| Dokumendiregister | Riigimetsa Majandamise Keskus |
| Viit | 1-18/97 |
| Registreeritud | 22.05.2024 |
| Sünkroonitud | 30.12.2025 |
| Liik | Leping |
| Funktsioon | 1-18 |
| Sari | Põhitegevusega seotud lepingud |
| Toimik | |
| Juurdepääsupiirang | Avalik |
| Juurdepääsupiirang | |
| Adressaat | KPMG Baltics OÜ |
| Saabumis/saatmisviis | KPMG Baltics OÜ |
| Vastutaja | Arendus- ja kliimaosakond |
| Originaal | Ava uues aknas |
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The Engagement Letter for advisory services
We are writing to confirm the terms of the engagement by Riigimetsa Majandamise
Keskus (RMK), (registry code: 70004459) (“the Client”) of KPMG Baltics OÜ
(“KPMG” or “us”) to deliver advisory services to you.
1 Scope of the Services
KPMG offers to perform market analysis and deliver a report on the applicable market
practice related to the rights of use fees (land lease) in operating stage of on-shore wind
parks. More specifically, this report will include:
• a high-level overview of the usually-applied process and land lease (use fee)
structure throughout on-shore wind park development process;
• overview of land lease (use fees) levels applied in different cases in the region*;
• assessment of the observations (including explanation of the assessment and data
collection and analysis process);
• conclusion on what is the appropriate operating period annual land lease (use
fee) applicable for on-shore wind parks located in the region as (i) % of revenue,
and (ii) EUR / MWh;
• recommendations for changing the operating period land lease (use fee) during
the contract period;
• other high-level recommendations on the planned land lease (use fee) structure
for the operating period planned by RMK**.
* Please note that the precise terms related to land lease in on-shore wind projects are
often commercially sensitive and confidential. Therefore, the individual case-level
information may not always be available. We expect that some information may be
reported only on some aggregation basis.
** We would like to highlight that the described fee structure for operating period as
planned by RMK may differ from the approach used in the market.
2 Deliverables
As a result of the works performed, we will submit a market analysis report in English in .pdf format.
Under this engagement letter we may also provide services to you by phone and/or e-
mail.
3 Timetable
We will start the works right after the signing of the engagement letter. Within 7 working
days of signing the engagement letter, we will deliver a draft report. We will finalize the
report within 3 working days after receiving your comments. If we do not receive your
comments within 3 working days after issuing the draft report, we will assume that the
client has no comments and we will issue the draft report as the final report.
The timing of our work and its performance will be dependent on all relevant information
and documentation and access to personnel being made available to us promptly as and
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when required by us. We shall use all reasonable endeavours to meet any agreed
timetable.
4 KPMG resources
This engagement will be led by Hanno Lindpere and day to day operation will be the
responsibility of Dainis Bass and Sten Aan. We may appoint other KPMG Persons in the
delivery of our services under this letter.
For your side Jaarek Konsa ([email protected]) will be the contact person.
5 Our charges
For this engagement we will charge a fixed fee of EUR 14 500, plus VAT.
In the event of other consulting services or early termination of our engagement, our
normal hourly rates 150 EUR/h will apply.
We may invoice you after handing over the report. Our invoices are payable within 7
calendar days of date of issuance.
6 Terms of Business
We accept this engagement on the basis that our General Terms of Business, as set out in
Appendix 1, will apply to this work and govern our relationship with you.
Please confirm your agreement to and acceptance of the terms of this letter and the
attachment[s] by signing and returning to us the enclosed copy. In connection with the
clause 36 on our General Terms of Business we ask you to add a copy of your passport,
driving licence or identification card to the signed contract.
If there are any aspects that you wish to discuss, please let us know.
Kind regards,
Hanno Lindpere
Partner, KPMG Baltics OÜ
ATTACHED:
(1) General Terms of Business
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I have read and understood the terms and conditions of this letter and attachment[s] and I
agree to and accept them.
