# General terms and conditions for framework agreements for the provision of services to the European Investment Bank 

## § 1. Scope of application; order of precedence 

These General Terms and Conditions shall apply to and form part of each framework agreement concluded between the European Investment Bank and one or more other parties with a view to sign one or more subsequent contracts for the provision of services to the European Investment Bank. Additional or different terms and conditions shall not apply. 

Terms defined in each contract concluded pursuant to the framework agreement (hereinafter " the Framework Agreement ") to which this copy of the General Terms and Conditions is attached (each such contract hereinafter " the Contract ") shall have the same meaning when used herein. 

Where the Framework Agreement is concluded following a call for tenders by the Bank, the Service Provider shall be deemed to have accepted these General Terms and Conditions by submitting a tender in response to the call for tenders. In all other cases, a service provider shall be deemed to have accepted these General Terms and Conditions through any one of the following acts: (a) signature of the Framework Agreement, (b) commencement of the performance of services to the Bank or (c) acceptance of any payment from the Bank. 

Annexes I and II hereto form an integral part of these General Terms and Conditions. In the event of any inconsistency between the Annexes hereto and the other provisions of these General Terms and Conditions, the following order of priority shall apply: (1) the other provisions, (2) Annex II and (3) Annex I. 

## § 2. Service Provider's obligations 

The Service Provider shall provide the Services specified in the Contract (these Services hereinafter also " the Assignment ") in accordance with the requirements and specifications set forth in the Contract and in accordance with any instructions issued from time to time by the member(s) of the Bank's staff identified therein as the Service Provider's contact person(s) for the purposes of the Assignment. 

The Service Provider undertakes to perform the Services in accordance with the highest standards of professional and ethical competence and integrity in the Service Provider's industry, having due regard for the nature and purposes of the Bank as the European Union's long-term financing institution and to ensure that its employees, subcontractors and their employees, and any other such persons acting on behalf of the Service Provider in the performance of the Services (“ Service Provider’s Personnel ”) will conduct themselves in a manner consistent therewith. 

The Service Provider shall at all times cooperate with the Bank, its employees and agents in the interests of the project to which the Services relate (hereinafter " the Project "). The Service Provider shall report immediately to the Bank 

 any circumstances or events which might reasonably be expected to hinder the timely performance of the Assignment. 

 without prejudice to § 5, any change or planned change to its legal, financial, technical or organisational or ownership situation that involves or is likely to involve the transfer of all of the Service Provider’s rights and obligations to a third party by way of universal succession. 

The Service Provider shall perform the Services as an independent contractor under the general guidance of the Bank. The Service Provider's Personnel shall not act as agents or employees of the Bank. 

The Service Provider shall respect and abide by all applicable laws and regulations of the European Union and of any country in which the Services are to be performed, including compliance with applicable obligations under environmental, social and labour law established by Union law, national law and collective agreements or by the international environmental, social and labour law provisions listed in Annex X to Directive 2014/24/EU, and with the data protection obligations resulting from Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Regulation (EU) 2018/1725. 

