Article 1U.K.

Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 is amended as follows:

(1)

Article 6 is amended as follows:

(a)

paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2.The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall include:

(a)an unequivocal vehicle identification;

(b)service handbooks, including repair and maintenance records;

(c)technical manuals;

(d)component and diagnosis information (such as minimum and maximum theoretical values for measurements);

(e)wiring diagrams;

(f)diagnostic trouble codes (including manufacturer specific codes);

(g)the software calibration identification number applicable to a vehicle type;

(h)information provided concerning, and delivered by means of, proprietary tools and equipment;

(i)data record information and two-directional monitoring and test data; and

(j)standard work units or time periods for repair and maintenance tasks if made available, either directly or through a third party, to manufacturers’ authorised dealers and repairers.’;

(b)

the following paragraph 8 is added:

‘8.Where vehicle repair and maintenance records are kept in a central data base of the vehicle manufacturer or on its behalf, independent repairers, approved and authorised as required in point 2.2 of Annex XIV to Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008(1), shall have access to such records free of charge and under the same conditions as authorised dealers or repairers in order to record information on repair and maintenance performed.’;

(2)

in Article 7, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2.Manufacturers shall make available vehicle repair and maintenance information including transactional services such as reprogramming or technical assistance on an hourly, daily, monthly, and yearly basis, with fees for access to such information varying in accordance with the respective periods of time for which access is granted. In addition to time-based access, manufacturers may offer transaction-based access, for which fees are charged per transaction and not based on the time for which access is granted. Where both access systems are offered by manufacturers, independent repairers shall choose a preferred access system, either time-based or transaction-based.’;

(3)

in Annex I, notes 1 and 2 of Table 1 and notes 1, 2 and 5 of Table 2 are deleted.