-  Willingly complying with the requirements of the contracting authority’s security services,  including the inspection of the personal goods (by scanner or physical inspection);  -  Keeping secret the security procedures as well as protection mechanisms which such external  staff may come to gain knowledge about in the process of his/her activities;  -  Never jeopardising the good functioning, the security or the confidentiality of the systems or  data which such external staff may have access to within the framework of his/her functions;  -  Never copying illegally, carrying, transmitting nor destroying data, documentation, software or  application programs, nor any material (even when obsolete);  -  Never accessing, nor even trying to access data, locations or systems to which such external  staff has not been granted access or which he/she does not need to access for the  implementation of his/her tasks;  -  Not using software other than that which is usually installed on the desktop/laptop without prior  formal approval from the person(s) in charge of one of the domains of this Call for Tenders;  -  If granted with access card(s) - returning the access card(s) before such external staff leaves,  at first request by the contracting authority;  -  Showing utmost discretion regarding information which such external staff may come to gain  knowledge;  -  Never disclosing information concerning matters dealt with by the contracting authority’s  services (be it political, judicial, budgetary or financial affairs, or the management of the  contracting authority, the personnel or data processing);  -  On the contracting authority premises, such external staff may not perform any professional  tasks which are not linked to the framework contract;  -  Not exerting any pressure on the contracting authority staff; in particular, not seeking to obtain  any information on on-going or forthcoming procurement procedures which is not already in  the public domain and refraining from making any gifts or offers of hospitality to the contracting  authority staff;  -  Abiding by a very high standard of professional deontology, guided by the principle of fair  competition. In particular, such external staff should at all times be courteous, show restraint  and avoid any form of competitor-bashing and harassment;  -  Not using the the contracting authority premises for marketing or recruitment purposes;  -  Not conveying the impression that such external staff are employed by the contracting  authority, or that they are authorised to represent the contracting authority; never writing  documents with the contracting authority's letterhead paper;  -  Showing environmental awareness in the daily behaviour - for instance, printing on both sides  of the paper, switching off the lights and other equipment, using appropriate bins for waste  recycling, etc.  In general, such external staff has to respect the staff notice on acceptable use of the contracting  authority’s ICT services in force.  When such external staff sends e-mails using the contracting authority’s e-mail system, he/she has to  use an e-mail signature indicating the contract name of the contractor, in addition to his/her own name.  Such external staff must have the necessary competences in order to perform the service in a  professional way. An update of the skills should be foreseen in order to cope with the normal evolution  of the software products. Those kinds of trainings cannot incur additional costs for the contracting  authority.  I.16. E-PROCUREMENT AND EXCHANGE OF E-DOCUMENTS  10 