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CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

REWARD TO VOTE

SWISS STARTCUP CHALLENGE 2022

A. Organisation, Participation & Prizes

1.    “Swiss StartCup Challenge 2022” is a call for projects linked to circularity, organised by Nestlé Nespresso SA (hereinafter Nespresso) and B-Lab Switzerland and hosted on the website www.nespresso.com/startcup (hereinafter the “Website”). 

2.    The finalists of the “Swiss StartCup Challenge 2022” will be subject to a public vote (hereinafter “Vote”) to choose the winners. The Vote will take place from 29 September to 26 October 2022.
3.    In order to reward public participation in the Vote, Nespresso is organising a competition between 29 September 2022 and 26 October 2022 (hereinafter “Competition”).
4.    The Competition is open to any individual over the age of 18 at the time of their participation. Participants must be resident in Switzerland or Liechtenstein.
5.    To take part in the competition, the participant must access the page www.nespresso.com/startcup/vote, fill in all the fields of the form necessary for their registration and accept the conditions of participation in the Competition in their entirety and without reservation. Then, the participant must vote for one of the finalists of the “Swiss StartCup Challenge 2022”. The participant can participate in the competition only once.
6.    In order to avoid entries that do not comply with these conditions of participation, Nespresso may have to limit entry to the competition by technical means. In this instance, Nespresso cannot be held responsible in the event that it is impossible to participate.
7.    The participant accepts that, within the scope of this competition, their personal data will be collected and processed by Nespresso and/or specially mandated partner companies in compliance with Swiss data protection law for the purposes of the Competition.
8.    At the end of the voting period, on 26 October 2022, a draw will be made among the participants in the Vote, in order to choose the winner of the Competition. 
9.    The winner of the Competition will be contacted by email at the email address provided to Nespresso upon registration. 
10.    The winner of the Competition will receive a prize consisting of a voucher worth CHF 500 for the purchase of Nespresso products + a Vertuo Next machine worth CHF 149-. In order to receive the voucher, a Nespresso member account must be created. Prizes cannot be converted to cash. Nespresso may at any time decide to replace the prizes with equivalents.
11.    Nespresso shall not be held responsible in the event that prizes are not awarded for reasons beyond its control (incomplete or incorrect contact details of winners, losses, postal strikes, etc.). In addition, if the winner does not create their Nespresso member account within 6 months of receiving notification of their win, they will permanently lose the right to win.

B. General provisions

12.    Nespresso's decisions in relation to the Competition will be final and binding. In the event of circumstances beyond its reasonable control and only when the circumstances are unavoidable, Nespresso reserves the right to cancel or change the Competition or these terms and conditions at any time, but Nespresso will endeavour to minimise the impact on the Participants in order to avoid any disappointment. 
13.    No compensation will be due to the participant in the event of cancellation or change of the Competition or the event itself. 
14.    These Rules are published in English, French, German and Italian. In the event of contradictions or differences of interpretation between the English, German, Italian and French versions, the French version will prevail.
15.    If a participant cheats, or if a virus, bug, catastrophic event or any other unforeseen or unexpected event that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled (also known as Force Majeure) affects the impartiality and/or integrity of this Competition, Nespresso reserves the right to cancel, change or suspend this Competition. This right is reserved if the event is due to human or technical error. If no solution can be found to restore the integrity of the Competition, we reserve the right to select winners from all eligible entries received prior to the cancellation, change or suspension of the Competition. Nespresso reserves the right to proceed, to the extent deemed appropriate and in accordance with the laws in force, with limiting and restricting any action that seeks to circumvent the applicable system. Any fraud or attempted fraud must be duly reported in accordance with the law.
16.    Nespresso shall not be held responsible for any technical malfunction of hardware or software, interruption of Internet connection, failed, erroneous, inaccurate, incomplete, illegible, damaged, lost, delayed, incorrectly addressed or intercepted registration of the participant, or any other participant's registration which for any reason has not been received by Nespresso, electronic communications of any other nature which have been delayed, or any other technical issues relating to the participant's entry and downloading of videos as part of this initiative. Similarly, Nespresso does not give any guarantee to the Participant as to the proper functioning of the Site and the programmes constituting the Site.
17.    These Rules are governed by Swiss law and any dispute that cannot be resolved amicably beforehand will be submitted exclusively to the courts of the Canton of Vaud, in Switzerland.
18.    To ensure the impartiality and integrity of the Competition to all participants, Nespresso will not initiate discussions regarding the conduct of this Competition via social networks, but will respond to the participant.

Any queries about the Competition must be addressed to startcup.ch@nespresso.com.