Article 4 Requirements for economic operators concerned

For the purposes of Article 5(1), (2) and (3), the economic operators concerned shall comply with the requirements set out in this Article.

Where the economic operators concerned make regulatory information available electronically to a competent authority, they shall do so on the basis of data processed on a certified eFTI platform and, if applicable, by a certified eFTI service provider. That regulatory information shall be made available by the economic operators concerned in machine-readable format and, at the request of the competent authority, in human-readable format.

Information in machine-readable format shall be made available via an authenticated and secure connection to the data source of an eFTI platform. The economic operators concerned shall communicate the unique electronic identifying link referred to in point (e) of Article 9(1) that enables the competent authority to uniquely identify the regulatory information related to the shipment.

Information in human-readable format requested by competent authorities shall be made available on the spot, on the screen of an electronic device owned by the economic operator concerned.