CHAPTER 3SUBMISSION AND ADMISSIBILITY OF THE APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL

Article 7Format and software for the submission of the application for renewal

1.

The Authority shall establish and make available online a central submission system. The Authority shall ensure that the central submission system facilitates the verification of admissibility performed by Member States in accordance with Article 8.

2.

The standard data formats proposed by the Authority as part of the IUCLID software package pursuant to Article 39f of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 are hereby adopted.

3.

The application for renewal shall be submitted via the central submission system using the IUCLID software package.

4.

The applicant, when requesting certain information to be kept confidential in accordance with Article 63(1), (2) and (2a) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, shall indicate such information using the relevant IUCLID functionality.

The Authority shall assess such a request only if the application is considered admissible in accordance with Article 8 of this Regulation.