“Boucheron Christmas Tree Game”

 Article 1: ORGANIZATION

 Boucheron.com, SAS with a registered capital of 40,000 Euros, registered address: 20, rue de la Paix, 75002 Paris, registered on Paris Trade Register as number 487 516 908, known hereafter as the “organizing company", has created a free to enter game, without any obligation to buy, on the Internet. The start date for the game is November 24, 2008 and the end date December 19, 2008.

Article 2: ACCESS

 This game is open to all adult natural persons, regardless of nationality, domiciled in a member country of the European Union or in the United States and holding a postal address in one of those countries.

 Those who do not satisfy the above conditions, as well as corporate representatives and members of staff (managers, employees, directors and permanent and interim employees or others) of the organizing company, of any company it controls, which controls it or is under joint control with it, and in general any person involved directly or indirectly in the organization, realization, implementation, promotion and conduct of the operation. All members (spouse(s), partner(s), de-factor spouse(s), direct descendants) of the families of all of the above are also excluded from taking part in the competition.

 Only one player per household (same name, same postal address) is allowed throughout the entire period of the game.

 Participation is strictly by name and a player must not take part using any pseudonyms or on behalf of other participants.

 The organizing company reserves the right to ask any participant for proof of compliance with these conditions. Any person who does not satisfy these conditions or who refuses to provide proof will be disqualified from the game and will not be entitled, if a winner, to receive any prize.

 Access to the Internet and a valid email address are required for participation. Participants must only access the game through the official internet address for the operation, these are: http://www.boucheron.com/noel2008 and http://www.boucheron.com/christmas2008.

 Links relating to the game may be present on partner sites of the organizing company.

Article 3: PRINCIPLE OF THE GAME

 Each participant acknowledges awareness of the complete rules and of the principles of the game.

 The game is based on the principle of a draw by lot.

 To take part in the game the player must go to one of the game’s internet addresses to access the game page. The player then chooses, from among a selection of items, the one that he/she would like to receive if selected in the draw, drops it at the foot of the Boucheron Christmas Tree and fills in the online entry form.

Once the completed form is registered, he/she is automatically entered in the first draw.

This choice is final and cannot be changed if the participant is drawn as a winner.

 If the player wishes to do so, he can increase his chances to win the lottery. To do so, he is invited to inform people  he may know of the existence of the game and offer them to participate.  He does so by inviting them by mail and filling in a maximum of 30 mail addresses in the document. The mail addresses must be valid to count. An e-mail will then automatically be addressed to the list of friends.

 The more friends  open the mail and participate in the contest, the more the first players chances to win grow.

 Naturally, the mail addresses are only for the contest and will not be kept if the player does not wish to participate.

 Furthermore, the organizing company can check a twill the validity of the e-mails at any time. In case of too many false addresses typed in by a given player, the player would be disqualified.

 In order to identify the winner, there will be a draw by lot supervised by a Bailiff on December 22, 2008 from among all the participants whose entry form has been correctly completed. The first participant drawn, whose entry form has been correctly completed, will be the winner of the prize in the draw by lot.

 The date of the draw is given for information only and may be changed if circumstances require, without notice and without any right to complain to the organizing company.

 The name of the winner will be available free of charge from the organizing company after the end of the game.

 It is agreed that a participant is defined as being a single natural person: any use of different e-mail addresses for the same participant will be deemed as attempted fraud and will result in the total disqualification of that participant.

Article 4: HOW TO ENTER

 All participants must complete all mandatory fields in the electronic form: civil status, name, first name, zip code, mail address, town/city, country, telephone and e-mail address. All of the information entered in these fields must be valid. Participants must also state whether they wish or not to receive news from House of Boucheron by ticking the relevant box. In addition, they must state that they have read and agreed to the game rules by ticking the box provided for that purpose.

Any entry form not fully completed or that is not understandable will not be registered and will result in the disqualification of the participation.

 Participation in the game is exclusively through the internet and therefore no entries by telephone, fax, mail or electronic mail will be accepted.

Article 5: PRIZES

 The total prize lot for the operation is 1 prize.

 Prize in the game, as chosen with the registration in the draw by lot:

• A wide ring without diamond, Quatre Collection, (retail value of €2,450 inclusive of VAT):
• Or small model ring with diamonds Quatre Collection, (retail value of €3,850 inclusive of VAT):
• Or a pair of non-pavé cufflinks, Quatre Collection, (retail value of €4,220 inclusive of VAT):
• or a white gold pavé ring, Déchaînée Collection, (retail value of €3,690 inclusive of VAT):
• or a pink gold non-pavé ring, Déchaînée Collection, (retail value of €1,690 inclusive of VAT):
• or a pair of white gold pavé ear studs, JCO00276, Déchaînée Collection, (retail value of €1,650 inclusive of VAT):
• or a pair of white gold cufflinks, Déchaînée Collection, (retail value of €2,590 inclusive of VAT):
• or a Reflet XL watch black leather black back, Reflet XL Collection, (retail value of €4,200 inclusive of VAT):
• or a Reflet watch mid model steel ellipse yellow gold, Reflet Collection, (retail value of €2,290 inclusive of VAT):
• or a Reflet watch small model steel 4 diamond index, Reflet Collection, (retail value of €2,290 inclusive of VAT):
• or a bottle of Parfum B, EDP 50ml (retail value of €85 inclusive of VAT):
• or a white gold pavé ring Ava Poire Collection (retail value of €4,590 inclusive of VAT):
• or a round white gold 0.25ct diamond pavé pendant Ava Collection (retail value of €2,690 inclusive of VAT):
• or a 2 gold and pearl ring Grains de Mûre Collection (retail value of €1,990 inclusive of VAT):
• or a yellow gold serpent pendant Trouble Collection (retail value of €4,020 inclusive of VAT):
• or a gold pendant Hérisson Collection (retail value of €2,190 inclusive of VAT):
• or a round steel watch Ronde Collection (retail value of €2,380 inclusive of VAT).