Name: Jaarek Konsa
Position: Head of the Department of Development and Climate
Address: Mõisa 3, Sagedi küla, Haljala vald, 45403 Lääne-Viru maakond
Signed: /digitally signed/
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GENERAL TERMS OF BUSINESS
These General Terms of Business apply to the delivery of services by
KPMG to a client pursuant to a letter enclosing these General Terms
of Business and recording the engagement (“the Engagement
Letter”).
Definitions
The meanings of the following words and phrases which are widely
used in these General Terms of Business shall be as set out below:
Services mean the services to be delivered by us under the
Engagement Letter.
KPMG or we (or derivatives) means the KPMG contracting party as
identified by the Engagement Letter.
Engagement Team means, collectively or individually, KPMG
Persons (excluding corporate bodies, entities or firms) who is or are
involved in delivering the Services.
You (and derivatives) means the addressee (or addressees) of the
Engagement Letter.
Services Contract means the contract formed by the Engagement
Letter and these General Terms, together with any appended
documents or other terms applicable to the Services (“Additional
Terms”).
KPMG Persons means the KPMG contracting party, each and all of
our partners, members, directors, employees and agents, as the case
may be, together with any other body or entity controlled by us or
owned by us or associated with us and each and all of its partners,
members, directors, employees and agents and “KPMG Person”
shall mean any one of them.
Other KPMG Person(s) means, collectively or individually, KPMG
Persons who are not members of the Engagement Team.
Other Beneficiaries means any and each person or organization
identified in the Engagement Letter (other than you) as a beneficiary
of the Services or any product thereof.
These definitions shall apply wherever used in the Services Contract.
Our services
1. The Engagement Letter shall set out the Services to be delivered
by us and associated matters. These General Terms of Business
shall be subject to variation if required in the Engagement Letter.
2. The Services shall be delivered with reasonable skill and care.
3. Where individuals to be involved in delivering the Services are
named in the Engagement Letter, we shall use reasonable
endeavours to ensure that they are so involved. We may
substitute those identified for others of equal or similar skills but
we shall consult you before doing so.
4. We may supply written advice or confirm oral advice in writing
or deliver a final written report or make an oral presentation on
completion of the Services. Prior to completion of the Services
we may supply oral, draft or interim advice or reports or
presentations but in such circumstances our written advice or our
final written report shall take precedence.
No reliance shall be placed by you on any draft or interim advice
or report or any draft or interim presentation. Where you wish to
rely on oral advice or on an oral presentation made on
completion of the Services, you shall inform us and we shall
supply documentary confirmation of the advice concerned.
5. We shall not be under any obligation in any circumstances to
update any advice, report or any product of the Services, oral
or written, for events occurring after the advice, report or
product concerned has been issued in final form.
Confidentiality and data protection
6. We may acquire sensitive information concerning your business
or affairs in the course of delivering the Services (“Confidential
Information”). We shall preserve the confidentiality of
Confidential Information and we shall not disclose it beyond the
Engagement Team unless permitted by you or by this clause. We
shall comply with the confidentiality standards imposed by any
authority in the Republic of Estonia with whose requirements
KPMG are bound to comply, as well as any obligations imposed
on KPMG by Estonian law. Information relating to you, to our
relationship with you, and to the Services, including Confidential
Information, may be shared by us with Other KPMG Persons , and
may be accessed by other parties who facilitate the administration
of our business or support our infrastructure. We may remove, or
arrange the removal of, names and any other identifiers from
Confidential Information and then use such anonymized
information for lawful purposes chosen at our discretion. We shall
remain responsible for preserving confidentiality if Confidential
Information is shared with Other KPMG Persons or accessed by
such other parties.
This clause shall not apply where Confidential Information
properly enters the public domain or where KPMG wish to
disclose it to their professional indemnity insurers or advisers. This
clause shall also not apply in relation of disclosure of information
between KPMG Persons employed by or acting on behalf of
different legal entities in the Republic of Estonia.
For the purposes of marketing or publicising or selling our services
we may wish to disclose that we have performed work (including
the Services) for you, in which event we may identify you by your
name and we may indicate only the general nature or category of
such work (or of the Services) and any details which have properly
entered the public domain.
7. You agree to the collection and processing of your personal data
to the extent and pursuant to the procedure provided for by the law
and KPMG according to the Additional Terms on Data Protection.
