## II.17.2. Suspension by the contracting authority 

The contracting authority may suspend the implementation of the FWC  or performance of a specific contract  or any part of it: 

(a) if the procedure for awarding the FWC or a specific contract or the implementation of the FWC  proves to have been subject to substantial errors , irregularities  or fraud ; 

(b) in order to verify whether the presumed substantial errors , irregularities or fraud actually occurred. 

The contracting authority must formally notify the contractor of the suspension. Suspension takes effect on the date of formal notification , or at a later date if the formal notification  so provides. 

The contracting authority must notify  the contractor as soon as possible whether: 

(a) it is lifting the suspension; or 

(b) it intends to terminate the FWC or a specific contract under Article II.18.1(f) or (j). 

The contractor is not entitled to compensation for suspension of any part of the FWC or a specific contract. 

## II.18. TERMINATION OF THE FWC 

## II.18.1. Grounds for termination by the contracting authority 

The contracting authority may terminate the FWC or a specific contract in the following circumstances: 

(a) if provision of the services under a pending specific contract has not actually started within 15 days of the scheduled date and the contracting authority considers the new date proposed, if any, unacceptable, taking into account Article II.11.2; 

(b) if the contractor is unable, through its own fault, to obtain any permit or licence required for implementation of the FWC ; 

(c) if the contractor does not implement the FWC or perform the specific contract in accordance with the tender specifications or request for service  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 106(1) of the Financial Regulation 2 ; 

(e) if the contractor or any related person  is subject to any of the situations provided for in points (c) to (f) of Article 106(1) or to Article 106(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 data protection, 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; 

