Terms of participation for the competition “Collection Card Campaign”

1. Organiser

The organiser of the competition is RAL gGmbH, Fränkische Str. 7, 53229 Bonn, umweltzeichen@ral.de (“Organiser”). The competition is implemented by the agency publicgarden GmbH, Reinhardtstr. 33, 10117 Berlin, the agency Zum goldenen Hirschen Berlin GmbH, Schlesische Straße 26, 10997 Berlin and the agency Organic Marken-Kommunikation GmbH, Kasseler Straße 1a, 60486 Frankfurt.

2. Object of the competition

In the period from 01 June 2026, 00:00, to 31 October 2026, 23:59, the Organiser will organise a competition with the name “Collection Card Campaign” (the “Competition”).

3. Participation eligibility

(1) Natural persons who have reached the age of 18 and whose place of residence is in Germany are eligible to participate. 

(2) Employees of the Organiser and their relatives and all persons involved in the creation/implementation of the competition are excluded from participating. 

(3) Participation is only possible once per person. Multiple entries can lead to exclusion. 

4. Participation requirements & procedure

(1) In order to participate, it is necessary for the participant to purchase six (6) products within the participation period, which are certified with the Blue Angel and display the Blue Angel logo on their packaging (“Promotional Product”). 

(2) The Blue Angel logo (as shown in the illustration) is to be cut out of the packaging of the Promotional Product and affixed to the required areas on the collection card. The collection card is available from the Blue Angel stand at the Environmental Festival Berlin on 7 June 2026, from the BMUKN on the Open Day of the German Federal Government on 21+22 June 2026 and at any other events. In addition, the collection card is also available to download and print out from the campaign website blauer-engel.de/Sammelaktion. The institutions/third parties organising the above events are not connected to the competition. 

(3) A photograph is to be taken of the inside of the completed collection card, with six (6) affixed Blue Angel logos. The photo must show the inside of the collection card in full and be easy to read.

(4) The photo is then to be uploaded in one of the following formats JPG/PNG by 31 October 2026, 23:59, at the latest via the campaign page blauer-engel.de/Sammelaktion/Teilnehmen and the participation form is to be completed (especially name/e-mail). A cross is to be placed next to one preferred prize out of the six prize options on the participation form.

(5) Uploads that are incomplete, late or do not meet the requirements will not be taken into account. Uploads with a file size larger than 5 MB also cannot be taken into account for technical reasons.

Note about image content: Exclusively photos that do not show any persons – especially no minors – or any addresses, receipts, sensitive data or other legally protected content may be uploaded. Uploads that do not meet these requirements can be excluded from the competition.

5. Participation fee/no entry payment

(1) Participation in the competition itself is free of charge. 

(2) The purchase of a Promotional Product is a requirement for participation. The purchase price of the Promotional Product does not represent an “entry payment”; the Promotional Product is offered at the standard market price and purchased as a product independently of the competition. 

(3) Only standard transmission costs (e.g. Internet connection) may be incurred for participation.

6. Prizes

The following prizes will be distributed among all of the valid entries:

1x smartphone, model Fairphone 5 5G worth €500 

1x stool, model UP from Interstuhl worth €139 (colour of your choice, subject to availability)

2x DIY vouchers from toom worth €50 each 

1x printer, Brother Print&Cut DCP-J1800DW 3-in-1 multifunction inkjet printer worth €200 

5x shopping bags, each filled with Blue Angel certified household products worth €30

5x office packages, each with pens, paper products and organisers worth €30

Cash payouts, exchanges or transfers of the prize are not permitted, unless required by law.
The Organiser reserves the right to replace a prize with an equivalent substitute, provided the original prize is not available for reasons that are not attributable to the Organiser.

7. Selecting the winners

(1) The winners will be selected after entries close on 3 November 2026 by being drawn at random from all of the valid entries. 

(2) If a potential winner is unreachable or the requirements are not met, the prize may be redrawn or reawarded.

8. Winner notification & transfer of prizes

(1) Winners are notified by e-mail to the address provided upon entry within three (3) working days after the winners are selected. The Organiser reserves the right to additionally announce the winners, using their first name, abbreviated surname and place of residence, online on the website blauer-engel.de.

(2) The winners must accept the prize within seven (7) days after notification by sending a reply e-mail and providing the data required to send the prize (e.g. postal address).

(3) If no timely response is received, the prize is forfeit and can be redrawn.

(4) Shipping takes place within six (6) weeks following successful verification.

