Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1984 of 3 November 2015 defining the circumstances, formats and procedures of notification pursuant to Article 9(5) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market (notified under document C(2015) 7369) (Text with EEA relevance)

Pursuant to Article 9(5) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, this Decision lays down the circumstances, formats and procedures of notifications of electronic identification schemes to the Commission.

1 The language of notification shall be English. The notification form referred to in Article 3(1) shall be completed in English.

2 Without prejudice to paragraph 1, Member States shall not be obliged to translate supporting documents referred to in point 4.4 of the Annex where this would create an unreasonable burden.

1 Notification shall be made electronically in the format compliant with the form set out in the Annex.

2 Where a scheme involves multiple responsible parties issuing the electronic identification means and/or covers multiple levels of assurance, points 3.2 and/or where appropriate 4.2 of the notification form set out in the Annex shall be completed separately for each party issuing the electronic identification means and/or for each level of assurance.

3 Where the authorities, parties, entities or bodies to be notified in the form set out in the Annex, in particular the parties managing the registration process of the unique person identification data or the parties issuing the electronic identification means, are acting under the same set of rules and using the exact same procedures, in particular where they are regional or local authorities, the following specific rules shall apply: (a) the notification form may be filled in once in respect of all such parties; (b) the notification form may be filled with information necessary to identify the respective functional or territorial organisation level.

4 The Commission shall confirm receipt of the notification by electronic means.

5 The Commission may request additional information or clarification in the following circumstances: (a) the notification form is not properly filled in; (b) there is a manifest error in the form or in the supporting documents; (c) a description of the electronic identification scheme prior to notification was not provided to other Member States pursuant to Article 7(g) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014.

6 Where additional information or clarification referred to in paragraph 5 is requested, the notification shall only be considered complete when such additional information or clarification is submitted to the Commission.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.