Swarovski Crystal Society L'Art de la Table Competition 2024

The Promotion
The Promoter is Swarovski AG, Dröschistrasse 15, 9495 Triesen, Liechtenstein. Questions relating to this Promotion can be posted to customer.carecenter@swarovski.com. The Promotion runs from November 1, 2024, 00.30am to December 31, 2024, 6pm CET.

Eligibility
This Promotion is only open to Swarovski Crystal Society (“SCS”) members who are legal residents of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada (excluding Quebec), Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Hong Kong SAR, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan Region and USA, who have reached the legal age of majority in their province/territory of residence at the time of entry. Employees of Swarovski, its subsidiaries, agents or any other business involved with the administration of this Promotion, or members of the households of such employees, are not eligible to enter. ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON. The Promotion is subject to laws of Switzerland and regulations and is void where prohibited.

How to participate
1.    A valid entry consists of a Member who participates in the SCS Promotion on the Promotion Site on swarovski.com (https://www.swarovski.com/s-scscompetition2024/) from November 1, 2024 until December 31, 2024, and who correctly uploads a picture of their creativity, which consists of their own festive table decoration. In order to create the picture, the member will use their existing Swarovski products to enhance their festive table decoration. The member will provide their name, email address, SCS membership number, and consents. All entries must be received by the Promoter by December 31, 2024. "
2.   Except in the event of negligence, fault or deliberate acts or omissions on the part of the Promoter or its agents, the Promoter accepts no responsibility for any entries lost, damaged, corrupted, delayed, quarantined or not received by the Promoter, whatever the cause; the Promoter is not responsible or liable for any technical, hardware, software, server, website or other failures or damage of any kind.

The Prize
1.    The prize pool comprises of Crystal Living products valued as follows:
1st Prize – One (1) Signum sugar bowl, Porcelain, Green, Recommended Retail Price CAD 400. and (1) Annual Edition Ornament 2024, signed by the Designer Michele Blasilli, Recommended Retail Price CAD 99 and one (1) Annual Edition Little Snowflake Ornament 2024, Recommended Retail Price CAD 69; 
2nd Prize - One (1) Holiday Cheers Nutcracker, Blue, signed by the Designer Michele Blasilli, Recommended Retail Price CAD 400;
3rd Prize - One (1) Idyllia Squirrel and Acorn, signed by the Designer Edith Mair, Recommended Retail Price CAD 229.
Maximum of three prizes per winning Entrant for the 1st prize and maximum of one prize for the 2nd and 3rd prize, no additional or substitute prizes will be available. No cash or credit note will be offered.

