Competition Rules Loterie Nationale x Bright Festival 2025

1.1. This Competition (hereinafter "the Competition") is organised by visit.brussels npo (hereinafter "visit.brussels" or "the Organiser") and , whose registered office is located at 2-4 Rue Royale, B-1000 Brussels. 
For the Competition, the Organiser is collaborating with its partner, the public limited company DP Loterie Nationale (hereinafter "Loterie Nationale" or "Partner"), whose registered office is located at 25-33 Rue Belliard, 1040 Etterbeek, registered with the Banque Carrefour des Entreprises under number 0223.967.357.
1.2. It is dutifully stated that Instagram or any other social network is not responsible for the management or promotion of this action and has no connection with it. The participant will therefore differentiate Instagram from the Organiser and agrees that all information received comes from visit.brussels and not from Instagram.
1.3. By participating in the Competition, the participant fully and unconditionally accepts these competition rules, as well as all decisions the Organizer will make in connection with the Contest. Each participant is deemed to have read, understood and accepted the contents of the Rules.

2.1. Participation in the Competition is restricted to individuals over the age of 18.
2.2. Participation in the Competition is forbidden to (i) members of staff of visit.brussels, (ii) persons who have a direct or indirect legal relationship with the Organiser or with one of the companies involved in the organisation or distribution of the Competition, and (iii) persons who have a direct relationship with the above-mentioned persons (relatives in ascending or descending lines, spouses, cohabitants, brothers and sisters).  
2.3. Only one entry per natural person is allowed during the competition period (see Art. 3). Any participant who attempts to enter multiple times using multiple email addresses or identities, or by any other means, will be disqualified.

The Competition is accessible on the official Instagram page of visit.brussels (https://www.instagram.com/visitbrussels/) from 10 February 2025 at 09:00 until 12:12 on 12 February 2025.

4.1. To enter, the participant must: 

• Connect to Instagram and like, comment on and follow the @visitbrussels and @loterienationaleloterij pages;
• Answer the competition question and the tiebreaker question by commenting on the publication;
• Read and accept our data protection conditions: https://www.visit.brussels/en/visitors/about-us/privacy-policy.

4.2. The winner will be determined on the basis of their answers to the Contest questions. In the event that several participants give correct answers, the answer to the tiebreaker question will be decisive. The participant whose answers to the tie-breaker question are closest to the correct value will be declared the winner. If there is still a tie, the winner will be the participant who submitted the answers first. The winner will be determined by Ms Sara Gibril in her capacity as Community Manager at visit.brussels.

4.3. The winner will be determined no later than 18:00 on 12 February 2025, following the closing date of the Competition, i.e. at 12:12 on 12 February 2025. The winners will be informed via an Instagram message sent exclusively by Ms Sara Gibril via the visit.brussels account, on the closing date of the competition. Should the determination of the winner be delayed, the Organiser reserves the right to announce the winner at a later date.

4.4. Any winner who does not claim his/her prize within two calendar days following receipt of this message will no longer be able to claim his/her prize once this period has expired.

4.5. The losers will not receive any letter or communication informing them that they have not won a prize.

5.1. The prize to be won in this Competition is as follows:

• 1 night's accommodation for 2 people in Brussels on Saturday 15/02.

5.2. The prize won may not be sold or exchanged.
5.3. The Organiser reserves the right to modify the Competition prize, at its sole discretion, but for a similar value. The Organiser makes no guarantee, expressly or implied, as to the type, quality or suitability of the prize for any particular purpose.
5.4. The hotel in which the stay will take place will be determined by the Organiser and the Partner. The winner will not be given a choice of hotel.

6.1. The Organiser reserves the right to modify the organisation and suspend or terminate the Competition at any time and without notice in case of force majeure or any other exceptional event beyond its control, particularly in case of malfunction of the Internet network, any other problem related to telecommunications networks, computers, Internet providers and servers, without the participants or any other person being able to claim damages.

6.2. Subject to their serious or intentional misconduct, neither the Organiser, nor its staff, nor the third parties involved in the context of the Competition can be held liable for any damage of any kind whatsoever that may arise from participation in the Competition or from the organisation of this Competition, the designation of the winner or the awarding or non-awarding of prizes. Neither can they be held liable for the modifications, suspensions and terminations mentioned in the previous point.

6.3. The Organiser can in no way be held liable for the poor writing or indication of the data provided by the participants resulting in an incorrect or unknown email or postal address or telephone number of the participants.

6.4. If the prize is not collected by the winner within the specified period or if he fails to complete the required (confirmation) formalities within the specified period, the entrant's entitlement to the prize will lapse and the Organiser may award the prize to another entrant, without any right of recourse.

7.1. The following personal data will be requested from each winner in order to be eligible to win a prize in the competition: - first name and surname ; - e-mail address.

7.2. The Organiser processes the personal data transmitted to it in the context of this Competition in accordance with its 'Privacy Policy' (accessible via visit.brussels - privacy charter) and the legislation in force, and in particular Regulation 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and the Law of 30 July 2018 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data. 

7.3. The personal data collected will only be used for the purposes of the Competition. It will only be used by the Organiser for the purposes of ensuring the smooth running of the Competition, for the purposes of the smooth running of the Competition, and in particular in order to contact the Participants. In order to ensure the smooth running of the Competition and to transmit the prize in an efficient manner, the Organiser may share your personal data with third parties necessary for the dispatch or delivery of the prizes.

7.4. Participants have the right to access and rectify this data and, where applicable, the right to object to its use for direct marketing purposes. To this end, the Participant simply needs to send a letter to the following postal address: rue Royale 2-4, 1000 Brussels, or to the following e-mail address: dataprivacy@visit.brussels, enclosing a copy of his/her identity card (front only). 

7.5. The Organiser will take all the necessary security precautions to keep the data confidential. By confirming that he/she is sending his/her personal data, the Participant acknowledges that sending this data over the Internet is never without risk.

7.6. The Organiser reserves the right to publish or not publish the name or the Instagram profile name of the winner and the list of prizes won on the website www.visit.brussels/en/visitors and on the company's social networks, with no other right for the winner than the receipt of her/his prize. 

8.1. Toute contestation ou réclamation quant au Concours peut être adressée par email à Mme. Sara Gibril (s.gibril@visit.brussels) en sa qualité de Community Manager chez visit.brussels. Elle répondra dans la mesure du possible aux contestations et réclamations. Un défaut de réponse ne peut en aucun cas être considéré comme une acceptation de l'Organisateur avec ce qui a été écrit.

8.2. Il ne sera répondu à aucune demande relative au Concours par téléphone.

Participation in the Competition implies the full and complete acceptance of these rules. 

The current regulations and their interpretation are governed by Belgian law.

Parties shall endeavour to resolve amicably any dispute that may arise from the interpretation or execution of the convention. Failing this, any dispute arising out of or relating to the interpretation or execution of this convention, and which cannot be settled amicably by the parties, shall be settled by an arbitral tribunal composed of an arbitrator. The arbitrator shall be appointed (i) by mutual consent of the parties within 10 (ten) days of the start of the procedure (ii) or by CEPANI (the Belgian Arbitration and Mediation Centre) in case of absence by mutual consent after the end of the 10 (ten) day period mentioned above. The referee will rule in accordance with Belgian law, the procedure will be held in French. The expenses of the arbitration and expertise will be borne by the losing party, and in case of difficulty of application, distributed among the parties in the proportion to be arbitrated by the arbitrator.

If any provision of these Rules is found to be void or invalid, the validity of the remaining Terms and Conditions of the Competition Rules will remain in effect.