ZÁKLADNÉ INFORMÁCIE O ZMLUVE UZAVRETEJ PODĽA INÉHO AKO SLOVENSKÉHO PRÁVNEHO PORIADKU1
Slovenská technická univerzita v Bratislave, Xxxxxxxx 0, 000 00 Xxxxxxxxxx, XXX: 00397687
ZÁKLADNÉ INFORMÁCIE O ZMLUVE
UZAVRETEJ PODĽA INÉHO AKO SLOVENSKÉHO PRÁVNEHO PORIADKU1
1. Rozhodné právo: Palestina
2. Zmluvné strany:
2.1 An-Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx University
názov/obchodné meno
Palestina
sídlo/štát
IČO/registrácia
2.2 STU v Bratislave
názov/obchodné meno
SR
sídlo/štát
00397687 IČO/registrácia
3. Typ zmluvy: Spolupráca
4. Predmet zmluvy: Bilaterálna dohoda – práca na projekte
5. Cena: 21500 EUR
6. Doba zmluvy: od 15.10.2016 -14.10.2019
7. Záručná doba:
7.1 je dohodnutá na dobu .....................................................................
7.2 nie je dohodnutá
8. Zmluva vyhotovená v anglickom jazyku
je neoddeliteľnou súčasťou tejto informácie a nasleduje za jej textom. V Bratislave dňa 12.06.2017
1§ 853 ods. 3 Občianskeho zákonníka, § 771c Obchodného zákonníka
ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME
Project Number: TAP- 573738-EPP-1-2016-1-PS-EPPKA2-CBHE-SP
Transforming Assessment Practices in Large Enrollment First Year Education (TAP)
Partnership Agreement
This Project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
Partnership Agreement
Grant Agreement Number: 2016-3627/001-001
Project Title: Transforming Assessment Practices in Large Enrollment First Year Education “TAP”
The present Partnership Agreement, hereinafter referred to as “the Agreement”, is made and entered into by and between,
[An-Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx University]
[Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxxx Street, Nablus, Palestine]
hereinafter referred to as the “coordinator”, represented for the purposes of signature of the Agreement by Xxxx. Xxxxx Xxx-Xxx, Acting President, the legal representative as defined in the Grant Agreement [2016-3627/001-001],
And the following beneficiary:
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Xxxxxxxx 0, 000 00 Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx,
hereinafter referred to as the “beneficiary”, represented for the purposes of signature of this Agreement by their legal representative the Rector - prof. Xxx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, according to the mandates previously signed and attached to the Grant Agreement (here in Annex IV).
Where a provision applies without distinction to the "coordinator" and the "beneficiary", for the purpose of this agreement they will be collectively referred to as the "beneficiary".
Definitions
1. “Erasmus+ Program” is the Program started and carried out by the European Commission;
2. “Commission” designates the European Commission, also called “donor”;
3. “Project” designates the Project called TAP – Transforming Assessment Practices in Large Enrollment First Year Education;
4. “Coordinator” or “Applicant” or “P1” designates An-Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx University, i.e. the Organisation representing all the Partners of the Consortium and that has signed the Contract with the Commission;
5. “Partner” or “Beneficiary” designates any legal body that stipulates this agreement with the Applicant and takes part directly in the implementation of TAP Project;
6. “Party” designates the Applicant or a Partner;
7. “Contracting Parties” designates the Applicant and the Partners;
8. Consortium” designates the partnership composed of the Applicant and the Partners;
9. “Contract” designates the grant agreement signed between the Applicant and the European Commission;
10. “Duration of the Project” designates the period from 15th of October 2016 (start date of the Project) to 14th of October 2019 (expiry date of the Project), unless there is an extension for the project period;
11. “Account” designates the bank account to which the European Commission transfers the grant allocations to the TAP Project.
