CHAPTER 1GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 6Responsibilities of the infrastructure manager

1.

In the area of use, the infrastructure manager's responsibilities in the framework of vehicle type authorisation and/or vehicle authorisation for placing on the market, based on the information provided by the applicant according to Article 18, shall be limited to the identification and provision of the following:

(a)

operational conditions to be applied for the use of the vehicle for tests on the network;

(b)

necessary measures to be taken on the infrastructure side to ensure safe and reliable operation during the tests on the network;

(c)

necessary measures in the infrastructure installations to perform the tests on the network.

2.

The concerned infrastructure managers for the area of use shall:

(a)

support the applicant for the conditions to use the vehicle for tests on the network;

(b)

provide information on the infrastructure in a non-discriminatory way for using the vehicle for tests on the network;

(c)

identify and provide conditions and measures to use the vehicle for tests on the network within the given time frame specified in Article 21(3) and 21(5) of Directive (EU) 2016/797 based on the information provided by the applicant;

(d)

by agreement with the applicant, participate in the pre-engagement.