## LETTER FOR PRE-FINANCING FIRST DEMAND GUARANTEE 

[ Insert name and address of financial institution or bank (Letterhead) ] 

[ Insert place and date ] 

European Union Represented by the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (EUROPOL) Eisenhowerlaan 73 2517 KK The Hague Netherlands 

## Reference: Framework Contract [ Insert number and exact title ] 

## Article 1 – Declaration on guarantee, amount and purpose 

We, the undersigned [ insert name and address of the financial institution or bank ] (‘the Guarantor’) hereby confirm that we give the European Union, represented by EUROPOL, an unconditional, irrevocable and independent first-demand guarantee consisting in the undertaking to pay to EUROPOLa sum equivalent to the amount of: 

## EUR [ insert amount in figures and in words ] 

upon simple demand, for guarantee of the pre-financing(s) stipulated in the framework contract [ insert number and exact title ], (‘the contract’) concluded between EUROPOL and [ insert name and address ], (‘the Contractor’)]. 

## Article 2 – Execution of Guarantee 

If the Accounting Officer of EUROPOL gives notice that the Contractor has for any reason failed to reimburse pre-financings paid by EUROPOL, we, acting for account of the Contractor, shall pay immediately up to the above amount, in EUR, without exception or objection, into [ a bank account designated by EUROPOL] [the following bank account: [ insert number ]], on receipt of the first written request from EUROPOL. We shall inform EUROPOL in writing as soon as the payment has been made. 

## Article 3 – Obligations of the Guarantor 

1. We waive the right to require exhaustion of remedies against the Contractor, any right to withhold performance, any right of retention, any right of avoidance, any right to offset, and the right to assert any other claims which the Contractor may have against EUROPOL under the framework contract or in connection with it or on any other grounds. 

2. Our obligations under this guarantee shall not be affected by any arrangements or agreements made by EUROPOL with the Contractor which may concern its obligations under the framework contract. 

3. We shall inform immediately EUROPOL in writing, by registered letter or by courier with written receipt or equivalent, in the event of a change of our legal status, ownership or address. 

