b. The Contractor  shall temporarily hold and store the Goods until Europol provides the Contractor with further written instructions; 

c. Europol shall have full right to check the Goods and access the Contractor’s  warehouse/storage facilities upon reasonable request; 

d. The Contractor  shall be entitled to invoice Europol for the storage costs of the Goods and the goods itself listed in the Warehouse Receipt by submitting a request for payment. Storage costs shall be as specified in Annex II (the Contractor’s Offer).The Contractor’s  request for payment shall include a signed copy of the Warehouse Receipt. 

4. Unless specified otherwise in the Specific Contract/Purchase Order and provided the Warehouse Receipt has been signed off by Europol, the Contractor shall be entitled to submit a request for payment for the Goods listed in the Warehouse Receipt. Europol may apply (a) retention sum(s) not exceeding 30 % of the value of corresponding Purchase Order/Specific Contract  when accepting the Contractor’s  request for payment of the Goods listed in the Warehouse Receipt. The sum(s) retained shall be released within 30 days of the final acceptance of the Goods at end destination. The relevant Specific Contract/Purchase Order  may stipulate additional rules governing the payment of the Goods listed in the Warehouse Receipt. 

5. In return for payment of the Goods by Europol to the Contractor , the following conditions regulating the transfer of ownership and the risk of loss and damages in relation to the Goods listed in the Warehouse Receipt shall apply: 

a. Europol acquires full title and ownership to the Goods (irrespective of the use of a retention sum(s) on the Goods as indicated in paragraph 4 above); 

b. The Contractor guarantees that third parties cannot exercise any prior rights (of any kind whatsoever) in respect of the Goods; 

c. The Goods shall be held as Europol’s property and labelled as such at the Contractor’s expense; 

d. The Contractor  shall bear all the risk of loss or damages, theft and/or destruction until the final delivery and instalment of the Goods; 

e. The Goods listed in the Warehouse Receipt shall be insured by the Contractor in accordance with Article I-17 and Article II-3 of the Framework Contract until end delivery and installation. Within 15 days following the signature of the Specific Contract/Purchase Order by both Parties, the Contractor shall provide Europol with written evidence that it has taken out adequate insurance coverage on the Goods. 

6. Following the transfer of ownership of the Goods, the Contractor shall be authorised under a specific Purchase Order/Specific Contract to perform installation-related Services such as staging pre- assembly and/or storage Services  on the Goods. 

7. Where the Contractor  intends to subcontract part(s) of the activities of the Framework Contract  to a third party, it shall request Europol’s prior written authorisation in accordance with Article II-19 of the Framework Contract . Any sub-contractor’s personnel used by the Contractor  shall work under the responsibility of the Contractor , and shall be bound by the same provisions which apply to the Contractor’s  Personnel. No direct contractual relations exist between Europol and the Contractor’s sub-contractor. 

8. Even where Europol authorises the Contractor  to subcontract to third parties, the Contractor  shall none the less remain bound by its obligations to Europol under the Framework Contract  and shall bear exclusive liability for the proper performance of installation-relating Services  performed on the 