12. TAP consortium consists of the following.
Number | Partner | Countries |
P1 | An-Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx University, ANNU (Applicant) | Palestine |
P2 | Accreditation and Quality Assurance Commission /AQAC | Palestine |
P3 | AlAqsa University /AQU | Palestine |
P4 | University College of Applied Sciences/ UCAS | Palestine |
P5 | Birzeit University / BZU | Palestine |
P6 | Palestine Polytechnic University / PPU | Palestine |
P7 | UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE /UA | Spain |
P8 | University College Cork/ U.C.C. | Ireland |
P9 | Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava/ STUBA | Slovak Republic |
P10 | ASTIKI MH KERDOSKOPIKH ETAIREIA FOUR ELEMENTS- Four Elements | Greece |
The parties hereby have agreed as follows:
Article 1
Subject of the Partnership Agreement
1.1 This Agreement defines the terms that govern the relations between the parties by establishing their rights and obligations, and lays down the rules of procedure for the work to be carried out in order to successfully implement the Erasmus+ CBHE action [Transforming Assessment Practices in Large Enrollment First Year Education “TAP”]
(hereinafter referred to as the “project”).
1.2 The coordinator and the beneficiary undertake to do everything in their power to carry out the work programme forming the subject of this agreement, which falls within the framework of the Grant Agreement Number: 2016-3627/001-001, concluded between the coordinator and the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (hereinafter referred to as the "Executive Agency"), related to the above-mentioned project.
1.3 The subject matter of this agreement and the related work programme are detailed in the annexes of the Grant Agreement. The respective Grant Agreement terms and conditions, related annexes and guidelines, shall form an integral part of the present agreement, and take precedence over it (see Article 22 of the present Agreement for the list of annexes).
1.4 The coordinator and the beneficiary shall be bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement, the Grant Agreement and any further amendments of the latter.
Article 2 Duration
2.1 This agreement shall enter into force on the date of its signature, but shall have retroactive effect from the starting date of the eligibility period laid down in the Grant Agreement from 15th of October 2016 (start date of the Project) to 14th of October 2019 (expiry date of the Project), unless there is an extension for the project period;
2.2 The period of eligibility of the activities and the costs shall be in accordance to the dispositions of the Grant Agreement from 15th of October 2016 to 14th of October 2019 or any subsequent amendments of it.
2.3 The present agreement shall remain in force until the coordinator has been discharged in full of his obligations arising from the Grant Agreement signed with the Executive Agency.
Article 3 Obligations and responsibilities
3.1 General obligations and roles of the beneficiary and the coordinator:
(a) are jointly responsible for carrying out the activities attributed to them, and shall conduct the work in accordance with the work programme and schedule set forth in the Grant Agreement and approved application, working to the best of their abilities to achieve the defined results and taking full responsibility for their work in accordance with accepted professional principles;
(b) undertake to comply with all the provisions of the Grant Agreement and its annexes, with all the provisions of this agreement, as well as with EU and national legislations;
(c) are jointly responsible for complying with any legal obligations incumbent on them jointly or individually;
(d) shall provide staff, facilities, equipment and materials to the extent needed for executing the activities as specified in the work programme;
(e) shall be responsible for the sound financial management and cost efficiency of the funds allocated to the project.
3.2 Specific obligations and role of the coordinator. The coordinator undertakes to:
(a) be responsible for the overall coordination, management and implementation of the project in accordance with the Grant Agreement;
(b) be the intermediary for all communication between the beneficiary and the Executive Agency, and inform the beneficiary of any relevant communication exchanged with the Executive Agency;
(c) inform the beneficiary of any changes connected to the project or to the Grant Agreement, or of any event likely to substantially affect the implementation of the action;
(d) as the sole recipient of payments on behalf of all beneficiary, transfer funds to the beneficiary and in accordance with the dispositions for payments laid down in Article 5 of this Agreement;
(e) manage and verify the appropriate spending of the funds in accordance with the dispositions of the Grant Agreement and this Agreement;
(f) Comply with all reporting requirements vis-à-vis the Executive Agency, as per the dispositions of Article I.4 of the Grant Agreement. The coordinator shall not delegate any part of this task to any party;
(g) establish payment requests on behalf of the beneficiary, as per the dispositions of Article
I.4 of the Grant Agreement;
(h) Provide one copy of this Agreement duly signed to the beneficiary and to the Executive Agency within 6 months of the signature of the Grant Agreement.
(i) Provide the beneficiary with official documents related to the project, such as the signed Grant Agreement and its annexes, the Guidelines for the Use of the Grant, the various reports templates and any other relevant document concerning the project.
