Article 6 Databases and datasets of default values for greenhouse gas emission intensities operated by third parties

1.   A developer of a third-party database or dataset shall submit an application to the Commission for a technical quality check of default values for greenhouse gas emission intensities included in that database or dataset. The Commission, with the technical assistance of the European Environment Agency, shall assess that application by conducting such technical quality check in accordance with the common methodology referred to in Article 3(1).

2.   Only third-party databases and datasets of default values for greenhouse gas emission intensities that have been positively assessed pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article shall be used for the purpose of deriving secondary data in accordance with Article 4(3), point (a)(ii). The Commission shall publish and maintain an updated list of the databases that set out the default values for greenhouse gas emission intensities operated by third parties of which it has given a positive assessment. That updated list shall be publicly available on a dedicated website.

3.   The obligation for a technical quality check laid down in paragraph 1 shall apply from 3 December 2031. A positive assessment pursuant to paragraph 2 shall be valid for two years.

4.   No later than 2 June 2030, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts establishing detailed rules and conditions to conduct the technical quality check referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and conditions for a positive assessment pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article. The implementing acts shall specify the timeframe within which the technical quality checks shall be conducted. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 18(2).