Conditions of participation for competitions

Conditions of participation for JBL competitions/draws

Entry requirements / participation
Eligibility for participation / exclusion
Prize
Competition period
Rights of use
Drawing or selection / announcement of the winners / handover
Termination of the competition
Privacy / obligations of the winners / consent
Final provisions

The organiser

JBL GmbH & Co. KG
Dieselstraße 3
D-67141 Neuhofen

Tel.: +49/ (0)6236/ 4180-0
Fax: +49/ (0)6236/ 4180-999
E-Mail: socialmedia@jbl.de

(hereinafter referred to as JBL) occasionally offers competitions and prize draws. Participation is free of charge and independent of the purchase of goods or services. The following conditions of participation apply to participation:

Entry requirements / participation
1. Participation in competitions organised by JBL is only possible online using the JBL competition website. Depending on the terms and conditions of the competition, the participants have to answer any competition questions asked by JBL, fully, online and within the stated competition period, and to transmit any contributions/articles digitally, or to confirm their online participation by pressing the button “Join now”.
2. A registered user account with JBL is required to participate in the online competitions.
Eligibility for participation / exclusion
1. Entitled to participate is any natural person who is aged 18 or over, and resident in one of the EU member states - excluding the EFTA member states and non-continental European countries.
2. Excluded from participation are employees of JBL GmbH & Co.KG, any other persons directly involved in the conception and implementation of the competition, and family members of all the above-mentioned persons.
3. JBL reserves the right to disqualify any participants if there are reasonable grounds, such as violations of the conditions of participation, double participation, or other attempts to manipulate the participation procedure or the competition in a dishonest way, in particular by interference, threats and/or by pestering employees of JBL or other participants of the competition. In such cases, JBL is entitled to subsequently revoke prizes already paid out or to claim back any prizes delivered.
Prize
1. The respective prize is determined by the respective terms and conditions of the competition on the JBL website. Any pictures of the prizes which may be shown are only examples and can vary in colour, model etc. JBL reserves the right to select another item of equal value and average type and quality as a prize.
2. Any additional costs arising from the use of the prize, such as additional devices or expenses, are to be borne by the winner.
Competition period
1. The participation in the competition is only possible within the competition period indicated by JBL for the respective competition. The time logged on the JBL server is decisive.
2. The time logged on the JBL server is decisive.
3. When the closing date of the competition has been reached the chance to participate will automatically be removed.
Rights of use
1. In the case that participation in the competition requires the creation and transmission of a work (e.g. photo, video, written application, other files etc.), the copyright remains, insofar as these are protected by copyright, principally with the respective participants.
2. With the transmission of the work the participant freely gives JBL the right to retain it permanently, including after the end of the competition, on the JBL website and to keep it available for the public, as well as to delete or to edit it. This right also includes JBL advertising, in all media formats and over all distribution channels. The participants have no entitlement to demand publication, deletion or editing.
3. If several people are involved in the creation of the work (e.g. visible or audible), the participant guarantees by submitting the work that all people involved have irrevocably given their consent for its submission and thus to the granting of the rights described above, and insofar have agreed to the transmission of the work and the granting of rights. Furthermore the participant affirms that with the creation of the work the rights of third parties are not infringed.
[Note: An infringement against copyrights of the participants may lead in certain circumstances to claims being made by third parties against JBL directly or against JBL and the participants. On a case-by-case basis the consequence may be that legal compensation claims arise for JBL against the participant.]
Drawing or selection / announcement of the winners / handover
1. Depending on the terms and conditions of the competition the winner will be determined by draw or by jury's selection. In the case of a draw it will be carried out randomly. The way in which the winners are determined will be announced in the respective terms and conditions.
2. The draw or selection will take place within 5 days after the end of the competition period.
3. Only one prize is possible per contestant. A cash payment or the transferal of the prize to another person is not possible.
4. The winners will be notified by JBL about the prize at the email address submitted during the registration process, within 48 hours of the draw or selection.
5. In addition, the result of the draw or selection will be published on JBL's social media channels, such as YouTube, Google+ and Facebook.
6. The non-cash prizes will be sent to the addresses provided by the participants in their respective user accounts within 21 days after the draw. Delivery is free of charge within the EU and Switzerland. Any additional transport costs and customs duties shall be borne by the winner. In the event that delivery is made by a forwarding agent, the forwarding agent will contact the winner to arrange a delivery date. JBL will only bear the costs for the first delivery attempt in the case of shipping by a forwarding agent.
7. If a despatched prize cannot be delivered more than twice, the entitlement to the prize lapses.
Termination of the competition
1. JBL reserves the right to terminate or interrupt the competition or prize draw at any time for good cause without prior notice. This applies in particular to reasons that would disrupt or prevent the competition or prize draw from running as planned.
Privacy / obligations of the winners / consent
1. During the announcement of the prizes the winners’ first names, surnames and possibly their places of residence will be shared on the JBL website and possibly on JBL’s social media channels, such as YouTube, Google+ and Facebook.
2. By participating, each winning participant agrees to take part to a reasonable extent in profile-raising, media-effective activities connected to the prize giving, and in other press and media activities of JBL.
3. Any personal data of the participant will be saved and used only for the purpose of organizing and processing the competition/the draw, without further consent. The participants are free at any time to withdraw their participation from the competition/the draw. Their revocation must be sent to:
JBL GmbH & Co. KG
Dieselstraße 3
D-67141 Neuhofen

Tel.: +49/ (0)6236/ 4180-0
Fax: +49/ (0)6236/ 4180-999
E-Mail: socialmedia@jbl.de
Final provisions
1. The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies.
2. According to § 13 BGB (German Civil Code) the choice of law under 9.1 only applies to consumers whose granted protection is not withdrawn for mandatory provisions by the law of the state in which the consumer primarily resides.
3. For the competitions and draws there is no right of appeal.