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• When more than three major issues are raised during the Acceptance Testing, the Acceptance Testing may be interrupted and the software may be rejected. 

• When more than six minor issues are raised during the Acceptance Testing, the Acceptance Testing may be interrupted and the software may be rejected. 

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Unless otherwise agreed, all outstanding defects shall be fixed as soon as possible, within 1 month from the acceptance unless otherwise agreed. Without prejudice to the terms specified in Article I.15 of the Draft Framework Contract, the warranty period as mentioned below shall be automatically extended of the time between acceptance and fix of all outstanding defects. 

## Options after 3 failed acceptance test cycles 

Without prejudice to the relevant provision of FWC666 on compensation and termination, if after three attempts at acceptance, the software still fails to meet the terms of the specific contract, ECHA shall have the following options: 

• To require the contractor to supply, without charge, a replacement or additional set of software; 

• To accept and retain part of the software, at a reduced price agreed between ECHA and the contractor; 

• To refuse the software and cancel the specific contract on recovery of sums unduly paid. 

## Statement of Acceptance 

In the case the tests have been satisfactory, ECHA shall issue a documented statement or certificate of acceptance that shows the acceptance date and mentions any reservations it may have regarding the services. 

ECHA reserves the right at the level of a specific contract to provisionally accept deliverables resulting from subtasks or work packages in order to allow the subsequent subtasks or work packages to be executed. ECHA will perform an overall final acceptance test of all the deliverables of the specific contract as a whole and provide final acceptance. In such circumstances, the Agency reserves the right to withhold a certain percentage of the payment concerning the sub-task or work packages until final acceptance of all the deliverables of the specific contract (please refer to sections 6.1 Specific contract types and 6.2 Conditions applicable to all contract types and to the Framework Contract). 

After acceptance, a warranty as specified in Article I.15 of the Draft Framework Contract applies. 

## Final Acceptance of an IT product delivered via multiple specific contracts 

In order to ensure alignment and consistency of all deliverables resulting from multiple specific contracts which are strongly interrelated, for example multiple specific contracts each of which is contributing to the construction of the same final software product, in addition to the acceptances that exist at the level of specific contract, an overall 'final' acceptance of the product may also take place. Namely, although some deliverables may have been accepted within a specific contract to allow the subsequent specific contracts 

