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COMPETITION TERMS & CONDITIONS
1. The competition is organized by EKO CYPRUS LIMITED (AE109).
2. All permanent Cyprus residents, who have completed their 18th year of age and are members of the “EKO Smile” application, are eligible for participation.
3. For every purchase of a minimum €25 (twenty-five) in fuel (Diesel Avio Double Filtered, EKO Racing 98, EKO Racing 100, EKOnomy 95, Heating EKOnomy, Agricultural Diesel, Kerosine) with “EKO Smile” users will be rewarded with 1 (one) competition entry (i.e. €25 equals to 1 entry, €50 equals to 2 entries, €75 equals to= 3 entries etc.).
4. For every purchase of a minimum €25 (twenty-five) of fuel purchases and/or in-store purchases at any EKO gas station (excluding tobacco products) with “EKO Smile” application, users will be rewarded with 5 (five) competition entries (€25 equals to 5 entries, €50 equals to 10 entries, €75 equals to 15 entries etc.).
5. For every purchase of a minimum €25 (twenty-five) in fuel (Diesel Avio Double Filtered, EKO Racing 98, EKO Racing 100, EKOnomy 95, Heating EKOnomy, Agricultural Diesel, Kerosine with “EKO Smile” application and pump activation service, users will be rewarded with 5 (five) competition entries. (€25 equals to 5 entries, €50 equals to 10 entries, €75 equals to 15 entries etc.).
6. Users have a right to convert smiles (digital points) into competition entries, and for every 25 smiles user will receive 1 (one) entry.
7. The competition will have (4) four independent rounds; each round being distinct and connected with the award of a Mercedes Benz GLC 300e 4M Plug-in Hybrid with AMG line, in Graphite Grey color, to the round winner.
8. a) A distinct draw shall be held for each round. The exact date and time for each draw will be announced on EKO Cyprus’ social media accounts.
b) Two people shall be selected for each draw as round finalists, together with two additional people acting as runners-up. Each draw event will take place at EKO CYPRUS LIMITED’s headquarters in Nicosia, and will be carried out on random.org, an independent electronic platform which does not allow human intervention, and would be performed in the presence of an independent legal advisor to ensure the process transparency.
c) The two round finalists will take part in three tests which shall assess their memory, knowledge and skills as per below:
MEMORY TEST – First buttle
At random places on an illuminated panel, divided into several squares, the ‘EKO Smile’ application logo shall appear amongst other logos and/or EKO products. The panel will then turn off and both contestants will be asked, within a specific time limit, to indicate the places where the EKO Smile application logo appeared. In particular contestants must click on the corresponding board of a tablet, and the memory test winner shall be the contestant with the higher number of correct answers. In the event that the round has no winner then the challenge shall be repeated until a contestant wins the buttle.
KNOWLEDGE TEST – Second buttle
The same set of questions will be addressed to both contestants which they must answer in writing within a specific time limit. The test winner shall be the contestant with high number of correct answers. In case the round has no winner then the challenge will be repeated until a contestant wins the buttle.
SKILLS TEST – Third buttle
Each contestant will receive a small opaque bag. Both bags will contain the same letters. The two contestants will be asked at the same time to open their bag and, using the letters within it, to form the name of the application (‘EKO Smile’) on a specific surface within a specific time limit. The winner will be the person who first forms the name. In the event that the round has no winner then the challenge shall be repeated until a contestant wins the buttle.
d) The round winner shall be the contestant who wins at least two out of three tests.
f) Lastly, it is forbidden for a contestant to participate in the final round of the competition in a later round of the competition.
9. The competition awards for all 4 (four) rounds shall be 4 (four) Mercedes Benz GLC 300e 4M Plug-in hybrid with AMG line, in Graphite Grey color, each car being awarded to the successful round winner.
