1.Before 31 March 2021 and before 31 March every two years thereafter, Member States shall communicate to the Commission, by electronic means, the data collected relating to the previous two calendar years and concerning the vehicles inspected in their territory. Those data shall indicate:
(a)the number of vehicles inspected;
(b)the category of vehicles inspected;
(c)the country of registration of each vehicle inspected;
(d)in the case of more detailed inspections, the areas checked and the items failed, in accordance with point 10 of Annex IV.
The first report shall cover the period of two years beginning on 1 January 2019.
2.The Commission shall adopt detailed rules, in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 23(2), concerning the format in which the data referred to in paragraph 1 are to be communicated by electronic means. Pending the establishment of such rules, the standard reporting form set out in Annex V shall be used.
The Commission shall report the data collected to the European Parliament and to the Council.