Institutional Counterparty Terms

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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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# GAZZETTA UFFICIALE DELL'ORDINE SOVRANO MILITARE DI MALTA
# OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA (GUOSMM)

| 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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# Institutional Counterparty Terms

## Section 1 — Scope

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.

## Section 2 — Counterparty representations

2.1 The counterparty represents that:

- it has authority to enter the relationship
- its submitted information is accurate in all material respects
- it will comply with applicable law
- it will not misdescribe the status, authority, or recognition of the Order or any delegated body

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.

## Section 3 — Incorporation of governing instruments

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.

## Section 4 — Compliance and cooperation

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.

## Section 5 — Remedies

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.

## Section 6 — Evidence of assent

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*