Motor Vehicles (Interoperability of Electronic Road Tolls Systems)

L.N. 398 of 2021

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE

(CAP. 65)

AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORT IN MALTA ACT

(CAP. 499)

Motor Vehicles (Interoperability of Electronic Road Tolls Systems)

(Amendment) Regulations, 2021

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 54 of the

Traffic Regulation Ordinance and by article 43 of the Authority for

Transport in Malta Act, the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and

Capital Projects, after consultation with the Authority for Transport in

Malta, made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Motor Vehicles

(Interoperability of Electronic Road Tolls Systems) (Amendment)

Regulations, 2021 and these regulations shall be read and construed as

one with the Motor Vehicles (Interoperability of Electronic Road Tolls

Systems) Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal

regulations".

(2) The scope of these regulations is to transpose Directive

(EU) 2019/520 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19

March 2019 on the interoperability of electronic road toll systems and

facilitating cross-border exchange of information on the failure to pay

road fees in the Union (recast).

Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the following new regulation

" Interpretation.

2 .

In these regulations, unless the context

otherwise requires

"Directive" means Directive (EU) 2019/520 of the

European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March

2019 on the interoperability of electronic road toll

systems and facilitating cross-border exchange of

information on the failure to pay road fees in the Union

(recast).".

The Schedule to the principal regulations shall be Substitutes the

Schedule to the

substituted by the following new Schedule

principal

regulations.

"SCHEDULE

(Regulation 3)

Directive (EU) 2019/520 of the European Parliament and of the

Council of 19 March 2019 on the interoperability of electronic road

toll systems and facilitating cross-border exchange of information on

the failure to pay road fees in the Union (recast)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE

EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European

Union, and in particular Article 91(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national

parliaments,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social

Committee * ,

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions ** ,

Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure ***

Whereas

(1) Directive 2004/52/EC of the European Parliament and of

the Council **** has been substantially amended. Since further

amendments are to be made, that Directive should be recast in the

interests of clarity.

(2) It is desirable to achieve widespread deployment of

electronic road toll systems in the Member States and in the

neighbouring countries, and to have, as far as possible, reliable, user

**

1 OJ C 81, 2.3.2018, p. 181.

OJ C 176, 23.5.2018, p. 66

*** Position of the European Parliament of 14 February 2019 (not yet published in

the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 4 March 2019.

**** Directive 2004/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29

April 2004 on the interoperability of electronic road toll systems in the Commu-

nity (OJ L 166, 30.4.2004, p. 124).

friendly, and cost-efficient systems suited to the future development of

road-charging policy at Union level and to future technical

developments. Therefore, it is necessary to make electronic road toll

systems interoperable to reduce the cost of, and the burdens linked to,

the payment of tolls across the Union.

(3) Interoperable electronic road toll systems contribute to

achieving the objectives laid down by Union law on road tolls.

(4) The lack of interoperability is a significant problem in

electronic road toll systems where the road fee due is linked to the

distance covered by the vehicle (distance-based tolls) or to the vehicle

passing a specific point (for example, cordon pricing). The provisions

regarding the interoperability of electronic road toll systems should

therefore apply only to those systems and should not apply to systems

where the road fee due is linked to the time spent by the vehicle on the

tolled infrastructure (for example, time-based systems such as

vignettes).

(5) Cross-border enforcement of the obligation to pay road fees

in the Union is a significant problem in all kind of systems, whether

distance-based, cordon-based or time-based, electronic or manual. To

deal with the problem of cross-border enforcement following a failure

to pay a road fee, the provisions regarding the cross-border exchange

of information should therefore apply to all those systems.

(6) In national law, the offence of failing to pay a road fee can

be classified as an administrative offence or as a criminal offence. This

Directive should apply regardless of the classification of the offence.

(7) Due to the lack of consistent classification across the

Union, and their indirect link to the use of the infrastructure, parking

fees should be left outside the scope of this Directive.

(8) The interoperability of electronic road toll systems requires

harmonisation of the technology used and of the interfaces between

interoperability constituents.

(9) The harmonisation of technologies and interfaces should be

supported by the development and maintenance of appropriate open

and public standards, available on a non-discriminatory basis to all

system suppliers.

(10) For the purpose of covering, with their on-board equipment

(OBE), the required communication technologies, European

Electronic Toll Service (EETS) providers should be allowed to make

use of, and link to, other hardware and software systems already

present in the vehicle, such as satellite navigation systems or handheld

devices.

