Type of evidence: Sworn factual statement (constat d’huissier) by a French judicial officer (huissier de justice)

Appointed by the French Ministry of Justice, a huissier de justice is a State-authorized legal enforcement officer with exclusive powers to serve legal documents, enforce court rulings, and certify factual observations.

In particular, a huissier de justice can produce what is known in French law as a constat d’huissier — a formal written report that objectively records and certifies the existence of facts at a specific time and place. This might include, for example, the condition of a building, abusive online posts, noise disturbances, or the content of a website. These reports are legally recognized and carry strong evidentiary weight in court, often helping to prevent or resolve disputes before litigation arises.

Original source:

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English translation of the 2011 official rules

Below is a complete English translation of the French official rules. The French original remains the authoritative evidentiary document; the original files are linked above.

Monopoly ORIGINAL 2011 GAME at McDONALD’S™

COMPLETE RULES OF THE GAME, DRAWN UP AS AT 14 SEPTEMBER 2011

ARTICLE 1

The GIE McDONALD’S FORCE — groupement d’intérêt économique (French: an “economic interest grouping”, a French legal form allowing separate companies to pool resources in a joint entity) — whose registered office is located at 1, rue Gustave Eiffel 78045 Guyancourt Cedex, and the restaurants trading under the McDonald’s sign in metropolitan France and Monaco (hereinafter “the organising companies”), are organising a major free game with no purchase obligation entitled « Monopoly Original » from 19 October 2011 to 15 November 2011 inclusive.

The duration of the game may exceptionally be extended by a maximum of 7 days, i.e. until 22 November 2011. In the event that the Game Pieces, as defined below, are exhausted before 15 November 2011 in one or more of the restaurants, the ending of the game in the restaurant(s) concerned will be announced there.

The game is open to residents of metropolitan France and of Monaco aged 13 and over as at 19 October 2011, excluding persons who are members or employees of the organising companies (GIE McDonald’s Force, the staff of the restaurants trading under the McDonald’s sign) and, more generally, of any company belonging to the McDonald’s France Group; persons who are members or employees of the companies holding the rights (Groupe Hasbro France, Hasbro Consumer Products); persons who are members or employees of the companies, whether independent or not, acting as service providers for this operation (in particular The Marketing Store, Tessi, TBWA\PARIS, Being, SEDA, LRServices, Havi Global Solution, WS, DDB Paris, etc.); persons who are members or employees of the companies partnering the operation; as well as their families (spouses, ascendants, descendants, brothers and sisters).

To take part, it is sufficient to obtain one or more « Monopoly Original » Game Piece(s). A Game Piece means the item consisting of a self-adhesive double game stamp (also otherwise called a double card) (two (2) game stamps), which may only be obtained under the conditions described in Article 2 below.

ARTICLE 2 — HOW TO OBTAIN A GAME PIECE

EITHER FREE OF CHARGE ON SIMPLE WRITTEN REQUEST BETWEEN 19/10/11 AND 05/11/11 INCLUSIVE (THE POSTMARK BEING AUTHORITATIVE), ON PLAIN PAPER, STATING VERY LEGIBLY ONE’S SURNAME, FIRST NAME AND FULL ADDRESS, TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: JEU McDONALD’S MONOPOLY ORIGINAL - CEDEX 3079 - 99307 PARIS CONCOURS.

Only one Game Piece will be sent per request, and a maximum of 2 requests per person will be honoured for the entire duration of the game. Postage costs will be reimbursed at the tarif lent (French: the “slow rate”, the economy postal rate) in force, upon a simple concurrent request. Any request made by any other means (fax, telephone or electronic mail, etc.) will be refused.
Or by purchasing a medium non-alcoholic fountain drink (40cl), on the packaging of which a Game Piece (one double sticker) is affixed, or a large non-alcoholic fountain drink (50cl), on the packaging of which two Game Pieces (two double stickers) are affixed.

These products may be purchased separately or included in the purchase of a Menu Best Of™ for the medium fountain drink (40cl) or of a Menu Maxi Best Of™ for the large fountain drink (50cl).

For the medium drink or the large drink chosen as part of the purchase of a Menu Best Of™ or of a Menu Maxi Best Of™, and solely for the drink chosen as part of one of those menus, if that drink is a non-fountain drink (Evian, Badoit, beer, Minute Maid Orange), the Game Piece corresponding to the purchase of that drink will be handed over in person to the participant, i.e. one Game Piece for a medium drink served as part of a Menu Best Of™ and two Game Pieces for a large drink served as part of a Menu Maxi Best Of™.
Or by purchasing a McFlurry™, or a hot drink (20cl) or a small hot drink (10cl), on the packaging of which a Game Piece is affixed.

ARTICLE 3 — HOW TO PLAY

The Game Piece must be carefully detached from the packaging of the non-alcoholic fountain drink, from the packaging of the McFlurry™, from the packaging of the hot drink, from the carrier handed over in person to the participant in the restaurant under the conditions referred to above, or from the carrier supplied free of charge on simple written request, by pulling it downwards and following the perforations illustrated.

The participant may:

3.1. Either hold a game stamp bearing the wording « GAIN » (French for “WIN” / “winnings”) and a symbol representing one of the prizes described in Articles 4.1. and 4.3. below:

If, after detaching the Game Piece, a participant discovers that one and/or the other of the game stamps bears the wording « GAIN » and a symbol representing one of the prizes to be won immediately as described in Articles 4.1. and 4.3., he wins that prize, subject to verification of the validity of his game stamp and of its compliance with these game rules.

3.2. Or hold a game stamp bearing a street name or a station name and collect them in order to try to win one of the prizes described in Article 4.1. below:

If, after detaching the Game Piece, the participant discovers that one and/or the other of the game stamps is a game stamp bearing a street name or a station name and a code ending in the letter « M » preceded by a 3-digit number, he must keep it in order to try to reconstitute the complete « family » of the series concerned, namely the various game stamps of one and the same colour, each bearing a different street name and number, or the series of the various « Gares » (French: railway stations), likewise each bearing a different name and number.

