§ 5: Interference with the research activities of others

A person interferes with the activities of others in a way that is specifically relevant to research if they: 

  1. make research activity impossible for another person or significantly impede that person in their research by damaging, destroying or manipulating experimental set-ups, devices, documents, hardware, software, chemicals or other items that are needed for the purpose of the research (sabotage);
  2. falsify research data or documents or remove these without authorisation or
  3. falsify the documentation of research data or remove such documentation without authorisation.