Article 21General provisions
1.The APEO certificate shall take effect on the tenth working day after the date of its issue. Its period of validity shall not be limited.
2.The APEO certificate shall only be valid in the Member State of the issuing authority.
3.The competent authorities shall monitor compliance with the criteria laid down in Articles 9 to 13.
4.In the case of an APEO certificate issued to an applicant established for less than three years, close monitoring shall take place during the first year after issue.
5.A reassessment of the compliance with the criteria referred to in Articles 9 to 13 shall be carried out by the issuing authority in the following cases:
(a)major changes to the relevant Community legislation;
(b)reasonable indication that the relevant criteria are no longer met by the approved economic operator.
6.Article 16(4) shall apply to the reassessment.
7.The issuing authority shall inform the Commission, as soon as possible, of the results of the reassessment. The Commission shall make that information available to the competent authorities of all Member States, by electronic means.