invoked as Force Majeure  unless they stem directly from a relevant case of Force Majeure; 

Formal notification (or formally notify) form of communication between the legal representatives of the parties made in writing by mail or e-mail, which provides the sender with evidence that the mail was delivered to the specified recipient (e.g. registered delivery mail or e-mail with delivery receipt); 

Framework Contract: the present framework contract and its Annexes; Fraud: any Contractor’s intentional act or omission affecting the EU financial interest relating to the use or presentation of false, incorrect or incomplete statements or documents or to non- disclosure of information in violation of a specific legal obligation; 

Intellectual property rights (IPR): all industrial and intellectual property rights, such as, but not limited to, copyright, know-how, the rights of the producer of a database, patents, patent applications, utility models, any trademarks, trade names, designs and models; 

Irregularity: any Contractor’s infringement of a provision of EU law resulting from an act or omission, which has or would have, the effect of prejudicing the European Union’s budget; 

Joint controller(s): a natural or legal person, public authority or agency other than an EU institution and/or body determining the purposes and means of personal data processing, jointly with one or more Data controllers; 

Leader (in joint tenders): the company designated as such by the group of companies without a separate legal personality, in case of submission of a joint tender; 

Personal data: any information related to an identified or identifiable natural person i.e. “data subject” and where an identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, psychological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that person; 

Personal data breach: a breach of security leading to the accidental and/or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed under this Framework Contract; 

Professional conflicting interest: any situation in which the Contractor’s  previous or on-going professional activities affect its capacity to satisfactorily 

