- Change of legal entity  and also in case of new name  or where the change of legal entity  results from a merge or universal succession. This excludes change of legal entity  involving:  * assignment of contract to a new entity  total or partial  including the payments or; * change of legal entity where a new institutional DoI has to be assessed I.14.2 Obligation to notify EFSA of changes I.14.3 Liability for alleged breach of intellectual property rights  I.14.4 Declarations of interest  I.14.5 Signature of contracts pending receipt of eligibility documents In accordance with article II.18.i the contractor is obliged to notify EFSA of any change to their legal   financial  technical  organisational or ownership situation which is likely to substantially affect the  Implementation of the contract  or substantially modify the conditions under which the contract was  initially awarded. This includes but is not limited to notifying EFSA of changes which may have affected  the original declaration on honour on exclusion criteria; declaration on honour on selection criteria or  the status of the contractor in the Early Detection and Exclusion System (EDES). By derogation to article II.6.3  in the event that a third party brings an action against EFSA in  connection with alleged breach of intellectual property rights  the contractor will be liable for the whole  amount of consequential loss or damages caused to EFSA as a consequence of an absent or incorrect  declaration on pre-existing rights.  With reference to Article II.7 the contractor shall provide individual declarations of interest for new  members in the project team or updated individual declarations for those team members whose  interests declared on the occasion of signature of the contract have substantially changed during the  implementation of the contract. Updated institutional declarations of interest must also be provided  when the interests declared on the occasion of signature of the contract have substantially changed  during the implementation of the contract. The declarations will be screen in accordance with the  EFSA’s Independence policy and the Decision of the Executive Director on Competing Interest  Management which can be found on the EFSA website. The signature of this contract by the contracting authority is conditional on the receipt of all eligibility  documents requested in the award letter  in order to evidence the Declaration on Honour. In  exceptional cases  the contract could be signed before the receipt of those documents. In such case   should the contractor fail to submit all required eligibility documents within 2 months of the contract  signature  EFSA reserves the right to terminate the contract with immediate effect. 13 