(c) if the contractor does not implement the FWC or perform the specific contract in accordance with the tender specifications or request for supplies/services or is in breach of another substantial contractual obligation or repeatedly refuses to sign specific contracts. Termination of three or more specific contracts in these circumstances also constitutes grounds for termination of the FWC; 

(d) if the contractor or any person that assumes unlimited liability for the debts of the contractor is in one of the situations provided for in points (a) and (b) of Article 136(1) of the Financial Regulation$^{5}$; 

(e) if the contractor or any related person is subject to any of the situations provided for in points (c) to (h) of Article 136(1) or to Article 136(2) of the Financial Regulation; 

(f) if the procedure for awarding the FWC or the implementation of the FWC prove to have been subject to substantial errors, irregularities or fraud; 

(g) if the contractor does not comply with applicable obligations under environmental, social and labour law established by Union law, national law, collective agreements or by the international environmental, social and labour law provisions listed in Annex X to Directive 2014/24/EU; 

(h) if the contractor is in a situation that constitutes a professional conflicting interest as referred to in Article II.7; 

(i) if a change to the contractor’s legal, financial, technical, organisational or ownership situation is likely to substantially affect the implementation of the FWC or substantially modify the conditions under which the FWC was initially awarded; 

(j) in the event of force majeure, where either resuming implementation is impossible or the necessary ensuing amendments to the FWC or a specific contract would mean that the tender specifications are no longer fulfilled or result in unequal treatment of tenderers or contractors; 

(k) if the needs of the contracting authority change and it no longer requires new supplies and/or services under the FWC; in such cases ongoing specific contracts remain unaffected; 

(l) if the termination of the FWC with one or more of the contractors means that the multiple FWC with reopening of competition no longer has the minimum required level of competition; 

(m) where the contracting authority has evidence that the contractor or any related entity or person has violated any provisions on security and confidentiality included in the FWC and its annexes; 

(n) For specific services, where the contracting authority has evidence or seriously suspects the contractor of, active or passive, intentional or negligent, disclosure of any data or information issued by the EU institutions and bodies and transferred through the network of the contractor during the performance of the FWC, to any authorities, legal or natural persons, with the sole exception of relevant formal requests submitted by EU judicial authorities for the purpose of criminal investigations; 

(o) If the contractor is in breach of the data protection obligations resulting from Article II.9.2; (p) If the contractor does not comply with the applicable data protection obligations resulting from Regulation (EU) 2016/679. 

The contractor may terminate the FWC and/or a specific contract if: 

## II.17.2. Grounds for termination by the contractor 

(a) it has evidence that the contracting authority has committed substantial errors, irregularities or fraud in the procedure for awarding the FWC or in the implementation of the FWC; 

(b) The contracting authority fails to comply with its obligations, in particular the obligation to provide the information needed for the contractor to implement the FWC or to perform a specific contract as provided for in the tender specifications. 

## II.17.3. Procedure for termination 

A party must formally notify the other party of its intention to terminate the FWC or a specific contract and the grounds for termination. 

