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CONTEST RULES WITH PURCHASE OBLIGATION

« SPRING METEO-PARAPENTE GAME »

This document is a machine translation of an official French document. This translation is provided for your convenience. In case of any uncertainty, it is the original French version that has the binding value.

Article 1: Organization

The company METEO-PARAPENTE SAS with a capital of 1000 euros, hereinafter referred to as the "organizing company", whose registered office is located at 110 impasse de Pre Baron 73110 La Chapelle Blanche, France, registered under the RCS Chambéry number 848 908 646, organizes a contest with purchase obligation hereinafter the "contest".

Article 2: Duration of the Operation

The present contest will begin on January 1st, 2025 at 00:00 and will end on May 31st, 2025 at 23:59:59 (UTC time).

It may be extended at the discretion of the organizing company.

Article 3: Terms of Participation

This contest is exclusively open to individuals of legal age at the start date of the game, regardless of their country of residence.

Excluded from the game are:

  • persons not meeting the above conditions;

  • staff members of the organizing company, its corporate officers, and any person who has directly or indirectly participated in the design, implementation, or management of the game, as well as their spouse, family members (direct ascendants and descendants or other relatives living or not under the same roof.)

  • persons belonging to one of the professional categories concerned by the anti-gift mechanism of the Future Law for Agriculture, Food and Forestry No. 2014-1170 of October 13, 2014.

Proven fraudulent intent or demonstrated cheating attempt by a participant may be sanctioned by permanent prohibition from participating in this contest.

The organizing company reserves the right to ask any participant to justify the conditions outlined above. Any person not meeting these conditions or refusing to justify them will be excluded from the game and will not be able to benefit from their prize in case of winning. Only one participation per Meteo-Parapente user is allowed (same email address). The organizing company reserves the right to verify compliance with this rule. Participation in the game implies full acceptance of these rules in their entirety, as well as the laws and regulations in force in France.

Article 4: Participation Conditions

To validate participation in the contest, the participant must have subscribed to or renewed an annual subscription on the Meteo-Parapente website during the period of the operation cited in Article 2, and not have exercised or used their right of withdrawal within the following 15 days.

No other action is necessary.

Article 5: Prize

The single prize is, at the winner's choice:

Main Prize: a paraglider wing

Brand, model, and size chosen by the winner. It is specified that it must be a commercially produced model and approved according to European regulations.

This refers to the wing alone, and not a complete equipment set.

For safety reasons, the winner must justify the suitability of the chosen wing in relation to their skill level, by any means they deem relevant (qualification, sports record, instructor's certificate...). Failing to demonstrate their skill level, the winner will be limited to choosing an EN-A category wing.

In the event of unavailability of the chosen model for reasons unrelated to Météo-Parapente (stock shortage, model discontinued by the manufacturer, long delays), the winner will be invited to choose another model from the same catalogs.

In the hypothesis where the winner has already subscribed to an annual subscription for each of the years 2022, 2023, and 2024, they will additionally be awarded a paragliding harness of their choice, according to the same terms as those provided for the wing in this article. The burden of proof for previous subscriptions lies with the winner.

Alternative Main Prize: a paragliding initiation course,

lasting one week (excluding transport and accommodation), for two people, in a school chosen by the organizer, in consultation with the winner.

Once the parties have agreed on the school and course dates, the Organizing Company will proceed directly to payment to the school. Upon this payment, the Organizing Company will have fulfilled all its obligations. Any subsequent matter relating to the course shall be handled directly between the school and the winner.

All expenses incurred after the contest, particularly for the use of these prizes, are entirely at the winner's expense.

Article 6: Selection of Winners

At the end of the game-contest, a draw will be conducted to select the winner (1 person) who has complied with the provisions of Article 4 herein. The draw will take place on the 15th day after the end of the operation, at 11am (CEST), in the premises of the Meteo-Parapente company. Any person is invited to attend the draw.

The complete list of participants will be loaded into a workbook of the third-party Google Colab service. A participant will be randomly drawn from this list, using the "choices" function of the strong cryptography library "secrets" of the Python language. Participants present on site may preliminarily test whether their email address is indeed on the list.

Article 7: Announcement of Winners

The name of the winner will be displayed on the Meteo-Parapente website, unless they refuse, in which case they will forfeit their prize and a new draw will be conducted to designate a new winner.

They will be contacted by email, at the address provided during their subscription.

Article 8: Delivery of Prizes

The prizes will be shipped to the postal address or to a nearby relay point via a carrier. In the case of delivery outside France, any customs and import fees and taxes will be borne by Meteo-Parapente. Winners commit to accepting the prizes as proposed without the possibility of exchange, particularly for cash, other goods or services of any nature, nor transfer of benefit to a third party. Similarly, these prizes cannot be the subject of compensation requests. The organizing company reserves the right, in the event of an occurrence independent of its will, particularly related to its suppliers or unforeseeable circumstances, to replace the announced prizes with prizes of equivalent value. The winner will be informed of any potential changes. The prizes will be sent as soon as possible, subject to supplier availability.

Article 9: Data Processing

The participants' information is recorded and used by the organizing company to memorize their participation in the contest and enable the allocation of prizes. Participants may, for legitimate reasons, object to the processing of their personal data communicated within the framework of this game. They also have the right to object to their data being used for commercial prospecting purposes, outside of participation in this contest, which they can exercise from the time of registration by writing to the organizing company at the address mentioned in Article 1.

