Common use of Domain Specific Requirements Clause in Contracts

Domain Specific Requirements. The PEPPOL Authority may enforce additional restrictions and criteria, beyond those enforced by the PEPPOL Coordinating Authority in the PEPPOL Transport Infrastructure Agreement, on PEPPOL AP Providers and PEPPOL SMP Providers they contract with. Such additional restrictions and criteria shall be documented in annex 5 and be made publicly available in English language. The additional restrictions and criteria should not hamper the interoperability with PEPPOL Participants using other PEPPOL AP Providers and PEPPOL SMP Providers. The PEPPOL Authority cannot enforce or supervise its additional restrictions and criteria on PEPPOL AP Providers and PEPPOL SMP Providers contracting with other PEPPOL Authorities. A PEPPOL Authority that has additional restrictions and criteria may offer PEPPOL AP Providers and PEPPOL SMP Providers the possibility to sign only the applicable annex 5 if they have signed a PEPPOL SMP Provider Agreements and PEPPOL AP Provider Agreements with another PEPPOL Authority. By signing annex 5 the PEPPOL AP Providers and/or PEPPOL SMP Provider accepts that the stated additional restrictions and criteria will apply to their services offered within the applicable domain. A PEPPOL Authority may run their own accreditation schemes to ensure conformance to their additional restrictions and criteria.

Domain Specific Requirements. Version 3.0, 18 June 2012 Page 7 5.1. The PEPPOL Authority may enforce additional restrictions and criteria, beyond those enforced by the PEPPOL Coordinating Authority in the PEPPOL Transport Infrastructure Agreement, on PEPPOL AP Providers and PEPPOL SMP Providers they contract with. Such additional restrictions and criteria shall be documented in annex 5 and be made publicly available in English language. The additional restrictions and criteria should not hamper the interoperability with PEPPOL Participants using other PEPPOL AP Providers and PEPPOL SMP Providers. Template text. Importance is on providing a clear separation of the domain specific requirements from the minimum requirements defined by PEPPOL. 5.2. The PEPPOL Authority cannot enforce or supervise its additional restrictions and criteria on PEPPOL AP Providers and PEPPOL SMP Providers contracting with other PEPPOL Authorities. Template text. 5.3. A PEPPOL Authority that has additional restrictions and criteria may offer PEPPOL AP Providers and PEPPOL SMP Providers the possibility to sign only the applicable annex 5 if they have signed a PEPPOL SMP Provider Agreements and PEPPOL AP Provider Agreements with another PEPPOL Authority. By signing annex 5 the PEPPOL AP Providers and/or PEPPOL SMP Provider accepts that the stated additional restrictions and criteria will apply to their services offered within the applicable domain. Template text. 5.4. A PEPPOL Authority may run their own accreditation schemes to ensure conformance to their additional restrictions and criteria. Template text.