Responsibility for Use (a) The Company alone will be responsible for furnishing, or arranging for a third party to furnish, all data and information required by the Documentation and the specifications therein for the Licensed System to function and perform in accordance with the Documentation, other than the data and information residing in the Licensed System in connection with BNYM’s performance of the Core Services. BNYM shall have no liability or responsibility for any Loss caused in whole or in part by the Company’s or a Permitted User’s exercise of the Licensed Rights or use of the Licensed System or by data or information of any nature inputted into the Licensed System by or under the direction or authorization of Company or a Permitted User; provided, however, this Section 2.5 shall not relieve BNYM of its obligation to act in accordance with its obligations under the Main Agreement. Company shall be responsible and solely liable for the cost or expense of regenerating any output or other remedial action if the Company, a Permitted User or an agent of either shall have failed to transmit properly and in the correct format any data or information, shall have transmitted erroneous or incorrect information or data, or shall have failed to timely verify or reconcile any such data or information when it is generated by the Licensed System (“Data Faults”).
Responsibility for Content Vendor is solely responsible for administration, content, intellectual property rights, and all materials at Vendor’s website. DIR reserves the right to require a change of listed content if, in the opinion of DIR, it does not adequately represent the Contract.
Responsibility for Filing Tax Returns (i) The Sellers shall timely prepare or cause to be timely prepared, and timely file or cause to be timely filed all Tax Returns with respect to Taxes based on income or gains of each of the Companies for all taxable years or periods ending on or prior to the Closing Date (“Pre-Closing Date Tax Periods ”) first due after the Closing Date (“Pre-Closing Income Tax Returns”). All Pre-Closing Income Tax Returns shall be prepared in compliance with all applicable Tax Laws. The Sellers shall provide Buyer with a draft of each such Pre-Closing Income Tax Return no later than thirty (30) days prior to the due date thereof (taking all valid extensions into account) and shall permit Buyer to review and comment on such Pre-Closing Income Tax Returns. The Sellers shall address in good faith Buyer’s comments made with respect to such Pre-Closing Income Tax Returns; provided, that Buyer must provide the Sellers with its comments no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the due date thereof (taking all valid extensions into account). The Sellers shall be responsible for paying all Taxes of each of the Companies shown as due on any Pre-Closing Income Tax Return. (ii) Buyer shall timely prepare or cause to be timely prepared, and timely file or cause to be timely filed all non-income Tax Returns of each of the Companies for all taxable years or periods ending on or prior to the Closing Date first due after the Closing Date (“Pre-Closing Non-Income Tax Returns”) and all Tax Returns of either of the Companies for all taxable periods or years that include, but do not end on, the Closing Date (any such period, a “Straddle Period” and any such Tax Return, a “Straddle Period Tax Return”). Buyer shall provide the Representative with a draft of each Pre-Closing Non-Income Tax Return and Straddle Period Tax Return no later than thirty (30) days prior to the due date thereof (taking all valid extensions into account) and shall permit the Representative to review and comment on such Pre-Closing Non-Income Tax Returns and Straddle Period Tax Returns. Buyer shall address in good faith the Representative’s comments made with respect to such Tax Returns; provided, that the Representative must provide Buyer with comments no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the due date thereof (taking all valid extensions into account). Buyer shall be responsible for paying all Taxes of each of the Companies shown as due on any such Pre-Closing Non-Income Tax Return or Straddle Period Tax Return; provided, however, that Representative shall, within 5 Business Days of demand by Buyer, pay (i) all Taxes of either of the Companies shown as due on any Pre-Closing Non-Income Tax Return and (ii) Taxes on any Straddle Period Tax Return with respect to the Interim Period as determined in accordance with Section 6.7(b). (iii) With respect to any dispute or controversy relating to the preparation of any Tax Return addressed by Section 6.7(a)(i) or (ii) (including whether comments of Buyer or the Representative, as applicable, should be incorporated therein), Buyer and the Representative shall cooperate in good faith to resolve such dispute or controversy, but if they are unable to do so, the parties shall submit the dispute or controversy for resolution, which resolution shall be final, conclusive and binding on the parties, to the Accounting Firm. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to prepare and deliver to Buyer and the Representative, as soon as reasonably practicable (and in any event within fifteen (15) days after its engagement), its resolution of the matter. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be paid in a manner similar to that set forth in Section 2.6(a)(iv).
RESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYEES To the extent that the Contract involves the provision of the Services to UNDP by the Contractor’s officials, employees, agents, servants, subcontractors and other representatives (collectively, the Contractor’s “personnel”), the following provisions shall apply: 8.1 The Contractor is responsible for and shall assume all risk and liabilities relating to its personnel and property. 8.2 The Contractor shall be responsible for the professional and technical competence of the personnel it assigns to perform work under the Contract and will select reliable and competent individuals who will be able to effectively perform the obligations under the Contract and who, while doing so, will respect the local laws and customs and conform to a high standard of moral and ethical conduct. 8.3 Such Contractor personnel shall be professionally qualified and, if required to work with officials or staff of UNDP, shall be able to do so effectively. The qualifications of any personnel whom the Contractor may assign or may propose to assign to perform any obligations under the Contract shall be substantially the same, or better, as the qualifications of any personnel originally proposed by the Contractor. 8.4 At the option of and in the sole discretion of UNDP: 8.4.1 the qualifications of personnel proposed by the Contractor (e.g., a curriculum vitae) may be reviewed by UNDP prior to such personnel’s performing any obligations under the Contract; 8.4.2 any personnel proposed by the Contractor to perform obligations under the Contract may be interviewed by qualified staff or officials of UNDP prior to such personnel’s performing any obligations under the Contract; and, 8.4.3 in cases in which, pursuant to Article 8.4.1 or 8.4.2, above, UNDP has reviewed the qualifications of such Contractor’s personnel, UNDP may reasonably refuse to accept any such personnel. 8.5 Requirements specified in the Contract regarding the number or qualifications of the Contractor’s personnel may change during the course of performance of the Contract. Any such change shall be made only following written notice of such proposed change and upon written agreement between the Parties regarding such change, subject to the following: 8.5.1 UNDP may, at any time, request, in writing, the withdrawal or replacement of any of the Contractor’s personnel, and such request shall not be unreasonably refused by the Contractor. 8.5.2 Any of the Contractor’s personnel assigned to perform obligations under the Contract shall not be withdrawn or replaced without the prior written consent of UNDP, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. 8.5.3 The withdrawal or replacement of the Contractor’s personnel shall be carried out as quickly as possible and in a manner that will not adversely affect the performance of obligations under the Contract. 8.5.4 All expenses related to the withdrawal or replacement of the Contractor’s personnel shall, in all cases, be borne exclusively by the Contractor. 8.5.5 Any request by UNDP for the withdrawal or replacement of the Contractor’s personnel shall not be considered to be a termination, in whole or in part, of the Contract, and UNDP shall not bear any liability in respect of such withdrawn or replaced personnel. 8.5.6 If a request for the withdrawal or replacement of the Contractor’s personnel is not based upon a default by or failure on the part of the Contractor to perform its obligations in accordance with the Contract, the misconduct of the personnel, or the inability of such personnel to reasonably work together with UNDP officials and staff, then the Contractor shall not be liable by reason of any such request for the withdrawal or replacement of the Contractor’s personnel for any delay in the performance by the Contractor of its obligations under the Contract that is substantially the result of such personnel’s being withdrawn or replaced. 8.6 Nothing in Articles 8.3, 8.4 and 8.5, above, shall be construed to create any obligations on the part of UNDP with respect to the Contractor’s personnel assigned to perform work under the Contract, and such personnel shall remain the sole responsibility of the Contractor. 8.7 The Contractor shall be responsible for requiring that all personnel assigned by it to perform any obligations under the Contract and who may have access to any premises or other property of UNDP shall: 8.7.1 undergo or comply with security screening requirements made known to the Contractor by UNDP, including but not limited to, a review of any criminal history; 8.7.2 when within UNDP premises or on UNDP property, display such identification as may be approved and furnished by UNDP security officials, and that upon the withdrawal or replacement of any such personnel or upon termination or completion of the Contract, such personnel shall immediately return any such identification to UNDP for cancellation. 8.8 Within one working day after learning that any of Contractor’s personnel who have access to any UNDP premises have been charged by law enforcement authorities with an offense other than a minor traffic offense, the Contractor shall provide written notice to inform UNDP about the particulars of the charges then known and shall continue to inform UNDP concerning all substantial developments regarding the disposition of such charges. 8.9 All operations of the Contractor, including without limitation, storage of equipment, materials, supplies and parts, within UNDP premises or on UNDP property shall be confined to areas authorized or approved by UNDP. The Contractor’s personnel shall not enter or pass through and shall not store or dispose of any of its equipment or materials in any areas within UNDP premises or on UNDP property without appropriate authorization from UNDP. 8.10 The Contractor shall (i) put in place an appropriate security plan and maintain the security plan, taking into account the security situation in the country where the Services are being provided; and
RESPONSIBILITY FOR AWARDS The Supplier acknowledges that each Contracting Body is independently responsible for the conduct its award of Call-Off Contracts under this Framework Agreement and that the Authority is not responsible or accountable for and shall have no liability whatsoever in relation to: 6.1 the conduct of Other Contracting Bodies in relation to this Framework Agreement; or 6.2 the performance or non-performance of any Call-Off Contracts between the Supplier and Other Contracting Bodies entered into pursuant to this Framework Agreement.