The Regulations concerning the International Satirical
Picture Competition „KARPIK”
Niemodlin, Poland
§ 1
These Regulations (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations) lay down terms
and conditions of holding the International Satirical Picture Competition
„KARPIK” (hereinafter referred to as the Competition).
§ 2
1. The Competition is organized by the Cultural Centre in Niemodlin,
Poland.
2. The Participant must be a natural person of legal age, who has a full legal
capacity irrespective of the place of the residence.
3. Participation in the Competition is free of charge.
§ 3
Submitting an entry to the Competition is tantamount to the full acceptance of
the Regulations by the Participant. The Participant commits himself to comply
with the rules laid down in the Regulations as well as to confirm to meet all
conditions which make him eligible to participate in the Competition.
§ 4
1. Submitting entry to the Competition consists in sending an original
version of a hand-made drawing to the Organizer. The subject matter of
the drawing shall cover such topics as fish, fishermen, cast-net
fishing, etc., and meet the conditions laid down in these Regulations.
2. The format of the works submitted to the Competition shall not exceed
the A3 size format.
3. Each participant of the Competition is entitled to demonstrate the
maximum 2 of works.
4. Each of the entries submitted should be described on the reverse in the
following manner: the date of completing the work, the author's full name
and address, contact details such as the telephone number or the e-mail
address.
5. The entry submitted to the Competition must constitute the participant’s
original work. By accepting these Regulations the Participant declares
that he is the author of the entry submitted to the Competition and the
author hereby declares, that has exclusive and unlimited copyright
(personal and proprietary) to the entry and related rights to use and
dispose of the submitted work.
6. Entries sent in order to be submitted in the Competition which will not
comply with the terms laid down in these Regulations shall not be
included in the Competition.
§ 5
1. The Competition is announced by the Organizer annually, not later than
by January 15 of a given calendar year and lasts till November 30 of the
same year.
2. The entries must be sent in a package preventing their damage.
3. The shall not be responsible for any loss or damage sustained during
shipment of the entries.
4. The entries may be sent from the day of the announcement of the
Competition by September 30 of the same year.
5. The entries shall be sent to the following address:
Ośrodek Kultury w Niemodlinie
ul. Mikołaja Reja1
49-100 Niemodlin, POLAND
marked "Karpik".
§ 6
1. The selection of the award-winning entries will be based on the following
criteria:
1) idea corresponding with the thematic scope of the competition,
2) the technique.
2. The Competition Jury shall be responsible for the selection of the winning
entries and the Jury’s composition will be made public after its session.
3. Determining the winner in the given year will take place in the first half of
October of the same year and will be carried out of the entries complying
with the criteria of these Regulations.
4. The final result of the Competition will be published on the Cultural
Centre’s website: www. okniemodlin.org
5. The winners of the Competition shall receive the prizes specified in § 7.
§ 7
1. The prizes of the Competition are as follows:
1) Grand Prix – PLN 2.8000 gross
2) three main prizes – PLN 1.100 gross each
2. The Organizer may also award prizes or distinctions in a form or amount
set freely by him.
3. The winner will be awarded in the form specified in the Regulations and
the award shall not be exchangeable for other non-cash awards.
4. The main prize may be handed in at the Organizer’s office during the
award ceremony after the winner appears in person, or it may be sent by
post to the winner’s address.
5. In case the Participant fails to collect the award in person, it shall be sent
by post to the winner’s address.
6. In the case referred to in the paragraph 5 above, the winner shall bear
shipping costs which will be deducted from the sum of the prize awarded.
§ 8
1. The organizer has the exclusive right to determine the winner of the
Competition based on the rules specified in these Regulations.
2. Pursuant to Article 30, section 1, point 2 of the Personal Income Tax Act
on the income gained by way of wins in competitions, games and parimutuel betting or prizes related to premium sale in a European Union
Member State or another country which is party to the European
Economic Area, subject to Article 21, section 1, point 6, 6a and 68 of the
Act, a 10% flat-rate tax is charged and deducted from the win or prize.
This tax is collected without lowering the income by the cost of its
generation. The winners are liable for the payment of the tax due on the
prize.
3. The organizer shall pay the monetary prize and collect the appropriate
amount of the flat rate income tax of the prize’s value form the winner of
the Competition and shall pay the appropriate amount of the tax in
question to the account of the relevant Tax Office in accordance with
applicable law regulations in this scope.