As soon as he has completed one of the 8 families of title deeds or the « Gares » series, the participant wins the prize corresponding to the family collected (see Article 4.1.), subject to verification of the validity of the game stamps and of compliance with these game rules.

The game stamps intended to be collected under the conditions set out in this Article must be peeled off their backing carefully so as to expose the adhesive face, and may be stuck onto the game board in the corresponding position.

The game board (in the form of a leaflet or of a tray mat) enabling the collected game stamps to be gathered together will be made available to participants in all the restaurants trading under the McDonald’s sign in metropolitan France and Monaco, either by the staff at the counter or on a self-service basis, from 19 October 2011 to 15 November 2011 inclusive, and this within the limit of available stocks. The game board will also be downloadable from the website www.mcdonalds.fr, from 19 October 2011 to 15 November 2011 inclusive.

Participants are not, however, obliged to use this carrier, which is optional. They may also stick their collected game stamps onto plain paper.

3.3. Or hold a « CARTE CHANCE » game stamp (French for “Chance card”), bearing the wording « CHANCE » and a code, in order to try to win one of the 10 000 € prizes described in Article 4.2. below:

If, after detaching the Game Piece, the participant discovers that one and/or the other of the game stamps bears the wording « CHANCE » and a code, he must keep it and then follow the instructions below:

log on to the website www.mcdonalds.fr or to the McDonald’s mobile site before 17:59:59 between 19 October 2011 and 14 November 2011, and before 23:59:59 on 15 November 2011.
click on the link « tentez de gagner 10 000 € » (French for “try to win 10 000 €”) and follow the instructions in order to register and take part.

Warning: The participant must carefully complete the online registration form that will be offered to him in order to create his account. The organising companies reserve the right to set aside, disqualify or invalidate the winnings of any person failing to comply with the provisions of these rules, in particular if the information and contact details supplied by the participant are invalid, erroneous or incomplete.

At the time of his online registration, the participant may, at his choice, either upload a photograph representing himself from his Facebook profile in compliance with the terms and conditions of these game rules, or use one of the avatars that will be offered to him in order to illustrate his account.

The participant expressly authorises the organising companies to use his surname (or its initial) and/or first name and/or the name of the département (French: the administrative district) of his place of residence and/or the photograph uploaded or the avatar he has chosen, in order to illustrate his account on the mcdonalds.fr site and on the McDonald’s mobile site on the one hand, and within the framework of the animated features that will be produced and broadcast on the website www.youtube.com/monopolymcdonalds in order to reveal the results of the prize draws on the other hand, as referred to in Article 4.2. of these rules. This authorisation is given by the participant for a period of 24 months from the start date of the operation, i.e. 19 October 2011.

For its integration into the aforementioned animated feature, the participant’s photograph may be subject to modifications or alterations on account of the technical requirements relating to the conditions under which the photographs are broadcast, which the participant acknowledges and accepts. The liability of the organising companies may not under any circumstances be invoked in this respect.

If the participant chooses to upload a photograph from his Facebook profile, he undertakes that it shall be an original creation, shall depict only his own person and shall not include any text. The participant further declares that he holds all of the intellectual property rights attaching to that photograph and to all of the elements of which it is composed. The participant declares that his photograph, including all of the elements of which it is composed, is original, and that they infringe no third-party right and/or author’s right.

Thus, without the following being limitative, the participant declares that his photograph and all of the elements of which it is composed or which are associated with it are in no way unlawful in character, do not contravene any French statutory provision in force, and contain in particular no element infringing the intellectual property rights of a third party, nor any pornographic, paedophilic, shocking, violent, coarse element, or element offensive to human dignity, insulting or defamatory towards others, or aimed at harassing or threatening other persons, condoning crimes against humanity, inciting hatred, discrimination or violence towards a person or a group by reason of their race, their nationality, their ethnic origin, their religion, their sex, their sexual preferences, their disabilities or any other difference, and/or whose content might damage the image and/or the credibility of the organising companies.

The participant guarantees to the organising companies the peaceful and exclusive exercise of the property right which he assigns to them under these rules and undertakes to have it respected and to defend it against any infringements that may be committed against it. The participant undertakes to indemnify the organising companies for any loss that may result from the use of his photograph and in particular to reimburse the organising companies for all damages and costs that the latter might bear or have to incur in this respect.

The participant, if he is a minor, undertakes to have obtained the prior agreement of a legal representative before uploading his photograph. Where applicable, the participant undertakes to provide the organising companies, on simple request, with the written parental authorisation that he will have obtained prior to his registration.

In any event, the organising companies reserve the right, at any time, to delete the photograph of a participant which they consider to be contrary to these rules. In that case, the organising companies have the option, at their entire discretion, of disqualifying the participant from the prize draw or of replacing his photograph with an avatar of their choice without his agreement, in order to allow him to take part in the prize draw.

After confirming his registration and entering his code, the participant will immediately receive a message informing him that he is entered in the prize draw for the day of his participation if he entered his code before the deadline indicated above, or in the prize draw for the day following his participation in the case of a code entered from 18:00 onwards, or in the prize draw of 15 November 2011, which will be carried out on 16 November 2011 among the codes entered between 14 November at 18:00 and 15 November at 23:59:59.

Each code affixed to the « CARTE CHANCE » game stamps is for single use only and will therefore allow only one participation.

ARTICLE 4 — PRIZES OFFERED

The prizes offered are as follows:

4.1. The prizes awarded by the « Monopoly Original » Verification Centre:

2 prizes of 100 000 € paid by bank transfer to be won: one with the game stamp bearing the wordings « GAIN » and « 100.000 € », and the other by collection, by reconstituting the « family » of stickers of the dark blue series: « AVENUE DES CHAMPS-ELYSÉES » bearing the code « 221M » and « RUE DE LA PAIX » bearing the code « 222M ».
10 MINI COOPER 122 Ch (French chevaux, i.e. horsepower — 122 hp) vehicles with a unit commercial value of 19 830 € T.T.C. (French toutes taxes comprises, i.e. inclusive of all taxes) (price as at 01/08/11) to be won.

