Article 5 Requirements for competent authorities

As from 30 months after the date of entry into force of the first of the delegated and implementing acts referred to in Articles 7 and 8, competent authorities shall accept regulatory information made available electronically by the economic operators concerned in accordance with Article 4, including where such regulatory information is requested by competent authorities as additional information.

By way of derogation from paragraph 1, competent authorities shall accept regulatory information, including additional information, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 as from 21 May 2026.

Where regulatory information required pursuant to a specific Union legal act or national law referred to in Article 2(1) includes official validation, such as stamps or certificates, the respective authority shall provide that validation electronically, in accordance with the requirements established by the delegated and implementing acts referred to in Articles 7 and 8.

In order to comply with the requirements set out in paragraphs 1 to 3 of this Article, Member States shall take measures to enable all their competent authorities to access and process regulatory information made available by the economic operators concerned in accordance with Article 4. Those measures shall comply with delegated and implementing acts referred to in Articles 7 and 8.