Legal Framework 1. This programme agreement shall be read in conjunction with the following documents which, together with this programme agreement, constitute the legal framework of the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021:
(a) Protocol 38c to the EEA Agreement on the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021;
(b) the Regulation on the implementation of the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 (hereinafter referred to as the “Regulation”) issued by the Donor States in accordance with Article 10(5) of Protocol 38c;
(c) the Memorandum of Understanding on the Implementation of the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 (hereinafter referred to as the “MoU”), entered into between the Donor States and the Beneficiary State; and
(d) any guidelines adopted by the FMC in accordance with the Regulation.
2. In case of an inconsistency between this programme agreement and the Regulation, the Regulation shall prevail.
3. The legal framework is binding for the Parties. An act or omission by a Party to this programme agreement that is incompatible with the legal framework constitutes a breach of this programme agreement by that Party.
Elements Unsatisfactory Needs Improvement Proficient Exemplary IV-A-1. Reflective Practice Demonstrates limited reflection on practice and/or use of insights gained to improve practice. May reflect on the effectiveness of lessons/ units and interactions with students but not with colleagues and/or rarely uses insights to improve practice. Regularly reflects on the effectiveness of lessons, units, and interactions with students, both individually and with colleagues, and uses insights gained to improve practice and student learning. Regularly reflects on the effectiveness of lessons, units, and interactions with students, both individually and with colleagues; and uses and shares with colleagues, insights gained to improve practice and student learning. Is able to model this element.
Legal A. Provide registration and other administrative services necessary to qualify the shares of the Fund for sale in those jurisdictions determined from time to time by the Fund's Board of Directors (commonly known as "Blue Sky Registration").
B. Provide registration with and reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission in compliance with the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Securities Act of 1933.
C. Prepare and review Fund prospectus and Statement of Additional Information.
D. Prepare proxy statements and oversee proxy tabulation for annual meetings.
E. Prepare Board materials and maintain minutes of Board meetings.
F. Draft, review and maintain contractual agreements between Fund and Investment Advisor, Custodian, Distributor and Transfer Agent.
G. Oversee printing of proxy statements, financial reports to shareholders, prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information.
H. Provide legal advice and oversight regarding shareholder transactions, administrative services, compliance with contractual agreements and the provisions of the 1940 and 1933 Acts. (Notwithstanding the above, outside counsel for the Funds may provide the services listed above as a direct Fund expense or at the option of the Funds, the Funds may employ their own counsel to perform any of these services.) SCHEDULE OF SHARE TRANSFER AND DIVIDEND DISBURSING SERVICES Security Management Company agrees to provide the Fund the following transfer agency and dividend disbursing services:
1. Maintenance of shareholder accounts, including processing of new accounts.
2. Posting address changes and other file maintenance for shareholder accounts.
3. Posting all transactions to the shareholder file, including:
A. Direct purchases B. Wire order purchases C. Direct redemptions D. Wire order redemptions E. Draft redemptions F. Direct exchanges G. Transfers
H. Certificate issuances
I. Certificate deposits
4. Monitor fiduciary processing, insuring accuracy and deduction of fees.
5. Prepare daily reconciliations of shareholder processing to money movement instructions.
6. Handle bounced check collections. Immediately liquidate shares purchased and return to the shareholder the check and confirmation of the transaction.
7. Issuing all checks and stopping and replacing lost checks.
8. Draft clearing services.
A. Maintenance of signature cards and appropriate corporate resolutions.
B. Comparison of the signature on the check to the signatures on the signature card for the purpose of paying the face amount of the check only.
C. Receiving checks presented for payment and liquidating shares after verifying account balance.
D. Ordering checks in quantity specified by the Fund for the shareholder.
9. Mailing confirmations, checks and/or certificates resulting from transaction requests to shareholders.
10. Performing all of the Fund's other mailings, including:
A. Dividend and capital gain distributions.
B. Semiannual and annual reports.
C. 1099/year-end shareholder reporting.
D. Systematic withdrawal plan payments.
Notice and Cooperation Each Party shall provide to the other Party prompt written notice of any actual or threatened infringement of the Product Trademarks in the Territory and of any actual or threatened claim that the use of the Product Trademarks in the Territory violates the rights of any Third Party. Each Party agrees to cooperate fully with the other Party with respect to any enforcement action or defense commenced pursuant to this Section 7.7.
