[X1Article 41 U.K. Functioning of computer system for data exchange
1. The Commission and the authorities designated by the Member State pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, as well as the bodies to which that task has been delegated, shall record into the computer system for data exchange the documents for which they are responsible, and any updates thereto, in the format required.
2. Member States shall centralise and send to the Commission requests for access rights to the computer system for data exchange.
3. Exchanges of data and transactions shall bear an electronic signature within the meaning of Directive 1999/93/EC. The Member States and the Commission shall recognise the legal effectiveness and admissibility of the electronic signature used in the computer system for data exchange as evidence in legal proceedings.
4. The cost of developing the computer system for data exchange shall be financed by the general budget of the European Communities pursuant to Article 45 of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006.
Any costs of an interface between the common computer system for data exchange and national, regional and local computer systems, and any costs of adapting national, regional and local systems to requirements pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, shall be eligible pursuant to Article 46 of that Regulation.]
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X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1828/2006 of 8 December 2006 setting out rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund (Official Journal of the European Union L 371 of 27 December 2006).