II.4.1 The Commission may not be held liable for any damage caused or sustained by any of the beneficiaries, including any damage caused to third parties as a consequence of or during the implementation of the action. II.4.2 Except in cases of the beneficiaries must compensate the Commission force majeure, for any damage it sustains as a result of the implementation of the or because action the was not implemented in full compliance with the Agreement. action II.5 – II.5.1 The beneficiaries must take all necessary measures to prevent any situation of conflict of interests. II.5.2 The beneficiaries must inform the Commission without delay of any situation constituting or likely to lead to a They must take immediately all conflict of interests. the necessary steps to rectify this situation. The Commission may verify that the measures taken are appropriate and may require additional measures to be taken by a specified deadline. II.6 – During implementation of the and for five after the payment of the balance, II.6.1 action the parties must treat with confidentiality any confidential information and documents. II.6.2 The parties may not use for any reason other confidential information and documents than fulfilling their obligations under the Agreement without the prior written agreement of the other party. II.6.3 The confidentiality obligations do not apply if: the disclosing party agrees to release the other party from those obligations; the become public through other means than in confidential information or documents breach of the confidentiality obligations; the of the is required by law. confidential information or documents II.7 – II.7.1 Processing of personal data by the Commission Any personal data included in the Agreement must be processed by the Commission in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001. Such data must be processed by the data controller identified in Article I.7.1 solely for the purposes of the implementation, management and monitoring of the Agreement or protecting the financial interests of the EU, including checks, audits and investigations in accordance with Article II.27. The beneficiaries have the right to access and correct their own personal data. For this purpose, they must send any queries about the processing of their personal data to the data controller identified in Article I.7.1.
II.4.1 The Commission may not be held liable for any damage caused or sustained by any of the beneficiaries, including any damage caused to third parties as a consequence of or during the implementation of the action. II.4.2 Except in cases of force majeure, the beneficiaries must compensate the Commission for any damage it sustains as a result of the implementation of the action or because the action was not implemented in full compliance with the Agreement. II.5 – II.5.1 The beneficiaries must take all necessary measures to prevent any situation of conflict of interests. II.5.2 The beneficiaries must inform the Commission without delay of any situation constituting or likely to lead to a conflict of interests. They must take immediately all the necessary steps to rectify this situation. The Commission may verify that the measures taken are appropriate and may require additional measures to be taken by a specified deadline. II.6 – II.6.1 During implementation of the action and for five after the payment of the balance, the parties must treat with confidentiality any confidential information and documents. II.6.2 The parties may not use confidential information and documents for any reason other than fulfilling their obligations under the Agreement without the prior written agreement of the other party. II.6.3 The confidentiality obligations do not apply if: the disclosing party agrees to release the other party from those obligations; the confidential information or documents become public through other means than in breach of the confidentiality obligations; the of the confidential information or documents is required by law. II.7 – II.7.1 Processing of personal data by the Commission Any personal data included in the Agreement must be processed by the Commission in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001. Such data must be processed by the data controller identified in Article I.7.1 solely for the purposes of the implementation, management and monitoring of the Agreement or protecting the financial interests of the EU, including checks, audits and investigations in accordance with Article II.27. The beneficiaries have the right to access and correct their own personal data. For this purpose, they must send any queries about the processing of their personal data to the data controller identified in Article I.7.1.