Conferences Fees

1. The National Mint and Stamp Factory – Royal Mint (Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre-Real Casa de la Moneda), State-Owned Public Enterprise and In-House Provider (hereinafter, “FNMT-RCM”), will organise the Mint Directors Conference 2027 (hereinafter, “MDC” or “MDC 2027”), which will take place in Madrid on 18, 19, 20 and 21 April, in accordance with the published programme and schedule.
2. The conference venue will be the RIU Hotel, located in Plaza Espana, Madrid.
3. Public officials and professionals connected with the sector worldwide may participate.
4. Registration applications received will be processed strictly in the order in which they are received.
5. Submitting a registration application constitutes an irrevocable commitment by the applicant, except for subsequent cancellation in accordance with section F) of these Conditions, and entails full acceptance of these rules and of any rules of general application that may be established by the MDC 2027 Organisation, as well as acceptance of any technical annex published on the conference website.
6. A “registration application” means the completion of all information marked as mandatory for the applicant in the form available on the MDC 2027 website, together with any documentation expressly requested by the MDC 2027 Organisation to complete registration. In all cases, the application to participate shall comply with the terms, conditions, fees, payment methods and deadlines shown on the MDC 2027 website.
7. By applying to register for MDC 2027, the applicant accepts that participation is at their own risk. No right to compensation shall arise if the business expectations of the participant or the MDC 2027 Organisation are not met.

8. The registration or participation application shall be made by completing the online registration application form available on the conference website https://realcasadelamoneda.es/mdcmadrid2027, including all mandatory fields marked with an asterisk, and expressly accepting these Conditions.
9. If the applicant company or person appoints another entity as the billing company, the details of both must appear in the participation application.

* Taxes not included. Spanish VAT at 21% will be added in accordance with Spanish legislation.

10. Registration includes the following rights and services:
    1. MDA MEMBER, OFFICIAL MINT NON-MDA MEMBER, INDUSTRY NON-MDA MEMBER and ACADEMIC, NUMISMATIC AND NON-FOR-PROFIT: these categories will have access to the full conference programme, the exhibition area within the RIU Plaza Espana hotel, and networking activities on the event days: 18, 19, 20 and 21 April 2027.
    2. ACCOMPANYING PERSON: SOCIAL PROGRAM: this category will have access only to networking activities on the event days, 18, 19, 20 and 21 April 2027, and will not have access to the conference programme or the exhibition area within the RIU Plaza Espana hotel.

11. The natural or legal person applying to participate in MDC 2027 must provide the billing information contained in the published registration form, which shall include, as a minimum:

a. Tax Identification Code or Tax Identification Number.
b. Corporate name, if the applicant is a legal person.
c. Full name, if the applicant is a natural person.
d. Address (street address, city or town, province, postcode, country).
e. Company name.
f. Contact person.
g. Contact telephone number.
h. Contact email address.

12. FNMT-RCM will issue the corresponding invoice for each application received as soon as possible.

13. Acknowledgement of receipt will be sent by email for registration applications submitted.
14. The registration application is subject to approval by FNMT-RCM and to MDC sectorisation criteria. It is essential that the activity of the applicant company or public or private body falls within the MDC sectors.
15. Final acceptance of participation is reserved to FNMT-RCM, which may reject an application on stated grounds. The following are illustrative and non-exhaustive grounds for rejection:
    1. where the activities carried out by the applicant company are not considered to fall within the sectors and products covered by MDC 2027 and therefore do not align with its purposes;
    2. where full capacity has been reached;
    3. where the application is submitted outside the established deadlines;
    4. where the application poses a reputational risk to FNMT-RCM or MDC 2027;
    5. where the application entails non-compliance with FNMT-RCM’s Compliance Management System, Code of Conduct or other Compliance Policies.

If any of these circumstances arise, FNMT-RCM will notify the applicants in writing.

16. If the application cannot be accepted, FNMT-RCM will refund any amount paid, without the applicant being entitled to any compensation.

17. Any request to cancel registration and obtain a refund of the corresponding registration fee must be sent in writing to the Conference Technical Secretariat by email to SEC.TECNICA-MDC2027@iag7mice.com
18. No cancellations or name changes will be accepted for any registered participant if the request for cancellation or name change is received at the email address above less than two (2) weeks before the event start date.
19. Any registered participant may request a change of participant name, provided that it is notified in writing to the Conference Technical Secretariat by email to SEC.TECNICA-MDC2027@iag7mice.com
20. Both a request to cancel registration and a change of registered participant name will incur an administration fee of fifty euros (EUR 50). In the case of cancellation, this fee will be deducted from the registration fee; in the case of a name change, it must be paid by bank transfer after contacting the Technical Secretariat to arrange payment.

