Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/545Show full title

Article 7 Responsibilities of the NSAs for the area of use

1. For the purposes of issuing a vehicle type authorisation and/or a vehicle authorisation for placing on the market, the NSAs for the area of use shall be responsible

(a) for their part of the assessment in accordance with Article 40;

(b) for issuing an assessment file to the authorising entity pursuant to Article 40(6).

2. In undertaking its responsibilities, the NSAs for the area of use shall carry out its tasks in an open, non-discriminatory, transparent way and shall exercise professional judgment, be impartial, proportionate, and provide documented reasons for conclusions reached.

3. The concerned NSAs for the area of use shall provide pre-engagement at the request of the applicant.

4. The NSAs for the area of use shall share with the Agency and all other NSAs all information resulting from return of experience related to technical and operational matters that may be relevant for the issuing of a vehicle type authorisation and/or vehicle authorisation for placing on the market such as:

(a) information received pursuant to Article 4(5)(b) of Directive (EU) 2016/798;

(b) non-compliance with essential requirements that may lead to amendment or revocation of an authorisation in accordance with Article 26 of Directive (EU) 2016/797;

(c) deficiencies in a TSI in accordance with Article 6 of Directive (EU) 2016/797.

5. The NSAs for the area of use shall establish internal arrangements or procedures for managing the issuing of a vehicle type authorisation and/or a vehicle authorisation for placing on the market. Those arrangements or procedures shall take into account the agreements referred to in Article 21(14) of Directive (EU) 2016/797 and where relevant, multilateral agreements as referred to in Article 21(15) of Directive (EU) 2016/797.

6. The NSAs for the area of use shall set up, publish and keep up to date guidelines describing their language policy, communication provisions and the process for temporary authorisation when required according to the national legal framework and make them available to the public free of charge.