The personal data shall include the name of the individual and data
allowing identifying the individual, including the individual’s
contact details (e-mail address and telephone number). The
personal data shall be processed for collecting, analysing and
summarising data pertaining clients, introducing and selling
KPMG’s services, and sending invitations to KPMG’s client
events and training courses. The data may be communicated only
to member firms of the KPMG international network. We will not
disclose or communicate the data referred to in this article to third
persons unless required to do so by the law. We will be the chief
processor of the data. You may change and update your personal
data or demand that the processing of your personal data for the
purposes specified in this article should be discontinued.
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Reliance on Advice
8. Any product of the Services released to you in any form or
medium shall be supplied by us on the basis that it is for your
information only. The Services shall be delivered on the basis
that you shall not quote our name or reproduce our logo in any
form or medium without our prior written consent. You may
disclose in whole any product of the Services to your legal and
other professional advisers for the purposes of your seeking
advice in relation to the Services, provided that when doing so
you inform them that
a. disclosure by them (save for their own internal
purposes) is not permitted without our prior written
consent, and
b. to the fullest extent permitted by law we accept no
responsibility or liability to them in connection
with the Services.
If the release of the product of the Service is required by law or
by a competent regulatory authority in which case you shall
inform us in advance in writing.
9. Any advice, opinion, statement of expectation, forecast or
recommendation supplied by us as part of the Services shall not
amount to any form of guarantee that we have determined or
predicted future events or circumstances.
Ownership
10. We shall retain ownership of the copyright and all other
intellectual property rights in the product of the Services,
whether oral or tangible, and ownership of our working papers.
You shall acquire ownership of any product of the Services in its
tangible form on payment of our Charges for any such product.
For the purposes of delivering services to you or other clients,
KPMG, the Engagement Team and other KPMG Persons shall
be entitled to use, develop or share with each other knowledge,
experience and skills of general application gained through
performing the Services.
Our charges
11. We shall render invoices in respect of the Services comprising
fees, outlays and VAT thereon (where appropriate) (“our
Charges”). Details of our Charges and any special payment
terms shall be set out in the Engagement Letter. Our fees shall
be based on the degree of responsibility of our partners,
members, directors, employees or agents, as the case may be,
involved in delivering the Services, their skill and time spent by
them in performing them and the nature and complexity of them.
Outlays will include both directly incurred costs and an amount,
equal to 3.0% of the value of time, to cover incidental expenses
which are not charged directly to the engagement. Our Charges
may differ from estimates or quotations that may have been
supplied, which shall be provisional only.
There may however be occasion where our charges are made by
reference to factors other than on a time spent basis, such as
monetary value, urgency, the use of research and knowledge
developed with KPMG.
12. In return for the delivery of the Services by us, you shall pay
our Charges (without any right of set-off), on presentation of
our invoice or at such other time as may be specified in the
Engagement Letter.
12.1. We may charge interest on any outstanding balances at a rate
of 0,05% per every day in delay (this rate applying after as well
as before any court award or judgement in our favor in respect
of outstanding balances).
12.2. We have a right to suspend our under the Services Contract if
you are in delay in paying our invoices more than 30 calendar
days.
12.3. If the Services Contract is terminated or suspended, we shall be
entitled to payment for outlays incurred to that time and to
payment of fees for work done, plus VAT thereon (where
appropriate). Our fees for work done shall in this event be
calculated by reference to our hourly rates at the time of
performance of our work on the basis set out in clause 11.
12.4. Where there is more than one addressee of the Engagement
Letter, unless provision is made in the Engagement Letter for
payment of our Charges by one of you or by a third party, all
of you shall each be fully liable separately to pay our Charges
as well as being so liable together as a group and we shall be
entitled to call upon any of you and all of you for payment in
full.
12.5. If we are required by any court or regulatory body to provide
information or to produce documents relating in any way to the
Services, in any proceedings or forum in which we are not a
party or participant, you shall pay our costs incurred in
responding to any such requirement at our standard rates
applicable at the time of responding, together with outlays
including legal expenses, and VAT thereon (where
appropriate).
