FORMAT OF THE DECLARATION REFERRED TO IN POINT 7  OF THE TENDER SUBMISSION FORM  To be submitted on the headed notepaper of the legal entity concerned  Your ref: <Reference code: AA…>; < contract title > <Date>  <Name and address of the Contracting Authority - see item 1 of the Instructions to tenderers>  Dear Sir/Madam  In response to your invitation to tender for the above-mentioned contract, we, <  full name of  the legal entity making this Declaration >, hereby declare that we:  • are making this application < please select as appropriate > [Option 1 ] [on an individual  basis] / [ Option 2 ][as member of the consortium led by < name of the leader / ourselves >]  for this contract. We confirm that we are not participating in any other tender for the same  contract, whatever the form of participation (as a member - including leader - in a consortium  or as an individual tenderer);  • are not in any of the situations excluding us from participating in contracts which are  stipulated under Article 57 of Council Directive 2014/24/EC;  • < please select as appropriate between Option 1 and 2 > [ Option 1 ]we have not been  involved in the preparation of the project which is the subject of this tender procedure  [ Option 2 ] our involvement in previous stages of the project as < please specify > does not  constitute unfair competition and we undertake to prove this should we be required to do  so by the Contracting Authority. [ please add for both Options ] Furthermore, we declare that  we have no conflict of interests or any equivalent relation in that respect with other tenderers  or parties involved in this technical assistance operation and/or the underlying project at the  time of the submission of this tender;  • < please select as appropriate between Option 1 and 2 > [ Option 1 ] [have attached a current  list of the enterprises in the same group or network as ourselves ] / [Op tion 2 ] [ are not part  of a group or network ] [ please add for both Options ]and have only included data in the  application form concerning the resources and experience of < please select as appropriate > [our legal entity] / [our legal entity and the entities for which we attach a written  undertaking];  • [ if applicable ]wish to rely on the < please specify type: financial, professional etc > capacities  of < name of the economic operator on whose capacities the tenderer relies > and have  attached in this respect an undertaking from this company;  • will inform the Contracting Authority immediately if there is any change in the above  circumstances at any stage during the tender procedure and/or during the implementation  of the tasks; and  • fully recognise and accept that if we participate in spite of being in any of the situations  stipulated under Article 57 of Council Directive 2014/24/EC or if the declarations or  information provided prove to be false, we may be subject to rejection from this procedure;  • are aware that, for the purposes of safeguarding the financial interests of the Communities,  our personal data may be transferred to internal audit services, to the European Court of  Auditors, to the Financial Irregularities Panel or to the European Anti-Fraud Office.  • are aware that our key experts may have signed Statements of Exclusivity and Availability  for other tender procedures and that the expert will notify us and the Contracting Authority  should he/she receive a confirmed engagement 1 in another tender, according to the  Statement of Exclusivity and Availability, and the consequence is that our tender may be  rejected in this tender procedure. We recognise that our tender and the expert may be  $^{1}$  The engagement of an expert is confirmed when such expert is committed to work as a key expert or equivalent under  a signed contract financed by the EU general budget or the EDF or where he/she is a key expert in a tender which has  received  a notification of award. The date of confirmation of the engagement in the latter case is that of the  notification of award to the Consultant. 