Article 44 3.

makes possible the exchange of data and information between manufacturers or technical services, on the one hand, and national authorities or the Commission, on the other;

provides public access to certain data and information relating to the results of type-approvals and monitoring results of in-service engines;

where appropriate and technically and economically feasible, and in agreement with the Member States concerned, provides facilities for the automatic transfer of data between existing national databases and IMI.