CHAPTER II

GENERAL OBLIGATIONS

Responsibilities
Article 4
1
Each Member State shall ensure that vehicles registered in its territory are periodically tested in accordance with this Directive by testing centres authorised by the Member State in which those vehicles are registered.
2
Roadworthiness tests shall be carried out by the Member State of registration of the vehicle, by a public body entrusted with the task by that Member State or by bodies or establishments designated and supervised by that Member State, including authorised private bodies.
3
In accordance with the principles laid down by Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council and by Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council , the Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, and before 20 May 2018, adopt:
a
a set of technical information on braking equipment, steering, visibility, lamps, reflectors, electrical equipment, axles, wheels, tyres, suspension, chassis, chassis attachments, other equipment and nuisance necessary for roadworthiness testing of the items to be tested and on the use of the recommended test methods, in accordance with point 3 of Annex I, and
b
the detailed rules concerning the data format and the procedures for accessing the relevant technical information.
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 19(2).
The technical information referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph shall be made available, free of charge or at a reasonable price, by the manufacturers to testing centres and relevant competent authorities, in a non-discriminatory manner.
The Commission shall examine the feasibility of establishing a single point of access for that technical information.
4
Member States shall ensure that the responsibilities for keeping a vehicle in a safe and roadworthy condition are defined in national law.
Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 on type approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information (OJ L 171, 29.6.2007, p. 1).
Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on type-approval of motor vehicles and engines with respect to emissions from heavy duty vehicles (Euro VI) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information and amending Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directives 80/1269/EEC, 2005/55/EC and 2005/78/EC (OJ L 188, 18.7.2009, p. 1).