(1) In this contract, words and expressions shall have the meanings assigned to them in the contractual conditions set out below. 

(2) The following documents shall be deemed to form and be read and construed as part of this contract, in the following order of precedence: 

(a) the Contract Form, 

(b) the Tender Form with Appendix to Tender 

(c) the Particular Conditions, 

(d) the General Conditions of Contract, FIDIC Yellow Book, First Edition – 1999, 

(e) the Employer’s Requirements including the Design Documentation and Drawings (in Volume 5 of the Tender Dossier), 

(f) the Preamble to the Schedule of Payments, Schedule of Payments and the Schedules 

(g) the Contractor’s Proposal and any other documents forming part of the contract. 

The various documents making up the contract shall be deemed to be mutually explanatory; in cases of ambiguity or divergence, they shall prevail in the order in which they appear above. Addenda shall have the order of precedence of the document they are amending. Provisions in the Changes to Tender Dossier will have the same order of precedence of the document they are amending. 

(3) In consideration of the payments to be made by the contracting authority to the contractor as hereinafter mentioned, the contractor undertakes to execute and complete the works and remedy defects therein in full compliance with the provisions of the contract. 

(4) The contracting authority hereby agrees to pay the contractor in consideration of the execution and completion of the works and remedying of defects therein the amount of: 

-The Accepted Contract Amount (excluding VAT/other taxes) EUR <…………………..> 

- Accepted Contract Amount EUR <amount in words> 

The EU component EUR$^{4 }$<………………..> 

or such other sum as may become payable under the provisions of the Contract at the times and in the manner prescribed by the contract. VAT will be paid in compliance with the binding regulations, national law and international agreements concerning the execution of the project. VAT and other taxes shall not be paid on the funds originating from EU funds. 

( 5) Other specific conditions applying to the Contract 

The following conditions to the Contract shall apply: 

The Contractor must take the necessary measures to ensure the visibility of the EU financing or co- financing. Such measures must be in accordance with the applicable rules on the visibility of external action laid down and published by the Commission. These rules are set out in the Communication and Visibility Manual for External Actions available from the website of DG International Cooperation and Development at https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/funding/communication-and-visibility-manual-eu- external-actions_en. The Contractor must also follow the visibility rules set out in the visibility guideline of the Delegation of the European Union to Turkey which is available at http://www.avrupa.info.tr/ 

The Contract is, as a rule, exempt from all taxes and duties, including value added tax (VAT) and Special Consumption Tax (SCT), Motor Vehicle Tax, Special Communication Tax, and/or taxes of equivalent effect, stamp or registration duties, special charges or any other charge having equivalent effect, pursuant to the provisions of Articles set out in the Framework Agreement signed between the Republic of Turkey and the European Union in 2015, extract of Article 27 & 28 of which are provided in Volume 2, Section 

