Common use of Customer Audit Clause in Contracts

Customer Audit. During the term of the Contract and for a period of five (5) years following its termination or expiration, at the request of the Service Provider, the customer undertakes to provide all documents within seven (7) days of the request, appropriate information and records relating to the access and use of the Application Service in order to enable the Service Provider or any third party mandated for this purpose by the Partner to verify that the customer and the Authorized Users comply with the obligations of the Contract and respect the intellectual property rights of the Service Provider. Without prejudice to the rights and actions of the Service Provider, if the audit shows that the number of users exceeds the number of licenses for Authorized Users subscribed under the Contract, the Customer undertakes to remedy the breach immediately by subscribing additional licenses for Authorized User and the associated subscription, at the public price in force, plus interest calculated from the date of the overrun. In addition, the customer undertakes to reimburse reasonable audit costs incurred by the Service Provider.