(11) The specific characteristics of electronic road toll systems

which are currently applied to light-duty vehicles should be taken into

account. Since no such electronic road toll systems currently use

satellite positioning or mobile communications, EETS providers

should be allowed, for a limited period of time, to provide users of

light-duty vehicles with OBE suitable for use with 5,8 GHz microwave

technology only. This derogation should be without prejudice to the

right of Member States to implement satellite-based tolling for light-

duty vehicles.

(12) Toll systems based on automatic number plate recognition

(ANPR) technology require more manual checks of toll transactions in

the back office than systems using OBE. Systems using OBE are more

efficient for large electronic toll domains, and systems using ANPR

technology are more suitable for small domains, such as city tolls,

where the use of OBE would generate disproportionate costs or

administrative burdens. ANPR technology can be useful in particular

when combined with other technologies.

(13) In view of technical developments connected with solutions

based on ANPR technology, the standardisation bodies should be

encouraged to define the necessary technical standards.

(14) The specific rights and obligations of EETS providers

should apply to entities which prove that they have fulfilled certain

requirements and have obtained registration as EETS providers in their

Member State of establishment.

(15) The rights and obligations of the main EETS actors, that is

to say, the EETS providers, toll chargers and EETS users, should be

clearly defined to ensure that the market functions in a fair and

efficient manner.

(16) It is particularly important to safeguard certain rights of the

EETS providers, such as the right to the protection of commercially

sensitive data, and to do so without negatively impacting the quality of

the services provided to the toll chargers and EETS users. In particular,

the toll charger should be required not to disclose commercially

sensitive data to any of the EETS provider's competitors. The amount

and type of data which EETS providers communicate to toll chargers,

for the purpose of calculating and applying tolls or of verifying the

calculation of applied toll on the vehicles of EETS users by the EETS

providers, should be kept to a strict minimum.

(17) EETS providers should be required to fully cooperate with

toll chargers in their enforcement efforts, so as to increase the overall

efficiency of electronic road toll systems. Therefore, toll chargers

should be allowed to request from the EETS provider, where a failure

to pay a road fee is suspected, data relating to the vehicle and to the

owner or holder of the vehicle who is the EETS provider's client,

provided that those data are not used for any purpose other than

enforcement.

(18) In order to enable EETS providers to compete, in a non-

discriminatory manner, for all clients in a given EETS domain, it is

important that the possibility is given to them to become accredited to

that domain sufficiently early so that they are able to offer services to

the users as of the first day of operation of the toll system.

(19) Toll chargers should give access to their EETS domain to

EETS providers on a non-discriminatory basis.

(20) To ensure transparency and non-discriminatory access to

EETS domains for all EETS providers, toll chargers should publish all

the necessary information relating to access rights in an EETS domain

statement.

(21) All OBE user rebates or discounts on tolls offered by a

Member State or by a toll charger should be transparent, publicly

announced and available under the same conditions to clients of EETS

providers.

(22) EETS providers should be entitled to fair remuneration,

calculated based on a transparent, non-discriminatory and identical

methodology.

(23) Toll chargers should be allowed to deduct from the

remuneration of EETS providers the appropriate costs incurred to

provide, operate and maintain the EETS-specific elements of the

electronic road toll system.

(24) EETS providers should pay to the toll charger all tolls due

by their clients. EETS providers should, however, not be liable for

tolls that their clients have not paid, when the latter are equipped with

an OBE that has been declared to the toll charger as invalidated.

(25) Where a legal entity that is a toll service provider also plays

other roles in an electronic road toll system, or has other activities not

directly related to electronic toll collection, it should be required to

keep accounting records which make a clear distinction possible

between the costs and revenues related to the provision of toll services

and the costs and revenues related to other activities, and to provide,

upon request, information on those costs and revenues related to the

provision of toll services to the relevant Conciliation Body or judicial

body. Cross subsidies between the activities performed in the role of

toll service provider and other activities should not be allowed.

(26) Users should have the possibility to subscribe to EETS

through any EETS provider, regardless of their nationality, Member

State of residence or Member State of registration of the vehicle.

(27) To avoid double payment and to give users legal certainty,

the payment of a toll to an EETS provider should be considered as

fulfilling the user's obligations towards the relevant toll charger.

(28) The contractual relationships between toll chargers and

EETS providers should ensure, inter alia, that tolls are paid correctly.

(29) A mediation procedure should be established with a view to

settling disputes between toll chargers and EETS providers during

contractual negotiations and in their contractual relationships. National

Conciliation Bodies should be consulted by toll chargers and EETS

providers who are seeking a settlement of a dispute relating to the right

to non-discriminatory access to EETS domains.

