Competition rules 2026

ARTICLE 1 –ORGANISER AND PURPOSE OF FORMES DE LUXE AWARDS

Formes de Luxe Awards will run from March 3^rd to June 14^th, 2026 and is organised by:

ETAI (hereafter the Organiser) company belonging to the INFOPRO DIGITAL group
Share capital 57 029 328 euro – RCS Créteil : 806 420 360
Registered office : 20 rue des Aqueducs, 94250 Gentilly – FRANCE Formes de Luxe Awards give awards to the manufacturers of packaging and their associated brands for the innovative packaging of luxury products.

ARTICLE 2 – PRIZES – CATEGORIES

The Organiser awards up to 22 prizes (subject to a sufficient number of entries in each category)

Adornment
Applicators
Beauty Tech
Bottle: Wines, Spirits & Beverages
Bottle: Fragrance & Cosmetics
Candles & Fragrance Diffusers
Closures: Beauty & Fragrance
Closures: Wine & Spirits
Coffret: Champagne & Wine
Coffret: Spirits
Coffret: Fragrance & Cosmetics
Coffret: Lifestyle
Collabs: Beauty
Collabs: Wine & Spirits
Color Cosmetics
Dispensing
Fine Craftsmanship
Finishing & Decoration
Folding Box
Inserts
Labels
Novel Materials

ARTICLE 3 – ENTRY

3.1 To enter Prix Formes de Luxe, you must:

a) Be a French or foreign manufacturer of packaging for luxury finished goods (perfumes, cosmetics, wine and spirits, fine foods, jewellery, etc.) in one of the above categories;

b) Hold the intellectual property rights and/or the authorization of the owner of those rights needed to submit the product or part of the product (exclusivity and/or prime contractor) marketed since June 2025;

c) Certify that the products entered are fully compliant with applicable French and/or foreign law (safety, environmental protection, intellectual property rights etc.) and hold the Organiser harmless against all claims in this respect. You must produce proof of compliance with the marketing regulations in force during the above period when requested;

d) Download the registration form and complete the ENTRY FORM and SUBMISSION/APPLICATION FILE that can be downloaded from http://prix.formesdeluxe.com/ and send them back completed before June 14^th 2026

e) Pay the € 1565 ex-VAT entry fee for each product entered.

The closing date for entries and the sending of items is June 14^th, 2026.You are strongly advised to complete your documents in French to ensure clarity during jury discussions.

3.2 COMPULSORY ITEMS THAT MUST BE SUPPLIED

a) Completed entry form and application file

email to prixformesdeluxe@infopro-digital.com

or post to :

ETAI (INFOPRODIGITAL) – FORMES DE LUXE AWARDS 2026

To Grégory DORME

20 rue des Aqueducs – 94250 Gentilly – FRANCE

b) Enclose 2 digital photos (300dpi in .png– visuals on a white background of the product in situ and of the part you have produced) with a presentation text (max 600 characters) and your company logo.

Email to: prixformesdeluxe@infopro-digital.com by June 14^th 2026 at the latest.

c) By June 14^th send 2 samples of the product submitted:

ETAI (INFOPRODIGITAL) – FORMES DE LUXE AWARDS 2025

To Grégory DORME

20 rue des Aqueducs – 94250 Gentilly – FRANCE

For large items (over half a palette in size), please produce a model and contact us.

All the above are essential to our list of competitors, which will appear in the September 2026 number of Formes de Luxe and to the list of successful competitors that will appear in the special Winners insert in the October number of Formes de Luxe.

d) Enclose a cheque for entry fees made out to ETAI in the amount of € 1565 (one thousand five hundred and sixty five) ex-tax per product submitted. (VAT will apply to EU companies that do not have an intra-community VAT number.)

Or by bank transfer named « Formes de Luxe Awards 2026»:

Domiciliation : BNP PARIBAS IDF OUEST ENT

Code Banque : 30004 — Code Agence : 00350 — Compte N° 00027083538 — Clé RIB : 23

IBAN: FR76 3000 4003 5000 0270 8353 823 — BIC: BNPAFRPPXXX

Entries are final. Entry fees will not be refunded to competitors who withdraw.