Winners
1. The winners will not automatically be one of the first valid entries received by the Promoter. The winners will be the Entrants whose valid entries are judged and chosen according to artistic presentation. The jury will consist of members of the Swarovski Crystal Society management team, the Crystal Living Product Marketing Team and the Crystal Design Team, and entries will be judged based on creativity and originality. In the event of a tie, a tie breaker will be based upon the highest score in the first judging criteria, continuing thereafter to each judging criteria in order, as needed, to break the tie. Entries remain the property of the Promoter and will not be returned to Entrants.
Without limiting the generality of these rules, the winners agree to irrevocably grant, transfer, convey and assign to the Promoter the entirety of the rights in and to the entry, any derivative works made thereof including, without limitation, the rights to use the entry for commercial purposes in any and all media whether now known or hereafter developed, on a worldwide basis. Entering this Promotion also constitutes Entrant’s waiver, to the extent permitted by law, of all moral rights conferred upon the Entrant or arising in respect of Entrant’s entry anywhere in the world. The winners grant to the Promoter a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual worldwide right and license to display, perform, store, copy, transmit, publish, post, broadcast, exhibit and/or otherwise use or reuse (without limitation as to when or to the number of times used) the entry, in whole or in part, and any/all works based thereon, for any purpose reasonably related to the Promotion, including for promotional or marketing purposes, except where prohibited by law.
As conditions of participation in this Promotion, and by providing an entry, each Entrant warrants and represents that: (a) the Entrant owns all rights to the entry he/she is entering in this Promotion; (b) the entry is original to the Entrant and has been legally obtained and created; (c) the entry does not infringe the intellectual property, privacy or publicity rights or any other legal or moral rights of any third party; (d) the entry does not violate applicable laws or regulations; and (e) the entry has not been previously published, displayed, performed or entered in or won previous promotions or awards. The winner will indemnify the Promoter, Released Parties (as defined below) and any licensee of the Promoter against all claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and legal expenses) arising out of any breach of these terms."
2. A total of three (3) winners globally will be selected on January 17th, 2025, and the winners will be notified on January 24, 2025, via email. Notification will be sent to the email address submitted with the entry. In the event that a winner does wish to accept the prize, they must notify the Promoter within 14 days of receiving notification of having won. If a winner does not reply to this notification to claim the prize within 14 days, they will forfeit the prize and no substitute or alternative will be offered. Prizes will be made available to the winners (1) at a Point of Sale (POS) of winner’s choice within the country of residence of the Promoter or (2) by direct shipment to winner’s home. For clarity and avoidance of doubt, the Promoter solely decides how the winner is receiving the prize and the winners are not entitled to demand a home delivery or POS pick-up. Except in the event of negligence, fault, or deliberate acts or omissions on the part of the Promoter or its agents, the Promoter accepts no responsibility for any prizes lost, damaged, delayed, or not received by the winner, whatever the cause, and will not replace such prizes.
"By receipt of any prize, the winners agree to release and hold harmless the Promoter and its subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, and each of their respective parent companies, and each such company’s officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Promotion or receipt, use or misuse of any prize, to the greatest extent permitted by applicable law.
Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by participant, printing, typographical or other errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilised in the Promotion; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorised human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Promotion; (4) printing, typographical, technical, computer, network or human error which may occur in the administration of the Promotion, the processing or judging of entries, the announcement of the prizes or in any Promotion-related materials; (5) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail; or (6) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from the Entrant’s participation in the Promotion or receipt, use or misuse of any prizes. Released Parties are not responsible for misdirected or undeliverable entries or for any technical problems, malfunctions of computer systems, servers, providers, hardware/software, lost or unavailable network connections or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmission or any combination thereof. Released Parties are not responsible for any unauthorised third-party use of any entry.

3. Winning Entrants may be required to participate in publicity for the Promoter relating to this Promotion, without payment. In addition, the Promoter will have the right, at its absolute discretion and without payment to or seeking permission from the winner, to use the winners’ names for the purposes of announcing the winners of the Promotion. 

The Rules

1. The instructions for participation, entry form and terms and conditions for this Promotion are available on the Competition page on swarovski.com and form, with the Privacy Policy, part of these rules. Additional copies can be obtained by writing to the Promoter at the contact details provided in point 1. Entrants who do not comply with these rules, or those who submit incomplete, incorrect or fraudulent entries, will not be eligible to enter the Promotion. By submitting an entry, Entrants agree to be bound by these rules. 

2. In the event of obvious error in these rules, illegality or circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter that prevent the administration of the Promotion, the Promoter reserves the right to amend these rules or withdraw the Promotion. The Promoter shall not be liable for any form of loss or disappointment caused by any alterations to these rules or withdrawal of the Promotion. In such circumstances, the Promoter will make all reasonable endeavours to advise Entrants of any changes or withdrawal."
3. Correspondence regarding the Promotion will be entered only at the absolute discretion of the Promoter. All enquiries regarding the Promotion should be directed to the Promoter at the contact details indicated in point 1. For a list of winners, mail a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Swarovski International Holding AG, Alte Landstrasse 411, 8708 Männedorf, Switzerland. Requests for the winners’ list must be received by January 31, 2025.
4. Except where prohibited, the Entrant agrees that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the Promotion or any prize awarded shall be resolved exclusively by the appropriate court located in Zürich, Switzerland. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, Entrant’s rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Switzerland.