Contract number: ECHA/2020/666  II.17.2. Suspension by the contracting authority  II.18. TERMINATION OF THE FWC  II.18.1. Grounds for termination by the contracting authority  (a) if the procedure for awarding the FWC or a specific contract or the  implementation of  the FWC  proves to have been subject to  substantial errors ,  irregularities  or  fraud ; (b) in order to verify whether the presumed  substantial errors ,  irregularities or  fraud actually occurred. (a) it is lifting the suspension; or  (b) it intends to terminate the FWC or a specific contract under Article II.18.1(f) or  (j).  (a) if provision of the services under a pending specific contract has not actually started  within 15 days of the scheduled date and the contracting authority considers the  new date proposed, if any, unacceptable, taking into account Article II.11.2;  (b) if the contractor is unable, through its own fault, to obtain any permit or licence  required for  implementation of the FWC ;  (c) if the contractor does not implement the FWC or perform the specific contract in  accordance with the tender specifications or  request for service  or is in breach of  another substantial contractual obligation or repeatedly refuses to sign specific  contracts. Termination of three or more specific contracts in these circumstances  also constitutes grounds for termination of the FWC;  (d) if the contractor or any person that assumes unlimited liability for the debts of the  contractor is in one of the situations provided for in points (a) and (b) of Article  106(1) of the Financial Regulation 2 ;  (e) if the contractor or any  related person  is subject to any of the situations provided  for in points (c) to (f) of Article 106(1) or to Article 106(2) of the Financial  Regulation;  (f) if the procedure for awarding the FWC or the  implementation of the FWC  prove to  have been subject to  substantial errors ,  irregularities  or  fraud ;  (g) if the contractor does not comply with applicable obligations under data protection,  environmental, social and labour law established by Union law, national law,  collective agreements or by the international environmental, social and labour law  provisions listed in Annex X to Directive 2014/24/EU;  $^{2}$  Regulation (EU, EURATOM) No 966/2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget  of the Union, as amended http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:32012R0966 36  The contracting authority may terminate the FWC or a specific contract in the following  circumstances:  The contractor is not entitled to compensation for suspension of any part of the FWC or a  specific contract.  The contracting authority must  formally notify the contractor of the suspension.  Suspension takes effect on the date of  formal notification , or at a later date if the  formal  notification  so provides. The contracting authority must  notify  the contractor as soon as possible whether:  The contracting authority may suspend the  implementation of the FWC  or  performance of  a specific contract  or any part of it: 