Contract no: [complete]  The contracting authority may terminate the FWC or any on-going  specific contract  in the following  circumstances:  7 Regulation (EU, Euratom) 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, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU)  No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No  223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No  966/2012, OJ L 193 of 30.7.2018, p.1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?qid=1544791836334&uri=CELEX:32018R1046  28 a) if provision of the services under an on-going  specific contract  has not actually started within 15  days of the scheduled date and the contracting authority considers that the new date proposed,  if any, is 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 in one of the situations provided for in points (c) to (h)  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  irregularities, fraud or breach of obligations ;  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 or a change regarding the exclusion situations listed  in Article 136 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1046 that calls into question the decision to award the  contract;  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;  k) if the needs of the contracting authority change and it no longer requires new services under  the FWC; in such cases ongoing  specific contracts  remain unaffected; l)  if the termination of the FWC with one or more of the contractors means that the multiple FWC  with reopening of competition no longer has the minimum required level of competition;  m) if the contractor is in breach of the data protection obligations resulting from Article II.9.2; n) if the contractor does not comply with the applicable data protection obligations resulting from  Regulation (EU)2016/679.  II.18. TERMINATION OF THE FWC  II.18.1. Grounds for termination by the contracting authority  EC - FWC services Dec 2018 