Design Professional The architect or engineer or architectural or engineering firm selected by Owner (i) for the design and preparation of Contract Documents governing the construction of a Project, or (ii) for construction contract administration under the Contract Documents, or (iii) for both, all such services and the scope thereof to be set forth in the Design Professional Contract. The Design Professional is not an employee of the Owner but is engaged or retained by it for the purpose of performing design and construction administration services for the project. The term “Design Professional” includes architects, engineers, surveyors, designers, and other consultants retained by the Design Professional.
Permitted and Prohibited Uses 1.1. The Data may only be used for linguistic education and research, including but not limited to information retrieval, document understanding, machine translation or speech recognition.
1.2. User shall not publish, retransmit, display, redistribute, reproduce or commercially exploit the Data in any form, except that User may include limited excerpts from the Data in articles, reports and other documents describing the results of User’s linguistic education and research.
Program Description The employer agrees to provide a vision benefit to eligible employees and dependents. The vision benefit provided by the State shall have an employee co-payment of $10 for the comprehensive annual eye examination and $25 for materials.
Company Cooperation The Company hereby covenants and agrees that it will not, and the Stockholder irrevocably and unconditionally acknowledges and agrees that the Company will not (and waives any rights against the Company in relation thereto), recognize any Encumbrance or agreement (other than this Agreement) on any of the Stockholder Securities subject to this Agreement.
Permitted Uses and Disclosures of Phi by Business Associate Except as otherwise indicated in this Agreement, Business Associate may use or disclose PHI, inclusive of de-identified data derived from such PHI, only to perform functions, activities or services specified in this Agreement on behalf of DHCS, provided that such use or disclosure would not violate HIPAA or other applicable laws if done by DHCS.
Respectful Workplace a. The Employer is committed to taking appropriate measures to create and maintain a workplace that is respectful and free from inappropriate workplace behavior for all Agency employees pursuant to the statewide policy titled ‘Maintaining a Professional Workplace Policy’ (50.010.03).
b. If an Agency employee believes an Agency employee, supervisor or manager has violated the statewide policy titled ‘Maintaining a Professional Workplace’ (50.010.03), the employee shall submit a complaint pursuant to the process outlined in the policy. The Agency complaint form will be accessible to all employees both online and through the Agency’s Human Resources Office.
c. The employee may have a Union representative present during regular work hours when reporting inappropriate workplace behavior and through the process outlined in this section.
d. The Agency shall investigate the complaint and shall provide a written response to the employee filing the complaint within thirty (30) calendar days of the complaint being filed. When circumstances warrant it, the Agency may take additional time to complete the investigation in blocks of additional thirty (30) calendar days with notice to the Union. The response will include whether the complaint was substantiated and any relevant non confidential information pertaining to the remedial steps taken, if any. Repeated behavior or conduct shall be reported to the Agency Human Resource Office.
e. For purposes of this Section, the grievance procedure in Subsection 6 replaces the grievance procedure outlined in the local agreement.
(1) If the employee who filed the complaint believes that the Agency did not respond to the complaint or the complaint process was not followed, the Union, on behalf of the employee, may file a grievance directly with the Agency Head. The Agency Head or designee shall respond to the grievance within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of receipt of the grievance.
(2) If the employee continues to believe the Agency did not respond to the complaint or did not follow the complaint process, the Union, on behalf of the employee may, within fifteen (15) calendar days of the Agency Head or designee’s response, file the grievance with the Department of Administrative Services Labor Relations Unit. The grievance will be investigated and a response provided within thirty (30) calendar days from the date the grievance was appealed to the Department of Administrative Services.
(3) If the Department of Administrative Services Labor Relations Unit’s response did not respond to the complaint or did not address whether the complaint process was followed, the Union may, within fifteen (15) calendar days, file an arbitration request with the Department of Administrative Services and send a copy to the Employment Relations Board asking for a list of seven