(30) Conciliation Bodies should have the power to verify that

the contractual conditions imposed on any EETS provider are non-

discriminatory. In particular, they should have the power to verify that

the remuneration offered by the toll charger to the EETS providers

respects the principles set out in this Directive.

(31) The traffic data of EETS users constitutes input that is

essential for enhancing transport policies of the Member States.

Member States should therefore have the possibility to request such

data from toll service providers, including EETS providers for the

purpose of designing traffic policies and enhancing traffic

management or for other non-commercial use by the State, in

compliance with applicable data protection rules.

(32) A framework is needed that lays down the procedures for

accrediting EETS providers to an EETS domain and that ensures fair

access to the market while safeguarding the adequate level of service.

The EETS domain statement should set out in detail the procedure for

accrediting an EETS provider to the EETS domain, and in particular

the procedure for checking conformity to specifications and suitability

for use of interoperability constituents. The procedure should be the

same for all EETS providers.

(33) To ensure easy access to information by EETS market

actors, Member States should be required to compile and publish all

important data regarding EETS in publicly available national registers.

(34) To allow for technological progress, it is important that toll

chargers have the possibility to test new tolling technologies or

concepts. Such tests should however be limited, and EETS providers

should not be required to take part in them. The Commission should

have the possibility of not authorising such tests if they could

prejudice the correct functioning of the regular electronic road toll

system or of the EETS.

(35) Large differences in technical specifications of electronic

road toll systems might hamper the achievement of EU- wide

interoperability of electronic tolls, and thus contribute to the

persistence of the current situation where users need several pieces of

OBE to pay tolls in the Union. This situation is detrimental to the

efficiency of transport operations, to the cost-efficiency of toll

systems, and to the achievement of transport policy objectives. The

issues underlying this situation should therefore be addressed.

(36) While cross-border interoperability is improving

throughout the Union, the mid- to long-term objective is to make it

possible to travel across the Union with only one piece of OBE.

Therefore, in order to avoid administrative burdens and costs for road

users, it is important that the Commission set up a roadmap to achieve

this objective, and to facilitate the free movement of people and goods

in the Union, without negatively affecting competition on the market.

(37) EETS is a market-based service and therefore EETS

providers should not be obliged to provide their services across the

Union. However, in the interest of users, EETS providers should cover

all EETS domains in any Member State in which they decide to

provide their services. Furthermore, the Commission should assess

whether the flexibility given to EETS providers leads to the exclusion

from EETS of small or peripheral EETS domains, and, if it finds that it

does, take action where necessary.

(38) The EETS domain statement should describe in detail the

framework commercial conditions for EETS providers' operations in

the EETS domain in question. In particular, it should describe the

methodology used for calculating the remuneration of EETS providers.

(39) Where a new electronic road toll system is being launched

or an existing system is being substantially modified, the toll charger

should publish the new or updated EETS domain statements with

sufficient notice to allow EETS providers to be accredited or re-

accredited to the system at the latest one month before the day of its

operational launch. The toll charger should design and follow the

procedure for the accreditation or, respectively, re-accreditation of

EETS providers in such a way that the procedure can be concluded at

the latest one month before the operational launch of the new or

substantially modified system. Toll chargers should respect their part

of the planned procedure as defined in the EETS domain statement.

(40) Toll chargers should not request or require from EETS

providers any specific technical solutions which could jeopardise

interoperability with other EETS domains and with the existing

interoperability constituents of the EETS provider.

(41) The EETS has the potential to considerably reduce the

administrative costs and burdens of international road transport

operators and drivers.

(42) EETS providers should be allowed to issue invoices to

EETS users. However, toll chargers should be allowed to request that

invoices are sent on their behalf and in their name, since invoicing

directly in the name of the EETS provider can, in certain EETS

domains, have adverse administrative and tax implications.

(43) Each Member State with at least two EETS domains should

designate a contact office for EETS providers wishing to provide the

EETS in its territory in order to facilitate their contacts with the toll

chargers.

(44) Electronic tolling and other services, such as cooperative

ITS (C-ITS) applications use similar technologies and neighbouring

frequency bands for short range vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-

infrastructure communication. In the future, the potential for applying

other emerging technologies to electronic tolling merits exploration,

after a thorough assessment of the costs, benefits, technical barriers

and possible solutions thereto. It is important that measures are

implemented to protect existing investments in the 5,8 GHz

microwave technology from the interference of other technologies.

