About the Contest
Competition Rules
Thank you for your interest in this competition. ANATOLIAN IOOC is an international olive oil competition. Please read the rules stated below carefully. To register to the competition and follow the right procedure you should agree to these rules and approve this. In the case of your registration, you are agreeing to the 10-item rules stated below.
1-SUITABILITY
To enter Anatolian IOOC, your product must be produced in the 2022 - 2023 harvest year and sold by individuals or companies.
- Olive oil producers
- Olive oil businesses
- Production facilities
- Producer cooperatives and unions
- Businesses that produce, bottle, or sell branded EVOO
2.REGISTRATION
Participants should fill out the registration forms thoroughly and pay the registration fee by Online Credit Card or EFT using the Sign-Up or Sign-In options on the website.
After the payment, participants will receive a confirmation email. After you confirm the email, under no circumstances there will be a refund for the registration fee and other expenses.
| Registration Start Date: | 01 October 2023 |
| End Date: | 01 April 2024 |
3. REGISTRATION FEE
Anatolian IOOC competition fee,
| For each (one) sample for | 200 € each. |
| Up to 5 (five) samples | 175 € each. |
| Between 5 (five) and 8 (eight) samples | 150 € each. |
| More than 8 (eight) samples | 110 € each. |
After the payments, under no circumstances there will be a refund for the registration fee and other expenses
| Bank Name | Denizbank |
| Swift Code: | DENITRIS |
| IBAN No: | TR 22 0013 4000 0187 8485 2000 02 (Euro) TR 49 0013 4000 0187 8485 2000 01 (TL) |
| Branch Name: | Akhisar |
| Branch Code: | 2620 - Akhisar Şube |
| Account Number: | 2620-18784852-352 (Euro) 2620-18784852-351 (TL) |
| Account Name: | Anatolian IOOC |
4. Competition Samples
Participants should agree their samples are commercial products. Samples sent, must be the same as their sold products in terms of brand, bottle, content, label, packaging, and product quantity. All competition samples must be exactly the same as sold products. Products without labels and non-eligible to selling won’t be accepted to the competition.
For each sample registration:
| 100 ml - 150 ml Bottles | 5 pcs |
| 200 ml - 250 ml Bottles | 4 pcs |
| 300 ml - 475 ml Bottles | 3 pcs |
| 500 ml - 750 ml - 1 L Bottles | 2 pcs |
You must add the Registration Code and the Registration Form you will receive after the registration to the package.
5. LAST DATE FOR SHIPPING
Samples must be delivered to ANATOLIAN IOOC on or before 01 April 2024.
Shipments should be sent as early as possible as there may be delays in shipping. We will try to receive samples that arrive late, please send your samples as soon as possible.
It is the competitor's responsibility to send the samples properly. Anatolian IOOC is not responsible for delayed delivery, lost, broken or damaged samples.
6. SHIPPING AND DELIVERY
All expenses for shipping must be covered by the participants. If not, Anatolian IOOC won’t receive the packages or cover any expenses.
Anatolian IOOC is not responsible for any shipping expenses, customs fees, or taxes. Shipping expenses cannot be refunded.
Sample shipping address:
Anatolian IOOC – International Olive Oil Competition
| Address: | Çoruk Mahallesi Çoruk Sokak No:91/2 |
| Zip Code: | 10702 |
| Country / Province: | Türkiye / Balıkesir / Burhaniye |
| Contact: | +90 530 109 7302 (Birsen Pehlivan) |
You can prepare your proforma invoice on registration page
Samples selling value was generally around 1 € and it should be mentioned in the receipts.
Packages should not be sent through the highway. Anatolian IOOC is not responsible for any package that is sent through the highway.
DHL and UPS work without problems in Turkey, we don’t encourage using FedEx or TNT.
You will receive an email when your packages are received by Anatolian IOOC.
You should rest assured once your samples are received by us, they will be preserved perfectly in Anatolian IOOC’s heat-controlled warehouses.
7. COMPETITION COMMITTEE AND JURY MEMBERS
Panel leaders chosen by the competition committee will choose the jury members and carry out the sample tasting. The samples will be evaluated and classified following the International Olive Oil Council’s Rules.
The samples will be prepared by technical manager of the competition in a completely isolated environment, in a way that shows no labels or branding.
The evaluation forms are organized accordingly to IOC instructions, will grade the samples between 0-100, and will be in a design created for Anatolian IOOC 2024
The competition will include 4 categories, Monovarietal, Blend, Organic, and Flavored.
Special Mesopotamian Prize For The 3 Highest Scoring Participants
Best Of Country
| Best in Class: | 95,5 – 100 points |
| Gold : | 85 – 100 points |
| Silver : | 70 – 84,5 points |
8. PRIZE
The participants who won prizes will be announced on our website on the 23 of April 2024.
The prizes will be given out by the President of The Committee to their owners in the planned event. In addition to those, the winner of “Best in Class”, “Best in Country” and '' Special Mesopotamia'' prizes, will receive plates.
The winning products can use the logos and the medals only for the products that are produced in the same year with the same brand for commercial trade. The logo can not be used for the next year’s products.
9. OBLIGATIONS
Anatolian IOOC holds the right to analyze the samples in an independent laboratory.
Anatolian IOOC holds the rights to compare analyze and document the products that have the same name and brand on the market to the samples that won prizes.
The samples sent to the competition are non-refundable.
The samples will be preserved in Anatolian IOOC’s warehouses for 60 days after the announcement of the results and the samples will be donated to appropriate organization.
The participants are responsible for the information on the registration forms. They will be taken into account during the competition and in case of discrepancy, no objection will be accepted.
The competition committee holds the right to cancel the competition in case of pandemics, natural disasters, etc. In a situation where the competition is canceled, the registration fees will be refunded excluding any customs and shipping fees. The samples will not be refunded. In case of a cancellation, the samples will be destroyed by the committee.
10. JUDGMENT AND CONTRACT
The rules of Anatolian IOOC were made by the competition committee on 01/01/2020 and were revised on 15/09/2022. Anatolian IOOC holds the right to change the competition rules. Competition Rules is an official paper that is presented to the participants on our website. In case of a disagreement with the Anatolian IOOC organizers, the Laws of the Republic of Turkey will apply and the disagreement will be solved by the Courts of the Republic of Turkey. In the case of the mentioned issues, the laws and courts of the participant's country of origin will not be applied.
This contract is published in Turkish, English, Spanish.
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