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32019 R 0888: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/888 of 13 March 2019 (OJ L 142, 29.5.2019, p. 43).

(a)

In Article 4(1), as regards the EFTA States, the words “1 January 2019” shall be replaced by the words “from 1 July of the year following the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 396/2021 of 10 December 2021”.

(b)

As regards the EFTA States, the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) shall read as follows:

“By 30 September each year, starting in the year following the year mentioned in the first subparagraph of this provision, the competent authorities of the EFTA States shall report those data to the Commission in accordance with the reporting procedure set out in Annex II. The EFTA States shall notify the EFTA Surveillance Authority, by email to the address established pursuant to point 1.1 of Annex II, when data are transmitted to the Commission.”

(c)

The following shall be added to Article 4(2):

“With regard to Liechtenstein, the competent authority responsible for the monitoring and reporting of data in accordance with this Regulation is the National Road Office (Amt für Strassenverkehr).”

(d)

As regards the EFTA States, the second subparagraph of Article 5(1) shall read as follows:

“By 30 September each year, from the starting years set out in point 1 of Part B of Annex I, manufacturers of heavy-duty vehicles established in an EFTA State shall report those data for each new heavy-duty vehicle with a date of simulation falling within the preceding calendar year to the Commission in accordance with the reporting procedure set out in Annex II. The contact point shall notify the EFTA Surveillance Authority, by email to the address established pursuant to point 1.1 of Annex II, when data are transmitted to the Commission.”

(e)

The data reported by the EFTA States and by manufacturers established in the EFTA Statesshall also be kept in the Central Register referred to in Article 6. The EFTA Surveillance Authority shall have access to the relevant parts of the Central Register.

(f)

In Article 8(1), the words “and, as the case may be, the EFTA Surveillance Authority” shall be inserted after the words “the Commission”.

(g)

Article 8(2) shall, for the EFTA States, read as follows: “The EFTA Surveillance Authority shall, in close cooperation with the Commission, carry out its own verification of the quality of the data reported pursuant to Articles 4 and 5.”

(h)

In Article 9(1), as regards manufacturers established in an EFTA State, the words “the Commission” shall be replaced by the words “the EFTA Surveillance Authority”. The EFTA Surveillance Authority shall cooperate closely with the Commission when it assesses whether to impose administrative fines on manufacturers established in an EFTA State.

(i)

The following subparagraph shall be added in Article 9(4):

“As regards administrative fines imposed on manufacturers established in the EFTA States, the EFTA States shall determine the allocation of the amounts of the administrative fines.”

(j)

In Part B of Annex I, for manufacturers established in the EFTA States, the starting year for the monitoring of data shall be the year following the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 396/2021 of 10 December 2021”, and the starting year for the reporting of data shall be the year thereafter.

(k)

For the purposes of point 1.1. of Annex II, the EFTA Surveillance Authority shall establish an email address for notifications under this Regulation.’