Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1799 of 22 October 2019 laying down technical specifications for individual online collection systems pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/788 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European citizens’ initiative

The technical specifications referred to in Article 11(5) of Regulation (EU) 2019/788 shall be as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

1 Organisers shall ensure that their individual online collection system complies with the technical specifications set out in the Annex throughout the collection period.

2 The organisers shall notify without undue delay to the competent authority of the Member State referred to in Article 11(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/788, changes which are introduced in the system or in the supporting organisational measures after the system has been certified by that authority, when those changes may impact the assessment underlying the certification. Before doing so, the organisers may seek the advice of the competent authority as to whether the change may have such an impact.

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 1 January 2020.