5 vehicles to be won with the game stamps bearing the wordings « GAIN » and « 1 VOITURE » (French for “1 CAR”), and 5 further vehicles to be won by collection, by reconstituting the « family » of stickers of the green series: « AVENUE DE BRETEUIL » bearing the code « 218M », « AVENUE FOCH » bearing the code « 219M » and « BOULEVARD DES CAPUCINES » bearing the code « 220M ». These prizes include the vehicle commissioning costs and do not include the registration costs (carte grise, French: the vehicle registration document), nor the insurance costs, nor the transport costs between the winner’s home and the location of the dealership, which remain payable by the winner. Each winner will take possession of the vehicle from the dealer / reseller designated by the partner Mini within a period of 6 months from the date on which the win is confirmed to the winner.
20 prizes each consisting of a « VOYAGE » (French for “TRIP” / “TRAVEL”) with a unit amount of 9 000 € T.T.C., usable with the partner travel agency (whose contact details will be sent to the winner when his prize is awarded) and to be set against the purchase of travel. The amount of this trip may be used in one or more instalments and until 19 October 2012 inclusive. The winner may use this travel amount for himself as well as for any person of his choice who accompanies him on his trip(s) (including any member of his family), up to the limit of the amount of 9 000 €. If, as at 20 October 2012, the whole of the amount has not been used by the winner, the remaining credit will be lost. Furthermore, in the event that the winner refuses the letter confirming the win which will be sent to him by registered post with acknowledgement of receipt, the win will be lost.

10 trips to be won with the game stamps bearing the wordings « GAIN » and « 1 VOYAGE », and 10 further trips to be won by collection, by reconstituting the « family » of game stamps of the yellow series: « FAUBOURG SAINT-HONORÉ » bearing the code « 215M », « PLACE DE LA BOURSE » bearing the code « 216M » and « RUE LA FAYETTE » bearing the code « 217M ». Like all the other prizes, this prize is non-transferable, non-assignable, non-modifiable and non-refundable.
100 prizes each consisting of a NET TV LED Ambilight 94 cm LCD screen with a PHILIPS BLU-RAY DVD player, to be won, each set having a commercial value of approximately 1 100 € T.T.C. (price at shop.philips.fr as at 19/07/11).

50 televisions and players to be won with the game stamps bearing the wordings « GAIN » and « 1 NET TV + LECTEUR DVD » (French for “1 NET TV + DVD PLAYER”), and 50 further televisions and players to be won by collection, by reconstituting the « family » of stickers of the red series: « AVENUE MATIGNON » bearing the code « 212M », « BOULEVARD MALESHERBES » bearing the code « 213M » and « AVENUE HENRI-MARTIN » bearing the code « 214M ».
400 SAMSUNG GALAXY S II Smartphones with a unit commercial value of approximately 599 € T.T.C. (price generally observed excluding subscription or renewal offer as at 19/07/2011) to be won.

200 smartphones to be won with the game stamps bearing the wordings « GAIN » and « 1 SMARTPHONE », and 200 further smartphones to be won by collection, by reconstituting the « family » of stickers of the orange series: « AVENUE MOZART » bearing the code « 209M », « BOULEVARD SAINT-MICHEL » bearing the code « 210M » and « PLACE PIGALLE » bearing the code « 211M ».
500 prizes each consisting of an ARCHOS 101 G9 Tablet (dual-core 1 GHz processor, Android™ 3.2, 10.1” capacitive multi-touch screen, 8Go* of Flash memory + micro SDHC slot, WiFi, Bluetooth, mini HDMI output and kickstand), an ARCHOS 43 internet tablet (1 GHz processor, Android™ 2.2, 4.3” resistive screen, 8Go* of Flash memory + micro SDHC slot, WiFi, Bluetooth, mini HDMI output and kickstand), and an ARCHOS USB/3G G9 key, unlocked, compatible with PC and G9 Tablet, delivered without a Sim card, each set having a unit commercial value of approximately 519,99 € T.T.C. (public price as at 01/07/2011) to be won.

*1Go = 1 billion octets (French octets = bytes; 1 GB = 1 billion bytes). Once formatted, the actual capacity is lower.

250 tablets to be won with the game stamps bearing the wordings « GAIN » and « 1 TABLETTE TACTILE » (French for “1 TOUCHSCREEN TABLET”), and 250 further tablets to be won by collection, by reconstituting the « family » of stickers of the pink series: « BOULEVARD DE LA VILLETTE » bearing the code « 206M », « AVENUE DE NEUILLY » bearing the code « 207M » and « RUE DE PARADIS » bearing the code « 208M ».
800 prizes each comprising 1 XBOX 360 4Go games console + Kinect + 3 games (Kinect Adventure, Kinect Sports and Kinect Joy Ride), each set having a unit commercial value of approximately 389 € T.T.C. (public price as at 19/07/2011) to be won.

400 prizes to be won with the game stamps bearing the wordings « GAIN » and « 1 CONSOLE DE JEU + 3 JEUX » (French for “1 GAMES CONSOLE + 3 GAMES”), and 400 further prizes to be won by collection, by reconstituting the « family » of stickers of the « Gares » series: « GARE MONTPARNASSE » bearing the code « 223M », « GARE DE LYON » bearing the code « 224M », « GARE DU NORD » bearing the code « 225M » and « GARE SAINT-LAZARE » bearing the code « 226M ».
1 000 Best of Emotion WONDERBOX gift boxes with a unit commercial value of approximately 99,90 € T.T.C. (public price as at 19/07/11) to be won.