(45) Without prejudice to State aid and competition law,

Member States should be allowed to develop measures to promote

electronic toll collection and billing.

(46) When standards relevant for the EETS are reviewed by the

standardisation bodies, there should be appropriate transition

arrangements to ensure the continuity of the EETS and the

compatibility, with the toll systems, of interoperability constituents

already in use at the moment of the revision of the standards.

(47) The EETS should allow intermodality to develop, whilst

pursuing compliance with the "user pays’ and "polluter pays’

principles.

(48) Problems with identifying non-resident offenders to

electronic road toll systems hamper further deployment of such

systems and the wider application of the "user pays’ and "polluter

pays’ principles on Union roads and therefore there is a need to find a

way to identify such persons and to process their personal data.

(49) For reasons of consistency and efficient use of resources,

the system for exchanging information on those who fail to pay a road

fee, and on their vehicles, should use the same tools as the system that

is used for exchanging information on road-safety-related traffic

offences provided for in Directive (EU) 2015/413 of the European

Parliament and of the Council * .

(50) In certain Member States a failure to pay a road fee is

established only once the obligation to pay the road fee has been

notified to the user. Since this Directive does not harmonise national

laws in this regard, Member States should have the possibility to apply

this Directive to identify users and vehicles for the purpose of

notification. However, such extended application should be allowed

only if certain conditions are fulfilled.

(51) Follow-up proceedings initiated after a failure to pay a road

fee are not harmonised across the Union. Often, the identified road

user is given the possibility of paying the road fee due, or a fixed

substitute amount, directly to the entity responsible for levying the

road fee, before any further administrative or criminal proceedings are

initiated by Member State authorities. It is important that such efficient

procedure to put an end to the failure to pay a road fee is available on

similar terms to all road users. For this purpose, Member States should

be allowed to provide the entity responsible for levying the road fee

with the data necessary to identify the vehicle in respect of which there

was a failure to pay a road fee and to identify its owner or holder,

provided that proper protection of personal data is ensured. In this

context, Member States should ensure that compliance with the

payment order issued by the entity concerned puts an end to the failure

to pay a road fee.

(52) In certain Member States, the absence, or dysfunctioning,

of OBE is regarded as a failure to pay a road fee where such fees can

* Directive (EU) 2015/413 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11

March 2015 facilitating cross-border exchange of information on road-safety-

related traffic offences (OJ L 68, 13.3.2015, p. 9).

only be paid by using OBE.

(53) Member States should provide the Commission with the

information and data necessary to evaluate the effectiveness and

efficiency of the system for exchanging information on those who fail

to pay a road fee. The Commission should assess the data and

information obtained, and propose, if necessary, amendments to this

Directive.

(54) While analysing possible measures to further facilitate the

cross-border enforcement of the obligation to pay road fees in the

Union, the Commission should also assess in its report the need for

mutual assistance between Member States.

(55) The enforcement of the obligation to pay road fees, the

identification of the vehicle and of the owner or holder of the vehicle

for which a failure to pay a road fee was established and the collection

of information on the user for the purpose of ensuring the compliance

of the toll charger with its obligations to tax authorities all entail the

processing of personal data. Such processing needs to be carried out in

accordance with Union rules, as set out, inter alia, in Regulation (EU)

2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council * , Directive

(EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council ** and

Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

*** . The right to protection of personal data is explicitly recognised by

Article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

(56) This Directive does not affect the Member States' freedom

to lay down rules governing road infrastructure charging and taxation

matters.

(57) In order to facilitate the cross-border exchange of

information on the vehicles and owners or holders of vehicles for

which there was a failure to pay road fees, the power to adopt acts in

* Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27

April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of

personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive

95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).

** Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27

April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of

personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, inves-

tigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of crimi-

nal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council

Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 89).

*** Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12

July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of pri-

vacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and elec-

tronic communications) (OJ L 201, 31.7.2002, p. 37).

accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the

European Union (TFEU) should be delegated to the Commission in

respect of the amendment of Annex I to reflect changes in the Union

law. The power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU

should be delegated to the Commission also in respect of laying down

the details for the classification of vehicles for the purposes of

establishing the applicable tariff schemes, further defining the

obligations of the EETS users regarding the provision of data to the

EETS provider and the use and handling of the OBE, laying down the

requirements for interoperability constituents regarding safety and

health, reliability and availability, environment protection, technical

compatibility, security and privacy and operation and management,

laying down the general infrastructure requirements for

interoperability constituents and laying down the minimum criteria of

eligibility for notified bodies. It is of particular importance that the

Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory

work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be

conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the

Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making

* . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of

delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all

documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their

experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert

groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.