9. Verification/evidence

(1) The Organiser is entitled to verify that the participation requirements have been fulfilled. To this end, the Organiser can, in particular, carry out spot checks by asking the winner to

• Send in the original collection card by post or
• Present suitable evidence of purchase (e.g. a redacted receipt showing only the date, retailer, product designation/code).

(2) If the evidence is not submitted in a timely manner or there is a suspicion of tampering, the prize can be withheld and reawarded.

(3) Data that is not required on evidence documents (e.g. payment method, other purchases) is to be redacted (data minimisation).

10. Rights to uploads (photo)/assurances

(1) Participants grant the Organiser a simple, non-exclusive, geographically unrestricted right of use to the uploaded photo for the duration of the competition and a suitable processing period, exclusively for the purpose of implementing the competition (verification, documentation, winner selection, fraud prevention)

(2) Use for promotional/marketing purposes takes place only with separate consent or by separate agreement. 

(3) Participants confirm that they hold all required rights to the photo and there is no infringement of third-party rights (copyrights/trademarks/personal rights).

11. Exclusion from participation

The Organiser can exclude participants if there are objective grounds, in particular in the event of

• Infringements against these terms of participation,
• Tampering/multiple entries,
• False information,
• Uploading inappropriate content.

12. Liability

(1) The Organiser is liable without limitation in cases of wilful misconduct and gross negligence and in the event of personal injury, bodily harm or damage to health.

(2) In the event of a breach of essential contractual obligations (material contractual obligations) due to slight negligence, liability is restricted to typically foreseeable damages.

(3) In all other cases, liability is excluded, where permitted by law. Legal claims according to the German Product Liability Act (Produkthaftungsgesetz) remain unaffected.

13. Premature termination/changes

The Organiser reserves the right to adjust, suspend or prematurely terminate the competition for good cause, especially in the event of technical disruptions, tampering or legal reasons.

14. Data protection (information in accordance with Art. 13 GDPR)

(1) Controller: RAL gGmbH, Fränkische Straße 7, 53229 Bonn, available at info@ral.de. RAL gGmbH has appointed a data protection officer, who you can contact here: Stephan Viehoff, Im Hahn 28, 52224 Stolberg, datenschutz@viehoff-consult.de

(2) This personal data will be processed: first name and surname, the e-mail address and postal address of the participants and image data from the collection cards (may contain personal data, if provided by participants).

(3) The data is processed for the purpose of implementing and administering the competition, ascertaining eligibility to participate and delivering or providing the prizes.

(4) The legal basis for processing the data when implementing the competition is Art. 6(1)b) GDPR in conjunction with Section 661 German Civil Code (BGB) to fulfil our contractual obligations.

(5) With regard to the publication of the winners with limited data, we process data on the legal basis of a legitimate interest in the public documentation of the competition for marketing purposes in accordance with Art. 6(1)f) GDPR.

(6) The data is collected by the agency Publicgarden GmbH, Reinhardtstr. 33, 10117 Berlin, on behalf of RAL gGmbH and transferred to RAL gGmbH and its service provider Zum goldenen Hirschen Berlin GmbH, Schlesische Straße 26, 10997 Berlin, for the purpose of the prize draw.

(7) The delivery or provision of the prizes is carried out by Organic Marken-Kommunikation GmbH, Kasseler Straße 1a, 60486 Frankfurt. RAL gGmbH therefore transfers the contact and address details of the winners, to the extent necessary, to the respective cooperation partner for the purpose of establishing contact and delivering the prizes.

(8) No processing takes place in a third country.

(9) The personal data will be automatically or manually deleted from the database within 6 weeks after the prize draw has ended, although at the latest by 12 December 2026.

(10) As a participant, you have the right to access your saved personal data (Art. 15 GDPR), to request correction, erasure or the restriction of processing (Art. 16-18 GDPR) and the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to have it transferred to another controller (Art. 20 GDPR). Furthermore, you have the right, in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR and Section 19 Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority if you have any questions regarding data protection or data protection matters. For companies based in North Rhine-Westphalia, this is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (www.ldi.nrw.de).
Further information on data protection can be found on the Blue Angel website: https://www.blauer-engel.de/en/privacy-policy  

15. Cookies/tracking on the campaign page (if relevant)

If cookies/tracking are used on the campaign page, this takes place according to the cookie settings/permissions. Cookies that are not technically necessary are only used with permission. 

16. Final provisions

(1) The decision is final, where permitted by law.

(2) The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies, excluding the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

(3) Should individual provisions be invalid, it will have no effect on the validity of the remaining provisions.