§ 9
1. Upon the submission of the entry to the Organizer, the Organizer will
obtain non-exclusive licence for an indeterminate period of time, which
will authorise the Organizer to free use of proprietary copyrights to the
entry in the following areas of exploitation:
a) using the work on the organizer’s website,
b) presenting the work during the post-contest exhibition,
c) placing reproductions of the work in catalogues presenting the entries
which will be distributed by the Organizer for promotional purposes of
the Competition.
2. On the issuing of the prize to the Participant, the Organizer gains free
proprietary rights to the awarded entry of the Participant in the following
areas of exploitation:
1) with regard to the right to record and multiply the work using printing
and digital techniques;
2) with regard to distribution of the work – in form of public exposition
and making the work available in such manner that everybody could have
access to it at a time and place chosen by themselves, in particular by
placing it in the Organizer’s advertising or promotional materials.
3. On handing over the entry to the Organizer, the ownership of the drawing
will be transferred to the Organizer.
§ 10
1. By entering the Competition in the manner permitted in these Regulations,
the Participant agrees to be bound by the provisions of these Regulations,
including consent to the processing of personal data by the Organizer, and
agrees to comply with these Regulations. The personal data provided will
be processed by the Organizer pursuant to the Personal Data Protection
Law of 29 August 1997 for the following purposes: organization and
conducting the Competition; determining the Winner and notifying
possible winners; handing over the possible awards; achieving the broad
objectives of marketing and promotional activities of the Organizer;
obtaining statistical and analytical data; contacting the owner of the data.
2. The Organizer informs that he is an administrator of personal data in
terms of the Act referred to in Art.1 The data owner has the right to view
and correct his personal information at the Organizer’s Office.
Furthermore, the data owner at any time has the right to object processing
of their data by the Organiser as allowed by the above mentioned Act.
Due to safety reasons the data owner shall contact the Organizer in person
or in writing.
§ 11
1. Personal data of Participants will be processed by the Organizer solely for
the purposes and solely in the scope necessary to conduct the
Competition, i.e., in order to identify the Participant, issue the awards and
the possible public disclosure of the full name and the place of residence
of the Competition winners, as well as to publish the entries in the
Organizer’s promotional materials.
2. The Organizer will store the personal data according to the applicable law
and implement appropriate measures to protect the processed personal
data, in particular against their unauthorized disclosure, unauthorized
takeover, processing with violation of the Act, as well as against any
change, removal, damage or destruction.
§ 12
1. The Participant grants publishing permission to use of his full name in
promotional materials related to the Competition, in particular on the
Organizer’s websites, as well as gives consent to use them for the
Organizer’s promotional and marketing purposes.
2. Participation in the Competition shall not constitute grounds for
requesting any remuneration of any kind whatever.
3. All materials used to promote the Competition are of a purely advertising
nature, whereas the provisions of the Regulations have a binding
character.
§ 13
1. The Organizer shall not be responsible for any problems arising during the
course of the Competition if they took place as a result of the events
which may not have been foreseen by the Organiser with the preservation
of due diligence or which may not have been avoided, in particular in case
of force majeure events which are not possible to predict, participation in
the Competition which fails to comply with any of the provisions of th ese
Regulations and the potential subsequent damage caused.
2. The Organiser shall not be liable for impossibility of receipt of the award
for reasons beyond the Organiser’s control which lie with the Participant.
3. The awarded Participants are not liable to transfer their rights to the award
to third parties.
4. The Winner of the Competition may renounce the award in writing,
nevertheless, shall not be entitled to receive any equivalent in exchange.
§ 14
The rules of these Regulations constitute the sole ground for holding the
Competition and their binding and final interpretation lies solely with the
Organizer.
§ 15
The Organizer has the right to exclude the Participant or his entry from the
Competition in case the Participant fails to obey the provisions of the law, good
manners, these Regulations or in case he infringes any other rights or interests of
the Organizer.
§ 16
1. These Regulations constitute the sole binding document specifying the
rules of the Competition.
2. The Organizer reserves the right to change these Regulations in case of a
change of the law or for other important reasons, in particular when the
change allows for efficient organization of the Competition in accordance
with the rules, provided that it will not undermine the rights that have
been already acquired by the Participants.
3. The text and any changes to these Regulations will be publicly announced
on the Cultural Centre’s website www.okniemodlin.org.