Article 41 -  Applicable law  41.1. This contract shall be governed by the law of the country of the contracting authority or,  where the contracting authority is the European Commission, by the applicable European  Union law complemented where necessary by the law of Belgium. 42.1. Without prejudice to the application of other remedies laid down in the contract, a  sanction of exclusion from all contracts and grants financed by the EU, may be imposed,  after an adversarial procedure in line with the applicable Financial Regulation,, upon the  contractor who, in particular, a) is guilty of grave professional misconduct, has committed irregularities or has shown  significant deficiencies in complying with the main obligations in the performance of  the contract or has been circumventing fiscal, social or any other applicable  obligations, including through the creation of an entity for this purpose. The duration  of the exclusion shall not exceed the duration set by final judgement or final  administrative decision or, in the absence thereof, three years;  b) is guilty of fraud, corruption, participation in a criminal organisation, money  laundering, terrorist-related offences, child labour or trafficking in human beings. The  duration of the exclusion shall not exceed the duration set by final judgement or final  administrative decision or, in the absence thereof, five years; 42.2. In the situations mentioned in Article 42.1, in addition or in alternative to the sanction of  exclusion, the contractor may also be subject to financial penalties up to 10% of the total  contract price.  42.3. Where the contracting authority is entitled to impose financial penalties, it may deduct  such financial penalties from any sums due to the contractor or call on the appropriate  guarantee.  42.4. The decision to impose administrative sanctions may be published on a dedicated  internet-site, explicitly naming the contractor.  43.1. The contractor shall allow the European Commission, the European Anti-Fraud Office  and the European Court of Auditors to verify, by examining the documents and to make  copies thereof or by means of on-the-spot checks, including checks of documents  (original or copies), the implementation of the contract. In order to carry out these  verifications and audits, the EU bodies mentioned above shall be allowed to conduct a  full audit, if necessary, on the basis of supporting documents for the accounts, accounting  documents and any other document relevant to the financing of the project. The  contractor shall ensure that on-the-spot accesses is available at all reasonable times,  notably at the contractor's offices, to its computer data, to its accounting data and to all  the information needed to carry out the audits, including information on individual  salaries of persons involved in the project. The contractor shall ensure that the  information is readily available at the moment of the audit and, if so requested, that data  August 2020 c4e_annexigc_en  Page 33 of 36  Article 43 -  Verifications, checks and audits by European Union bodies  Article 42 -  Administrative sanctions  FINAL PROVISIONS 