500 boxes to be won with the game stamps bearing the wordings « GAIN » and « 1 COFFRET CADEAU » (French for “1 GIFT BOX”), and 500 further boxes to be won by collection, by reconstituting the « family » of stickers of the light blue series: « RUE DE VAUGIRARD » bearing the code « 203M », « RUE DE COURCELLES » bearing the code « 204M » and « AVENUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE » bearing the code « 205M ».
2 000 pairs of PHILIPS 2.0 portable speakers with a unit commercial value of approximately 24.90 € T.T.C. (price at shop.philips.fr as at 19/07/11) to be won.

1 000 pairs of portable speakers to be won with the game stamps bearing the wordings « GAIN » and « 1 PAIRE D’ENCEINTES PORTABLES » (French for “1 PAIR OF PORTABLE SPEAKERS”), and 1 000 further pairs of portable speakers to be won by collection, by reconstituting the « family » of stickers of the brown series: « BOULEVARD DE BELLEVILLE » bearing the code « 201M » and « RUE LECOURBE » bearing the code « 202M ».

4.2. The 10 000 € prizes offered on the Internet and awarded by the « Monopoly Original » Verification Centre.

The organising companies are offering 28 prizes of 10 000 € to be won, at the rate of one prize offered each day. This prize will be awarded each day by a draw among all the participants who have registered and entered a code from the « carte chance » sticker on www.mcdonalds.fr or on the McDonald’s mobile site before 17:59:59 between 19 October 2011 and 14 November 2011, and between 18:00 on 14 November 2011 and 23:59:59 on 15 November 2011. Between 19 October 2011 and 14 November 2011, the draw will be carried out each day at 18:45 and will be revealed each day in the form of an animated feature at 19:45 on the website www.youtube.com/monopolymcdonalds. The draw of 15 November 2011 will take place at 10:00 on 16 November 2011 and the winner will be revealed on 16 November at 11:45 in the form of an animated feature on the website www.youtube.com/monopolymcdonalds.

Only participants in possession of « CARTE CHANCE » game stamps, as described in Article 3.3. above, will be able to try to win one of these prizes, by completing the registration form and by entering, between the dates and times indicated above, the code reproduced on the said « CARTE CHANCE » game stamp in the space provided for that purpose on the website www.mcdonalds.fr or on the McDonald’s mobile site.

4.3. The other prizes:

500 000 Monopoly Deal games with a unit commercial value of approximately 16,50 € T.T.C. (public price as at 19/07/11) to be won.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wordings « GAIN » and « 1 JEU MONOPOLY DEAL » (French for “1 MONOPOLY DEAL GAME”).
399 488 McWrap™ with a unit commercial value of approximately 3,80 € T.T.C. to be won.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wording « GAIN » and « 1 McWRAP ».
798 975 Big Mac™ with a unit commercial value of approximately 3,40 € T.T.C. to be won.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wording « GAIN » and « 1 BIG MAC ».
500 000 Headphone Splitters (séparateurs d’écouteurs) with a unit commercial value of approximately 3 € T.T.C. to be won.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wordings « GAIN » and « 1 SEPARATEUR D’ECOUTEURS » (French for “1 HEADPHONE SPLITTER”).
1 145 444 Monopoly notebooks with a unit commercial value of approximately 3 € T.T.C. to be won.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wordings « GAIN » and « 1 CARNET » (French for “1 NOTEBOOK”).
1 145 444 prizes with a unit commercial value of approximately 3 € T.T.C. to be won, consisting of the download of 3 music tracks from a selection of 100 music tracks.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wordings « GAIN » and « 3 TITRES MUSICAUX » (French for “3 MUSIC TRACKS”).
1 145 446 sets of two badges with a unit commercial value of approximately 3 € T.T.C. to be won.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wordings « GAIN » and « 1 SET DE 2 BADGES » (French for “1 SET OF 2 BADGES”).
532 650 Boxes of Chicken McNuggets™ (4 pieces) with a unit commercial value of approximately 2,50 € T.T.C. to be won.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wording « GAIN » and « 1 NUGGETS x 4 ».
798 975 Double Cheeseburger with a unit commercial value of approximately 2,00 € T.T.C. to be won.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wording « GAIN » and « 1 DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER ».
932 138 Frappés (French: iced/whipped milk-based drinks — the McDonald’s “Frappé”) with a unit commercial value of approximately 1,95 € T.T.C. to be won.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wording « GAIN » and « 1 FRAPPÉ ».
665 813 P’tit Wrap (French: « p’tit » is a colloquial contraction of « petit », small — roughly “Little Wrap”) with a unit commercial value of approximately 1,95 € T.T.C. to be won.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wording « GAIN » and « 1 P’TIT WRAP ».
665 813 Le Charolais sandwiches (French: named after the Charolais breed of beef cattle) with a unit commercial value of approximately 1,95 € T.T.C. to be won.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wording « GAIN » and « 1 LE CHAROLAIS ».
1 065 300 portions of medium Deluxe Potatoes™ with a unit commercial value of approximately 1,95 € T.T.C. to be won.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wording « GAIN » and « 1 MOYENNE POTATOES » (French for “1 MEDIUM POTATOES”).
266 325 small salads with a unit commercial value of approximately 1,90 € T.T.C. to be won.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wording « GAIN » and « 1 P´TITE SALADE » (French for “1 LITTLE SALAD”).
798 975 Sundae (milk-based ice cream) with a unit commercial value of approximately 1,90 € T.T.C. to be won.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wording « GAIN » and « 1 SUNDAE ».
1 065 300 Cheeseburger with a unit commercial value of approximately 1,90 € T.T.C. to be won.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wording « GAIN » and « 1 CHEESEBURGER ».
665 813 Croque McDo™ (French: from « croque-monsieur », the toasted ham-and-cheese sandwich — roughly “McDo Toastie”) with a unit commercial value of approximately 1,90 € T.T.C. to be won.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wording « GAIN » and « 1 CROQUE McDO ».
399 488 Muffins with a unit commercial value of approximately 1,50 € T.T.C. to be won.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wording « GAIN » and « 1 MUFFIN ».
1 331 625 Small fizzy drinks (25cl) with a unit commercial value of approximately 1,50 € T.T.C. to be won.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wording « GAIN » and « 1 PETITE BOISSON » (French for “1 SMALL DRINK”).
133 163 Bags of Fruits à croquer (French: literally “fruit to munch on” — bagged pieces of fresh fruit) with a unit commercial value of approximately 1,40 € T.T.C. to be won.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wording « GAIN » and « 1 FRUITS A CROQUER ».
399 488 Mandises (French: a McDonald’s coined product name, a blend evoking « gourmandises », sweet treats) with a unit commercial value of approximately 1,00 € T.T.C. to be won.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wording « GAIN » and « 1 MANDISE ».
1 331 625 Hamburgers with a unit commercial value of approximately 1,00 € T.T.C. to be won.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wording « GAIN » and « 1 HAMBURGER ».
1 065 300 Portions of small fries with a unit commercial value of approximately 1,00 € T.T.C. to be won.

