Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/480 of 1 April 2016 establishing common rules concerning the interconnection of national electronic registers on road transport undertakings and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1213/2010 (Text with EEA relevance)

This Regulation lays down the requirements regarding the connection of the national electronic registers on road transport undertakings to the ERRU messaging system, as set out in Article 16(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009.

For the purpose of this Regulation and in addition to the definitions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009, the following definitions shall apply: (a) ‘ERRU (European Registers of Road Transport Undertakings)’ means a system of interconnection of national electronic registers, set up in accordance Article 16(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009; (b) ‘Asynchronous interface’ means a process whereby a message in response to a request is returned on a new HTTP connection; (c) ‘Broadcast search’ means a request message from a Member State addressed to all other Member States; (d) ‘Central hub’ means the information system enabling the routing of ERRU messages between Member States; (e) ‘CPC’ means certificate of professional competence, as referred to in Article 8(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009; (f) ‘Member State of infringement’ means the Member State in which a transport undertaking has committed an infringement; (g) ‘Member State of establishment’ means the Member State in which an undertaking is established; (h) ‘National system’ means the information system set up in each Member State for the purpose of emitting, processing and responding to ERRU messages; (i) ‘Synchronous interface’ means a process whereby a message in response to a request is returned on the same HTTP connection as the one used for the request; (j) ‘Requesting Member State’ means the Member State emitting a request or a notification, which is then routed to the responding Member States; (k) ‘Responding Member State’ means the Member State to whom the ERRU request or notification is directed.

Member States shall carry out the interconnection of the national electronic registers referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 to ERRU in accordance with the procedures and technical requirements laid down in this Regulation.

ERRU shall fulfil the technical specifications laid down in Annexes I to VII to this Regulation.

1 When exchanging information through ERRU, the competent authorities shall follow the procedures set out in Annex VIII to this Regulation.

2 Member States shall grant their control bodies in charge of roadside checks access to the ERRU Check Community Licence functionality.

3 In cases where several national control bodies are involved in roadside checks, the Member State shall decide which ones of those bodies shall be granted the access referred to in paragraph 2.

Regulation (EU) No 1213/2010 is hereby repealed as from the date of application of this Regulation. References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 30 January 2019.