 The value of the prize is defined at the time these rules are drawn up and cannot be subject to any questions concerning its valuation. These prizes cannot be substituted for any cash value, exchanged or returned, for any reason whatever. No reimbursement of any sort will be made.

None of the documents or photographs relating to the prize are contractual. The organizing company reserves the right to substitute, at any time, the offered prizes for a prize with an equivalent values or similar features.

 The final details of the awarding of the selected prize and the associated services will be communicated to the winner by the organizing company or its partners in accordance with the General Conditions of Sale. If the winner wishes to acquire additional services that are not part of the description of the prize, these will be charged separately.

 The prize is nominative: it cannot therefore be allocated to any other person than the person drawn.

 The winner will be personally notified by the organizing company that he/she has won by post sent to the postal address as entered on the game registration form. The winner will have a period of 15 days as of receipt of this letter to sent confirmation by post of his/her acceptance of the prize and of the full postal address.

 Any winner who does not respond within the period of 15 days will be deemed to have purely and simply renounced the prize. The prize will then not be allocated and cannot be claimed at a future time. It will remain the property of the organizing company.

The winner elects domicile at the address as stated and confirmed.

 If the prize cannot be distributed as a result of an error or omission in the contact details for the participant, a modification to these contact details, or for any other reason, it will be retained by the organizing company.

The organizing company cannot be held liable for any delays and/or losses during shipment as a result of the actions of the postal or carrier services, nor for the total or partial destruction of the prize during this shipment or in the event of the failure of these services, or for any other reason.

Article 6: REIMBURSEMENT OF PARTICIPATION EXPENSES 

A single connection to the game gives each participant a chance of winning the game prize.

Requests for the reimbursement of the connection costs, up to a maximum of one request per participant (same name and same address) throughout the period of the game and for the stamp used to submit this request (reimbursement applying the current non-first class rate, with one stamp per envelope) must be sent in writing to the address of the organizing company.

 The reimbursement of the connection costs is on the basis of a 3-minute connection at 0.22 euros inclusive of VAT per minute at peak time, that is 0.66 euros inclusive of VAT or 0.12 euros per minute off peak, that is 0.36 euros inclusive of sales tax (VAT). This amount corresponds with a 3-minute local telephone communication connection, longer than it takes to register, print the rules, view the special conditions and take part in the game.

 To obtain this reimbursement, simply send the written request by post to the address of the organizing company together with the following mandatory documents:

• A photocopy of proof of identity;
• A photocopy of proof of domicile in one of the countries in which the game is open;
• A photocopy of the itemized bill from the phone company showing the date, time and length of the call:
• Full bank account details or a Relevé d'Identité Bancaire or Postal (RIB or RIP).

 Photocopies will be reimbursed on request attached to the reimbursement request, on the basis of €0.05 per photocopy.

No requests for reimbursement will be accepted if submitted more than 30 days after the closing date of the game.

Subscriptions to internet access providers as well as for the computer equipment (computer, modem, cables, etc.) will not be reimbursed as participants in the game certify they already have access to this.

 Participants using internet access providers that include free telephone connections are by nature not eligible for any reimbursement. Reimbursements will be made in the first two weeks of the month following the month of receipt of the request (as authenticated by postal frank).

Article 7: PUBLICITY

 The organizing company reserves the right to publish, on any medium, for the purposes of advertising or other, on the Internet or not, for the entire world, the name and the photograph of the winner and this without the winner being entitled to any compensation or to oppose this, unless the winner renounces the prize.

Article 8: PERSONAL DATA

 In application of the French law n°78-17 of January 6, 1978 relating to computing, data files and civil liberties, participants have the right to oppose (Article 26 of the law), to access (Articles 34 to 38 of the law) and to correct (Article 36 of the law) data of a personal nature relating to them. These rights can be exercised by writing to the organizer.

 CNIL registration number of the organizing company: TO BE ENTERED

Article 9: CORRESPONDENCE 

No other correspondence (incomplete, illegible, insufficient postage, recorded delivery) will be accepted. The organizer will not reply to any request (written, telephonic or oral) relating to the interpretation or the application of the rules, the details and the arrangements of the game.