10. The retail price of each car (€80,100) is given based on the official January 2025 price list of the company Cyprus Import Corporation Ltd, which is the general distributor in Cyprus of Mercedes-Benz Group AG and Daimler Truck AG for Mercedes-Benz Vehicles, Trucks and Buses, and FUSO. The January 2025 price list is still valid at the start date of the competition. It is noted that this price list may change during the competition without notice. The above referred to retail price of each car includes the registration and vehicle registration document for one year of the car.
11. If any person selected by draw to participate in the three (3) tests does not meet the conditions of the competition, the right to participate in the tests passes to the first runner-up of the draw. If the first runner-up does not meet the conditions of the competition, the right to participate in the tests passes to the second runner-up of the draw. If the second runner-up does not meet the conditions of the competition either, a draw will be held again in order to select the person who will participate in the tests.
12. The delivery of every prize can be made up to 6 months after the signing of the order (at the dealership) by the beneficiary of the prize.
13. The competition winner acknowledges and accepts that the prize (the vehicle) is awarded strictly as is, in its current condition and specification at the time of delivery. No upgrades, modifications, alterations of colour, cosmetic changes, mechanical enhancements, or any other form of modification—whether requested, funded, or otherwise sought by the winner shall be permitted or carried out by EKO CYPRUS LTD. Hence, the latter bears no obligation to implement, approve, or facilitate any such changes. Upon acceptance of the prize, the winner assumes full responsibility for the vehicle exactly as delivered.
14. Any entry that is not selected in a draw of the competition in order to take part in the three tests, will participate in the next draws of the same competition, until the end of the competition, unless it is found that such participation does not meet the terms of the competition in which case the participation is automatically considered non-existent and will not have any result.
15. The prizes of the competition are specific, personal and cannot be exchanged, nor transferred to third parties, nor can it be requested to replace them with another prize or to redeem them for money at any price.
16. The delivery of the prizes will only take place upon presentation of a civil identity card or passport.
17. It is expressly clarified that, after the end of the competition, or after any shortening of its duration, entries are no longer possible and those already accepted are automatically considered non-existent and have no effect.
18. Participation in the competition constitutes unconditional acceptance of all the conditions of the competition.
19. EKO CYPRUS LIMITED reserves the right to, without further notice and at its discretion, vary or/and revoke or/and cancel or/and terminate or/and extend (the duration) or/and reduce (the duration) of the competition (including, without limitation, any conditions thereof or/and the entry dates thereof).
20. The holders of the EKO Corporate Card, the staff of EKO CYPRUS LIMITED, the gas station owners/managers of EKO gas stations, the employees of the gas station owners/managers of EKO gas stations, the employees of the respective advertising agency that offers services to EKO CYPRUS LIMITED and first-degree relatives and by marriage of all the previous categories are excluded from the competition.
21. After the end of the competition any obligation of EKO CYPRUS LIMITED ceases to exist, and EKO CYPRUS LIMITED does not bear any obligation or liability towards the participants.
22. Participants do not own or acquire any right over the marks, names, signs, emblems and other distinctive signs of any member of the HelleniQ Energy Group (including, without limitation, the EKO CYPRUS LIMITED (AE109)).
23. Participation in the competition requires access of the interested parties on the internet with their own technical means. EKO CYPRUS LIMITED undertakes no obligation in relation to securing, assisting or providing access oν internet sites or internet facilities to any interested party. Further, EKO CYPRUS LIMITED shall not be liable for any charge to the participants in relation to any internet access of the interested parties.
24. EKO CYPRUS LIMITED does not assume any responsibility in case of possible or indirect damage or any kind of damage and additional expenses that may arise in case of interruption, malfunction or delay of its actions or/and products.
25. Participants in the competition provide their express and unconditional consent and authorization to ΕΚΟ CYPRUS LIMITED, without any consideration, for the promotion of the competition or/and its results through radio or/and television or/and print media or/and electronic press or/and social media or/and the internet in general. The said participants provide, within this context and without limiting the generality of the previous sentence, their express and unconditional consent and authorization to EKO CYPRUS LIMITED, without any consideration, to publish or/and otherwise use the list of winners or/and runners-up or/and photos or/and films or/and videos, for advertising purposes, and the participation in the competition automatically and free of charge provides the consent and assignment of all necessary copyrights to EKO CYPRUS LIMITED.
