http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1189/chapter/ICommission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1189/2011 of 18 November 2011 laying down detailed rules in relation to certain provisions of Council Directive 2010/24/EU concerning mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, duties and other measuresCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1189/2011Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1189/2011 of 18 November 2011 laying down detailed rules in relation to certain provisions of Council Directive 2010/24/EU concerning mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, duties and other measures2024-06-20King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02011R1189-20171117texttext/xmlen2017-11-17 CHAPTER I <Strong>GENERAL PROVISIONS</Strong> Article 1 This Regulation lays down the detailed rules for implementing Article 5(1), Articles 8, 10, 12(1), Article 13(2), (3), (4) and (5), Articles 15, 16(1) and 21(1) of Directive 2010/24/EU, including the detailed rules on conversion, transfer of sums recovered, as well as the means by which communications between authorities may be transmitted. Article 2 1 All requests for information, notification, recovery or precautionary measures pursuant to Articles 5(1), 8, 10 and 16(1) of Directive 2010/24/EU (hereinafter ‘the requests for assistance’) and all accompanying instruments, forms and other documents, as well as any other information communicated with regard to these requests shall be sent by the CCN network, unless this is impracticable for technical reasons. 2 Documents transmitted in electronic form or print outs thereof shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as documents transmitted by post. 3 If a request cannot be transmitted by CCN network, it shall be transmitted by post. In that case the following rules shall apply: a the request shall be signed by an official of the applicant authority, duly authorised to make such a request; b the standard form accompanying the notification request, referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 8(1) of Directive 2010/24/EU (hereafter ‘the uniform notification form’) or the uniform instrument permitting enforcement in the requested Member State referred to in Article 12 of that Directive shall be signed by a duly authorized official of the applicant authority; c if the request is accompanied by a copy of a document other than the uniform notification form or the uniform instrument permitting enforcement in the requested Member State, the applicant authority shall certify the conformity of this copy with the original, by stating in this copy, in the official language or one of the official languages of the Member State in which it is situated, the words ‘certified a true copy’, the name of the certifying official and the date of that certification. For the purposes of point (b) of the first subparagraph, the Member States shall use the uniform notification form established in accordance with the model set out in Annex I to this Regulation and the uniform instrument permitting enforcement in the requested Member State established in accordance with the model set out in Annex II to this Regulation. 4 Where the uniform notification form or the uniform instrument permitting enforcement in the requested Member State are transmitted by electronic means, their structure and lay-out may be adapted to the requirements of the electronic communication system in order to facilitate the communication between the competent authorities, provided that the set of data and information therein is not substantially altered with regard to the models set out in Annexes I and II. Article 3 1 The applicant authority may make a request for assistance in respect of either a single claim or several claims where those are recoverable from one and the same person. 2 A request for information, recovery or precautionary measures may relate to any of the following persons: a the principal debtor or a co-debtor; b a person other than a (co-)debtor, liable for settlement of the taxes, duties and other measures, or for other claims relating to these taxes, duties and other measures under the law in force in the Member State in which the applicant authority is situated; c any third party holding assets belonging to or having debts towards one of the persons referred to in points (a) or (b). Article 4 Information and other particulars communicated by the requested authority to the applicant authority pursuant to Articles 5(1), 8, 10 and 16(1) of Directive 2010/24/EU shall be conveyed in the official language or one of the official languages of the Member State of the requested authority or in another language agreed between the applicant and requested authorities. Article 5 If the requested authority refuses to handle a request for assistance, it shall notify the applicant authority of the reasons for its refusal, specifying the provisions of Directive 2010/24/EU on which it relies. Such notification shall be given by the requested authority as soon as it has taken its decision and in any event within 1 month of the date of the acknowledgement of the receipt of the request. Article 6 Each request for information or for recovery or precautionary measures shall indicate whether a similar request has been addressed to any other authority.