Article 10: LIMIT OF LIABILITY 

The organizing company cannot be held liable if, as a result of an Act of God occurrence or any event beyond its control or proven requirement, it has to cancel this game, to shorten it, extend it, postpone it, delay it or modify the conditions, it cannot be held liable as a result. It reserves the right in all cases to extend the period of participation. Notably, the organizing company rejects all liability in the event of the web site being unavailable during the period of the game-competition or if the data submitted by the participants is destroyed for any reason that cannot be attributed to it. The organizing company rejects any liability in the event of an incident linked with the use of the computer, access to the Internet, the telephone line or any other technical incident during or after the connection to the organizing company’s site.

The organizing company is not liable for errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects, delays in operation or transmission, communication failures, theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or modification of entries. Participation in the game implies an awareness and acceptance of the characteristics and limitations of the Internet, namely those relating to technical performances, the response times when consulting, searching or transferring data, the risks of interruption, and more generally, the risks inherent in any Internet connection and data transmission, the absence of protection for certain data against possible fraud and the risks of contamination by any viruses that may exist on the network.

 It is agreed that the organizing company cannot be held liable for any direct or indirect damage resulting from any interruption, malfunction or whatever nature, suspension or end of the game, and this for whatever reason, or also for any direct or indirect damage arising from, in any way, a connection to the site. It is the responsibility of all players to take all necessary measures to protect their data and/or software held on their computer equipment against any external intrusion or attack. The connection by any person to the site and the participation of players in the game are at their sole liability.

Any untruthful statement by a participant will result in his/her disqualification from the game and the withdrawal of any prize that may have been allocated without the organizing company being in any way liable.

Any form on which the details of the participant are illegible, incorrect or incomplete will be deemed as being null and void.

 Any attempt by a natural person or the people in the same household with different e-mail addresses to participate more than once or any other attempt at fraud will result in the final disqualification of the identified participants and the immediate cancellation of any prize that may have been obtained in the game.

 Any participant attempting to manipulate the correct conduct of the game either by means of a human intervention or by means of an electronic intervention will be immediately disqualified and the participation cancelled.

The organizing company cannot be held liable in the event of the malfunction of the Internet, notably due to malevolent external acts, that prevent the correct conduct of the game. The organizing company cannot further not be held liable if one or more participants fail to connect to the game site or take part on that site because of a problem or technical fault notable associated with the load on the network. The use of robots or any other similar processes intended to play the game in a mechanical or other way is prohibited, the breach of this rule will result in the total disqualification of the perpetrator and/or user.

The organizing company can cancel all or part of the game if it appears that fraud has been committed in any form, notably computer-related in the context of participation in the game and/or the identification of the winners. In the event of fraud or attempted fraud of whatever nature, the organizing company reserves the right not to allocate the prize to those involved in the fraud and/or to take legal action against anyone who has committed or attempted fraud. It will not however accept any liability of any sort with regard to the players as a result of any fraud committed or attempted.

 The organizing company cannot under any circumstances be held liable with regard to the prizes allocated to the winners of the game, whether in terms of the quality of the prizes relative to the stated features or as expected by the participants in the games, or any damages of whatever nature that may be suffered by the participant as a result of the prizes, whether these damages are directly or indirectly attributable. 

Article 11: DEPOSITING AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE RULES

 Participation in the operation implies acceptance of these rules in their entirety and of the decisions of the organizing company on any dispute that may arise concerning the interpretation and application of these rules. The rules are registered with Maître Stéphane Doniol, Huissier de Justice (Court Bailiff), 2 rue du 8 Mai 1945—77410 Claye Souilly, France. The rules can be viewed on the site hosting the game.

 The rules of the game can be sent, free of charge, to any person requesting these from the organizing company. The postage costs will be reimbursed on the basis of the current standard “letter” rate, on request sent together with the request for the rules, subject to a limit of one request per participant (same name, same address) during the period of the game.

Article 12: MODIFICATIONS TO THE RULES 

The organizing company reserves the right to modify all or some of these rules subject to notice of five calendar days. Any modification to the rules will be deposited with Maître Stéphane Doniol, Huissier de Justice in Claye Souilly.

Article 13: EXCLUSION 

The organizing company can cancel the participation of any player who does not comply with these rules. This cancellation can be enforced at any time and without notice. The organizing company also has the right to delete any entry form that contains manifest errors relating to the identity of the player. This removal can be done at any time and without prior notice.

Article 14: INDUSTRIAL AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 

Any reproduction, representation or use of all or some of the elements that constitute the game in question is strictly prohibited. All the brands and product names mentioned are registered brands and product names of their respective owners.

Article 15: DISPUTES 

If one or more of the provisions of these rules are deemed to be null and void and non-applicable, the other clauses shall remain enforceable and valid.

Any issues not covered by the rules will be determined by the organizing company whose decisions are final. The applicable laws for these rules are the laws of France. An attempt at reaching an amicable agreement on any disputes arising as a result of this game will be made. If agreement cannot be reached, the dispute will be submitted to the competent Courts for the head office of the organizing company, unless there are contrary public order issues. No claims in this regard will be accepted more than two months after the end of the game.