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Terms and Conditions of the 2012 Mille Miglia

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS (“DG”) CAREFULLY, AS THEY WILL GOVERN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF YOUR ENTRY APPLICATION, AND OF YOUR EVENTUAL ADMISSION AND PARTICIPATION IN THE 2012 MILLE MIGLIA. BY ACCEPTING THE DG BELOW, YOU ARE RECOGNIZING AND ACCEPTING THE FACT THAT YOU WILL BE GOVERNED BY THEM.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH AND ACCEPT THE STATED TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PLEASE CLICK ON THE “I DO NOT ACCEPT” BUTTON SHOWN ON YOUR SCREEN. IN THIS CASE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE ENTRY FORM FOR THE EVENT.

Art. 1 – Preliminary versus finalized programmes: Preliminary programmes are those still being refined in terms of routing and locations, and/or in terms of the structures that will be used. The A.T.I. organising the regularity event, the 2012 Mille Miglia, a concessionaire of the Automobile Club Brescia, represented by group leader and mandatory company MAC Group S.r.l. (hereafter referred to as “The Organization” and/or “The ATI MAC Group”), hereby affirms that it will maintain the services and structures shown in the finalized programme. However, in the unlikely event of services becoming unavailable due to circumstances beyond its control, it reserves the right to substitute them with services and/or structures of equal quality.

Art. 2 - Classic Regularity Event for Historic Cars: Time measurement up to a hundredth of a second, with penalties for early or late arrival. Time measurement will be done by use of pneumatic tube pressure switches which must have print-out equipment. The terms of reference regarding regulations will be the 2012 C.S.A.I. Regulations.

Art. 3 - Cars Admitted to the 2012 Mille Miglia:  As per tradition, only 375 cars will be allowed to take part in the event. Seeing as the number of requests for entry greatly exceeds the allowed number of places, and in order to respect a rigorous criteria of rotation among the various models, the selection process will give precedence to the following:

  • cars which have participated in original Mille Miglia speed races (documentary evidence must be provided);
  • cars which have been officially entered in previous original Mille Miglia speed races (documentary evidence must be provided);
  • cars with a sporting history, which have appeared on Palmares Winner’s Lists of international significance.

In no case will be qualified cars that, even when in possession of all the further requisites of participation required by the regulations, have participated in events of any kind and/or typology that have abusively used the logos of the Mille Miglia (including the Red Arrow logo) and/or similar logos without them having been expressly authorised to do so by the Automobile Club of Brescia and/or the ATI, from the 16th of September 2011 onwards, and/or in 2012.If it subsequently emerges that a vehicle accepted for the 2012 Mille Miglia has been entered in any such aforementioned events, it will be immediately excluded and disqualified. The ATI will have the right to retain the entry deposit as a penalty fee.

Art.4 – Advertising: No form of advertisement may be placed on the cars with the exception of that decided by the Organisation.
The names of the members of the crew may be written on each side of the car, however the allotted space must not exceed 400 cm².
A club insignia, which is not being used either totally or partially for advertising purposes, is allowed on the sides of the car, as long as it occupies a space no larger than 10 x 10 cm. or equivalent area per side of the car. Identification insignia or other signage that was originally on the car, and is still in its exact original format on the car, will be tolerated, even if this gives added publicity to the car or car manufacturer, as long as it serves the same function as it did in the past. It will be necessary to prove that this was originally on this specific car by identifying the car by its chassis number.
During the scrutineering, the organisation and the event officials will remove from all vehicles any kind of publicity that does not conform to the above rules. Further checks will take place throughout the event.
Crews that do not adhere to what is stated in this article will be awarded 12,000 penalty points and any damages caused to the organisation will be charged to the offenders. Any future entry applications for the event submitted by such crews will not be accepted.
Entrants will be obliged to release the organisers from any responsibility and/or damages to the organisation and to 3rd parties in general and any compensation that is due to these will be at the entrant’s expense, as a consequence of violating the aforementioned regulations.

Art. 5 - Admission to the 2012 Mille Miglia and Eventual Protests Regarding Non-admission: The selection committee is the sole authority deciding who may take part. Its decisions are final. This means that no protests as to refused entries will be taken into consideration.

Art. 6 – Entry Fee: The entry fee of €7,260.00 – includes the following:

6.1.a The complete hospitality package for 2 people:

  • Welcome coffee at the Brescia Trade Fair;
  • Three light dinners;
  • Welcome snack at the hotel upon arrival at the end of the first leg of the event;
  • Three nights in a hotel (this includes continental breakfast);
  • Two buffet lunches;
  • Invitations to the Teatro Grande di Brescia for the awards ceremony;
  • Aperitif and farewell lunch in Brescia.

6.1.b The kit for entrants:

  • The road book;
  • The sticker for the car and event numbers;
  • The necessary passes;
  • Exclusive gifts, reserved for Mille Miglia entrants only;
  • The catalogue.

