– guilty of grave professional misconduct7
– committed fraud, corruption, links to a criminal organisation, money laundering,
terrorism-related crimes (including terrorism financing), child labour or human
trafficking
– shown significant deficiencies in complying with main obligations under an EU
procurement contract, grant agreement, prize, expert contract, or similar
– guilty of irregularities within the meaning of Article 1(2) of Regulation
No 2988/95
– created under a different jurisdiction with the intent to circumvent fiscal, social
or other legal obligations in the country of origin (including creation of another
entity with this purpose).
7 — I/my organisation are NOT subject to a conflict of interest in connection with this grant and
will notify — without delay — any situation which could give rise to a conflict of interests.
8 — I/my organisation have NOT and will NOT, neither directly nor indirectly, grant, seek, obtain
or accept any advantage in connection with this grant that would constitute an illegal practice
or involve corruption.
9 — I/my organisation have not received any other EU grant for this action and will give notice
of any future EU grants related to this action AND of any EU operating grant(s)8 given to my
organisation.
10 — I/my organisation are aware that false declarations may lead to rejection, suspension,
termination or reduction of the grant and to administrative sanctions (i.e. financial penalties
and/or exclusion from all future EU procurement contracts, grants, prizes and expert contracts).
and acknowledge
that:
1 — The grant will be signed and managed electronically, through the Funding & Tenders Portal
Electronic Exchange System (accessible via your Funding & Tenders Portal account9).
2 — Access and use of the electronic exchange system is subject to the Funding & Tenders Portal
Terms & Conditions10.
7 Professional misconduct includes: violation of ethical standards of the profession, wrongful conduct with impact on
professional credibility, false declarations/misrepresentation of information, participation in a cartel or other agreement
distorting competition, violation of IPR, attempting to influence decision-making processes or obtain confidential
information from public authorities to gain an advantage.
8 See Article 180 EU Financial Regulation.
9 Available at https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/myarea/projects.
10 Available at https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/ftp/tc_en.pdf.
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