## Europol Public Information 

18. The duration of processing of Personal data  by the Contractor  will not exceed the period referred to in Article II-24.2 of the FWC. Upon expiry of this period, the Contractor  shall, at the choice of the Data controller , return, without any undue delay in a commonly agreed format, all personal data processed on behalf of the Data controller and the copies thereof or shall effectively delete all Personal data unless Union or national law requires a longer storage of such Personal data . 

19. The Contractor shall not engage another sub-contractor without prior specific or general written authorisation of Europol, as specified in Article II-19 (“Subcontracting”). In the case of general written authorisation, the Data processor  shall inform Europol of any intended changes concerning the addition or replacement of other processors, thereby giving Europol the opportunity to object to such changes. The Contractor  is responsible for passing on the obligations in this Article to its sub- contractors and for ensuring compliance with such obligations by its sub-contractors. If any evidence of compliance by sub-contractors with this Article is requested by Europol, the Contractor shall be responsible for obtaining it. 

20. For the purpose of Article II-19 of this FWC, if part or all of the processing of Personal data is subcontracted to a third party, the Contractor  shall pass on the obligations referred to in II.17.1 and II.17.2 in writing to those parties, including sub-contractors. At the request of Europol, the Contractor  shall provide a document providing evidence of this commitment. 

21. The Parties agree to cooperate in good faith to modify these provisions by Addendum to the Framework Contract in the event that the European Commission adopts further standard contractual clauses for data protection by implementing decision which impact on intra-EU and intra-EEA transfers of Personal data . 

## Article II-18 

## Force Majeure 

1. If either party is faced with Force Majeure , it shall notify the other without delay in writing, stating the nature, likely duration and foreseeable effects. 

2. A party is not liable for any delay or failure to perform its contractual obligations if that delay or failure is due to Force Majeure . 

3. When faced with Force Majeure , the Contractor shall continue to perform its contractual obligations as far as is reasonably practicable, and shall seek all reasonable alternative means for performance of its obligations which are not prevented by the Force Majeure  event. The Contractor  shall not put into effect such alternative means without Europol’s prior written consent. 

4. Where the Contractor is unable to perform its contractual obligations owing to Force Majeure (regardless of the party notifying it), it shall have the right to remuneration only for goods satisfactorily delivered and/or services satisfactorily performed. 

## Article II-19 

## Sub-contracting 

1. The Contractor  may sub-contract the delivery of goods and/or performance of the services to the sub-contractors listed in its Tender and provided any restrictions specified in the tender stage documentation are complied with. Sub-contracting to third-parties or in a different manner than proposed in the Contractor’s  Tender requires express prior written authorisation from Europol. 

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