6.1.c Services and assistance included:

  • Parking in the reserved area inside the Brescia Trade Fair;
  • Security surveillance for the classic cars all night long, every night of the  event, and where possible along the route, indoor parking;
  • A shuttle service wherever indicated, provided by the organization;
  • Coordination on the part of our staff the length of the route.

Art. 7 –Optional extras:

  • Option of two single hotel rooms (a supplement applies);
  • Option of booking additional hotel rooms in Brescia for the days immediately before and/or after the event;
  • Option of booking a hospitality package for your support crew (technical and mechanical assistance). This will be limited to only one support crew per participating car);
  • Option of booking a hospitality package for your accompanying car crew;
  • Option of purchasing only the sticker and the road book for your support crew, leaving you to arrange their food and lodging;
  • Option of having a saloon car at your disposal, with your own private steward/interpreter, as your accompanying car following your competing car for the whole of the event. This will provide a transfer service to the airport, shuttle service, baggage transport, and other assistance to you and your crew;
  • Option of parking your transporter truck and/or other support vehicles, with or without trailers, in the external fenced areas under continued security surveillance at the Brescia Trade Fair.

Art. 8 - Entry Applications: Would-be entrants must register on-line on the website, acquiring a log-in identity and a password. Once these have been obtained, they must then fill in the on-line entry form, which is divided into nine parts. This will then give them an entry registration number. The act of filling in the form for the 2012 Mille Miglia automatically makes you subject to abiding with the present Terms and Conditions.
It will be necessary to attach the following on-line:

  • a FIA Heritage Certificate and/or FIVA ID Card and/or CSAI papers;
  • as much historical documentary evidence as possible on the car, including that passed on by previous owners;
  • photographs of the car.

Please check the website for information regarding the status of your entry application.

Art. 9 – Objections to the Entry Fee: The Organization must place personnel along the route, give financial pledges to suppliers of services, sustain publicity costs to make the event known to the public, print and distribute programmes; these along with many other costs that cannot be detailed here, make up the final entry fee. Thus, under no circumstance whatsoever and at no time will the Organization take into consideration any disputes regarding renegotiation of entry fees. The fee reflects the quality, quantity, type of service and assistance on offer at the time of registration, and will not be renegotiable or refundable even in part after the event is over.

Art. 10 - Renunciation: Partial or total renunciation of participation in the event must be given in writing by the entrant, by means of a registered letter, to the company’s address in Via Fiorenzo Semini, 28 C, 16163 - Genoa – Italy. This must be received on or by January the 31st, 2012 in order tohave your fee reimbursed. No reimbursement will be given to entrants who do not show up at the starting line or who withdraw during the course of the event. No fees will be reimbursed if an entrant cannot take part in the event due to invalid or insufficient personal, travel, or car documents. No substitution of competitors is allowed after on-line entry applications have closed. Only one member of the crew of a competing car may be substituted, and this only once up until the start of the administrative checks in Brescia. Accompanying cars and support vehicles may change members of the crew as long as this has been communicated to the Organization within a reasonable amount of time and as long as there are no reasons to oppose this change or other problems associated with this change.

Art. 11 – Acts of God – natural disasters – strikes – bad weather conditions – civil or military disorders – act of terrorism: These will be considered acts of forza maggiore and the Organization will be held blameless for the above or similar. In the event of any acts of forza maggiore, the Organization will be released from any obligation to provide the services stipulated if it is no longer possible to provide these services and entrants and/or crews will waive the right to any reimbursement, compensation  or indemnity with regards to the total amount paid by the entrant if the Organization has to use the sum to cover the costs of organizing the event. The only possible exception to this would be in the case of damages covered by the insurance policy regarding the 2012 Mille Miglia, set up by the Organization.

Art. 12 - Protection of Privacy Law Concerning the Protection of the Confidential Nature of Personal Data: In accordance with Italian law n° 196/03 protecting the confidential nature of personal data, the name of each participant is inserted into a database whose sole proprietor is MAC Group S.r.l. MAC Group S.r.l. or companies under its supervision may use the information contained therein to send (via post, phone, or internet) informative material about their activities, or advertising from Mille Miglia sponsors and/or partners in ATI MAC Group S.r.l. In accordance with Art. 7, law 196/03, entrants, clients, or whoever is in the database, can access their information at any time, modify it, or cancel it. If they wish to oppose any usage of their personal data, they can do so by sending a registered letter to MAC Group, Via Fiorenzo Semini, 28 C – 16163 Genoa Italy.

Art. 13 - Additional and/or Informative Communication Bulletins: The Organization reserves the right to make known to all participants, by means of the above bulletins, any changes or additions to the present Terms and Conditions and to the programmes. The bulletins will also communicate extra information and explanations for better understanding and for the interpretation of the above.