(j) Transmit to the beneficiary copies of all reports submitted to the Executive Agency, as well as copies of any feedback letters received from the Agency following report assessment and field monitoring visits.
3.3 Specific obligations and role of each beneficiary (excluding the coordinator). Each beneficiary undertakes to:
(a) Ensure adequate communication with the coordinator and with the other beneficiaries;
(b) Support the coordinator in fulfilling project tasks according to the Grant Agreement;
(c) Submit in due time to the coordinator all relevant data needed to draw up the reports, financial statements and any other documents provided for in the Grant Agreement, as well as all necessary documents in the events of audits, checks or evaluations;
(d) Provide the coordinator with any other information or documents it may require and which are necessary for the management of the project;
(e) Notify the coordinator of any event likely to substantially affect or delay the implementation of the action, as well as of any important deviation of the project (e.g. replacement of the project contact person, changes in partner’s budget, deviations from work plan etc.);
(f) Inform the coordinator of any change in its legal, financial, technical, and organisational or ownership situation and of any change in its name, address or legal representative.
g) Cover its share from penalties (if it is applied by the donor) related to the implementation of the action by applying Grant financial guideline in the case of non-compliance with publicity obligations according to Article I.10.10 of the Agreement, Or in case of failure to fulfil this obligation, in the case of poor, partial or late implementation of the action according to Article I.10.6 of the Agreement,
The activities of the Project and the Role of Contracting Party are organized as follows:
Number | Title | Major Activities | Coordination | |
Coordinator | Other partners involved | |||
WP1 | National baseline Study | Task 1.1 : Consortium kick off meeting - steering C 1 | AQAC & 4 Elements | ALL |
Task 1.2 : National baseline study consultation team selection Task 1.3 : Study results and dissemination Task 1.4 : Project Website - Task 1.5 : Steering committee meeting 2 | ||||
WP2 | Capacity Building and Module Design | Task 2.1: Capacity building for national staff | ANNU & UCC | ALL |
Task 2.2: Equipment procurement | ||||
Task 2.3: Modules design - Task 2.4 : Pilot module EU consultation Task 2.5: Steering committee meeting 3 | ||||
WP3 | Module Implementation | Task 3.1: Module Implementation | UA | ALL |
Task 3.2: Monitoring meetings Task 3.3: UA implementation evaluation | ||||
WP4 | National Framework Design and Policy Reform | Task 4.1: Administrators study visit | BZU, STUBA | ALL |
Task 4.2: National framework for large enrolment 1st year education -------------------------------------- Task 4.3: Assessment policy reform - Task 4.4: National Dissemination Workshop - Task 4.5 : Website update | ||||
WP5 | Quality Plan | Task 5.1: Consultations on Course Designs | PPU | ALL |
Task 5.2: Monitoring Meetings | ||||
Task 5.3: Evaluation Implementation | ||||
Task 5.4: Steering committee meetings | ||||
WP6 | Project Management | 6.1. Progress reports 6.2 Project final report 6.3 Financial reports 6.4 Daily management and communication | ANNU | All |
Article 4 Financing the action
4.1 The maximum Erasmus+ grant contribution to the project for the contractual period covered by the Grant Agreement amounts to EUR 21500 and shall take the form as stipulated in Annex III of the Grant Agreement.
4.2 The Erasmus+ grant contribution is awarded to the partnership under the form of:
• a "reimbursement of actual costs" for Subcontracting costs
• a "unit contribution" to the costs incurred for Staff costs, Travel costs and costs of Stay
4.3 The grant contribution to the project is intended to cover only part of the costs actually incurred by the beneficiary in carrying out the activities foreseen. The beneficiary [and, where applicable, other external sponsors] commit to provide additional resources to the project so as to ensure its full implementation in accordance with the Grant Agreement.
4.4 Full details of the estimated budget breakdown per funding source, beneficiary and budget category is given in Annex I of this agreement.
Article 5 Payment arrangements
5.1 The coordinator will transfer the part of the Erasmus+ grant contribution corresponding to the beneficiary using the accounts stipulated in Annex II of this agreement.