Your responsibilities
13. Notwithstanding our duties and responsibilities in relation to
the Services, you shall retain responsibility and accountability
for managing your affairs, deciding on what to do after
receiving any product of the Services, implementing any
advice or recommendations provided by us, and realizing any
benefits requiring activity by you.
14. Where you require us or the nature of the Services is such that
it is likely to be more efficient for us to perform work at your
premises or using your computer systems or telephone
networks, you shall ensure that all arrangements are made for
access, security procedures, virus checks, facilities, licenses or
consents as may be required (without cost to us).
Information
15. To enable us to perform the Services, you shall supply
promptly all information and assistance and all access to
documentation in your possession, custody or under your
control and to personnel under your control where required by
us. If we request you to send us information or documentation
by electronic means, you will present it in common fail formats
(MS Office) or any other format indicated by us. You shall use
your best endeavours to procure these supplies where not in
your possession or custody or under your control. You shall
inform us of any information or developments which may
come to your notice and which might have a bearing on the
Services.
16. We may rely on any instructions or requests made or notices
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given or information supplied, whether orally or in writing, by
any person whom we know to be or reasonably believe to be
authorized by you to communicate with us for such purposes
(“an Authorized Person”).
We may communicate with you by electronic mail where an
Authorized Person wishes us to do so, on the basis that in
consenting to this method of communication you accept the
inherent risks (including the security risks of interception of or
unauthorized access to such communications, the risks of
corruption of such communications and the risks of viruses or
other harmful devices) that to the extent permitted by law we
may intercept such communications in order to monitor them for
internal compliance or other statutory purposes, and that you
shall perform virus checks. We may at your request send
documents to an electronic storage facility hosted or controlled
by you or at your direction, in which event you shall be
responsible for security and confidentiality at such facility.
17. We may receive information from you or from other sources in
the course of delivering the Services.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we shall not be liable to
you for any loss or damage suffered by you arising from fraud,
misrepresentation, withholding of information material to the
Services or other default relating to such material information,
whether on your part or that of the other information sources,
unless such fraud, misrepresentation, withholding or such other
default is evident to us without further enquiry.
18. Where the Services are provided in relation an individual’s own
affairs, the Client shall notify KPMG of all employments and
directorships with any SEC listed entity held by the individuals,
their spouse, their spousal equivalent and any dependents,
including a general description of the role performed. The Client
shall also notify KPMG as a priority of any changes to this
information, promptly as and when the changes occur.
Knowledge and conflicts
19. In clauses 19 to 24 “Barriers” means safeguards designed to
facilitate the protection of each client’s interests and may
include (for example): separate teams, their geographical and
operational separation and/or access controls over data,
computer servers and electronic mail systems
20. The Engagement Team shall not be required, expected or
deemed to have knowledge of any information known to Other
KPMG Persons which is not known to the Engagement Team.
21. The Engagement Team shall not be required to make use of or
to disclose to you any information, whether known to them
personally or known to Other KPMG Persons, which is
confidential to another client.
22. KPMG Persons may be delivering services to, or be approached
to deliver services to, another party or parties where who has or
have interest which compete or conflict with yours
(“Conflicting Party” or “Conflicting Parties”). KPMG
Persons are and shall remain free to deliver services to
Conflicting Parties, except that where the interests of the
Conflicting Party conflict with yours specifically and directly in
relation to the subject matter of the Services: the Engagement
Team shall not deliver services to the Conflicting Party; and
Other KPMG Persons may only deliver services to the
Conflicting Party where appropriate Barriers are put in place.
The effective operation of such Barriers shall constitute
sufficient steps to avoid any real risk of a breach of our duty of
confidence to you.
23. We seek to identify Conflicting Parties in the circumstances set
out in clause 22. If you know or become aware that a KPMG
Person is advising or proposing to advise such a Conflicting
Party, you shall inform us promptly.
24. Where a party has engaged us to deliver services before you
have done so and subsequently circumstances change, we may
consider that, even with Barriers operating, your interests are
likely to be prejudiced and we may not be satisfied that the
situation can be managed. In that event we may have to
terminate the Services Contract and we shall be entitled to do
so on notice taking effect immediately on delivery but we shall
consult you before we take that step.
