Directive 2014/47/EU of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDangos y teitl llawn

CHAPTER IV U.K. COOPERATION AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION

Article 17 U.K. Designation of a contact point

1. Member States shall designate a contact point which shall:

• ensure coordination with contact points designated by other Member States as regards actions taken under Article 18;

• forward the data referred to in Article 20 to the Commission;

• ensure, where appropriate, any other exchange of information with, and the provision of assistance to, the contact points of other Member States.

2. Member States shall forward to the Commission the names and contact details of their national contact point by 20 May 2015, and shall inform it without delay of any changes thereto. The Commission shall draw up a list of all contact points and forward it to the Member States.

Article 18 U.K. Cooperation between Member States

1. In cases where major or dangerous deficiencies, or deficiencies resulting in a restriction or prohibition on the use the vehicle, are found in a vehicle not registered in the Member State of inspection, the contact point shall notify the results of the inspection to the contact point of the Member State of registration of the vehicle. That notification shall contain the elements of the roadside inspection report as set out in Annex IV and shall be communicated preferably through the national electronic register referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009. The Commission shall adopt detailed rules concerning the procedures for the notification of vehicles with major or dangerous deficiencies to the contact point of the Member State of registration in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 23(2).

2. In cases where major or dangerous deficiencies are found in a vehicle, the contact point of the Member State in which the vehicle has been inspected may request the competent authority of the Member State in which the vehicle is registered, via the contact point of the latter Member State, to take appropriate follow-up action, such as submitting the vehicle to a further roadworthiness test as provided for in Article 14.

Article 19 U.K. Concerted technical roadside inspections

On a yearly basis, Member States shall regularly undertake concerted roadside inspection activities. Member States may combine those activities with those provided for by Article 5 of Directive 2006/22/EC.

Article 20 U.K. Communication of information to the Commission

1. Before 31 March 2021 and before 31 March every two years thereafter, Member States shall communicate to the Commission, by electronic means, the data collected relating to the previous two calendar years and concerning the vehicles inspected in their territory. Those data shall indicate:

(a) the number of vehicles inspected;

(b) the category of vehicles inspected;

(c) the country of registration of each vehicle inspected;

(d) in the case of more detailed inspections, the areas checked and the items failed, in accordance with point 10 of Annex IV.

The first report shall cover the period of two years beginning on 1 January 2019.

2. The Commission shall adopt detailed rules, in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 23(2), concerning the format in which the data referred to in paragraph 1 are to be communicated by electronic means. Pending the establishment of such rules, the standard reporting form set out in Annex V shall be used.

The Commission shall report the data collected to the European Parliament and to the Council.