The partnership should create an individual annex for each beneficiary with their bank account details and signed by the legal representative:
Name of Bank: STATNA POKLADNICA
Address of branch: XXXXXXXXXXX 00, 000 00 XXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX XXXXXXXX
Name and address of account holder: SLOVENSKA TECHNICKA UNIVERZITA V BRATISLAVE, VAZOVOVA 5, 000 00 XXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX XXXXXXXX
Full account number (including bank codes): 7000249780/8180
IBAN account code: XX00 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
SWIFT code: XXXXXXXXXXX
5.2 The total allocated budget for the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (P9) is EUR 21500.
5.3 The transfer of the Erasmus+ grant contribution to for the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava will be implemented in accordance with the following timetable and procedure:
The coordinator will transfer to the respective account of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava in advance of the actual activities (expenditures) [part of] the estimated Erasmus+ grant contribution identified under Annex 1 of this Agreement, in the following way:
1. 50% of the estimated staff cost and travel costs Erasmus+ grant contribution at the time of signature of this agreement
2. A second payment of the staff cost EU fund, representing 40% of the entire EU contribution, will be credited to the partner only after receiving the second financing from the EU and it will be credited within 30 working days after the verification of expenditures of previous last financing;
3. The rest of the staff cost EU fund will be credited within 30 working days after the approval of the final report and receiving the budget balance from the donor.
Reimbursement of costs incurred
1. The Coordinator will receive the staff cost EC grant on the bank account mentioned in the Contract.
2. Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava will be responsible for the management of travel , cost of stay and the entire EU financial contribution.
3. Subject to the approval of the main coordinator, An-Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx University will credit financial contribution directly to the partners.
4. Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava will manage its budget. The Partner will endorse the expenditure documents by his/her Financial Department. The Financial Department at ANNU will verify the eligibility of the expenditure.
5.4 Beneficiary are obliged to use the Erasmus+ grant contribution exclusively for the purposes defined by the project, and in accordance with the terms and provisions of the present agreement and the Grant Agreement and its annexes. Xxxxxxxx grant amounts received in advance and not used by the beneficiary will be reimbursed to the coordinator at the latest 30 days after the end of the project's contractual period.
5.5 If there is a difference between the amount of the Erasmus+ grant contribution actually used by the partnership and the amount of expenditure declared eligible by the Executive Agency at the end of the project, the beneficiary responsible for the expenditure declared ineligible will reimburse the corresponding amount to the coordinator.
5.6 The costs of financial transfers shall be borne by the beneficiary
5.7 All eligible costs and all transactions shall be converted and reported in Euros, at the following exchange rate:
• From start of eligibility period until date of receipt of second pre-financing: rate of month in which the coordinating institution received the first pre-financing.
• From date of receipt of second pre-financing until end of eligibility period: rate of month in which the coordinating institution received the second pre-financing.
Rate to apply is monthly established by the Commission (xxxx://xx.xxxxxx.xx/xxxxxx/xxxxxxxx).
Article 6 Reporting
6.1 The coordinator is responsible for submitting in due time to the Executive Agency all reports and financial statements as required in the Grant Agreement. For this purpose and in a timely manner, the beneficiary commits to provide the coordinator with all necessary information and, if applicable, copies of supporting documents needed for drawing up reports, financial statements and any other documents required in the Grant Agreement.
6.2 The coordinator shall provide the beneficiary with the appropriate reporting forms for the declaration of expenses/activities and the respective instructions for their completion. These reports must be drawn up in EURO.
6.3 The beneficiary shall keep a record of any expenditure/activity incurred under the project and all proofs and related documents for a period of 5 years after the payment of the final balance under the Grant Agreement. The coordinator may reject any item which cannot be justified in accordance with the rules set out by the Executive Agency in the Grant Agreement and in the Guidelines for the Use of the Grant.
Article 7
Budgetary and financial management
7.1 The Erasmus+ grant contribution to the project's staff costs, travel costs and costs of stay will be calculated on the basis of "unit contributions" whose individual amounts are specified in the Erasmus+ Programme Guide, in the Guidelines for the Use of the Grant.
