For the purpose of calculating the average specific CO2 emissions of manufacturers in accordance with Article 4 and point 2.2 of Annex I, individual heavy-duty vehicles may be transferred between manufacturers, provided the following conditions are fulfilled:
(a)
for all transfers: the request is jointly submitted by the transferring and the receiving manufacturer;
(b)
for the transfer of heavy-duty vehicles other than zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles: the transferring and the receiving manufacturer belong to a group of connected manufacturers;
(c)
for the transfer of zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles between manufacturers not belonging to a group of connected manufacturers: the number of zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles transferred to a manufacturer does not exceed 5 % of all its new heavy-duty vehicles registered in a given reporting period.
The manufacturers shall submit the transfer requests to the Commission using the electronic tools provided by the Commission.