Europol Public Information  i. If the Framework Contract is signed by/on behalf of a group (joint tender), the group is jointly  and severally liable under the conditions set out in Article II-5 (“Liability”). Europol will first  claim the full amount to the company indicated as  Leader  of the group. ii. If the  Leader  does not pay by the due date and if the amount cannot be offset in accordance  with paragraph (2) (iii, a) above Europol may claim the full amount from any other member of  the group. 2. Unless specified otherwise in the Special Conditions, a  Specific Contract  or a  Purchase Order  under  the  Framework Contract , the Contractor licenses pre-existing  IPR to Europol on a non-exclusive,  non-transferrable and perpetual basis to Europol. Europol may use pre-existing  IPR  as foreseen in  the  Framework Contract  and/or a  Specific Contract  or  Purchase Order . 1. Unless specified otherwise in the Special Conditions and/or Tender Specifications, Europol shall not  acquire ownership of any pre-existing  IPR , including background technology, which exists prior to  the  Framework Contract  for the purpose of this  Framework Contact . 3. Licensing of any pre-existing  IPR  is at no cost to Europol unless a clear fee therefor was explicitly  mentioned in the Special Conditions and subsequently ordered via a  Specific Contract  or  Purchase  Order . If specified in the Tender Specifications and/or in the Special Conditions, the Contractor may  be requested to provide to Europol a list of all pre-existing IPR relevant for the purpose of the  Framework Contract , prior to payment of an invoice under a  Specific Contract  or  Purchase Order . 4. Unless specified otherwise in the Special Conditions, a  Specific Contract  or  Purchase Order  under the  Framework Contract , pre-existing Europol  IPR are owned by and remain with Europol. Europol  grants to the Contractor a non-exclusive, non-transferrable and royalty free license to use Europol’s  pre-existing IPR  limited in scope and in time to fulfilment of Contractor’s contractual obligations  towards Europol. 5. Unless specified otherwise in the Special Conditions and/or Tender Specifications, any results and/or  IPR , obtained in performance of the  Framework Contract , shall be owned solely by Europol, which  may use, modify, publish, assign or transfer them as it sees fit, without geographical or other  limitation.  6. Unless specified otherwise in the Special Conditions and/or Tender Specifications, all rights are  acquired by Europol from the moment the results are accepted by Europol.  Acceptance  constitutes  an effective assignment of rights from the Contractor to Europol. The payment of the price as set  out in the Special Conditions, under  Specific Contracts  or  Purchase Orders  is deemed to include any  fees payable to the Contractor in relation to acquisition of ownership of the results and rights by  Europol, including all forms of exploitation and use of such results and rights. The acquisition of  ownership of results and rights by Europol under this  Framework Contract covers all territories  worldwide. A reduction in the agreed payment to the Contractor (including without limitation,  reduction in accordance with Article II-11 (“ Reduction in payment and off-setting” ) above) does not  affect acquisition of rights by Europol under this paragraph. Article II-13  Intellectual property rights  Pre-existing IPR: Resulting IPR: Page 41 of 79  Europol’s initials:  Contractor’s initials: 