the licence fees, maintenance fees or maintenance related costs may be invoiced for more than one calendar year and in advance for the whole period. 

10. Specific provision for payment of storage costs of Goods: 

Costs for (temporary) storage of Goods, included related insurance, shall be as listed in Annex II of the Framework Contract . The Contractor  shall be paid for the storage of the Goods provided that the request has been approved in advance by Europol and on the basis of the Warehouse Receipt in accordance with Article I-15 of the Framework Contract . 

The Contractor  shall be responsible for all costs and expenses directly and indirectly connected with the transport of the Goods to the warehouse/storage facilities, such as delivery shipment, transport and packaging costs and all ancillary costs, such as insurance costs. 

11. Specific provision for payment of Goods (temporarily) stored in warehouse/storage facilities: 

Europol shall be entitled to apply (a) retention sum(s) on the value of the Goods referred to in a Purchase Order/Specific Contract  where the Contractor  submits a request for payment following the signature by both parties of the Warehouse Receipt in accordance with Article I.15.4 of the Contract. 

## 12. Performance guarantee : 

 There is no performance guarantee applicable to this Framework Contract . 

## 13. Retention money guarantee: 

A retention money guarantee may be requested for an amount provided in the relevant Specific Contract [and/] or Purchase Order and constituted by a corresponding deduction from each payment. At the request of the Contractor , and subject to approval by Europol, the deduction from payment may be replaced by a bank guarantee in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article II-8 (6) (“Payments and guarantees”). 

## Article I- 7 

## Bank account 

1. Payment of invoices is conditional upon the Contractor  being listed in the European Commission’s contractors database following submission of an duly filled in and signed Legal Entity Form (LEF) and Financial Identification Form (BAF) as specified in the Tender Specifications at Annex I. 

2. Payments shall be made in EURO to the Contractor’s bank account stated in such Financial Identification Form. 

3. The Contractor  is responsible for notification to Europol of any changes in the information in the Legal Entity Form and/or the Financial Identification Form by submitting new duly filled in and signed forms upon the occurrence of any such change. 

## General administrative provisions 

## Article I- 8 

Any communication relating to this Framework Contract  or to its implementation shall be made in accordance with Article II- 26 (“Means of communication”). 

