Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/689 of 16 January 2019 on a pilot project to implement certain administrative cooperation provisions set out in Council Directive 91/477/EEC by means of the Internal Market Information System (Text with EEA relevance.)

Paragraphs 2 and 4 of Article 13 of Directive 91/477/EEC, insofar as the exchange of information mentioned in those paragraphs falls within the scope of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/686, shall be subject to a pilot project to implement the administrative cooperation provisions set out in those paragraphs, as further detailed in that Delegated Regulation, by means of the Internal Market Information System (‘IMI’).

For the purposes of the pilot project, the national authorities referred to in Article 13(3) of Directive 91/477/EEC shall be considered as competent authorities.

1 For the purposes of the administrative cooperation detailed in Article 4 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/686, IMI shall provide a notification functionality for uploading the documents and transmitting the information referred to in that Article.

2 For the purposes of the administrative cooperation detailed in Article 5 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/686, IMI shall provide a repository for storing and sharing the lists of firearms referred to in that Article.

3 For the purposes of the administrative cooperation detailed in Article 6 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/686, IMI shall provide a notification functionality for uploading the documents and transmitting the information referred to in that Article.

For the purposes of blocking and deleting personal data pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012, the expiry date transmitted pursuant to Article 4(1)(e) or, as applicable, Article 6(1)(g) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/686 shall be considered as the date of formal closure of the administrative cooperation procedure in question.

The Commission shall provide Member States with statistics and information on the usage of IMI and the functioning of the pilot project. Such reporting shall not include statistics on the numbers and categories of firearms transferred between Member States.

The evaluation of the outcome of the pilot project required by Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 shall be submitted to the European Parliament and the Council by 31 December 2022.

This Decision shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.