Partner Approval. 4.1 The Approval Audit examines whether a Partner meets the criteriia and requirements for Specialization in the Partner Program and whether they attain the Master, Professional or A thorized Specialization level. Criteria and requirements for each Specialization-level can be found in the Program Guide. 4.2 The approval is valid for one year after a successful Approval Audit. Th date specified i n Section 4.3 d) shall determine the approval-date. The Approval Audit for each subsequent year must be completed successfully latest within the final quarter of the preceding audited year. 4.3 The Approval Audit shall be subject to the following regulations: a) Unify shall be responsible for conducting the Appro val Au it. b) The Partner shall bear any costs incurred in preparing for the Approval Audit. c) The Partner must furnish appropriate proof as requested, such as service d escrip ions as evidence that he meets the criteria. Copies of all proof in support of the Approval Aud it must be provided to t he Partner Manager. d) The date of the confirmation or the rejection of the Approval Audit by Unify shall be the date of approval or non-approval. Unify shall send the Partner thi confirmation or notification of a negativ e Approval Aud t within two weeks of completion of the Approval Audit. Unify will implement the changes at the next possible date. e) If the Partner can no longer meet the criteria for attaining his existing Specialization-level (e.g. employee fluctuation) in the period of time between two Approval Audits, th e Partner must inform Unify immediately so that both parties can take measures to compensate for the resulted deficit. If this deficit cannot be compensated within 90 days, the Partner shall be re-accredited and his Specialization-level will change accordingly. f) In the case of Partners with multiple branch offices (own legal entities) in different countries the Approval Aud t shall be conducted for each country. As soon as the respective Specialization-level has been con irmed by the Approval xxxx, the Partner must ensure that he can meet the requirements demanded for its level in the long term. g) Documents delivered as evidence of the Approval Audit must be treated confiden ially. The documents shall be made available only to the Part ner Manager of nify; his/her line managers and selected employees at Unify’s headquarters who are tasked with handling the Partner Program. h) Unify shall be authorized to use data rom the Approval A dit for internal, anonymous reports. i) All escalation shall be addressed to he respective line-manager of the Partner Manager at Unify. j) If a Partner does not pass the audit (negative Appr oval Audit), Unify can givve him an additional period of time to implement the measures required to meet the Partner Pro gram criteria. Unify is no t obligated to do so.
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Samples: Partner Agreement for Reseller, Partner Agreement for Reseller
Partner Approval. 4.1 The Approval Audit examines whether a Partner meets the criteriia criteria and requirements for Specialization in the Partner Part- ner Program and whether they attain the Master, Professional or A thorized Specialization Authorized Specialization-level. Criteria and requirements re- quirements for each Specialization-level can be found in the Program Guide.
4.2 The approval is valid for one year after a successful Approval Audit. Th The date specified i n in Section 4.3 d) shall determine the approval-date. The Approval Audit for each subsequent year must be completed successfully latest within the final quarter of the preceding audited year.
4.3 The Approval Audit shall be subject to the following regulations:
a) Unify shall be responsible for conducting the Appro val Au itApproval Audit.
b) The Partner shall bear any costs incurred in preparing for the Approval Audit.
c) The Partner must furnish appropriate proof as requested, such as service d escrip ions descriptions as evidence that he meets the criteria. Copies of all proof in support of the Approval Aud it Audit must be provided to t he the Partner Manager.
d) The date of the confirmation or the rejection of the Approval Audit by Unify shall be the date of approval ap- proval or non-approval. Unify shall send the Partner thi this confirmation or notification of a negativ e Approval Aud t negative Ap- proval Audit within two weeks of completion of the Approval Audit. Unify will implement the changes at the next possible date.
e) If the Partner can no longer meet the criteria for attaining his existing Specialization-level (e.g. employee em- ployee fluctuation) in the period of time between two Approval Audits, th e the Partner must inform Unify immediately so that both parties can take measures to compensate for the resulted deficit. If this deficit def- icit cannot be compensated within 90 days, the Partner shall be re-accredited and his Specialization-Specialization- level will change accordingly.
