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presentation of false, incorrect or incomplete statements or documents, which has as its effect the misappropriation or wrongful retention of funds or assets from the Union budget, ii) the non-disclosure of information in violation of a specific obligation, with the same effect or iii) the misapplication of such funds or assets for purposes other than those for which they were originally granted, which damages the Union's financial interests; 

'Grave professional misconduct': a violation of applicable laws or regulations or ethical standards of the profession to which a contractor or a related person belongs, including any conduct leading to sexual or other exploitation or abuse, or any wrongful conduct of the contractor or a related person which has an impact on its professional credibility where such conduct denotes wrongful intent or gross negligence. 

‘Interface control document’ : the guideline document which lays down the technical specifications, message standards, security standards, checks of syntax and semantics, etc. to facilitate machine-to-machine connection. This document is updated on a regular basis; 

‘Irregularity’ : any infringement of a provision of Union law resulting from an act or omission by an economic operator, which has, or would have, the effect of prejudicing the Union’s budget. 

‘Notification’ (or ‘notify’): form of communication between the parties made in writing including by electronic means; 

‘Performance of the contract’ : the execution of tasks and delivery of the purchased services by the contractor to the contracting authority; 

‘Personnel’ : persons employed directly or indirectly or contracted by the contractor to perform the contract; 

‘Pre-existing material’ : any material, document, technology or know-how which exists prior to the contractor using it for the production of a result  in the performance of the contract ; 

‘Pre-existing right’ : any industrial and intellectual property right on pre-existing material ; it may consist in a right of ownership, a licence right and/or right of use belonging to the contractor, the creator , the contracting authority as well as to any other third parties; 

‘Professional conflicting interest’ : a situation in which the contractor’s previous or ongoing professional activities affect its capacity to perform the contract to an appropriate quality standard. 

‘Related person’ : any natural or legal person who is a member of the administrative, management or supervisory body of the contractor, or who has powers of representation, decision or control with regard to the contractor; 

‘Result’ : any intended outcome of the performance of the contract , whatever its form or nature. A result may be further defined in this contract as a deliverable. A result may, in addition to newly created materials produced specifically for the contracting authority by the contractor or at its request, also include pre-existing materials ; 

‘Supplier portal’ : the e-PRIOR portal, which allows the contractor to exchange electronic business documents, such as invoices, through a graphical user interface. 

