Article 13Cooperation and support
1.
Applicants shall ensure that the Commission is granted access to all information the Commission considers necessary to assess the specific criteria, including by facilitating interviews with participating economic operators and attendance of third party audits.
2.
The Commission shall end or suspend its assessment if the applicant does not comply with paragraph 1 and shall notify the applicant accordingly. The notification shall set out the reasons why the Commission has ended or suspended its assessment. If the Commission ends or suspends the assessment, the scheme owner may submit a repeat application no earlier than 12 months after the date of the notification.
3.
The Commission shall share information with Member States' competent authorities designated pursuant to Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/821 so as to enable them to contribute effectively to its assessment under this Regulation and to exercise their responsibility for effective and uniform implementation of Regulation (EU) 2017/821.
The Commission shall in particular:
(a)
inform the Member States' competent authorities of the scheme owners that have applied for recognition pursuant to Article 3 and invite them to submit any information and assessment of relevance to the assessment;
(b)
upon request from a Member State's competent authority, make available the full application to that authority;
(c)
consider any information of relevance for the assessment of an application under this Regulation provided by the Member States' competent authorities;
(d)
consider any information provided by the Member States' competent authorities in relation to deficiencies in schemes identified by the Commission and inform them any notification made pursuant to Article 11(3).
4.
The Commission shall keep the European Parliament updated on the implementation of this Regulation as appropriate and shall consider any information relevant for its implementation the European Parliament submits to the Commission.
5.
In addition to the consultation provided for in Article 8(1), the Commission may consult the OECD Secretariat or ask for its support in carrying out its responsibilities under this Regulation.