Contract number: [ complete ]   2019  [Following signature of the specific contract by the last party and its receipt by the contracting  authority, the contractor (or leader in the case of a joint tender) may claim a pre-financing  payment up to 30 % of the price referred to in the relevant specific contract. The contractor (or  leader in the case of a joint tender) must send the contracting authority an invoice via e -PRIOR$^{3}$  for the pre-financing payment.  [The contractor (or leader in the case of a joint tender) must also provide a first-call financial  guarantee equal to  100  % of the amount of the pre-financing when it exceeds 250,000 EUR.]$^{4}$, The contracting authority must pay the pre-financing within 30 days of receiving the invoice.  The pre-financing will be recuperated by the contracting authority gradually throughout the  interim payment(s) and the guarantee will be released accordingly at the end of the full  recuperation of the pre-financing amount.]  1. The contractor (or leader in the case of a joint tender) may claim interim payments up to 50%  (accumulative) of the contractual amount as stipulated in the relevant specific contract in  accordance with Article II.21.6. The contractor (or leader in the case of a joint tender) must send an invoice via  e-PRIOR  for  the interim payment as provided for in the tender specifications, accompanied by the following:  • for the deliverables covered by the interim payment, a list of all  pre-existing rights  to the  results  or parts of the  results  or a declaration stating that there are no such  ,  as provided for in Article II.13.4; • the deliverables and other documents specified in the specific contract or order form;  2. The contracting authority must approve any submitted documents or deliverables and pay  within 60 days from receipt of the invoice. [The contracting authority shall pay the contractual  amount as stipulated in the relevant specific contract minus the pre-financing payment if  applicable].  3. If the contracting authority has observations to make, it must send them to the contractor (or  leader in the case of a joint tender) and suspend the time limit for payment in accordance with  Article II.21.7. The contractor (or leader in case of a joint tender) has 10 days to submit  additional information or corrections or a new version of the documents if the contracting  authority requires it.  4. The contracting authority must give its approval and pay within the remainder of the time- limit indicated in point (2.) unless it rejects partially or fully the submitted documents or  deliverables.  I.6.2 Interim payments  3  Unless otherwise agreed between the contractor and the contracting authority. 4  Not applicable for public entities  8 