7.2 For the implementation of the project and the beneficiary's reimbursement of costs incurred in terms of staff, travel and costs of stay, the partnership will
• Apply the unit costs amounts defined in the Erasmus+ Programme Guide and in the Guidelines for the Use of the Grant
• Or use the procedure and amounts in the beneficiary institute. So that, the reimbursement of actual costs incurred (with a maximum if necessary) or
• On a combination of both
7.3 The Erasmus+ grant contribution to the project's subcontracting costs will be based on the justification of the costs actually incurred. This justification will take the form of the support documentation specified in the relevant section of the Guidelines for the Use of the Grant.
7.4 The beneficiary confirms that they respect the social and labour legislation of their country regarding the costs of staff contributing to the project.
7.5 Each beneficiary is responsible for ensuring adequate insurance arrangements for their staff and students while participating in project activities.
7.6 Only in duly justified cases, the beneficiary may adjust its own estimated budget by transfer between headings of direct eligible costs. This adjustment of expenditure must not affect the implementation of the Action. The transfer between headings must not exceed 10% of the amount of each heading of estimated eligible costs for which the transfer is intended and has to be communicated in advance to the Applicant. The Partner interested in adjustment of its own estimated budget must inform the Project Coordinator and must be authorized by him.
7.7 At the end of the Project, eventual unspent parts of the budget will be reimbursed by the Partner to the Coordinator, who will have to reimburse to the donor.
7.8 The Coordinator and the Partner, who will sign this agreement , will follow the modalities about the Budget management referred in the “Guidelines for the Use of the Grant”. Any ineligible expenditure made by Partner cause the loss of the EU financial contribution; the defaulting Partner will be responsible for this through its own financial resources
7.9 In order to allow a correct monitoring of expenditure progress as well as to avoid the risk of financial loss due to incorrect documentations, the Partner will provide a financial report with copies of invoices and receipts of expenses occurred every six months. The Partner will upload, on the dedicated and restricted area of TAP, the electronic copies of the financial reports and expenditure invoices.
Article 8
General administrative provisions
8.1 Any important project related communication between the parties shall be done in writing and addressed to the appointed project manager of each beneficiary, as per the details below:
For the coordinator:
Project manager name: Dr. Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Address: An-Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx University, Nablus, Palestine E-mail: xxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx
For the beneficiary
Beneficiary name: Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Project manager name: prof. Xxx. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, PhD.
Address: Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00, 000 00 Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
E-mail: xxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xx
Article 9 Project Management
9.1 The execution of any activity in a work package will be in accordance to the following steps:
9.1.1 The focal point concerned with the activity will contact all focal points involved in that activity asking for one nominee from each partner, consequently a group is formed from all nominees, with the group leader being from the institute responsible for the work package.
9.1.2 The group leader will lead the team to execute the activity, once the activity is accomplished, he will report to his focal point (if different). Then, the focal point will report to the project coordinator.
9.1.3 The report should include the input of each member in the activity, in accordance with the total working days assigned to this activity.
9.1.4 Once the coordinator approves the accomplished activity report (technical and financial issues), he will approve the payments to each member, who will be paid by his institute focal point.
9.1.5 In the case that beneficiary doesn’t accomplish its assigned task, then the coordinator can assign this task to another beneficiary and transfer its allocated budget to the new assigned beneficiary.
Article 10
Changes in the Project Partnership
10.1 Being aware of the fact that all changes in the partnership must be notified and require prior approval by the Commission, The following requirements are necessary for the different modifications of project partnership:
10.1.1 Addition of a project partner requires endorsement from the new member (signed by the legal representative), acceptance letters from all other partners (signed by
the contact persons) and a mandate signed between the coordinator and the new co- beneficiary. These will be forwarded by the coordinator with the request;
10.1.2 Withdrawal of a Project Partner requires written explanation from the coordinator and a withdrawing Project Partner, signed by the legal representative. Where the minimum partnership requirements are no longer fulfilled, the Executive Agency reserves the right to decide on the continuation of the grant agreement;
10.1.3 Changes of contact person for the partner require written confirmation signed by the new contact person and by the legal representative of partner and by the former contact person.