f) In the case of Partners with multiple branch offices (own legal entities) in different countries the Approval Aud t Ap- proval Audit shall be conducted for each country. As soon as the respective Specialization-level has been con irmed confirmed by the Approval xxxxAudit, the Partner must ensure that he can meet the requirements demanded for its level in the long term.
g) Documents delivered as evidence of the Approval Audit must be treated confiden iallyconfidentially. The documents docu- ments shall be made available only to the Part ner Partner Manager of nifyUnify; his/her line managers and selected se- lected employees at Unify’s headquarters who are tasked with handling the Partner Program.
h) Unify shall be authorized to use data rom from the Approval A dit Audit for internal, anonymous reports.
i) All escalation escalations shall be addressed to he the respective line-manager of the Partner Manager at Unify. He/she shall be responsible for making a final decision in the event of escalation.
j) If a Partner does not pass the audit (negative Appr oval Approval Audit), Unify can givve give him an additional period peri- od of time to implement the measures required to meet the Partner Pro gram Program criteria. Unify is no t obligated not ob- ligated to do so.
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Samples: Partner Agreement
Partner Approval. 4.1 The Approval Audit examines whether a Partner meets the criteriia criteria and requirements for Specialization in the Partner Program and whether they attain the Master, Professional or A thorized Authorized Specialization level. Criteria and requirements for each Specialization-level can be found in the Program Guide.
4.2 The approval is valid for one year after a successful Approval Audit. Th date specified i n Section 4.3 d) shall determine the approval-approval date. The Approval Audit for each subsequent year must be completed successfully latest within the final quarter of the preceding audited year.
4.3 The Approval Audit shall be subject to the following regulations:
a) Atos Unify shall be responsible for conducting the Appro val Au itApproval Audit.
b) The Partner shall bear any costs incurred in preparing for the Approval Audit.
c) The Partner must furnish appropriate proof as requested, such as service d escrip ions descriptions as evidence that he meets the criteria. Copies of all proof in support of the Approval Aud it Audit must be provided to t he Partner Manager.
d) The date of the confirmation or the rejection of the Approval Audit by Atos Unify shall be the date of approval or non-approval. Atos Unify shall send the Partner thi the confirmation or notification of a negativ e negative Approval Aud t Audit within two weeks of completion of the Approval Audit. Atos Unify will implement the changes at the next possible date.
e) If the Partner can no longer meet the criteria for attaining his existing Specialization-level (e.g. employee fluctuation) in the period of time between two Approval Audits, th e the Partner must inform Atos Unify immediately so that both parties can take measures to compensate for the resulted deficit. If this deficit cannot be compensated within 90 days, the Partner shall be re-accredited and his Specialization-level will change accordingly.
f) In the case of Partners with multiple branch offices (own legal entities) in different countries the Approval Aud t Audit shall be conducted for each country. As soon as the respective Specialization-level has been con irmed confirmed by the Approval xxxxAudit, the Partner must ensure that he can meet the requirements demanded for its level in the long term.
g) Documents delivered as evidence of the Approval Audit must be treated confiden iallyconfidentially. The documents shall be made available only to the Part ner Partner Manager of nifyAtos Unify; his/her line managers and selected employees at Atos Unify’s headquarters who are tasked with handling the Partner Program.
h) Atos Unify shall be authorized to use data rom the Approval A dit Audit for internal, anonymous reportsanonymousreports.
i) All escalation shall be addressed to he respective line-manager of the Partner Manager at Atos Unify. He/she shall be responsible for making a final decision in the event of escalation.
j) If a Partner does not pass the audit (negative Appr oval Approval Audit), Atos Unify can givve give him an additional period of time to implement the measures required to meet the Partner Pro gram Program criteria. Atos Unify is no t not obligated to do so.
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Samples: Partner Agreement for Reseller