The Services Contract
25. The Services Contract sets out the entire agreement and
understanding between us in connection with the Services and
supersedes any prior agreements, understandings,
arrangements, statements or representations relating to the
Services. Any modifications or variations to the Services
Contract must be in writing and signed by an authorized
representative of each of us. In the event of any inconsistency
between the Engagement Letter and any other elements of the
Services Contract, the Engagement Letter shall prevail. In the
event of any inconsistency between these General Terms of
Business and Additional Terms that may apply, the Additional
Terms shall prevail.
For the avoidance of doubt, the terms of this agreement shall
apply to all work carried out by KPMG in connection with the
Services and not otherwise covered by a previous client
agreement prior to the countersignature of this agreement.
Third party rights
26. The Services Contract shall not create or give rise to, nor shall
it be intended to create or give rise to, any third party rights.
No third party shall have any right to enforce or rely on any
provision of the Services Contract which does or may confer
any right or benefit on any third party, directly or indirectly,
expressly or impliedly. The application of any legislation
giving to or conferring on third parties contractual or other
rights in connection with the Services Contract shall be
excluded. No KPMG Person shall be deemed to be a third party
for the purposes of this clause.
Circumstances beyond your or our control (force majeure)
27. Neither of us shall be in breach of our contractual obligations
nor shall either of us incur any liability to the other if we or you
are unable to comply with the Services Contract as a result of
any cause beyond our or your reasonable control. In the event
of any such occurrence affecting one of us, that one shall be
obliged as soon as reasonably practicable to notify the other,
who shall have the option of suspending or terminating the
operation of the Services Contract on notice taking effect
immediately on delivery.
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Waiver, assignment and subcontractors
28. Neither of us shall have the right to assign the benefit (or transfer
the burden) of the Services Contract to another party without the
written consent of the other of us.
29. Subject to clause 28, we shall have the right to appoint
subcontractors to assist us in delivering the Services but where
any such subcontractors are not KPMG Persons we shall consult
you before doing so. Where we appoint subcontractors under
this clause, we may share Confidential Information with them
and for all purposes in connection with the Services Contract we
shall accept responsibility for their work which shall be deemed
to be part of the Services.
Limitations on our liability
30. KPMG shall be responsible for any loss or damage suffered by
you arising out of or in connection with this Services Contract
when the loss is caused by KPMG’s gross negligence or willful
default.
31. In any event, the aggregate liability to you and to Other
Beneficiaries of each and all KPMG Persons shall be limited to
the amount or on such alternative basis (if any) as may be
specified in the Engagement Letter, or if no amount and no
alternative basis are specified there, to the amount of 1 times the
fees paid to us in accordance with the terms of the Engagement
Letter on the basis set out in this clause.
32. If you breach any of your obligations under the Services Contract
and there is any claim made or threatened against us by a third
party, you shall compensate us and reimburse us for and protect
us against any loss, damage, expense or liability incurred by us
which results from or arises from or is connected with any such
breach and any such claim. If any payment is made by you under
this clause you shall not seek recovery of that payment from us
at any time. In this clause “us” shall include all KPMG Persons
and “you” shall include Other Beneficiaries.
Termination
33. The Services Contract will come to force upon signing and will
be concluded for indefinite term unless otherwise is stated in the
Engagement Letter.
34. Each of us can terminate the Services Contract or suspend its
operation by giving 30 days’ prior notice in writing to the other
at any time. Termination or suspension under this clause shall be
without prejudice to any rights that may have accrued for either
of us before termination or suspension and all sums due to us
shall become payable in full when termination or suspension
takes effect.
Money laundering and other criminal activity
35. KPMG observes the obligations set forth in the Money
Laundering and Terrorist Financing Prevention Act and other
legislation passed on the basis of the Act including the
regulations issued by the professional association as well as the
international money laundering and terrorist financing
prevention legislation and the anti-money laundering and
counter terrorist financing rules established within the KPMG
international network, and exercises the rights arising from the
above legislation and regulations including the application of the
due diligence measures, the collection and retention of personal
and transaction data as required by applicable legislation and the
refusal of services or the discontinuance of business relations in
the cases provided for in applicable legislation.
