## ARTICLE I.5 –  PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS 

## I.5.1 Pre-financing 

Pre-financing is not applicable to this contract. 

## I.5.2 Interim payment 

1. The contractor (or leader in the case of a joint tender) may claim a first interim payment  equal to 20% of the price referred to in Article I.4.1 in accordance with Article II.21.6. 

The contractor must send an invoice via e-mail in PDF format or via e-PRIOR  for the interim payment as provided for in the tender specifications, accompanied by the following: 

a) a list of all pre-existing rights  incorporated into the results  or parts of the results for interim deliverables or a declaration stating that there are no such pre-existing rights, as provided for in Article II.13.4; Contractors must submit a declaration stating clearly if any materials incorporated into the interim deliverables are subject to pre-existing rights. The contractor must explicitly declare which pre-existing rights are contained within the deliverables and must warrant that those materials are free of rights or claims from creators or from any third parties for any use the Contracting Authority has foreseen in art.I.10 of the contract. Absence of such declaration when the deliverable and invoice is received will be understood by the Contracting Authority as confirmation that there are no pre-existing rights within the deliverables and the Contracting Authority will proceed with the payment. 

The template declaration is provided in Annex III  of this contract. 

b) Data model; Interim Report 1 describing execution of task 1. 

2. The contractor (or leader in the case of a joint tender) may claim a second interim payment equal to 40% of the price referred to in Article I.4.1 in accordance with Article II.21.6. 

The contractor must send an invoice via e-mail in PDF format or via e-PRIOR  for the interim payment as provided for in the tender specifications, accompanied by the following: 

a) a list of all pre-existing rights  incorporated into the results  or parts of the results for interim deliverables or a declaration stating that there are no such pre-existing rights, as provided for in Article II.13.4; Contractors must submit a declaration stating clearly if any materials incorporated into the interim deliverables are subject to pre-existing rights. The contractor must explicitly declare which pre-existing rights are contained within the deliverables and must warrant that those materials are free of rights or claims from creators or from any third parties for any use the Contracting Authority has foreseen in art.I.10 of the contract. Absence of such declaration when the deliverable and invoice is received will be understood by the Contracting Authority as confirmation that there are no pre-existing rights within the deliverables and the Contracting Authority will proceed with the payment. 

The template declaration is provided in Annex III of this contract. 

b) (i) Extracted data to be curated and compiled into a database using IUCLID format and (ii) Interim Report 2 describing execution of task 2. (iii) Interim Report 3 describing execution of task 3. 

2. The contracting authority must approve any submitted documents or deliverables and pay within 60 days from receipt of the invoice. 