26. The competition shall be valid until the 21st December 2026.
27. Additionally, by participating in the competition, participants unequivocally provide the following Consent, without any consideration (the term “Organizer” refers to ΕΚΟ CYPRUS LIMITED (AE109)):
‘DECLARATION OF CONTENT’
The Participant declares that he/she has been fully aware of all the detailed terms of the promotion/competition, which he/she accepts unconditionally in their entirety.
The Participant declares that he/she has no claim, present and/or future against the Organizer and/or its advertisers and/or officials and/or employees and/or assistants of any of them, in connection with the conduct of this promotion/competition, the application of the terms, or any other cause directly or indirectly related to the promotion/competition.
The participant expressly provides his/her consent and authorization to the Organizer and its advertisers to promote this promotion/contest and/or any tests within it and/or its results via radio and/or television and/or the printed press and/or electronic press and/or social media and/or the Internet in general. Within this framework, and without limiting the generality of the previous proposal, these participants provide, without consideration, their explicit and unconditional consent and authorization to the Organizer to publish and/or otherwise use, for advertising purposes, the list of winners and/or runners-up and/or photographs and/or film and/or videos. Participation in the competition automatically and free of charge provides the consent and assignment to the company of all necessary intellectual property rights. The participant expressly acknowledges and accepts that due to the possible publication of his/her personal data within the above-mentioned framework, these data may be processed by any third party without the participants knowing and/or being able to control it.
Participation in the promotion/competition implies the explicit and unconditional consent of the participant to enter personal data in a file kept by the Organizer and/or its advertisers for the purpose of this promotion/competition in accordance with the provisions of the Protection of Natural Persons about the Processing of Personal Data and the Free Movement of such Data Law of 2018 (L.125 (I) 2018) and/or any other law that may amend or replace it.
2. All permanent Cyprus residents, who have completed their 18th year of age and are members of the “EKO Smile” application, are eligible for participation.
3. For every purchase of a minimum €25 (twenty-five) in fuel (Diesel Avio Double Filtered, EKO Racing 98, EKO Racing 100, EKOnomy 95, Heating EKOnomy, Agricultural Diesel, Kerosine) with “EKO Smile” users will be rewarded with 1 (one) competition entry (i.e. €25 equals to 1 entry, €50 equals to 2 entries, €75 equals to= 3 entries etc.).
4. For every purchase of a minimum €25 (twenty-five) of fuel purchases and/or in-store purchases at any EKO gas station (excluding tobacco products) with “EKO Smile” application, users will be rewarded with 5 (five) competition entries (€25 equals to 5 entries, €50 equals to 10 entries, €75 equals to 15 entries etc.).
5. For every purchase of a minimum €25 (twenty-five) in fuel (Diesel Avio Double Filtered, EKO Racing 98, EKO Racing 100, EKOnomy 95, Heating EKOnomy, Agricultural Diesel, Kerosine with “EKO Smile” application and pump activation service, users will be rewarded with 5 (five) competition entries. (€25 equals to 5 entries, €50 equals to 10 entries, €75 equals to 15 entries etc.).
6. Users have a right to convert smiles (digital points) into competition entries, and for every 25 smiles user will receive 1 (one) entry.
7. The competition will have (4) four independent rounds; each round being distinct and connected with the award of a Mercedes Benz GLC 300e 4M Plug-in Hybrid with AMG line, in Graphite Grey color, to the round winner.
