Responsibility of Parties 51.3.1 The Parties agree to abide by the following if a forecast cannot be agreed to: Local Interconnection Trunk Groups will be provisioned to the higher forecast. A blocking standard of one percent (1%) during the average busy hour shall be maintained. Should the Parties not agree upon the forecast, and the Parties engineer facilities at the higher forecast, the Parties agree to abide by the following:
a. In the event that CLEC over-forecasts its trunking requirements by twenty percent (20%) or more, and CenturyLink acts upon this forecast to its detriment, CenturyLink may recoup any actual and reasonable expense it incurs.
b. The calculation of the twenty percent (20%) over-forecast will be based on the number of DS1 equivalents for the total traffic volume exchanged between the Parties.
51.3.2 In addition to the joint trunk group forecasting established in Section 51.1, discussions to provide relief to existing facilities can be initiated by either Party. Actual system augmentations will be initiated upon mutual agreement.
51.3.3 Both Parties will perform a joint validation to ensure current Interconnection Facilities and associated trunks have not been over-provisioned. If any facilities and/or associated trunks are over-provisioned, they will be turned down where appropriate. Trunk design blocking criteria described in Section 64.3.4 will be used in determining trunk group sizing requirements and forecasts.
51.3.4 If, based on the forecasted equivalent DS-1 growth, the existing facilities are not projected to exhaust within one year, the Parties will suspend further relief planning on this Interconnection until a date one (1) year prior to the projected exhaust date. If growth patterns change during the suspension period, either Party may re-initiate the joint planning process.
51.3.5 Both Parties will negotiate a project service date and corresponding work schedule to construct relief facilities prior to facilities exhaust.
Responsibility of the Parties The Parties undertake to indemnify each other for any damage (loss) caused by their partial or complete non-performance or improper performance of the Agreement, and the indemnification of damage (loss) does not relieve the Parties from the performance/payment of their obligations under the Agreement. In addition, the Customer shall be liable for any damage (loss) caused to the Bank by its partial or complete non-performance or improper performance of the Agreement. Inter alia, in the event of a breach of the term specified in the subsection 3.3.6. of Annex N1 to the Bank Guarantee Agreement, Bank is entitled to charge the Customer with additional amount of the respective Interest (as the damage (loss) inflicted) for the period of breach of the term or the Bank shall be entitled to repay the above obligations not later than 14 (fourteen) calendar days after the written application. Indemnification of the damage (loss) does not release the Customer from the performance/payment of the obligations under the Agreement. Notwithstanding the guarantees specified in Sections 5.1 and 5.2. of Annex N1 to the Bank Guarantee Agreement, in order to ensure full and proper performance of the Customer’s obligations under the Agreement, and, respectively, to secure the Bank’s rights and claims, the Customer hereby expressly gives its prior consent that the Bank is fully authorized to: In the case of several debt arrears, determine the sequence and order of payments of Bank Guarantee and the payments under it; Block any Account of the Customer without acceptance in the amount of the payment due and in accordance with its applicable rules until any payment is under the Agreement is fully and duly covered; Write off without acceptance all payments due from the any Account of the Customer, and if the payment due and the amount available on the Account are in different currencies, the Bank itself can perform conversion at the commercial rate of exchange applicable at the Bank on the date of payment or the rate of exchange agreed with the Customer (if any), and write off also the conversion cost without acceptance from the Account, and channel the converted amount to cover the appropriate payments. During the period of Force Majeure, the Bank shall not be liable for complete or partial nonfulfillment or improper fulfillment of its obligations under the Agreement. In the event of Force Majeure, the Parties shall be guided by ICC Uniform Rules. Any official communication between the Parties shall be in writing. The written notice intended to the Party may be delivered in person or sent by a courier (including an international courier) or through a post delivery (including by a registered letter). For urgency and subject to the following provisions, except by submitting to the Customer a claim for full performance of its obligations under the Agreement or notifying about the complete or partial termination of the Agreement, it is permissible to notify the other Party by email or other electronic means (including via mobile banking, internet banking) provided that upon request of the other Party, such notice shall also be provided in writing within a reasonable time. The notice shall be deemed to have been accepted by the addressee on the day of its receipt if the receipt of the notice is confirmed by the addressee (including by electronic document, receipt, other appropriate means of notification, etc.). If the receipt of the notice is not confirmed by the addressee, any such notice shall be deemed to have been sent and received accordingly: In case of sending a written message by a courier or registered mail - on the day of confirmation of delivery; In case of sending by email and/or other electronic means - on the second Banking Day after the date of sending; Notice shall be deemed to have been received even if the notice is returned to the notifying Party due to the absence of the addressee of the notification on the sent address/contact data, the addressee refuses to receive the notice or avoids receiving it. The Parties will communicate according to the addresses/contact details specified in the Agreement (or any other address/contact information that one Party will provide in writing to the other). The Party is obliged to notify the other Party on the change of the above address or any of their data in a timely manner, otherwise the communication (notification etc.) carried out to the address indicated by the Party shall be deemed to have been duly performed.