Common use of Standard of the Provision of Services or Facilities Clause in Contracts

Standard of the Provision of Services or Facilities. (a) The provision of Services and Facilities shall be provided in a commercially reasonable manner with the nature, quality, standard of care and at levels substantially consistent with the levels at which the same or similar services or access were provided by the applicable Provider during the twelve-month period immediately preceding the Effective Date. Subject to the applicable policies of any Person in the Group, or any contractual restrictions in any Contract applicable to any Person in the Group, nothing herein shall in any way preclude a Provider, any of its Affiliates, or any Person in its respective Group, from engaging in any business activities or from performing services for its or their own account or for the account of others, including, without limitation, companies which may be in competition with the business conducted by a Recipient, any Person in its respective Group or any of its Affiliates