02020R1812 — EN — 02.12.2020 — 000.001
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1812 of 1 December 2020 (OJ L 404 2.12.2020, p. 5) |
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1812
of 1 December 2020
laying down rules on the online data exchange and the notification of EU type-approvals under Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Article 1
Common secure electronic exchange system
The European Type Approval Exchange System (‘ETAES’) shall be used as the common secure electronic exchange system referred to in Article 27(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858.
Article 2
Security measures
The following security measures shall be observed in ETAES in order to prevent unauthorised access:
encryption of communication between the ETAES client and the ETAES server, using a https protocol with a Secure Sockets Layer certificate;
web security preventing attackers from injecting client-side scripts into the web page(s) and from using multiple layers to trick a user into clicking on a button or link to another web page;
►C1 a fine grained access control system that makes it possible to grant read or write permissions for the access of authorised parties. ◄
Article 3
Procedure for the exchange of type-approval information
When informing authorities on the granting of EU type-approvals, on amendments, refusals and withdrawals thereof pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 27 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, the approval authority shall provide an entry for at least the following attributes in ETAES:
the distinguishing number of the Member State, in accordance with point 2.1 of Annex IV to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683 ( 1 ), that issued the EU type-approval certificate;
the number of the EU type-approval certificate ( 2 );
the approval date of the EU type-approval certificate;
the name of the technical service responsible for carrying out the tests, where applicable ( 3 );
the name of the manufacturer;
the type of vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit as specified by the manufacturer in the EU type-approval certificate;
the vehicle category pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, where applicable;
the Regulation applying to the EU type approved whole-vehicle-, system-, separate technical unit- or component;
the status of the EU type-approval ‘granted’, ‘amended’, ‘refused’ or ‘withdrawn’;
the EU type-approval reference to a vehicle, system, component or a separate technical unit.
In the cases referred to in paragraph 1, the approval authority shall also upload the following documents separately in ETAES, in an electronic searchable format:
the information items to be attached to the EU type-approval certificate referred to in points (a), (c) and (d) of Article 28(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, with the indication ‘IF’ followed by the EU type-approval certificate number ( 6 );
the test report and/or the test results sheet referred to in point (b) of Article 28(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, with the indication ‘TR’ followed by the EU type-approval certificate number ( 7 );
any documents other than the ones mentioned in points (a), (b) and (c), with the indication ‘OTHER’ followed by the EU type-approval certificate number ( 8 ).
Article 4
List of EU type-approvals
The following information shall be included in the list(s) referred to in paragraph 1:
the distinguishing number of the Member State, in accordance with point 2.1 of Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683, that issued the EU type-approval certificate;
the number of the EU type-approval certificate;
the status of the EU type-approval ‘granted’, ‘amended’, ‘refused’ or ‘withdrawn’;
the name of the technical service responsible for carrying out the tests, where applicable;
the approval date of the EU type-approval certificate.
Article 5
Entry into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
( 1 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/683 of 15 April 2020 implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regards to the administrative requirements for the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (OJ L 163, 26.5.2020, p. 1).
( 2 ) In case the EU type-approval has been refused and the approval authority has not reserved an EU type-approval certificate number, the approval authority shall use the tab NEWS in ETAES to inform the approval authorities of the other Member States of its refusal.
( 3 ) The approval authority shall fill in ‘not applicable’ in the case of a step-by-step type-approval, where the approval authority collects the whole set of EU type-approval certificates or UN type-approval certificates and that authority edited the final whole vehicle EU type-approval certificate.
( 4 ) Example: ‘CERT e1*2018/858*00001*00’.
( 5 ) In case the EU type-approval has been refused and that the approval authority has not reserved an EU type-approval certificate number, the approval authority shall use the tab NEWS in ETAES to inform the approval authorities of the other Member States of its refusal.
( 6 ) Example: ‘IF e4*2018/858*00004*02’.
( 7 ) Example: ‘TR e24*2018/858*00001*00’.
( 8 ) Example: ‘OTHER e1*2018/858*00001*00’.
( 9 ) Example: ‘IF1 e9*2018/858*00001*00’, ‘IF2 e9*2018/858*00001*00’, etc.
( 10 ) Example: ‘CERT e5*2018/858*00001*00 Rev.01’.