega Gift and the participating countries will be determined by BEL at its sole discretion.

4.5 In total, the following number of winners will be selected per country:

  • Saudi Arabia: 30 winners
  • UAE: 30 winners
  • Egypt: 4500 winners

5. OBTAINING THE PRIZES

5.1 The winners will be notified through phone call by Bel regional partners. The winners must come and collect their prize from a location specified by Bel regional partner for each country within a maximum of 4 weeks from the date of first contact. Otherwise, they will definitively lose the benefit of their prize without the liability of BEL being engaged as a result.

5.2 Prizes are non-exchangeable and cannot be redeemed for cash or other consideration.

5.3 In the event of force majeure or any other circumstance beyond the control of BEL and making the prize unavailable, BEL reserves the right to replace the prize earned by a prize of an equivalent nature and value.

5.4 BEL shall not be held responsible for the impossibility of awarding prizes in the event of an e-mail and/or postal address being entered incorrectly or incompletely or in the event of an undisclosed change of address.

5.5 Each winner must provide proof of identity and the original purchase receipt to receive the prize.

5.6 In case of a complaint about one of the prizes, please contact the consumer service by e-mail on consumercareME@groupe-bel.com.

6. LIABILITY

6.1 To the extent permitted by applicable law, BEL declines all responsibility for any incidents and/or accidents in connection with the Contest and/or the prizes awarded.

6.2 BEL reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to shorten, extend, or postpone the Contest Period, and/or cancel the Contest, and/or amend these Rules. BEL shall have no liability to any Participant in this regard.

6.3 BEL shall not be held liable for any fact that is not attributable to it, in particular in the event of poor mail routing, late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail or email, network or human error, technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctioning of telephone lines, unavailability of the WebApp, technical malfunctions making it impossible to continue the Contest, interruption of telephone communications, malfunctions of the Internet network preventing the smooth running of the Contest, interruptions, delays in data transmission, failures of the Participant's computer or any other problem related to communication networks, servers, Internet access providers, computer equipment or software, the loss of any data, the consequences of any virus, anomaly, technical failure, any technical, hardware or software failure of any kind that prevented or limited the possibility of participating in the Contest or damaged the system of a Participant, unauthorized human intervention in any part of the Contest, errors in routing the prizes, the loss of any prizes during shipment, their non-receipt or deterioration, and/or their delivery with delay.

6.4 Each Participant has the responsibility to take all appropriate measures to protect his or her own data and/or software stored on his or her computer equipment against any attack. The connection of any person to the Site and participation in the Contest is under his or her sole, unique, and entire responsibility.

6.5 It is strictly forbidden, by any process whatsoever, to modify or attempt to modify the proposed Contest features, in particular in order to modify the results or any element determining the outcome of a Contest and the winners of a Contest. BEL reserves the right to enforce equal opportunity between all Participants, in particular by legal proceedings or any other means at its convenience.

6.6 BEL reserves the right to exclude from the Contest and to take legal action against any person who may have attempted to cheat or to disrupt the smooth running of the Contest. A winner who is found by BEL to have cheated or violated these Rules shall automatically forfeit all prizes.

6.7 Furthermore, BEL shall not be held liable for damages related to the use of the prize. BEL shall in no event be held liable for any malfunction or poor performance of the prizes offered.

6.8 In the event that BEL incurs any liability to a Participant, such liability shall be limited to the amount of Participant’s actual out-of-pocket costs incurred in entering the Contest, but in no event attorneys’ fees. BEL’s liability shall be limited to USD twenty (20) per Participant.

7. COMPLAINTS

7.1 No telephone inquiries will be answered regarding these Rules, the determination of winners, or the interpretation or application of these Rules.

7.2 Any complaint must be made in writing by email at “consumercareME@groupe-bel.com” and must include the exact references of the Contest.

7.3 Bel’s decision regarding the award of the prize and/or in other issues not covered by these Rules, shall be final and binding on all Participants, and no queries, challenges or appeals may be made or entertained.

7.4 Written disputes and complaints relating to the Contest will no longer be taken into account after a period of one (1) month after the close of the Contest, i.e. on 30/10/2023.

8. PERSONAL DATA

8.1 For the purpose of the Contest, BEL will have to collect, store and process the Participant’s personal data (such as first name, surname, postal address, e-mail address, telephone, etc.). This is necessary for Participant’s participation in the Contest in order to identify them, to contact them in the context of the Contest, to comply with the Contest rules and in particular to respect the number of participations per person, and to receive his/her prize in the event of a win. BEL undertakes to use them only within the framework and for the needs of the management of the Contest.

8.2 Participant’s personal data may be transferred across international borders and outside their country of residence.

8.3 Participant’s personal data also be shared with other companies involved in organizing the Contest such as the Agency, and BEL’s distributors in the Region.

8.4 Participants are informed that their names and contact details are subject to computer processing.

8.5 Each Participant has a right of access, rectification and deletion of information concerning him/her, which he/she may exercise by simple written request to the Consumer Service of BEL (see Article 7), specifying the exact references of the Contest.

8.6 By participating in the Contest, each Participant hereby consents to the collection, processing, transfer, and storage of their data as described herein and as per BEL’s Privacy Policy, For more information on the processing of personal data by BEL, you may consult BEL’s Privacy Policy on this same site.

9. GOVERNING LAW AND ARBITRATION

9.1 This Contest and these Rules are subject to laws of the United Arab Emirates, as applicable in the Emirate of Dubai.

9.2 Any claims or disputes arising out of or related to General Terms and Conditions of Use, or use of the Site shall be finally decided in accordance with the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) by one arbitrator appointed in accordance with the ICC rules. Place of arbitration shall be Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Language of arbitration shall be English.