The winner(s) authorize the organizing company to use their contact details (name, first name) for advertising or public relations purposes, on any medium whatsoever, without this conferring any remuneration, right, or advantage other than the allocation of their prize. In accordance with the Data Protection Act of January 6, 1978, every participant has the right to demand that information concerning them be rectified, completed, clarified, updated, or erased if such information is inaccurate, incomplete, ambiguous, or outdated by writing to the organizing company at the address mentioned in Article 1.

Article 10: Reimbursement Conditions

Internet connection fees incurred by the participant will be reimbursed according to the following terms:

-Only one reimbursement per month and per household (same name, same postal address)

-Maximum connection duration allowing contribution of 5 minutes.

Given that Internet service providers currently offer free or flat-rate internet access to users, it is expressly agreed that any site access made on a free or flat-rate basis will not give rise to any reimbursement, insofar as the subscription to the access provider's services is in this case contracted by the internet user for their general internet use and that the participant's connection to the site and participation in the game does not cause any additional costs or expenses. Connection fees will be reimbursed in the case of a paid connection billed in proportion to the communication duration. In the event of a connection subject to a flat-rate payment for a specific duration and, beyond this duration, billed in proportion to the communication duration, the site connection fees will be reimbursed to the participant provided it is established that the participant has exceeded the package they had and that this package was exceeded due to the site connection. To obtain reimbursement of connection fees, as well as postage fees for the reimbursement request, the participant must send to the organizing company, within one month of incurring these fees, with the post office stamp serving as proof, a written request, drawn up on plain paper, containing the following elements:

  • indication of their last name, first name and personal postal address

  • indication of the dates, times and durations of their site connections

  • a copy of the detailed invoice from the telephone operator and/or access provider to which they are subscribed, showing the dates and times of their site connections.

Postage fees necessary for the connection fee reimbursement request will be reimbursed, upon request, based on the current slow postal rate. Site connection fees for game participation will be reimbursed by check within two months of receiving the participant's request.

Article 11: Game Rules

The rules can be sent free of charge to any person who requests them from the organizing company.

Article 12: Industrial and Intellectual Property

The reproduction, representation, or exploitation of all or part of the elements comprising the contest, including this regulation, are strictly prohibited. All trademarks, logos, texts, images, videos, and other distinctive signs reproduced on the site, as well as on sites to which it provides access through hypertext links, are the exclusive property of their holders and are protected as such by the provisions of the Intellectual Property Code and worldwide. Their unauthorized reproduction constitutes counterfeiting subject to criminal penalties. Any total or partial unauthorized reproduction of these trademarks, logos, and signs constitutes counterfeiting subject to criminal penalties.

Participation in this contest implies full and complete acceptance of the present regulations by the participants.

Article 13: Non-Liability -- Force Majeure

The organizing company reserves the right to extend, shorten, modify or cancel the game at any time, particularly in the event of force majeure, without participants being able to claim any compensation. The liability of the organizing company cannot be engaged in the event of force majeure or unforeseen circumstances beyond its control. The organizing company cannot be held responsible for delays, losses, thefts, damage to mail, or lack of legibility of postmarks by postal services. It cannot be held responsible, and no recourse can be taken against it in the event of occurrences presenting the characteristics of force majeure (strikes, bad weather, pandemic, economic sanctions, world war, nuclear apocalypse, and any other totally improbable event...) partially or totally depriving participants of the possibility of participating in the game and/or winners of the benefit of their winnings. The organizing company and its service providers and partners cannot under any circumstances be held responsible for any incidents that may occur in the use of the prizes by the beneficiaries or their guests. It is recalled in this regard that paragliding is an activity with multiple risks, requiring training, and appropriate physical, meteorological, and material conditions. Similarly, the organizing company and its service providers and partners cannot be held responsible for the loss or theft of prizes by the beneficiaries once the winners have taken possession of them. Any additional cost necessary for taking possession of the prizes is entirely the responsibility of the winners, without them being able to request any compensation from the organizing company or the service or partner companies.

Article 14: Dispute & Claim

This regulation is governed by French law. The organizing company reserves the right to definitively resolve any difficulty that may arise regarding the interpretation or application of this regulation, it being understood that no dispute will be accepted, particularly concerning the game's modalities, results, winnings or their receipt, one month after the end of the game. Except in cases of manifest errors, it is agreed that the information resulting from the organizing company's game systems shall have probative force in any dispute regarding connection elements and computer processing of said game-related information. Any claim must be addressed within one month following the game's end date to the organizing company. After this date, no claim will be accepted. Participation in the game implies full acceptance of this regulation.

Article 15: Proof Convention

By express agreement between the participant and the organizing company, only the computer systems and files of the organizing company shall be considered as proof. The computerized records, preserved in the computer systems of the organizing company under reasonable security and reliability conditions, are considered as evidence of the relationships and communications that occurred between the organizing company and the participant. Consequently, it is agreed that, except in case of manifest error, the organizing company may rely, particularly for the purpose of proving any act, fact, or omission, on programs, data, files, recordings, operations, and other elements (such as tracking reports or other statements) of a computer or electronic nature or format, established, received, or preserved directly or indirectly by the organizing company, particularly in its computer systems. The considered elements thus constitute evidence, and if they are produced as means of proof by the organizing company in any contentious or other procedure, they shall be admissible, valid, and enforceable between the parties in the same manner, under the same conditions, and with the same probative force as any document that would be established, received, or preserved in writing. Any operations of any nature carried out using the identifier and code assigned to a participant, following registration, are irrefutably presumed to have been carried out under the participant's responsibility.