21. FNMT-RCM, a State-Owned Public Enterprise and In-House Provider, recognises through its Compliance Management System, its Ethical Code of Conduct and other compliance protocols and policies, its commitment to the fundamental principles arising from integrity and honesty in the activities it carries out.
22. This commitment includes FNMT-RCM’s responsibility to ensure compliance with its Compliance Management System and other internal rules in its relationship with all MDC 2027 participants, in order to achieve the objectives and scope of the commitments entered into by the parties.
23. FNMT-RCM may not be required to adhere to the codes of conduct or other compliance rules of MDC 2027 participants.
24. FNMT-RCM may refuse participation to any natural or legal person attending MDC 2027 whose activity entails non-compliance with FNMT-RCM’s Compliance Management System, Ethical Code of Conduct, Supplier Ethical Code or any other compliance policy previously published on its website.
25. For further information, please consult the website:
    https://www.fnmt.es/transparencia

26. Any person who breaches these rules or any rules that the Mint Directors Association may publish for the delivery of MDC 2027 will be disqualified from participating in MDC 2027 and from attending any of the scheduled events. The same applies to anyone committing acts contrary to law, morality or public decency; endangering the safety of persons, premises or property; offending the standards of MDC 2027; or damaging the reputation or good name of FNMT-RCM. FNMT-RCM, through the persons responsible for the organisation, may remove from the scheduled events anyone who breaches these rules or commits any of the acts described above.

27. If MDC 2027 is cancelled due to force majeure, amounts paid in connection with registration will be refunded. The participant will have no right to make any additional claim.
28. Amounts paid in connection with registration will not be refunded in the event of changes to the dates of scheduled events or a temporary suspension of less than two (2) months.

29. In the event of an incident or inability to complete the participation registration or make payment for reasons not attributable to the applicant, the applicant must contact the event Technical Secretariat at SEC.TECNICA-MDC2027@iag7mice.com

30. Personal data collected through the application will be processed by FNMT-RCM, as data controller, exclusively for the purposes of holding MDC 2027.
31. The contractor responsible for the organisation and management of MDC 2027 will act as data processor and must comply with the General Data Protection Regulation [Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016], Organic Law 3/2018 of 5 December on Personal Data Protection and Guarantee of Digital Rights, and other applicable legislation in force on personal data protection. The conditions and purpose are set out in the data processing agreement that the parties will sign as an annex to the contract resulting from the procurement process.
32. Without prejudice to Article 28.2 of the aforementioned General Data Protection Regulation, the contractor responsible for the organisation and management of MDC 2027, upon becoming data processor, will assume the following obligations:
    1. 1. a) Before the formalisation of the contract, submit a declaration stating where the servers will be located and from where the services associated with them will be provided.
       2. b) Notify any changes that occur during the life of the contract to the information provided in the declaration referred to in point a) above.
       3. c) State in its tender, if it plans to subcontract the servers or related services, the name or business profile, defined by reference to professional or technical solvency requirements, of the subcontractors to whom performance will be entrusted.

If FNMT-RCM authorises the contractor to subcontract part of its activity and this involves access to personal data, FNMT-RCM’s prior authorisation as data controller will be required. The same obligations and requirements, and the liabilities arising from their activity, will apply to subcontractors.

33. For personal data that are solely identifying and used for professional purposes, the provisions of Article 19 of Organic Law 3/2018 of 5 December on Personal Data Protection and Guarantee of Digital Rights shall apply.
34. Information on your rights: Identity of the controller: FNMT-RCM; contact details in the header. Purpose of processing: processing necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party [Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR]; (RAT 7) Management of contracts, agreements, assignments and tenders issued by FNMT-RCM / Management of invoicing for procurement files of the different departments requesting services and/or materials (RAT 8).
35. Complete information on the legal bases for processing, and on how to exercise your rights under personal data protection and privacy law, is available at the following link:
    www.fnmt.es/politica-privacidad

For personal data protection and privacy enquiries, you may contact the FNMT-RCM Data Protection Officer at dpd@fnmt.es

36. FNMT-RCM’s liability for loss or damage actually caused in the organisation and delivery of MDC 2027 shall be subject to the laws of the Spanish State.
37. Each MDC 2027 participant will be liable for any loss or damage caused to FNMT-RCM as a result of a breach of these Conditions or any other rules applicable to the holding of MDC 2027.

38. These Conditions, any annexes to them, together with any amendments, modifications and supplements, and the rights of the Parties under them, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Spanish law.
39. The Parties agree to submit to the jurisdiction and competence of the Courts and Tribunals of Madrid for the resolution of any dispute arising or that may arise as a result of the validity, effectiveness, interpretation, performance and execution of the participation agreement entered into through the application and payment of the participation registration fee, waiving any other jurisdiction to which they may otherwise be entitled.

40. These Conditions and any other participation rules for the holding of MDC 2027 are binding on MDC 2027 participants, the companies they hire or subcontract, and any collaborating companies that, as a result of the conference and its various events, carry out work or provide services on the participant’s behalf. Consequently, the participant undertakes to convey all PARTICIPATION RULES to such hired, subcontracted or collaborating companies insofar as they may be affected by the work entrusted to them by the participant for MDC 2027.
41. In the event of discrepancies concerning the interpretation of these rules, the Spanish version shall prevail over versions produced in other languages.

42. As a necessary requirement for registration as an MDC 2027 participant, every applicant must expressly accept these Conditions and pay for the selected registration category in accordance with the fees set out in section C) of these Conditions.