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guosmmDocumentId: GUOSMM-B-2026-018
title: "Institutional Counterparty Terms"
instrumentVersion: 1.0
language: en
publishedAt: 2026-07-12T13:20:00Z
effectiveAt: 2026-07-12T13:20:00Z
signingAuthority: "Sovereign Military Order of Malta"
draftStatus: prepared_for_counsel
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Document ID | `GUOSMM-B-2026-018` |
| Series | B |
| Document type | Institutional Counterparty Terms |
| Published | 2026-07-12T13:20:00Z |
| Effective | 2026-07-12T13:20:00Z |
| Applies to | Institutional counterparties, implementation partners, and accepted service providers |
| Counsel gate | `prepared_for_signature` |
| Parent acts | `GUOSMM-A-2026-002`, `GUOSMM-A-2026-003`, `GUOSMM-B-2026-014` |
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1.1 These Terms govern institutional engagement with Order-chartered systems, services, registries, identity-support programmes, technical platforms, telecommunications services, verification services, and implementation arrangements where incorporated by reference or affirmatively accepted.
1.2 The accepting person represents that they are authorized to bind the institution.
2.1 The counterparty represents that:
2.2 The counterparty shall not market, describe, or rely on the relationship in a way that falsely implies sovereign immunity, nation-state licensure, or universal regulator approval.
3.1 The applicable GUOSMM publications, programme rules, technical standards, and non-claims notices identified in the engagement package are incorporated by reference.
3.2 Where a conflict exists between marketing text and a published governing instrument, the published governing instrument controls.
4.1 The counterparty shall provide reasonably requested compliance information, authority-chain confirmations, and operational cooperation necessary to maintain lawful programme operation.
4.2 Failure to satisfy required compliance or authority conditions may result in suspension, non-activation, or termination.
5.1 Available remedies include rejection, suspension, termination, removal from programme listings, revocation of workflow privileges, withholding of deliverables, and contractual cost recovery where valid.
5.2 The Order or the delegated operating body may immediately suspend the relationship where continued operation presents material legal, sanctions, fraud, security, or reputational risk.
6.1 Acceptance may be recorded through executed agreement, e-signature, click-through institutional acceptance, or equivalent authenticated method approved by counsel and operations.
6.2 The preserved record of the accepted version, hash, timestamp, signer, and institution may be used in any dispute or enforcement process.
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*Signing authority: Sovereign Military Order of Malta*