1.The authorising entity and the concerned NSAs for the area of use shall evaluate, each for their own part, the completeness of the application as specified in Article 32 within one month following the date of receipt of the application. The authorising entity shall inform the applicant accordingly.
2.Where the applicant is informed that their file is complete, the final decision over the issuing of the vehicle type authorisation and/or vehicle authorisation for placing on the market shall be taken no later than four months after the acknowledgement that the file is complete.
3.The decision of the authorising entity shall be issued within one month following the date of receipt of the application in case of authorisation in conformity to type in accordance with Article 14(1)(e).
4.If the applicant is informed that its file is not complete, the final decision over the issuing of the vehicle type authorisation and/or vehicle authorisation for placing on the market shall be taken no later than four months following the submission of the missing information by the applicant, unless the application is fundamentally deficient, in which case it shall be rejected.
5.In the course of the assessment, even if the application is complete as referred to in paragraph 2, the authorising entity or the concerned NSAs for the area of use may, at any time, request supplementary information, setting a reasonable deadline for the provision thereof, without suspending the assessment unless the provisions of paragraph 6 apply.
6.When a justified doubt has been raised by the authorising entity or the concerned NSAs for the area of use and the applicant is required to provide supplementary information, the authorising entity may suspend the assessment and in duly recorded agreement with the applicant extend the time frame beyond what is set out in Article 21(4) of Directive (EU) 2016/797. The time frame for providing the supplementary information shall be proportionate to the difficulty for the applicant to provide the information requested. The assessment and the time frame shall resume after the applicant provides the requested information. In the absence of agreement with the applicant, the authorising entity or the concerned NSAs for the area of use shall take its decision based on the available information.