Compliance with Standard Operating Procedures. The RCE shall adopt Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to provide detailed guidance on specific aspects of the exchange activities under this Common Agreement that are binding on the RCE, Signatory and, as applicable, Participants and Subparticipants. The SOPs are incorporated by reference into this Common Agreement, and Signatory shall comply with all SOPs that are applicable to it and shall require that its Participants and their Subparticipants agree in writing to comply with all applicable SOPs. If Signatory or its Participants or Subparticipants fail to comply with any applicable SOP, the RCE may take corrective action, which will include requiring steps to bring the organization into compliance with the SOP and may include requiring Signatory to suspend the ability of a Participant or Subparticipant to exchange information under the Framework Agreement(s) until the non-compliance is corrected to the satisfaction of the RCE, suspending Signatory’s right to exchange information under the Common Agreement or Signatory may have its right to exchange information under the Common Agreement terminated or be required to ensure the termination of its Participant’s or a Subparticipant’s right to exchange information under one of the other Framework Agreements. RCE shall adopt an SOP that provides detailed information about sanctions for non-compliance with an SOP. Nothing in this Section 14.2 of this Common Agreement limits the RCE’s rights to terminate this Common Agreement under Section 16.3.2 or 16.3.3 of this Common Agreement.
