Contract number: EEAS-618-DELBRBB-SER-FWC-2019   Template of June 2018 Updated November 2018  The contracting authority must  notify  the contractor as soon as possible whether:  (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).  The contractor is not entitled to compensation for suspension of any part of the FWC or a  specific contract.  II.18. TERMINATION OF THE FWC  II.18.1. Grounds for termination by the contracting authority  The contracting authority may terminate the FWC or a specific contract in the following  circumstances:  (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 136(1)  of the Financial Regulation$^{7}$;  (e) if the contractor or any  related person  is subject to any of the situations provided for  in points (c) to (f) of Article 136(1) or to Article 136(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 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; (h) if the contractor is in a situation that could constitute a  conflict of interest or a  professional conflicting interest  as referred to in Article II.7; (i) if a change to the contractor’s legal, financial, technical, organisational or ownership  situation is likely to substantially affect the  implementation of the FWC or  substantially modify the conditions under which the FWC was initially awarded;  (j) in the event of  force majeure , where either resuming implementation is impossible or  the necessary ensuing amendments to the FWC or a specific contract would mean that  the tender specifications are no longer fulfilled or result in unequal treatment of  tenderers or contractors;  $^{7}$  Regulation (EU, EURATOM) No 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18  July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, repealing  Regulation  (EU,  Euratom)  No  966/2012:  https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2016.119.01.0001.01.ENG 29 