1. Manufacturers may charge reasonable and proportionate fees for access to the vehicle repair and maintenance information covered by this Regulation.
For the purposes of the first subparagraph, a fee shall be considered unreasonable or disproportionate if it discourages access by failing to take into account the extent to which the independent operator uses it.
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]
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