These prizes are to be won solely with the game stamps bearing the wording « GAIN » and « 1 PETITE FRITE » (French for “1 SMALL FRIES”).

ARTICLE 5 — SUBMISSION OF GAME STAMPS AND AWARDING OF PRIZES

The awarding of each prize will be carried out after verification, by the « Monopoly Original » Verification Centre, of compliance with the rules of the game contained in these rules for the prizes referred to in Article 4.1., and by the restaurants for the prizes referred to in Article 4.3. above (with the exception of the music tracks). The 10 000 € prizes referred to in Article 4.2. of these rules and the music tracks mentioned in Article 4.3. will be awarded under the conditions and in the manner detailed in Articles 5.3. and 5.4. below.

The « Monopoly Original » Verification Centre and the restaurants will verify, each as regards the prizes that concern them, the authenticity and the validity of the game stamps, and will in particular refuse any game stamp that has been falsified, crossed out, damaged, photocopied or that appears suspicious and/or abnormal.

Only game stamps printed in French and bearing the wordings « Monopoly Original » and « McDonald’s 2011 » will be accepted; any other game stamp (in particular one from an earlier edition and/or one from a game organised internally for the crew members of the restaurants trading under the McDonald’s sign and/or coming from another country) will be considered void. The winning game stamps contain special identification and authentication points.

Generally speaking, no game stamp will be considered definitively winning before having been formally authenticated and validated by the « Monopoly Original » Verification Centre. No game stamp sent to the « Monopoly Original » Verification Centre or handed in at a restaurant will be returned.

The winner of a prize may be required, as a condition of the win and of the awarding of the prize, to sign a written statement under oath and to sign all the documents required by law for the awarding of the prize. In the event that the winner of a prize makes a false declaration on one of those documents, that winner may be required to return his prize to the organising companies as soon as possible and at his own expense.

Under no circumstances may the prizes be exchanged against one another or against cash or against a good or a service of the same market value at the request of the winners. Nor may they be transferred to a third party at the request of the winners. Only the strict quantity of each prize indicated above will be offered. Prizes not won will not be put back into play, nor distributed.

The organising companies may find themselves compelled, in the event of force majeure (French legal term: an unforeseeable, irresistible external event exonerating a party from performance) or for reasons beyond their control, to modify the nature of the prizes offered during the course of the operation and to replace them with others of at least equivalent value. Such substitution may not under any circumstances give rise to any reimbursement of the winners.

The prizes will be awarded in accordance with the following procedures:

5.1. Awarding of the prizes referred to in Article 4.1.:

The participant must under no circumstances entrust his game stamp(s) to any member of the restaurant staff, who has no authority to verify their validity and their authenticity.

5.1.1.

The participant holding a game stamp bearing the wording « GAIN » and a symbol representing one of the prizes to be won immediately as described in Article 4.1. of the rules, or who reconstitutes a « family » by collecting game stamps belonging to the same colour series, each with different street names or station names, allowing one of the prizes described in Article 4.1. of the rules to be won, may:

Either go to www.mcdonalds.fr to download, complete and print the game stamp submission form,
Or copy out the game stamp submission form on plain paper,
Or make a written request to the game address set out in Article 2 of these rules by 15 November 2011 at the latest (the postmark being authoritative), stating on plain paper the wording « demande de formulaire pour obtenir ma dotation » (French for “request for a form to obtain my prize”), together with his contact details (Surname, first name, postal address).

He must then follow the procedure described below:

ensure that he has properly stuck it/them onto the corresponding square of the game board (or onto plain paper).
send the duly completed submission form (or copy it out and complete it on plain paper).
place the whole in a standard envelope with postage paid as registered post with acknowledgement of receipt of the R1 base 20grs type, and send that envelope to the game address: CPR - Jeu McDonald’s Monopoly Original BP 704-09 - 75421 Paris Cedex.

Under no circumstances must the standard envelope containing the aforementioned downloaded form (or the plain paper) be sent with postage paid at the normal rate in force and/or sent to any address other than the one indicated above.

Any incomplete submission form will be refused and cannot give rise to the awarding of the prize.

The deadline for sending the participation request is set at 15 December 2011 at midnight, the postmark being authoritative. In the event of a possible extension of the operation, as indicated in Article 1 of the rules, the sending deadline remains set at 15 December 2011 at midnight.

After verification of compliance with these rules, the « Monopoly Original » Verification Centre will notify the winner, within a period of 12 weeks from the date of receipt of the submission form, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, of the arrangements for the awarding of his prize.

The following prizes: 100 000 €, cars and trips, may not be awarded directly to minors (under 18 years of age) and will be awarded to their parent(s) or legal administrator(s). The winners and their parents or legal administrators may be required to provide proof of their age and of their identity. In the event that one or more trip(s) were to be won by a minor, one of his parents or his legal guardian must necessarily accompany him.

