EC - FWC services Dec 2018  Contract no: [complete]  'Grave professional misconduct': a violation of applicable laws or regulations or ethical standards of the  profession to which a contractor or a  related person  belongs, including any conduct leading to sexual or  other exploitation or abuse, or any wrongful conduct of the contractor or a  related person  which has an  impact on its professional credibility where such conduct denotes wrongful intent or gross negligence;  ‘Implementation of the FWC’ : the purchase of services envisaged in the FWC through the signature  and  performance of specific contracts ;  ‘Interface control document’ : the guideline document which lays down the technical specifications,  message standards, security standards, checks of syntax and semantics, etc. to facilitate machine-to- machine connection. This document is updated on a regular basis; ‘Irregularity’ : any infringement of a provision of Union law resulting from an act or omission by an  economic operator, which has, or would have, the effect of prejudicing the Union’s budget;  ‘Notification’  (or ‘notify’): form of communication between the parties made in writing including by  electronic means; ‘Order form’ : a simplified form of  specific contract  by which the contracting authority orders services  under this FWC;  ‘Performance of a specific contract’ : the execution of tasks and delivery of the purchased services  by the contractor to the contracting authority; ‘Personnel’ : persons employed directly or indirectly or contracted by the contractor to implement the  FWC;  ‘Pre-existing material’ : any material, document, technology or know-how which exists prior to the  contractor using it for the production of a  result  in the  implementation of the FWC ; ‘Pre-existing right’ : any industrial and intellectual property right on  pre-existing material ; it may consist  in a right of ownership, a licence right and/or right of use belonging to the contractor, the  creator , the  contracting authority as well as to any other third parties;  ‘Professional conflicting interest’ : a situation in which the contractor’s previous or ongoing  professional activities affect its capacity to implement the FWC or to perform a  specific contract  to an  appropriate quality standard; ‘Related person’ : any natural or legal person who is a member of the administrative, management or  supervisory body of the contractor or who has powers of representation, decision or control with regard  to the contractor; ‘Request for services’ : a document from the contracting authority requesting that the contractors in a  multiple FWC with re-opening of competition provide a specific tender for services whose terms are not  entirely defined under the FWC; ‘Result’ : any intended outcome of the  implementation of the FWC , whatever its form or nature. A  result may be further defined in this FWC as a deliverable. A  result  may, in addition to newly created materials  produced specifically for the contracting authority by the contractor or at its request, also include  pre- existing materials ; ‘Specific contract’ : a contract implementing the FWC and specifying details of a service to be provided;  13