IMPORTANT: unless specifically requested, samples will not be returned. If you wish to recover them after the ceremony, you MUST state this in your application file in the space provided. Please note that ETAI will not bear the cost of returning samples and that competitors must recover them at their own expense.

We also recommend providing samples that can be used in the award ceremony if necessary. The Organiser accepts no liability for theft or damage to samples.

ARTICLE 4 – OBLIGATIONS OF COMPETITORS

Before sending an application file, competitors must obtain authorisation to reproduce and represent the items in their file (e.g. models, drawings, photos, videos, patents, trademarks, copyrights, in particular from any providers who may have been involved in production etc.) in all media that might in any way cover the Prix Formes de Luxe for promotional or information purposes, and for reproduction by the Organiser in promotional documents in numbers appearing after the competition. The Organiser must not be subject to any obligation whatsoever for such use. Competitors must hold the Organiser harmless against all third party claims in this respect.

ARTICLE 5 – JURY – SELECTION PROCESS

The members of the jury are selected by the Organiser from among well-known names in the luxury packaging industry. They are selected for their professional and technical skill and in the light of the assessment criteria for each category.

The jury can move any product from the category in which it was originally entered if it believes that its file is better suited to a different category.

The jury may reorganise the categories on the basis of the number of entries.

If a jury member (or his company) has entered the competition, he must not express any opinion concerning, or vote for, the winner in that category.

Jury discussions are secret and its decisions are final and cannot be appealed.

The jury will discuss all submitted files. The jury will select a winner in each category by secret vote. The jury may select joint winners or decide not to award any prize. The president of the jury has the casting vote in the event of a tie.

The following criteria will be considered. However, this list is not exhaustive and the weight of each item is not specified:

Innovation
Technical manufacturing challenges
Translation of brand DNA
Quality of production/esthetic content
Eco-design

Winners will be informed by telephone so that they can attend the ceremony but must not disclose the information to any third party whatsoever.

The names of the winners must remain secret until the awards ceremony on September 28^th, 2026.

ARTICLE 6 – USE OF THE FORMES DE LUXE 2026 NAME

Subject to the terms and conditions set by the Organiser, Prize-winners alone may use the Prix Formes de Luxe 2026 name and logo on official, sales and promotional documents concerning the company and/or the winning item(s). Authorisation for such use is given for one (1) year only from the awards ceremony.

ARTICLE 7 – AWARDS CEREMONY

Prizes will be awarded at a ceremony in Monaco on September 28^th, 2026. Competitors will receive 3 invitations to the ceremony per file submitted.

ARTICLE 8 – PERSONAL DATA

The personal data collected are processed by ETAI, RCS Créteil, France 806 420 360. This processing is necessary for your registration for the Prix Formes de Luxe 2026 and the data are recorded in our files. ETAI or any company of the Infopro Digital group may use this data to offer you, on its behalf or that of its clients, products and/or services useful for your professional activity or to register you in professional directories.

You can exercise your rights on your data (access, opposition, rectification, deletion, limitation etc.) by email, by writing to privacy-evenements@infopro-digital.com

ARTICLE 9 – OTHER PROVISIONS

9.1 – Application files that contain errors, are incomplete, have not been sent by the deadline or have not been electronically validated by the competitor will be null and void and will not be entered in the competition.

9.2 – The Organiser reserves the right, particularly in the event of force majeure, to shorten, extend, suspend, alter or cancel the competition.

9.3 – Competitors, nominees and winners hereby authorise the Organiser, in advance and without financial consideration, to use their names, logos, images and the surnames and first names of their representatives and the details contained in their winning files for promotional, publicity and information purposes (especially during Organiser events and in print and/or web publications) without obligation whatsoever on the part of the Organiser. They must hold the Organiser harmless against all claims in this respect.

9.4 – The Organiser accepts no liability for problems with the postal service (late delivery or loss) or for the total or partial destruction of application files caused by other chance events. The Organiser accepts no liability for partial or total internet malfunction over which it has no control if this prevents the electronic validation of applications.

9.5 – Application files will not be returned.

9.6 – These regulations are subject to French law. The Organiser alone will decide on all problems concerning the interpretation and/or application of these regulations.