THE SUPPLIER’S OATH DECLARATION 

 

(Please leave the applicable. According to the paragraph 1 and 2 of Annex 3 to the Contract Documents, the 
Official Supplier’s Declaration should be presented if the Declaration of Oath is not used in the country. The 
Official Supplier’s Declaration shall be approved by the competent legal or administrative institution, public 
notary or the competent trade organisation of the member state or the country of the Supplier’s origin, or the 
country of the Supplier’s registration) 

Heidelberg, 29 April 2021 

 

We, Ulrich Vest, Director, and Peter Kaul, General Manager, hereby confirm that Springer Nature Customer 
Service Center GmbH, 

which is managed (represented) by us (hereinafter – the Supplier): 

1. The Supplier or its authorized person, as indicated in Item 3.1 herein, has not been convicted for any of 
the following criminal deeds: 
1. taking part in the criminal association, its organization or control over such association; 
2. bribery, influence peddling, graft; 
3. fraud, embezzlement, dissipation of assets, misleading representation about the operations of the legal 
person, using the credit, loan or targeted support not in accordance with its purpose or established 
procedure, credit fraud, presenting the misleading data about revenues, profit or property, failure to submit 
a declaration, report or other document, fraudulent management of accounts or misuse, when these 
criminal deeds infringe the financial interests of the European Union as set forth in Article 1 of the 
Convention on the Protection of the European Communities Financial Interests; 
4. fraudulent bankruptcy; 
5. act of terrorism or offence related to the terrorist activity; 
6. legalization of property acquired by criminal methods; 
7. trafficking in persons, purchasing or selling a child; 
8. offence performed by the supplier of another country as defined in the secondary legislation of other 
member states on the implementation of the European Union legal acts listed in Paragraph 1, Article 57 
of Directive 2014/24/EU. 


2. The Supplier has not been convicted for the failure to perform obligations related to the tax payment, 
including the social insurance tax, in accordance with the requirements of the country of the Supplier’s 
registration or the country where the Contracting Authority is located, as set forth in Item 3.2 herein. 

3. It shall be considered that the Supplier or its authorized person has been convicted for a criminal deed when: 

3.1. With regard to the chief executive officer, a member of other management or supervisory body or other 
person (persons) entitled to represent the Supplier or to exercise control over the Supplier, to make a decision 
on its behalf, to conclude a transaction or the financial officer (officers), or other person (persons) having the 
right to draw up and to sign the accounting documents of the Supplier which is a legal person, other 
organization or its branch, a judgement of conviction was passed and became effective within the past five 
years and this person has unspent or non-expunged conviction; 


3.2. With regard to the Supplier which is a legal person a judgement of conviction was passed and became 
effective within the past five years and this person has unspent or non-expunged conviction, or, in the case of 
Item 2 of this Declaration – a final administrative order was issued, if such order was issued in compliance with 
the requirements of the legal acts of the Supplier’s country. 

 

 

Springer Nature Customer Service Center GmbH 

 

Peter Kaul 

General Manager 

Date: ……………………………………………………………….... 

Place of signature: …………………………………………….. 

 

 

 

Ulrich Vest 

Director 

Date: ……………………………………………………………….... 

Place of signature: ……………………………………………..