8. a) A distinct draw shall be held for each round. The exact date and time for each draw will be announced on EKO Cyprus’ social media accounts.
b) Two people shall be selected for each draw as round finalists, together with two additional people acting as runners-up. Each draw event will take place at EKO CYPRUS LIMITED’s headquarters in Nicosia, and will be carried out on random.org, an independent electronic platform which does not allow human intervention, and would be performed in the presence of an independent legal advisor to ensure the process transparency.
c) The two round finalists will take part in three tests which shall assess their memory, knowledge and skills as per below:
MEMORY TEST – First buttle
At random places on an illuminated panel, divided into several squares, the ‘EKO Smile’ application logo shall appear amongst other logos and/or EKO products. The panel will then turn off and both contestants will be asked, within a specific time limit, to indicate the places where the EKO Smile application logo appeared. In particular contestants must click on the corresponding board of a tablet, and the memory test winner shall be the contestant with the higher number of correct answers. In the event that the round has no winner then the challenge shall be repeated until a contestant wins the buttle.
KNOWLEDGE TEST – Second buttle
The same set of questions will be addressed to both contestants which they must answer in writing within a specific time limit. The test winner shall be the contestant with high number of correct answers. In case the round has no winner then the challenge will be repeated until a contestant wins the buttle.
SKILLS TEST – Third buttle
Each contestant will receive a small opaque bag. Both bags will contain the same letters. The two contestants will be asked at the same time to open their bag and, using the letters within it, to form the name of the application (‘EKO Smile’) on a specific surface within a specific time limit. The winner will be the person who first forms the name. In the event that the round has no winner then the challenge shall be repeated until a contestant wins the buttle.
d) The round winner shall be the contestant who wins at least two out of three tests.
f) Lastly, it is forbidden for a contestant to participate in the final round of the competition in a later round of the competition.
9. The competition awards for all 4 (four) rounds shall be 4 (four) Mercedes Benz GLC 300e 4M Plug-in hybrid with AMG line, in Graphite Grey color, each car being awarded to the successful round winner.
10. The retail price of each car (€80,100) is given based on the official January 2025 price list of the company Cyprus Import Corporation Ltd, which is the general distributor in Cyprus of Mercedes-Benz Group AG and Daimler Truck AG for Mercedes-Benz Vehicles, Trucks and Buses, and FUSO. The January 2025 price list is still valid at the start date of the competition. It is noted that this price list may change during the competition without notice. The above referred to retail price of each car includes the registration and vehicle registration document for one year of the car.
11. If any person selected by draw to participate in the three (3) tests does not meet the conditions of the competition, the right to participate in the tests passes to the first runner-up of the draw. If the first runner-up does not meet the conditions of the competition, the right to participate in the tests passes to the second runner-up of the draw. If the second runner-up does not meet the conditions of the competition either, a draw will be held again in order to select the person who will participate in the tests.
12. The delivery of every prize can be made up to 6 months after the signing of the order (at the dealership) by the beneficiary of the prize.
13. The competition winner acknowledges and accepts that the prize (the vehicle) is awarded strictly as is, in its current condition and specification at the time of delivery. No upgrades, modifications, alterations of colour, cosmetic changes, mechanical enhancements, or any other form of modification—whether requested, funded, or otherwise sought by the winner shall be permitted or carried out by EKO CYPRUS LTD. Hence, the latter bears no obligation to implement, approve, or facilitate any such changes. Upon acceptance of the prize, the winner assumes full responsibility for the vehicle exactly as delivered.
14. Any entry that is not selected in a draw of the competition in order to take part in the three tests, will participate in the next draws of the same competition, until the end of the competition, unless it is found that such participation does not meet the terms of the competition in which case the participation is automatically considered non-existent and will not have any result.
15. The prizes of the competition are specific, personal and cannot be exchanged, nor transferred to third parties, nor can it be requested to replace them with another prize or to redeem them for money at any price.
16. The delivery of the prizes will only take place upon presentation of a civil identity card or passport.
17. It is expressly clarified that, after the end of the competition, or after any shortening of its duration, entries are no longer possible and those already accepted are automatically considered non-existent and have no effect.