Art. 14 – MILLE MIGLIA trademarks, logos, industrial property rights, copyrights and services offered by third parties through the website or by links to third party websites: Be aware that none of the above is public domain. Being entered for the Mille Miglia does not confer any rights on the registered trademarks “MILLE MIGLIA”, “1000 Miglia” or the logo, nor any authorization for use of the above. You also hereby vouch for your driver and/or navigator and/or crews, that no one will claim ownership, license, or use of the above. In addition no-one will use or register names, trademarks, or other distinctive signs in combination with the names or registered trademarks of the “Mille Miglia” and/or with similar easily confused graphics.
The title and the copyright of the website www.1000miglia.eu (this includes, but is not limited to images, photographs, animation, videos, audios, music, integrated texts relating to the present website and included material) are the property of MAC GROUP as the mandatory head of A.T.I. MAC GROUP and/or its licensees, and are protected by copyright law and international treaty arrangements. Copying and/or reproducing material contained on this site is not permitted.
Some of the services offered on this website may include links to third party websites. You have been informed and accept that A.T.I. MAC GROUP cannot be held responsible for the examination or for the evaluation of the content or of the accuracy of this material or of the third party websites. A.T.I. MAC GROUP cannot guarantee or confirm or have any responsibility for the material or websites of third parties, nor for other material, products or services of third parties. The links are there for your convenience. You must accept that you will not use material from these third parties in any way that can infringe or violate their rights, and that A.T.I. MAC GROUP will not be held in any way responsible for any use in this sense on your part.

Art. 15 – Authorization to take photos / to film:  release and indemnity: Entrants authorise MAC Group and/or third parties authorised by MAC Group to take photos and/or shoot audiovisual works (hereafter referred to as “Content”)  of their persons, members of their crews and/or their vehicles and/or personal possessions and/or  items of any brands that they own during and in the context of the 2012 Mille Miglia (hereafter referred to as “the Event”). Entrants agree to surrender to the Organization, at no charge whatsoever, unlimited rights to the Content that the ATI MAC Group and/or third parties authorised by MAC Group take or film during the Event. The surrendering of rights gives MAC Group the right to store, use for commercial purposes, to distribute the Content to third parties, and to divulge it, in full or partially, with no time limits, also after editing,  by means of the press (including but not limited to catalogues, magazines, books, etc) and/or any system of storage and/or broadcasting known at present or to be invented in the future (including but not limited to TV, radio, internet, telecommunications, on- or offline analogical and/or digital systems, etc), with no territorial or easement limits, for all time. Entrants indemnify and hold harmless the Organization and/or owners of specific rights against third party claims pertaining to the right to utilise the aforementioned Content.

Art. 16 – Insurance and indemnity: In accordance with Article 124 of the Private Insurance Code (D.Lgs. 209/2005), the Organization has drawn up a civil liability  insurance policy for races and competitions, which also covers third party liability for the Organization and any bound persons for damage to persons, animals and objects, excluding injury to entrants themselves and their cars.  Entrants agree to obtain insurance in conformity with current law and agree to release the Automobile Club d’Italia (Italian Automobile Club), the Organization and any of their staff or collaborators involved in the Event, race marshals and owners of land and property through which the Event passes, from any responsibility for damage or injury to themselves, their drivers, co-drivers, employees and objects, or damage or injury caused to third parties or objects belonging to them, their drivers, co-drivers, employees or appointees. Likewise, entrants will not hold the Organization responsible for fire and/or theft and/or any other damage that their vehicles may incur during the 2012 Mille Miglia  and to that effect, entrants agree to exonerate and release the ATI MAC Group and the Automobile Club Brescia from any responsibility whatsoever for fire and/or theft and/or accidents and/or any damage incurred during the Event and waive the right for themselves and their heirs to claim any kind of compensation in relation to any kind of accident their vehicle may incur.

Art. 17 – OBU and TRANSPONDER Service.

17.1.a OBU Service:
If you use the OBU service provided by the Organization, you are informed that the terms and conditions of the service, as well as the technical instructions for the device, will be provided when you receive the OBU. This document must be read and signed.  If the OBU is not returned within the time-limit stipulated in the document and/or if the procedure for returning it is not followed, the Organization will charge you the sum of € 800.00 ( Eight hundred Euros).

17.1.b TRANSPONDER:
Along with the GPS device, a transponder will be fitted in the car. This will serve to signal the car’s race number and transmit it to the instruments used for timekeeping.
During the scrutineering, technicians will place a strip of velcro in the car and will provide you with all the information you’ll need, along with details on the device.
While you’re lining up in Viale Venezia in Brescia, technicians will fit the transponder into your car. It must remain there for the duration of the event and must be handed back at the final time control at the finish line.

Art. 18 – Pertaining Laws: The present Terms and Conditions are regulated and interpreted according to Italian law.

Art. 19 – Forum of Exclusive Competence: For any controversy regarding interpretation and/or execution of the present Terms and Conditions, the competent authority will be the Court of Law of Rome, Italy (il Tribunale di Roma), to the exclusion of anyone else.

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