The Consultant will carry out the Services on the terms and conditions set out in this Contract, which  comprises, in order of precedence, these special conditions (the " Special Conditions ") and the  following annexes:  Annex I: General Conditions for service contracts financed by the European Union (the “ General  Conditions ”)  Annex II:  Terms of reference [ if the case, please add any or all of the following: ] including  clarifications before the deadline for submission of tenders (the “ Terms of Reference ”)  Annex  III: Organisation and methodology [ if the case, please add the following: ] including  clarifications from the tenderer provided during tender evaluation  Annex IV: Key experts Annex V:  Budget breakdown  Annex VI:  Forms and other relevant documents Annex VII:  Report of factual findings and terms of reference for an expenditure verification In case of any contradiction between the above documents, their provisions shall be applied according  to the above order of precedence, starting with the Special Conditions.  This Contract, established in Euro, is a  fee-based contract . Based on the maximum fees, incidental  expenditure and expenditure verification provision defined in Annex V, the maximum contract value is  EUR < amount >  (amount in letters (“Maximum Contract Value”) .  The date for commencing the implementation of the Services shall be the date of signature of this  Contract by the last of the Parties (the “ Commencement Date ”).  The period of implementation of the tasks identified in Annexes II & III is < number > months from the  Commencement Date.  The Consultant shall submit progress reports as specified in the Terms of Reference.  7.1  Payments will be made in Euro in accordance with Article 29 of the General Conditions into the  bank account notified by the Consultant to the Contracting Authority in accordance with Articles  7.8 and 20.7 of the General Conditions.  7.2  The payments will be made according to the following schedule, subject to the provisions of  Articles 26 to 33 of the General Conditions:  (7)  Payments and bank account  (6) Reporting (5)  Period of implementation  (4) Commencement Date (3) Contract value 7 The consultant is not required to ask for pre-financing.  Maximum of 30 % of the Maximum Contract Value if the implementation period is 24 months or less, and 20 %  of the Maximum Contract Value if the implementation period is more than 24 months.  Page 2 of 7  AA-000799-002_TACONT  Month <EUR/***> 1  First pre-financing payment$^{7}$  < amount >$^{8}$ 