As regards the 2 prizes of 100 000 €, if the winner or his possible ayants droit (French legal term: persons entitled through him — successors in title, assigns, heirs) are not in a position to open an account and/or to provide a Relevé d’Identité Bancaire (R.I.B.) (French: a bank account identification statement), they must appoint one or more agents responsible for receiving, in their name and on their behalf, the sum of 100 000 €. The arrangements for payment of the aforementioned sum may not be modified.

With the exception of the cars, which will be collected from the dealerships designated by the partner, the prizes will only be delivered to an address in the participating territory (metropolitan France and Monaco). If the winner of one of the prizes referred to in Article 4.1 of these rules wishes to have the prize delivered outside the territory participating in the operation, he will bear the additional and/or ancillary costs (customs, freight, transport, etc.). Once the prize has been delivered by the partner or the distribution centre to the winner’s address indicated in the participating territory, or collected from the designated dealership, the partner or the distribution centre will be deemed to have carried out the awarding of the prize, and the winner will be vested with entire responsibility for the prize.

5.2. Awarding of the following prizes referred to in Article 4.3. (Monopoly Deal game, Monopoly notebook, set of 2 badges, headphone splitter or McDonald’s food products):

Each participant holding a game stamp bearing the wording « GAIN » and a symbol representing one of the prizes to be won immediately as described in Article 4.3. of the rules (Monopoly Deal game, Monopoly notebook, set of 2 badges, headphone splitter or McDonald’s food products) must hand his game stamp directly to the manager of the McDonald’s restaurant.

The game stamp(s) will be kept by the restaurant and the prize will be awarded immediately to the winner, after verification of compliance with the rules contained in these rules. These prizes may not be claimed after 15 December 2011. It is recalled that the game stamps relating to the aforementioned prizes must under no circumstances be sent to the Monopoly Original Verification Centre, whether by post or by any other means.

For McDonald’s food products won, the corresponding game stamp must be presented before placing the order. The participating restaurants reserve the right to replace a McDonald’s product with another of at least equivalent value in the event that it is impossible to serve the product won. Certain McDonald’s products may only be given to the winners on a subsequent visit and at the times at which they are normally served in the restaurant according to the displayed opening hours. These prizes are not valid in combination with other promotions or discount offers. The awarding of the McDonald’s products won will be carried out within a maximum limit of one product awarded per day and per person.

5.3. For the following prize referred to in Article 4.3. of the rules: the downloads of 3 UNIVERSAL music tracks.

Participants in possession of a game stamp bearing the wordings « GAIN » and « 3 TITRES MUSICAUX » must go to the website www.mcdonalds.fr and click on the link provided for that purpose on the home page devoted to the « Monopoly Original » game.

Participants will then be directed to the UNIVERSAL website. Once on the page reserved for winners of music tracks to be downloaded, the participant must follow the instructions indicated in order to download the 3 music tracks he has chosen (from among the 100 tracks that will be offered to him), after entering, in the space provided for that purpose, the code reproduced on his game stamp.

Each code affixed to the game stamps bearing the wordings « GAIN » and « 3 TITRES MUSICAUX » is for single use only and will therefore allow only one download of 3 music tracks.

The deadline for carrying out the download of the music tracks won under the « Monopoly Original » game is set at 15 December 2011 at 23:59.

Where applicable, the connection costs borne by the winner in order to download the 3 music tracks of his choice are and shall remain payable by him.

5.4. For the 10 000 € prizes referred to in Article 4.2. of the rules:

In order to receive his 10 000 € prize, the winner must complete the prize receipt form which he will receive on the day following the draw at the email address he will have indicated on his registration form, and which he must return in accordance with the arrangements and within the time limit that will be communicated to him on that occasion. Where applicable, the organising companies may ask him to return, together with the receipt form mentioned above, his « CARTE CHANCE » game stamp. He will receive a lettre chèque (French: a combined letter-and-cheque instrument sent by post) for 10 000 € within a maximum period of 8 weeks after receipt and validation of his receipt form (accompanied, where applicable, by his « CARTE CHANCE » sticker). Failing provision of the said receipt form, duly completed in accordance with the required arrangements (in particular the allotted time limit), no prize will be awarded. The prize will not be put back into play and will be lost.

The organising companies will send to the minor participant, in order to definitively validate his win, a parental authorisation by postal mail, which they will ask him to return to them, within a time limit and to an address that will be indicated to him at the time of that request, duly completed and signed by his legal representative(s). Failing provision of it to them in accordance with the required arrangements (in particular the allotted time limit), no prize will be awarded. The prize will not be put back into play and will be lost.

The 10 000 € prize may not be awarded directly to minors (under 18 years of age) and will be awarded to their parent(s) or legal administrator(s). The parents or legal administrators may be required to provide proof of their age and of their identity. The lettre chèque will then be sent to the legal representative of the minor winner.

If the winners or their possible ayants droit are not in a position to open an account and/or to cash a lettre chèque, they must appoint one or more agents responsible for receiving, in their name and on their behalf, the sum of 10 000 €.

ARTICLE 6 — PUBLICITY AND PROMOTION OF PARTICIPANTS AND WINNERS

The disclosure of the surname (or its initial) and/or the first name and/or the photograph and/or the name of the département of the place of residence of the winners of this game may be used for advertising purposes on behalf of the organising companies, without this conferring on the winners any right to remuneration or to any advantage whatsoever other than the awarding of their prize. This disclosure may take place on all advertising media for a period of 24 months from the start date of the operation, 19 October 2011.

At the time of his online registration to try to win one of the prizes consisting of 10 000 € by means of the CARTE CHANCE, the participant expressly accepts that, if he chooses to upload a photograph, it be used by the organising companies on www.mcdonalds.fr and within the framework of the animated features that will be produced and broadcast in order to reveal the results of the prize draws on the website www.youtube.com/monopolymcdonalds, as referred to in Article 4.2. of these rules.

