To register for El Chupete, it is necessary to meet the following conditions:

1. Those eligible to submit material include advertising agents, advertisers, producers, design studios, and media agencies both nationals and Internationals.

2.You must have authorization showing that you are an advertiser or advertising agency.

3. For Spanish productions, the material must have been aired, published, or displayed in Spain after January 1st, 2009, independently from the company’s headquarter, and it must not have been submitted for consideration in any of the previous El Chupete festivals.

4. For International productions, the material must have been aired, published, or displayed in your respective countries after January 1st, 2007. Your submission must not have been submitted for consideration any of the previous El Chupete festivals.

5. It is possible to submit individual works and campaigns of up to four works as long as they are submitted in the same media form.

6. To register your submission, it is necessary to also provide a certificate of airing for television, proof of publication of graphic material and proof of photography for the PLV material. The verifying certificates must be provided by the corresponding communication media, or, by the advertiser.

7. Costs of transportation and material insurance of the submitted work, until is received in the festival office, is the responsibility of participants (including international shipments).

8.The organization reserves the right to remove from the Festival all defective material or that which has not been provided in the proper conditions prior to the closing dates established for entry. In such cases fees paid will be reimbursed.

9.The application period for works ends May 31st.

10. In case of packaging and PLV, all of the original work presented (games, food, clothing, etc.) will be donated to the Dream Awake Association upon the completion of the ceremonies.

11. The organization will only cancel applications if it receives written notification sent to the festival office before the application closing date. In that case the corresponding reimbursement will be made.

12. The organization reserves the right, either on its own initiative or by that of the Judging Committee, to change the category of a participant’s entry if it feels it is necessary to do so.

13. The organization also reserves the right to modify the categories if it feels it is necessary to do so.

14. The Judging Committee may eliminate certain categories if it feels it is in the best interest of the quality of the awards.

15. The grand prize awards for CINEMA/TV and GRAPHICS will not be eliminated.

16. The material and documentation presented will form a part of the festival’s archives.

17. The participants give up the right to display in public or private the work presented; as well as its publication, distribution, and sale as part of the content of the festival.

18.The winning participants will have the right to publicize the awards they have received at the festival.

19.The organization reserves the right to reject material that does not meet the required technical specifications.

20. Given the philosophy of El Chupete, all of the Works nominated will be revised by the Kids Advertising Control Commission (AEFJ) to certify the fulfillment of the .. laws, and will screen out those works that do not abide by these laws.

21. Any company that does not meet the established Rules will be removed from the Festival, as well as discredited from the awards that it may have achieved through its participation.

Participation in the festival implies acceptance of the above mentioned general rules and conditions.