Common use of Exclusion grounds Clause in Contracts

Exclusion grounds. The following exclusion grounds are applicable throughout the term of the Framework Agreement: 1) Participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2 of Council Framework Decision 2008/841/▇▇▇ 2) Corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Convention on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union and Article 2(1) of Council Framework Decision 2003/568/▇▇▇ as well as corruption as defined in the national law of the Contracting Authority or the economic operator 3) Fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention on the protection of the European Communities’ financial interests 4) Terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities, as defined in Articles 1 and 3 of Council Framework Decision 2002/475/▇▇▇ respectively, or inciting or aiding or abetting or attempting to commit an offence, as referred to in Article 4 of that Framework Decision 5) Money laundering or terrorist financing, as defined in Article 1 of Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 6) Child labour and other forms of trafficking in human beings as defined in Article 2 of Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council 7) Breach of the economic operator’s obligations relating to the payment of taxes or social security contributions, where this has been established by a judicial or administrative decision having final and binding effect in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which it is established or with those of the Member State of the Contracting Authority 8) Where a conflict of interest within the meaning of Article 24 cannot be effectively remedied by other less intrusive measures 9) Where a distortion of competition from the prior involvement of the economic operators in the preparation of the procurement procedure, as referred to in Article 41, cannot be remedied by other, less intrusive measures