EHP3 and EHP4

Hello,
The system's status is SEM-BW 604 SP7 which allows to activate Business function FIN_ACC_GROUPCLOSE_2 and FIN_ACC_GC_TAXRATECHG. I activated only FIN_ACC_GROUPCLOSE.
The client wants to check 2 issues before the activation:
1. The activation is independent in DEV/QA/PROD meaning I have to activate it in each environment independently . If I activate it first in DEV system and not activate in QA and PROD, will I be able to do customizing and transport changes to QA and PROD even for existing functionalities, for example, change in item hierarchy?
2. Is it possible to deactivate the Business functions if there are some problems after the activation?
Best regards,
Lilia

i'm still wating for SAP's confirmation, but here's what i know now:
1. The activation is independent in DEV/QA/PROD meaning I have to activate it in each environment independently .
Yes, each activation involves running jobs in separate boxes, but QA and not PROD may get a transport from DEV with the A flag.
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If I activate it first in DEV system and not activate in QA and PROD, will I be able to do customizing and transport changes to QA and PROD even for existing functionalities, for example, change in item hierarchy?
Our transports are still in DEV and nothing has moved to either QA or PROD, but we have no plans to move anything until activations are actually in place.
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2. Is it possible to deactivate the Business functions if there are some problems after the activation?
SAP says the activations are irreversible.
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here are the relevant notes to look at: [337623|https://websmp230.sap-ag.de/sap/bc/bsp/spn/sapnotes/index2.htm?numm=337623], [588364|https://websmp230.sap-ag.de/sap/bc/bsp/spn/sapnotes/index2.htm?numm=588364], [908007|https://websmp230.sap-ag.de/sap/bc/bsp/spn/sapnotes/index2.htm?numm=908007], [1049251|https://websmp230.sap-ag.de/sap/bc/bsp/spn/sapnotes/index2.htm?numm=1049251], [1259763|https://websmp230.sap-ag.de/sap/bc/bsp/spn/sapnotes/index2.htm?numm=1259763], [1445485|https://websmp230.sap-ag.de/sap/bc/bsp/spn/sapnotes/index2.htm?numm=1445485].
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Note: don't try doing it yourself, but only with your friendly Basis pro as it involves stopping batch jobs and locking out the users. All of the above is relevant for ECC 6.0 box only.

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