General Administrative and Submission Clauses Ad  dress of the Tenderer :  ............................ Deadline for the receipt of tenders: xx/xx/201x 4.4.  Receipt of the tender Tenders must be submitted no later than the date and time indicated in  point 1.4  of the `Terms of  Reference` and can be sent by registered mail, courier service or hand delivery, to the following  addresses.  Receipt is understood as the time at which the Tenderer hands over the tender to the post office or  courier service or in person to the EIB (hand delivery).  By registered mail to:  The Tenderer shall hand in its tender to EIB’s reception desk, at the address indicated above in  point 4.4,  by the deadline indicated in  point 1.4  in the `Terms of Reference` at the latest.  The receipt dated and signed by the employee at the reception desk who receives the tender  (reception desk open 24 hours a day) shall form the evidence of the tender having been handed in.  The Tenderer shall dispatch its tender to the postal or courier service by the deadline indicated in  point 1.4  of the `Terms of Reference` at the latest.  As a proof of dispatch, date and time of dispatch shall be clearly indicated in the outer envelope of  the tender.  N.B. Tenders sent by other means (e.g. by e-mail or fax) or submitted later than the deadline  indicated in  point 1.4  in the `Terms of Reference` will be rejected.  4.4.1.  Proof of dispatch for registered mail and courier service 4.4.2.  Proof of dispatch for hand delivery  By hand delivery or courier service to:  EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK  For the attention of CS-PROCUREMENT  Ref.: xx-xxxx$^{1}$  Procurement and Purchasing Division  98-100 boulevard Konrad Adenauer  L-2950 LUXEMBOURG  EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK  For the attention of CS-PROCUREMENT  Ref.: xx-xxxx$^{2}$  Procurement and Purchasing Division  98-100 boulevard Konrad Adenauer  L-2950 LUXEMBOURG  $^{1}$ The actual reference number of the procurement procedure in question is to be inserted. $^{2}$ Same as footnote 1. Last updated: June 2020 Page 8 of 21 