10.1.4 In case a partner withdraws from the project or is debarred from it the remaining partners will undertake to find a rapid and efficient solution to ensure the further proper project implementation without any delay. Consequently, the Project Partners will endeavour to cover the contribution of the withdrawing Project Partner, either by assuming its tasks by one or more of the present Project Partners or by asking one or more new participants to join the project partnership, regarding the respective program provisions.
Article 11 Promotion and visibility
11.1 The coordinator and the beneficiary shall ensure adequate promotion of the project and commit to playing an active role in any actions organised to capitalise on, exploit / disseminate the results of the project.
11.2 Any notice or publication by the project, including at a conference or a seminar, must specify that the project is being co-financed by EU funds within the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme, and must comply with the visibility rules laid down in Articles I.10.8 and I.10.9 of the Grant Agreement, as well as in section 1.6 of the Guidelines for the Use of the Grant.
Article 12 Confidentiality and data protection
12.1 The coordinator and the beneficiary undertake to preserve the confidentiality of any document, information or other material directly related to the subject of the agreement that is duly classed as confidential, if disclosure could cause prejudice to the other party. The parties shall remain bound by this obligation beyond the closing date of the action.
12.2 All personal data contained in or relating to this Agreement shall be processed in accordance with the dispositions of Article II.6 of the Grant Agreement.
Article 13
Ownership and property rights
13.1 The ownership of all project results, including copyrights and intellectual property rights, as well as all reports and other documentation resulting from the action, shall be vested in the beneficiary, in compliance with Article I.7 of the Grant Agreement.
13.2 Materials already developed and brought in may be only used within the scope of the project as templates of good practice. Copyrights shall be strictly safeguarded and permission for reproduction and scale of production has to be settled beforehand.
Article 14 Liability
Each of the contracting parties discharges the other of any civil liability for any damages suffered by itself or its staff/students as a result of the performance of this Agreement, insofar as such damages are not due to serious or intentional negligence or fault of the other party or its staff/students.
Article 15 Conflict of interest
15.1 The coordinator and beneficiaries must undertake all necessary precautions to prevent any risk of conflicts of interest which could affect their impartial and objective performance of the Agreement. Such conflict of interest could arise in particular as a result of economic interest, political or national affinity, family or emotional reasons, or any other shared interest.
15.2 Any situation constituting or likely to lead to any such conflict should be brought to the attention of the coordinator without delay, and the beneficiary in cause shall undertake to take all necessary measures to rectify this situation at once.
15.3 The coordinator will decide if it is deemed necessary to inform the Executive Agency as provided for in Article II.4 of the Grant Agreement.
Article 16 Working languages
16.1 The working language of the partnership shall be English.
16.2 Both parties commit in allocating to the project staff with enough knowledge of the working language, allowing a smooth communication and understanding of the matters discussed.
Article 17 Conflict resolution
17.1 In case of conflict between the projects partners resulting from the interpretation or the application of this Agreement, or in connection with the activities contained within, the parties involved shall make the effort to come to an amicable arrangement rapidly and in the spirit of good cooperation.
17.2 Disputes should be addressed in writing to the project Steering Committee (or a body consisting of representatives of all the project partners), that will try to mediate in order to resolve the conflict.
Article 18 Applicable law and jurisdiction
18.1 This Agreement is governed by the [coordinator's country] law, being the law of the coordinator's country.
18.2 In case of any disputes on matters under this Agreement, which cannot be resolved by an amicable settlement, the matter shall have to be decided in accordance with the jurisdiction of the coordinator's country.
18.3 If any provision of this Agreement or the application of any such provision shall be considered invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part for legal requirements, all other stipulations remain valid and binding to both parties.
18.4 If any provision in this Agreement should be wholly or partly ineffective, the parties to this Agreement undertake to replace the ineffective provision by an effective provision which comes as close as possible to the purpose of the ineffective provision.
18.5 For any matter not regulated in the present PSA, the reference shall be the Contract.
18.6 In case of dispute, the Parties shall refer uniquely to contract relationships established between them, and the Commission shall not be liable at all in this respect.
18.7 Should any dispute between the Parties about the present PSA not find an amicable arrangement, the Courts of coordinator's country shall be the only ones competent to rule. The law applicable to the present PSA is subject to the law in force in coordinator's country.
