The LP/PPs are obliged to store the invoices and to keep them clearly traceable in the bookkeeping for the FLC and audit purposes and maintain records of invoices and bodies holding documentation in the audit trail in accordance with Article 140 of CPR Regulation. projects are operating under the State Aid scheme, LP/PPs must maintain detailed records with the information and supporting documentation necessary to establish that all the conditions laid down in the Regulation are fulfilled: in this case the documents shall be retained for ten years after the last aid is granted under the scheme. Art. 19 Assignment, legal succession LP and PPs in exceptional cases and in well-founded circumstances are allowed to assign their duties and rights under this Agreement only after prior written consent of the MA/JS or MC, if applicable in compliance with the procedure specified in the Factsheet n. 6. Where according to national laws the legal personality does not change and where all assets of a PP are taken over so that a deterioration of the financial capacity of the acquiring institution is not to be expected (i.e. in cases of universal succession) prior consent by the programme bodies is not necessary. However, the concerned PP shall submit in due time to the MA/JS via the LP related information together with all documents that are necessary to analyse the legal case. If the MA/JS comes to the conclusion the conditions as stated above are not fulfilled (e.g. in cases of a singular succession), the LP will be informed that a partner change procedure as stated in Art. 15 (2) of this Agreement has to be initiated. In case of assignment or any form of legal succession of any PP, the PP concerned is obliged to assign all rights and obligations and all project related documents to each and any assignee or legal successor. Related reports to the MA/JS have to be forwarded by the LP, and the present document shall be amended in compliance with the Article 15 (3) of this Agreement.
Art. 21 Force majeure As regard the meaning of the term “force majeure” the present Agreement refers to the Art. 23 of the SC. If the LP or PPs are subject to force majeure liable to affect the fulfilment of its/their obligations under this Agreement, the LP shall notify the MA via the JS without delay, stating the nature, likely duration and foreseeable effects. Neither the LP nor the PPs shall be considered to be in breach of their obligations to execute the project if it has been prevented from complying by force majeure. Where LP or PPs cannot fulfil their obligations to execute the project due to force majeure, grant for accepted eligible expenditure occurred may be made only for those activities which have actually been executed up to the date of the event identified as force majeure. All necessary measures shall be taken to limit damage to the minimum. Art. 22 Concluding provisions All laws, regulations and Programme official documents mentioned in this Agreement are applicable in their currently valid version. The LP and all PPs ensure that in case of modification of provisions as listed in Art. 1 “Legal framework” of the SC, updated rights and obligations derived thereof shall apply. If any provision in this Agreement should be wholly or partly ineffective, the parties to this Agreement undertake to replace the ineffective provision by an effective provision comes as close as possible to the purpose of the ineffective provision. This procedure is conducted in