Common use of SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF THE AGREEMENT Clause in Contracts

SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF THE AGREEMENT. 2.1. The PEPPOL Transport Infrastructure is an interoperable environment; build upon national systems and infrastructures that provide a mean by which PEPPOL Participants are able to exchange business documents between each other, automatically and without manual intervention, thus facilitating an interoperable environment supporting the full cycle of electronic procurement activities. 2.2. The purpose of the Agreement is to define the general principles of the cooperation between the Parties. 2.3. The agreement also constitutes the contractual framework for - the access of PEPPOL SMP Provider to the PEPPOL SML and covers the interface and information exchanged between the PEPPOL SMP and the PEPPOL SML; - the access of any PEPPOL AP to the PEPPOL SMP and covers the interface and information exchanged between the PEPPOL SMP and the PEPPOL SML. 2.4. The Agreement shall not be interpreted as an exclusive cooperation between the Parties. Each Party is free to conduct identical or similar business on its own and/or in cooperation with other parties. 2.5. Neither Party may conclude agreements on behalf of the other Party or in any other way represent the other Party on the basis of the Agreement. Neither Party acts as the other Party’s subcontractor in the operations referred to in the Agreement.