diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/sherpa-policies/publisher-policy/publisher-policy.component.html b/src/app/submission/sections/sherpa-policies/publisher-policy/publisher-policy.component.html
index 24e3b09762..dc3cf8b737 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/sherpa-policies/publisher-policy/publisher-policy.component.html
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/sherpa-policies/publisher-policy/publisher-policy.component.html
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
     <div class="row">
         <div class="col-12">
             <p class="m-1">
-                {{'submission.sections.sherpa.publisher.policy.openaccess' | translate}}
+                <ds-alert [type]="AlertTypeEnum.Info"
+                    [content]="'submission.sections.sherpa.publisher.policy.openaccess'| translate">
+                </ds-alert>
             </p>
         </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/sherpa-policies/publisher-policy/publisher-policy.component.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/sherpa-policies/publisher-policy/publisher-policy.component.ts
index 42d755d5b1..65d044f30c 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/sherpa-policies/publisher-policy/publisher-policy.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/sherpa-policies/publisher-policy/publisher-policy.component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { Policy } from '../../../../core/submission/models/sherpa-policies-details.model';
+import { AlertType } from './../../../../shared/alert/aletr-type';
 
 /**
  * This component represents a section that contains the publisher policy informations.
@@ -17,4 +18,11 @@ export class PublisherPolicyComponent {
    */
   @Input() policy: Policy;
 
+
+  /**
+   * The AlertType enumeration
+   * @type {AlertType}
+   */
+  public AlertTypeEnum = AlertType;
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/sherpa-policies/section-sherpa-policies.component.html b/src/app/submission/sections/sherpa-policies/section-sherpa-policies.component.html
index 1ebcfc26c8..c135e0941a 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/sherpa-policies/section-sherpa-policies.component.html
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/sherpa-policies/section-sherpa-policies.component.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 </div>
 
 <ng-container *ngVar="(sherpaPoliciesData$ | async)?.sherpaResponse as sherpaData">
-    <ng-container *ngIf="!hasNoData()">
+    <ng-container *ngIf="!hasNoData() && !sherpaData.error">
         <ng-container *ngFor="let journal of sherpaData.journals;let j=index;">
             <div class="mb-3 border-bottom" data-test="collapse">
                 <div class="w-100 d-flex justify-content-between collapse-toggle" (click)="collapse.toggle()">
@@ -59,4 +59,9 @@
         </div>
     </ng-container>
 
+    <ng-container *ngIf="sherpaData.error">
+        <ds-alert [type]="AlertTypeEnum.Error"
+            [content]="!!sherpaData.message ? sherpaData.message : 'submission.sections.sherpa.error.message'| translate">
+        </ds-alert>
+    </ng-container>
 </ng-container>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/sherpa-policies/section-sherpa-policies.component.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/sherpa-policies/section-sherpa-policies.component.ts
index 3861bd1217..e4bbebc617 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/sherpa-policies/section-sherpa-policies.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/sherpa-policies/section-sherpa-policies.component.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { AlertType } from './../../../shared/alert/aletr-type';
 import { Component, Inject, QueryList, ViewChildren } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { BehaviorSubject, interval, Observable, of, Subscription } from 'rxjs';
@@ -49,6 +50,13 @@ export class SubmissionSectionSherpaPoliciesComponent extends SectionModelCompon
    */
   public isCollapsed = false;
 
+
+  /**
+   * The AlertType enumeration
+   * @type {AlertType}
+   */
+  public AlertTypeEnum = AlertType;
+
   /**
    * Initialize instance variables
    *
@@ -71,6 +79,7 @@ export class SubmissionSectionSherpaPoliciesComponent extends SectionModelCompon
    * Unsubscribe from all subscriptions
    */
   onSectionDestroy() {
+
     this.subs
       .filter((subscription) => hasValue(subscription))
       .forEach((subscription) => subscription.unsubscribe());
@@ -81,7 +90,6 @@ export class SubmissionSectionSherpaPoliciesComponent extends SectionModelCompon
    * Initialize all instance variables and retrieve collection default access conditions
    */
   protected onSectionInit(): void {
-
     this.pathCombiner = new JsonPatchOperationPathCombiner('sections', this.sectionData.id);
     this.subs.push(
       this.sectionService.getSectionData(this.submissionId, this.sectionData.id, this.sectionData.sectionType)
diff --git a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5 b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
index 9f5ba5c8b1..447af4dcf5 100644
--- a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
+++ b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
@@ -4046,6 +4046,8 @@
 
   "submission.sections.sherpa.record.information.uri": "URI",
 
+  "submission.sections.sherpa.error.message": "There was an error retrieving sherpa informations",
+
 
 
   "submission.submit.breadcrumbs": "New submission",