(58) The implementation of this Directive requires uniform

conditions for the application of technical and administrative

specifications for the deployment, in the Member States, of procedures

that involve EETS actors and the interfaces between them, so as to

facilitate interoperability and ensure that national toll collection

markets are governed by equivalent rules. In order to ensure uniform

conditions for the implementation of this Directive and to define those

technical and administrative specifications, implementing powers

should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be

exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the

European Parliament and of the Council ** .

(59) This Directive should be without prejudice to the

obligations of the Member States relating to the time-limit for the

transposition into national law of the Directive set out in Annex III,

Part B.

* OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.

** Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of

16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning

mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of

implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).

(60) This Directive respects the fundamental rights and observes

the principles recognised in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the

European Union, notably the protection of personal data.

(61) The European Data Protection Supervisor was consulted in

accordance with Article 28(2) of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the

European Parliament and of the Council * ,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

Subject matter and scope

1. This Directive lays down the conditions necessary for the

following purposes

(a) to ensure the interoperability of electronic road toll

systems on the entire Union road network, urban and interurban

motorways, major and minor roads, and various structures, such

as tunnels or bridges, and ferries; and

(b) to facilitate the cross-border exchange of vehicle

registration data regarding the vehicles and the owners or holders

of vehicles for which there was a failure to pay road fees of any

kind in the Union.

In order to respect the principle of subsidiarity, this Directive

shall apply without prejudice to the decisions taken by Member States

to levy road fees on particular types of vehicles, and to determine the

level of those fees and the purpose for which such fees are levied.

2. Articles 3 to 22 do not apply to

(a) road toll systems which are not electronic within the

meaning of point 10 of Article 2; and

(b) small, strictly local road toll systems for which the

costs of compliance with the requirements of Articles 3 to 22

would be disproportionate to the benefits.

* Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18

December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of

personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free move-

ment of such data (OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1).

3. This Directive does not apply to parking fees.

The objective of the interoperability of electronic road toll

systems in the Union shall be achieved by means of the European

Electronic Toll Service (EETS) which shall be complementary to the

national electronic toll services of the Member States.

Where the national law requires a notification to the user of

the obligation to pay before a failure to pay a road fee can be

established, Member States may also apply this Directive to identify

the owner or the holder of the vehicle and the vehicle itself for

notification purposes, only if all the following conditions are fulfilled

(a) there are no other means to identify the owner or

holder of the vehicle; and

(b) the notification to the owner or holder of the vehicle

of the obligation to pay is a compulsory stage of the road fee

payment procedure under national law.

Where a Member State applies paragraph 5, it shall take the

measures necessary to ensure that any follow-up proceedings in

relation to the obligation to pay the road fee are pursued by public

authorities. References to failure to pay a road fee in this Directive

shall include cases covered by paragraph 5 if the Member State where

the failure to pay takes place, applies that paragraph.

Article 2

Definitions

1. For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions

shall apply

(1) "toll service" means the service that enables users to use a

vehicle in one or more EETS domains under a single contract and,

where necessary, with one piece of on-board equipment (OBE), and

which includes

(a) where necessary, providing a customised OBE to

users and maintaining its functionality;

(b) guaranteeing that the toll charger is paid the toll due

by the user;

(c) providing to the user the means by which the payment

is to be made or accepting an existing one;

(d)

collecting the toll from the user;

(e)

managing customer relations with the user; and

(f) implementing and adhering to the security and

privacy policies for the road toll systems;

(2) "toll service provider" means a legal entity providing toll

services on one or more EETS domains for one or more classes of

vehicles;

(3) "toll charger" means a public or private entity which levies

tolls for the circulation of vehicles in an EETS domain;

(4) "designated toll charger" means a public or private entity

which has been appointed as the toll charger in a future EETS domain;

(5) "European Electronic Toll Service (EETS)" means the toll

service provided under a contract on one or more EETS domains by an

EETS provider to an EETS user;

(6) "EETS provider" means an entity which, under a separate

contract, grants access to EETS to an EETS user, transfers the tolls to

the relevant toll charger, and which is registered by its Member State

of establishment;

(7) "EETS user" means a natural or legal person who has a

contract with an EETS provider in order to have access to the EETS;

(8) "EETS domain" means a road, a road network, a structure,

such as a bridge or a tunnel, or a ferry, where tolls are collected using

an electronic road toll system;

