# The agreement: how work begins

Alexey Ananin and the Echelon Group · 1.2 · 2026-09-26

Template to complete and sign. The schedule identifies legal parties, governing law and transaction terms. Publishing this template does not conclude a contract.

## 1. Scope and parties
Client [legal name, registration details, representative] and provider [same details] commission and undertake work for site [address/identifier]. The signed brief defines objectives, systems, first-stage deliverables and deadline. Further stages require supplements.

## 2. Participation and payment
The provider receives share α of verified benefit E. Before work, parties define the method, period, currency, tax, expenses, benefit allocation. Investment and funding sources are approved separately.

## 3. Control and data
The client provides agreed data and access. The provider acts as co-pilot only for listed systems and permissions. An action, limit and emergency-handover matrix is signed before access. Parties appoint responsible people, record changes and agree confidentiality. Existing materials retain their ownership; rights to new results and data are defined in the brief.

## 4. Acceptance and settlement
The provider delivers the stage result and benefit calculation. The client accepts or gives reasoned objections within the agreed period. Disputed items are reviewed by designated representatives and an agreed independent expert. Undisputed payments follow the pricing schedule; silence is not acceptance unless parties explicitly establish another permitted procedure.

## 5. Responsibility and exit
Each party is responsible for its obligations under the contract and applicable law. The brief defines liability limits, insurance where needed and dispute resolution. Actions affecting mandatory operating limits are suspended when threatened. On termination, logs and agreed data are handed over, access is revoked, agreed control arrangements are restored and accounts settled.

## 6. Required schedule fields
Site and parties; signatory authority; objective and deliverable; timing and stages; baseline; quality and resilience requirements; α and E; acceptance and payment; budget and funding; rights to results; liability; governing law and dispute forum; termination; contacts; signatures. Changes to rates or scope require a signed supplement.