1. Entry in the competition necessarily implies the unconditional and complete acceptance of the present rules. Breach of any of the competition rules or a failure to comply with the instructions of the organisers and/or Jury shall result in the automatic disqualification of the candidate.

2. The candidates guarantee the authorship of the designs presented as well as their worldwide originality and newness, with total indemnity for PUNTO FA, S.L. Should any of the designers be found guilty of plagiarism, they will be automatically disqualified. Moreover, the candidates guarantee that no limitation rights with regard to the use of their designs exist and that their designs have not been entered in another competition in progress. The candidates give their express consent for their designs to be used if they are awarded a prize or end up as finalists.

3. The collection submitted by the candidates must be conceived as a capsule collection, or an extension of their last collection, and reflect their image and their work as a designer.

4. The official language of the contest is English, which must be used in all stages of the competition.

5. Candidates undertake not to withdraw from the competition from Stage 2. Finalists must attend the Final Gala, the stage in which the competition winner will be announced. Only in cases of force majeure will candidates be exonerated from not attending the event.

6. The decisions of the juries are final and cannot be appealed against.

7. It is expressly stated that the prize cannot be shared between two or more finalists and that the Final Jury may declare the competition void.

8. In compliance with the Organic Law 15/1999, regarding Personal Data Protection, PUNTO FA, S.L. will handle any personal data received from candidates according to the said legislation and, in particular, undertakes to adopt the adequate measures to guarantee the secrecy of the personal database. The measures to be undertaken will be directly related to the current technology, the nature of personal data stored and the eventual risks they are exposed to either by human action, and/or environment action.

9. The work submitted by all participants will be destroyed once the competition is over, with the exception of that of the final 50 candidates, whose designs will be returned to them not later than two months following the Final Gala.

10. The work submitted by the 10 finalists will be returned to them not later than 20 days following the Final Gala, with the exception of the award-winning work, which shall be kept in perpetuity by PUNTO FA, S.L. or any other company belonging to the MANGO group, for solely historic and/or archive purposes.

11. For any issues arising under/or in connection with these rules, the parties hereby expressly submit to the jurisdiction of the Courts of Barcelona.