ARTICLE 7 — MODIFICATION OF THE RULES

In the event of fraud being observed during the running of the Game, or in the event of force majeure, exceptional events or events beyond their control, the organising companies may possibly modify, shorten, extend, postpone or cancel the game, without this giving participants the right to claim any consideration whatsoever.

In the event of a printing defect or error, or of malicious action, or of fraud, or of any other event having led to the printing and distribution of a greater number than planned of Game Pieces giving entitlement to the awarding of a prize, the allocation of the prizes offered in accordance with Article 4 of these rules will then be carried out by a draw among the holders of the game stamps who will have validly claimed their prize in accordance with these game rules. Only the quantities of the prizes described in Article 4 of these rules may be allocated in that draw.

ARTICLE 8 — FILING OF THE RULES

These rules are displayed in each of the McDonald’s restaurants. They are also published on www.mcdonalds.fr, where they may be freely consulted, downloaded and printed.

They are filed with Maître Le Honsec, huissier de justice (French: a judicial officer of the court — a bailiff/process server who, among other duties, records facts in an official report and holds competition rules on deposit) at Rambouillet (78), and may be obtained free of charge before 15 November 2011 inclusive at the following address: JEU McDONALD’S MONOPOLY ORIGINAL - CEDEX 3079 - 99307 PARIS CONCOURS, on simple written request; the postage costs will be reimbursed at the tarif lent in force on simple concurrent request in accordance with Article 10.1. of these rules, within the limit of one request per family (same surname, same address) for the entire duration of the game.

ARTICLE 9 — RIGHT OF ACCESS AND OF RECTIFICATION

In accordance with Article 38 of Law No. 2004-801 of 6 August 2004 on data processing, data files and individual liberties, participants have a right of access to, withdrawal of and rectification of the personal data concerning them, on request to: McDonald’s France - Service Consommateurs - Données personnelles - 1, rue Gustave Eiffel, 78045 GUYANCOURT CEDEX.

ARTICLE 10 — REIMBURSEMENT OF THE VARIOUS PARTICIPATION COSTS

The organising companies undertake to reimburse by transfer, to any participant who so requests, the costs incurred in order to take part and/or in order to submit his game stamp(s) and/or in order to obtain a copy of these rules, and this under the following conditions:

10.1. Reimbursement of stamps (at the tarif lent 20 g rate in force), on concurrent request accompanied by a RIB or a RIP (French: Relevé d’Identité Bancaire — bank account identification statement; Relevé d’Identité Postal — postal account identification statement):

for the written requests for a Game Piece in accordance with Article 2 of these rules.
for the request to obtain the rules in accordance with Article 8 of these rules.
for the request, in accordance with Article 5.1. of these rules, for the sending of a submission form for the game stamp(s) relating solely to the prizes referred to in Article 4.1. of these game rules.
following the express request of the organising companies, for the transmission by a minor participant of the duly completed and signed parental authorisation, in accordance with Article 5.4 of these rules.

10.2. Reimbursement of the costs of sending by registered post with acknowledgement of receipt of the R1 Base 20g type, on concurrent request accompanied by a RIB or a RIP:

for the sending of the submission form for the game stamp(s) to which the latter will be attached, in accordance with Article 5.1. of these rules.

10.3. Reimbursement of Internet connection costs

The reimbursement of Internet connection costs concerns:

the participation of holders of a « CARTE CHANCE » game stamp on the website www.mcdonalds.fr, in accordance with Article 4.2. of these game rules.
the downloading and completion of the game stamp submission form in accordance with Article 5.1. of these game rules.

The reimbursement of connection costs will only take place if the participant has indeed downloaded a form from the website www.mcdonalds.fr and has sent it after duly completing it, accompanied by one or more game stamps relating to the prizes referred to in Article 4.1. of the rules.

Participants who access the site www.mcdonalds.fr from a modem and by means of a fixed telephone line billed in proportion to connection time or per call may obtain reimbursement of their costs of connecting to the site www.mcdonalds.fr on a flat-rate basis of 0.60 € TTC (equivalent to 30 minutes of connection at the price of 0.02 €/min [cost of an internet communication] for metropolitan France and Monaco).

It is agreed that any Internet access to the Game taking place on a free or flat-rate basis (cable, ADSL, dedicated line, cybercable users, etc.) may not be the subject of any reimbursement, since the subscription is taken out by the participant for his use of the Internet in general and for the convenience it provides, and the fact of accessing the site occasions no additional cost, these being flat-rate packages. Furthermore, Internet connection costs incurred via a mobile telephone line will not be the subject of any reimbursement. Consequently, the organising companies reserve the right to ask the participant who submits a request for reimbursement of Internet connection costs for any supporting item or document.

The request for reimbursement must include the following items:

surname, first name, postal address,
a Relevé d’Identité Bancaire or a RIP,
as regards only participants holding a « CARTE CHANCE » game stamp, the dates and times of the participations, for requests for reimbursement of participation on the internet,
a photocopy of the itemised bill from the telephone operator and/or from the access provider. This photocopy will serve as proof of address. The name and address of the person requesting reimbursement must be the same as those mentioned on the telephone operator’s bill. The costs relating to the photocopies of the supporting documents are reimbursed on the basis of 0,15 euro cents per sheet, upon simple request made within the request for reimbursement of connection costs.

Requests must be sent before 15 December 2011 inclusive (the postmark being authoritative) to JEU McDONALD’S MONOPOLY ORIGINAL - CEDEX 3079 - 99307 PARIS CONCOURS.

Reimbursement will be made by bank transfer after verification of the merits of the request and in particular of the compliance of the information and documents accompanying the request for reimbursement. Any request that is illegible, incomplete, insufficiently stamped or sent out of time will be considered void.