18.8 This Agreement is concluded in English. In the event of translation of this Agreement and its annexes, the English version shall prevail.
Article 19 Termination of the Agreement
19.1 In the event that any of the beneficiaries fail to perform any obligations under the present Agreement or the Grant Agreement, the coordinator may terminate their participation in the project, upon formal written authorisation by the Executive Agency.
19.2 The coordinator shall notify the beneficiary in cause by registered letter. The beneficiary has one month to supply all relevant information to appeal the decision.
Article 20
Force Majeure
20.1 If either parties face a case of force majeure (as per defined in article II.14 of the Grant Agreement), it shall promptly notify the other party in writing, specifying the nature, probable duration and expected effects of this event.
20.2 Neither of the parties shall be deemed in breach of its obligations if it has been prevented from performing its tasks due to force majeure. The parties shall take all necessary measures to minimise possible damage to successful project implementation.
Article 21 Amendments
21.1 Any amendments to this Agreement must be made in writing by means of a Supplementary Agreement, and become effective when signed by the authorised legal representatives of both parties. No oral agreement may bind the parties to this effect.
21.2 The amendment may not have the purpose or the effect of making changes which might call into question the dispositions of the Grant Agreement.
Article 22 Other provisions
22.1 Any amendments to this agreement shall be in writing signed by the coordinator and the partner.
22.2 Amendments and supplements to the present agreement and any waiver of the requirement of the written form must be written form and have to be indicated as such.
22.3 If any provision in this agreement should be wholly or partly ineffective. The remaining provisions remain binding for the parties. In this case the parties undertake to replace the ineffective provision by an effective one which comes as close as possible to the purpose of the ineffective one.
22.4 The coordinator and the partner commit themselves to taking measures to ensure that all staff members carrying out the work respect the confidential nature of information regarded as such, and do not disseminate it, pass it on to third parties or use it without prior written consent of the coordinator and the partner.
22.5 3 (three) original copies will be made of this agreement; of which each party keeps one original and one original is attached to the Grant agreement.
Article 23 Termination
23.1 In the event that the partner fails to perform any obligations under the present contract or the Grant Agreement, the coordinator may terminate or cancel this agreement.
23.2 The coordinator shall have the right to terminate the present contract if the partner has made false declarations to the coordinator on work carried out or on expenditure. If the present contract is so terminated, the coordinator may require acronym of the partner institution to reimburse all or part of the payments made under this contract.
23.3 The grant is governed by the terms of the Agreement and the applicable rules of the European Union.
Article 24 Annexes
Annex I - Budget/Expenditure/ breakdown per partner and budget category.
Xxxxx XX - Copy of the Grant Agreement signed between the coordinator and the Executive Agency, its annexes, and any existing amendment.
Annex III - Financial Guidelines for the Use of the Grant.
Annex IV - link to FAQs
Annex V - Bank account
We, the undersigned, declare to have read and accepted the terms and conditions of this Agreement as described here before, including the annexes thereto.
For the Coordinator The legal representative Acting President of An-Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx University Signature and stamp Done in Nablus, Palestine Date / /2017 | For the Beneficiary The legal representative the Rector Prof. Xxx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Signature and stamp Done in Bratislava Date 15 / 03 /2017] |
ANNEX (I)
Budget/Expenditure/Co-financing breakdown per partner and budget category
Partner Number | 9 |
Name of Partner | Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava/ STUBA |
Country | Slovakia |
PR/PA | Programme Country |
Staff cost (EUR) | 10110 |
Travel cost (EUR) | 3005 |
Costs of Stay (EUR) | 6840 |
Subcontracting Costs (EUR) | 1545 |
Total Costs (EUR) | 21500 |
ANNEX (II)
Copy of the Grant Agreement signed between the coordinator and the Executive Agency, its annexes, and any existing amendment
ANNEX (III)
Financial Guidelines for the Use of the Grant.
Annex IV Link to FAQs
xxxxx://xxxxx.xx.xxxxxx.xx/xxxxx/xxxxx-xxxx/xxxxx/xxxxxxxxxx_xxx_xxx_xxx_xx_xxx_xxxxx_-
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