36. You shall supply information in response to our enquiries (if
any) to enable us to comply with our statutory responsibilities
to make disclosures to relevant authorities in respect of money
laundering and any other criminal activity that we may
encounter during performance of the Services and any such
disclosures may include Confidential Information.
Notices
37. Any notice delivered under the Services Contract shall be in
writing and delivered electronically or by fax or pre-paid first
class post (or pre-paid overseas equivalent) to our respective
addresses appearing in the Engagement Letter. Notices shall be
deemed to have received after the party confirms to have
received it, e-mail or fax is delivered or seven days has passed
after sending pre-paid first class post.
Severability
38. Each clause or term of the Services Contract constitutes a
separate and independent provision. If any of the provisions of
the Services Contract are judged by any court or authority of
competent jurisdiction to be void or unenforceable, the
remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.
Capacity
39. You agree to and accept the provisions of the Services Contract
on your own behalf and as agent for Other Beneficiaries. You
shall procure in such circumstances that any Other
Beneficiaries shall act on the basis that they are a party to the
Services Contract, as if they had each signed a copy of the
Engagement Letter and agreed to be bound by it. However, you
alone shall be responsible for payment of our charges.
Law and jurisdiction
40. The Services Contract shall be subject to and governed by
Estonian law and all disputes arising from or under the
Services Contract shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the Estonian courts.
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ADDITIONAL TERMS ON DATA PROTECTION
These Additional Terms on Data Protection (“Additional Terms”)
apply to processing of personal data by KPMG Baltics OÜ and/or its
subsidiaries (“KPMG”) in connection with delivery of Services to a
client (“Client”) pursuant to the Engagement Letter and the General
Terms of Business agreed upon between KPMG and Client (together
“Parties”), supplementing such Engagement Letter and General Terms
of Business, unless otherwise agreed by the Parties.
Definitions
Definitions set out by the General Terms of Business shall have the
same meaning in these Additional Terms. Definitions set out by the
General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the
European Parliament and of the Council, “the GDPR”) shall have the
same meaning in these Additional Terms.
Data processing roles
1. KPMG as audit firm is subject to the Estonian Auditing Act (RT I
2010, 9, 41) and other applicable legislation as well as the
international standards on auditing and code of ethics for
professional accountants when providing statutory audit services.
An auditor is by law under a professional obligation to act
independently of the audited entity. KPMG as auditor determines
the nature and purpose of the processing of personal data received
from its clients in connection with a statutory audit or other
statutory duties of an auditor. Therefore, regarding the personal
data received from an audit client in connection with a statutory
audit, or other statutory duties of an auditor, KPMG is the data
controller.
2. When providing services other than those set out in clause 1,
KPMG is data controller of Client’s personal data processed by
KPMG in connection with the Services, unless otherwise
determined in the Engagement Letter (or otherwise in writing) by
the Parties.
Obligations of KPMG as data controller
3. Where KPMG is data controller, it shall comply with the
obligations of data controller set out by the GDPR as of the
GDPR’s entry into force on May 25, 2018, and comply with other
data protection legislation applicable to KPMG as data controller.
4. Where KPMG is data controller, it shall use personal data in the
manner and for the purposes set out in its privacy notice, available
on its website at
https://home.kpmg.com/xx/en/home/misc/privacy.html. It is
recommended that Client bring the aforementioned privacy notice
to the attention of its personnel.
Obligations of Client as data controller
5. Client shall comply with all of its respective obligations under the
applicable data protection legislation in relation to the Processing
of Personal Data.
Personal data processed by KPMG on behalf of Client
6. Where KPMG is data processor, personal data processed by KPMG
on behalf of Client may in general include names, phone numbers,
email addresses, and titles of Client’s personnel (unless otherwise
agreed by the Parties), processed by KPMG for the purpose of and
in the scope and manner necessary for the provision of the Services
described in the Engagement Letter and for the duration of the
Engagement Letter, unless otherwise required by applicable law
or agreed between the Parties.