ARTICLE 11 — CONNECTION AND USE

The organising companies remind participants of the characteristics and the limits of the Internet networks and disclaim any liability connected with the consequences of participants’ connection to that network, in particular as regards their participation in trying to win the prize referred to in Article 4.2. of these rules (namely 10 000 €) on the website www.mcdonalds.fr and on the McDonald’s mobile site, and the viewing of the revelation of the prize draws in the form of animated features on the dedicated Youtube channel www.youtube.com/monopolymcdonalds.

Accordingly, the organising companies may not be held liable for the technical limits of the Internet and in particular for any difficulties connected with technical performance, with response time for consulting, querying or transferring information, with the risk of interruption, of bugs, of misappropriation of data and of contamination by any viruses.

More particularly, the organising companies may not be held liable for any damage, material or immaterial, caused to participants, to their computer and/or telephone equipment and to the data stored therein, and for the consequences that may result therefrom for their personal, professional or commercial activity.

Nor may the organising companies be held liable in the event that one or more participant(s) were unable to succeed in connecting to one of the aforementioned sites on account of any technical defect or of any problem connected in particular with network congestion.

The participant is informed that, on accessing the website www.mcdonalds.fr, a cookie will be stored on the hard disk of his computer, which will be kept for a period of one year. This is a small computer file that makes it possible to record his browsing on that website.

Cookies serve to identify the participant so as to allow him to access information more quickly, by saving him from having to re-enter it. They cannot under any circumstances damage the data present in his computer.

A participant may object to the recording of this cookie, or choose to be warned of the recording of this cookie on his hard disk, by configuring his browser software (the participant is invited to refer to the terms of use of his browser concerning this function). Where this setting has been made, the participant nevertheless retains the ability to access the website www.mcdonalds.fr and to take part in the Game.

For any difficulty encountered in downloading the prize referred to in Articles 4.3. and 5.3. (download of 3 music tracks on the UNIVERSAL site), participants shall follow the procedure described on that partner’s website in the event of technical difficulties encountered in retrieving their prizes. The organising companies will under no circumstances be liable for this type of malfunction.

As regards the prizes referred to in Article 4.2., participants are reminded that the animated features that will be produced and broadcast on the website www.youtube.com/monopolymcdonalds constitute merely a means of revealing the results of the prize draw in a playful manner, and that any malfunction of their access to the website www.youtube.com, any deletion of the McDonald’s channel during all or part of the duration of the Game, or any other modification of the service offered by that site, in no way calls into question the proper running and the results of the prize draw. Where applicable, the winner(s) concerned will be informed of their win(s) by the organising companies, in accordance with Article 5.4. of these rules.

ARTICLE 12 — LIABILITY AND DISPUTES

Taking part in the Game implies fair conduct, meaning absolute respect for the rules and for the rights of the other participants.

The participant undertakes not to implement or to seek to implement any method of participation that is not strictly in conformity with respect for the principles of these rules.

The organising companies reserve the right to set aside, disqualify or invalidate the winnings of any person not fully complying with the rules, in particular if the information and contact details supplied by the participant are invalid, erroneous or incomplete.

The organising companies also reserve the right, where appropriate, to invalidate and/or cancel all or part of the Game, of the participations in the Game or of the allocation of all or part of the prizes, if it appears to them that malfunctions and/or frauds have occurred, in whatever form and of whatever origin, in particular technical, electronic or computer-related, in connection with participation in the Game or with the determination of the winner(s).

They also reserve the right to exclude from participation in this Game any person disrupting the proper running of the Game, and to take legal proceedings against anyone who has cheated, defrauded, rigged or disrupted the running of the game as described in these rules, or who has attempted to do so. Fraud entails the immediate disqualification of its author. A winner who has cheated, attempted to do so, or benefited from a manoeuvre of that kind will be automatically and as of right deprived of any right to obtain the prize(s) offered.

Generally speaking, fraud or attempted fraud, in whatever form and for whatever purpose, will entail the immediate disqualification of its author, it being specified that no compensation of any kind whatsoever may be claimed by its author from the organising companies. The organising companies reserve the option of taking proceedings against anyone who has, in connection with or in relation to this Game, committed or attempted to commit fraud.

The organising companies reserve the option, at their sole discretion, of carrying out any verification in order to ensure compliance with this Article and with the whole of these rules, in particular in order to set aside any participant having committed any abuse whatsoever or an attempted fraud.

Participation in this game implies, on the part of the participants, the pure and simple acceptance of these rules and of the decisions of the organising companies.

The GIE McDonald’s FORCE, the McDonald’s restaurants and the « Monopoly Original » verification centre may under no circumstances be held liable for any incidents that may occur in the use of the prizes by the winners and/or their guests, once the winners have taken possession of them. Any additional cost necessary for taking possession of the prizes (in particular insurance, vignette (French: the road-tax disc/sticker) and other taxes) is entirely payable by the winners, without the latter being able to claim any compensation whatsoever from the organising companies, nor from the service-provider or partner companies.

The organising companies, as well as their service providers and partners, may not be held liable in the event of delay, mis-delivery, damage, destruction or loss during the conveyance of the letters that may be sent to them by participants by ordinary letter, registered letter or registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. Nor may the organising companies, as well as their service providers and partners, be held liable in the event of delay, mis-delivery, damage, destruction or loss during the conveyance of the letters that they may send to participants in connection with this game.

Any dispute or claim relating to this game must be formulated in writing and addressed to JEU McDONALD’S MONOPOLY ORIGINAL - CEDEX 3079 - 99307 PARIS CONCOURS, and may not be taken into consideration beyond a period of one month from the closing of the game, i.e. beyond 15 December 2011.

The translation above was produced by Claude (an artificial intelligence) and has not been reviewed by Vincent Le Corre; it may therefore contain errors. The French original linked above is authoritative.

Official Rules Mcdonald’s Monopoly in France for the year of 2011