(c) Civil liability in the event of accidents caused to third parties or to the Contracting  Authority and any employee of that Authority, arising out of the performance of the  Contract by the Consultant, its agents or employees;  (d)  Accidental death or permanent disability resulting from bodily injury incurred by any  person in connection with the performance of the Contract by the Consultant, its  agents or employees.”  11.3.7 In relation to Article 19.1 of the General Conditions, the “implementation period” shall  be read as referring to any specific period of time mentioned in the Contract within which  certain tasks / activities have to be performed and/or certain outputs have to be  produced.  11.3.8 In relation to Article 19 of the General Conditions, paragraph 19.2 shall be amended to:  “The daily rate for liquidated damages will be 0.05% of the Maximum Contract Value”.  11.3.9 Within the framework of Article 24.2 of the General Conditions, the person authorised  by the Contracting Authority to approve the Consultant’s timesheets on a monthly basis  is the Promoter. For the services delivered off-site, the timesheets must be counter- signed by the Consultant’s designated Project Director / TA Coordinator.  11.3.10 The following paragraph shall be added to Article 28 of the General Conditions: “ 28.5 If  the expenditure verification report submitted by the external auditor does not comply  with the model provided in Annex VII to the Contract in terms of verifications to be  performed and level of assurance to be provided, the Contracting Authority reserves the  right to refuse the payment of the expenditure covered by that report until a full  verification of the supporting documents is carried out by the Contracting Authority itself.  In any and all such cases, the Contracting Authority shall not make any payments for  the costs of the expenditure verification. ” 11.3.11 In relation Article 34 of the General Conditions, the Contracting Authority’s liability will  be limited to wilful misconduct or gross negligence.  11.3.12 Article 35 of the General Conditions shall read as follows: “ 35.1  Without prejudice to the right of the Contracting Authority to terminate the  Contract under Article 36, the Contracting Authority may at any time suspend the  Contract or any part thereof (including the payments), in particular where it considers  such suspension in the interest of the project or where there are suspected or  established errors, irregularities or fraud committed by the Consultant in the  performance of another contract funded by the general budget of the European Union,  by EDF or by the Contracting Authority which are likely to affect the performance of the  present Contract. Suspension shall take effect on the day that the Consultant receives  written notice from the Contracting Authority, or at a later date when the notice so  provides. 35.2  The Contracting Authority shall suspend the payments and/or the execution of  the Contract:  (a) where the award procedure or the performance of the Contract is vitiated by  substantial errors or irregularities, or by suspected or proven fraud. In addition, where  such errors, irregularities or fraud are attributable to the Consultant, the Contracting  Authority may refuse to make further payments or may proceed to recover amounts  already paid, in proportion to the seriousness of the errors, irregularities or fraud;  (b) where the Contracting Authority is obliged to do so pursuant to (i) a request by the  providers of the funding for the Contract, or (ii) the provisions of the contracting  arrangements between the Contracting Authority and the providers of the funding or the  Contract, as these are identified in the Special Conditions or the Terms of Reference;  (c) a Sanction Event.  35.3  During the period of suspension, the Consultant shall take such protective  measures as may be necessary to mitigate any loss and submit, for the written approval  Page 5 of 7  AA-000799-002_TACONT 