Obligations of KPMG as data processor
7. Where KPMG is data processor of Client’s personal data, KPMG
shall
a. process Client’s personal data in accordance with the
obligations of data processor set out by the GDPR and
other applicable data protection laws;
b. process Client’s personal data only on documented
instructions from Client exhaustively provided in the
Engagement Letter and appendices thereto (unless
otherwise agreed by the Parties), unless such
instructions infringe applicable law, in which case
KPMG shall notify Client in writing;
c. ensure that persons authorised to process Client’s
personal data are under obligations of confidentiality;
d. implement appropriate technical and organisational
measures defined by KPMG to ensure a level of security
appropriate to the risks of processing of Client’s
personal data;
e. assist Client by appropriate technical and organisational
measures, insofar as this is possible, for the fulfilment
of the data controller’s obligation to respond to requests
for exercising the data subject’s rights laid down in the
GDPR;
f. assist Client in ensuring compliance with the obligations
pursuant to Articles 32 to 36 of the GDPR, taking into
account the nature of processing and the information
available to KPMG. KPMG reserves the right to charge
Client its reasonable costs in providing this assistance;
g. upon request of and at the choice of Client, delete or
return all Client’s personal data to Client after the end of
the provision of Services relating to the processing of
personal data under the Engagement Letter, and delete
existing copies (to the extent technically possible)
unless law, regulation or professional standard
applicable to KPMG require storage of personal data;
h. at the request of Client and within a reasonable
timescale make available to Client all information
necessary to demonstrate compliance with the
obligations laid down in this clause 7;
i. notify Client without undue delay after becoming aware
of a personal data breach relating to personal data
processed under the Engagement Letter.
Auditing
8. Where KPMG is data processor, KPMG shall, upon reasonable
prior written notice and in a manner agreed upon by the Parties,
and only insofar as professional confidentiality requirements are
complied with, allow for and contribute to audits conducted by the
data controller or another auditor mandated by the data controller
(such auditor not being a direct competitor of data processor), such
audits comprising of i) review and inspection of data processor’s
relevant information security policies and other relevant
documentation describing safeguards established to protect
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personal data at a data processor owned operations location as
mutually agreed or via remote viewing technology, and/or (ii)
discussions with relevant personnel of data processor responsible
for information security, data handling and engagement delivery
about data processor’s information security program and
safeguards established to protect personal data.
Sub-processing
9. Where KPMG is data processor, Client hereby permits the sub-
processing of personal data by KPMG provided that such sub-
processor is subject to contractual terms not materially less
onerous than those set out in these Additional Terms and otherwise
in compliance with applicable data protection legislation.
Transfers of personal data
10. Where KPMG is data processor, KPMG shall not transfer any
personal data to any country outside of the European Economic
Area unless the transfer is made (i) to any country considered as a
place giving an appropriate level of protection by the EU
Commission or (ii) subject to such other data transfer mechanism
or protections as are approved and accepted by the applicable data
protection legislation from time to time.
Other conditions for personal data processing
11. Client acknowledges that, where relevant, in order to benefit from
certain added value services (such as online tools and systems that
will facilitate the administration of the Services) it, and its
affiliates, employees, officers and other individuals, may have to
consent to additional conditions, terms of use and/or privacy
policies issued by KPMG (or the other members of the
independent network of firms known as KPMG) from time to
time.
Liability
12. The terms and conditions of the Engagement Letter and the General
Terms of Business regarding liability and limitation of liability
also apply to these Additional Terms. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in the Engagement Letter and the General Terms
of Business or herein, the Parties agree that each party will be
solely liable for any administrative fines or sanctions imposed on
it by a competent court or a supervisory authority or any similar
competent regulatory authority responsible for the enforcement of
applicable data protection legislation in any country or territory,
as a result of a decision of such court or authority concluding that
the party has not complied with the requirements or obligations
arising from the applicable legislation.
Order of precedence
13. In the event of any conflict between these Additional Terms and
the Engagement Letter or the General Terms of Business, these
Additional Terms shall prevail.