18. Participation in the competition constitutes unconditional acceptance of all the conditions of the competition.
19. EKO CYPRUS LIMITED reserves the right to, without further notice and at its discretion, vary or/and revoke or/and cancel or/and terminate or/and extend (the duration) or/and reduce (the duration) of the competition (including, without limitation, any conditions thereof or/and the entry dates thereof).
20. The holders of the EKO Corporate Card, the staff of EKO CYPRUS LIMITED, the gas station owners/managers of EKO gas stations, the employees of the gas station owners/managers of EKO gas stations, the employees of the respective advertising agency that offers services to EKO CYPRUS LIMITED and first-degree relatives and by marriage of all the previous categories are excluded from the competition.
21. After the end of the competition any obligation of EKO CYPRUS LIMITED ceases to exist, and EKO CYPRUS LIMITED does not bear any obligation or liability towards the participants.
22. Participants do not own or acquire any right over the marks, names, signs, emblems and other distinctive signs of any member of the HelleniQ Energy Group (including, without limitation, the EKO CYPRUS LIMITED (AE109)).
23. Participation in the competition requires access of the interested parties on the internet with their own technical means. EKO CYPRUS LIMITED undertakes no obligation in relation to securing, assisting or providing access oν internet sites or internet facilities to any interested party. Further, EKO CYPRUS LIMITED shall not be liable for any charge to the participants in relation to any internet access of the interested parties.
24. EKO CYPRUS LIMITED does not assume any responsibility in case of possible or indirect damage or any kind of damage and additional expenses that may arise in case of interruption, malfunction or delay of its actions or/and products.
25. Participants in the competition provide their express and unconditional consent and authorization to ΕΚΟ CYPRUS LIMITED, without any consideration, for the promotion of the competition or/and its results through radio or/and television or/and print media or/and electronic press or/and social media or/and the internet in general. The said participants provide, within this context and without limiting the generality of the previous sentence, their express and unconditional consent and authorization to EKO CYPRUS LIMITED, without any consideration, to publish or/and otherwise use the list of winners or/and runners-up or/and photos or/and films or/and videos, for advertising purposes, and the participation in the competition automatically and free of charge provides the consent and assignment of all necessary copyrights to EKO CYPRUS LIMITED.
26. The competition shall be valid until the 21st December 2026.
27. Additionally, by participating in the competition, participants unequivocally provide the following Consent, without any consideration (the term “Organizer” refers to ΕΚΟ CYPRUS LIMITED (AE109)):
‘DECLARATION OF CONTENT’
The Participant declares that he/she has been fully aware of all the detailed terms of the promotion/competition, which he/she accepts unconditionally in their entirety.
The Participant declares that he/she has no claim, present and/or future against the Organizer and/or its advertisers and/or officials and/or employees and/or assistants of any of them, in connection with the conduct of this promotion/competition, the application of the terms, or any other cause directly or indirectly related to the promotion/competition.
The participant expressly provides his/her consent and authorization to the Organizer and its advertisers to promote this promotion/contest and/or any tests within it and/or its results via radio and/or television and/or the printed press and/or electronic press and/or social media and/or the Internet in general. Within this framework, and without limiting the generality of the previous proposal, these participants provide, without consideration, their explicit and unconditional consent and authorization to the Organizer to publish and/or otherwise use, for advertising purposes, the list of winners and/or runners-up and/or photographs and/or film and/or videos. Participation in the competition automatically and free of charge provides the consent and assignment to the company of all necessary intellectual property rights. The participant expressly acknowledges and accepts that due to the possible publication of his/her personal data within the above-mentioned framework, these data may be processed by any third party without the participants knowing and/or being able to control it.
Participation in the promotion/competition implies the explicit and unconditional consent of the participant to enter personal data in a file kept by the Organizer and/or its advertisers for the purpose of this promotion/competition in accordance with the provisions of the Protection of Natural Persons about the Processing of Personal Data and the Free Movement of such Data Law of 2018 (L.125 (I) 2018) and/or any other law that may amend or replace it.