## 5. Interim payment: 

i. If interim payment(s) are foreseen in the Specific Contract or Purchase Order , the Contractor shall submit an invoice for the interim payment, for the amount specified in the relevant Specific Contract  or Purchase Order  accompanied by the supporting documents as listed at paragraph 7 below and any other documents as indicated in the relevant Specific Contract  or Purchase Order . Payments shall be executed only if the Contractor  has fulfilled all its contractual obligations by the date on which the invoice is submitted. 

ii. [Option 1 – No progress report] 

Europol shall have 30 days from the receipt of the invoice to approve or reject the submitted documents and to pay an interim payment. 

 [Option 2 10  – With progress report] 

Invoices for interim payment shall be accompanied by a progress report in accordance with the instructions laid down in the Specific Contract/Purchase Order . 

Europol shall have 30 days from the receipt to approve or reject the progress report and to pay an interim payment. The Contractor  shall have 20 days in which to submit additional information or a new progress report. 

iii. If Europol has observations, it must send them to the Contractor  and suspend the time limit for payment in accordance with Article II-8 (8) (“Payments and guarantees”). The Contractor  has 10 (ten) Working Days to submit additional information or corrections or a new version of the documents if Europol so requires. 

iv. Europol shall pay within the remainder of the time indicated above, unless it rejects the submitted documents partially or fully. Europol shall have the right to reject the invoice on the basis of Article II-11 (“ Reduction in payment and off-setting ”). 

## 6. Payment of the balance: 

i. The Contractor  may request payment of the balance in accordance with Article II-8 (“Payments and guarantees”). 

ii. The Contractor  shall submit an invoice for payment of the balance due under a Specific Contract or Purchase Order , accompanied by the supporting documents as listed at paragraph 7 below and any other documents as indicated in the relevant Specific Contract or Purchase Order . Payments shall be executed only if the Contractor  has fulfilled all its contractual obligations by the date on which the invoice is submitted. 

iii. Europol shall have 30 days from the receipt of the invoice to approve or reject the submitted documents and to pay. 

iv. If Europol has observations to make, it must send them to the Contractor  and suspend the time limit for payment in accordance with Article II-8 (8) (“Payments and guarantees”). The Contractor  has 10 (ten) Working Days  to submit additional information or corrections or a new version of the documents if Europol so requires. 