(9) "EETS compliant system" means the set of elements of an

electronic road toll system which are specifically needed for the

integration of EETS providers in the system and for the operation of

EETS;

(10) "electronic road toll system" means a toll collection system

in which the obligation, for the user, to pay the toll is exclusively

triggered by and linked to the automatic detection of the presence of

the vehicle in a certain location through remote communication with

OBE in the vehicle or automatic number plate recognition;

(11) "on-board equipment (OBE)", means the complete set of

hardware and software components to be used as part of the toll

service which is installed or carried on board a vehicle in order to

collect, store, process and remotely receive/transmit data, either as a

separate device or embedded in the vehicle;

(12) "main service provider" means a toll service provider with

specific obligations, such as the obligation to sign contracts with all

interested users, or specific rights, such as specific remuneration or a

guaranteed long term contract, different from the rights and

obligations of other service providers;

(13) "interoperability constituent" means any elementary

component, group of components, subassembly or complete assembly

of equipment incorporated or intended to be incorporated into EETS

upon which the interoperability of the service depends directly or

indirectly, including both tangible objects and intangible objects such

as software;

(14) "suitability for use" means the ability of an interoperability

constituent to achieve and maintain a specified performance when in

service, integrated representatively into EETS in relation with a toll

charger's system;

(15) "toll context data" means the information defined by the

responsible toll charger as necessary to establish the toll due for

circulating a vehicle on a particular toll domain and conclude the toll

transaction;

(16) "toll declaration" means a statement to a toll charger that

confirms the presence of a vehicle in an EETS domain in a format

agreed between the toll service provider and the toll charger;

(17) "vehicle classification parameters" means the vehicle

related information in accordance with which tolls are calculated based

on the toll context data;

(18) "back office" means the central electronic system used by

the toll charger, a group of toll chargers who have created an

interoperability hub, or by the EETS provider to collect, process and

send information in the framework of an electronic road toll system;

(19) "substantially modified system" means an existing

electronic road toll system that has undergone or undergoes a change

which requires EETS providers to make modifications to the

interoperability constituents that are in operation, such as

reprogramming or adapting the interfaces of their back office, to such

an extent that re-accreditation is required;

(20) "accreditation" means the process defined and managed by

the toll charger, which an EETS provider must undergo before it is

authorised to provide the EETS in an EETS domain;

(21) "toll" or "road fee" means the fee which must be paid by the

road user for circulating on a given road, a road network, a structure,

such as a bridge or a tunnel, or a ferry;

(22) "failure to pay a road fee" means the offence consisting of

the failure by a road user to pay a road fee in a Member State, defined

by the relevant national provisions of that Member State;

(23) "Member State of registration" means the Member State

where the vehicle which is subject to the payment of the road fee is

registered;

(24) "national contact point" means a designated competent

authority of a Member State for the cross-border exchange of vehicle

registration data;

(25) "automated search" means an online access procedure for

consulting the databases of one, more than one, or all of the Member

States;

(26) "vehicle" means a motor vehicle, or articulated vehicle

combination intended or used for the carriage by road of passengers or

goods;

(27) "holder of the vehicle" means the person in whose name the

vehicle is registered, as defined in the law of the Member State of

registration;

(28) "heavy-duty vehicle" means a vehicle having a maximum

permissible mass exceeding 3.5 tonnes;

(29) "light-duty vehicle" means a vehicle having a maximum

permissible mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes.

Article 3

Technological solutions

1. All new electronic road toll systems which require the

installation or use of OBE shall, for carrying out electronic toll

transactions, use one or more of the following technologies

(a)

satellite positioning;

(b)

mobile communications;

(c)

5.8 GHz microwave technology.

Existing electronic road toll systems which require the

installation or use of OBE and use other technologies shall comply

with the requirements set out in the first subparagraph of this

paragraph if substantial technological improvements are carried out.

2. The Commission shall request the relevant standardisation

bodies, in accordance with the procedure laid down by Directive (EU)

2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council * to swiftly

adopt standards applicable to electronic road toll systems with regard

to the technologies listed in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 and

the ANPR technology, and to update them where necessary. The

Commission shall request that the standardisation bodies ensure the

continual compatibility of interoperability constituents.

3. OBE which uses satellite positioning technology and is

placed on the market after 19 October 2021 shall be compatible with

the positioning services provided by the Galileo and the European

Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service ("EGNOS") systems.

4. Without prejudice to paragraph 6, EETS providers shall

make available to EETS users OBE which is suitable for use,

interoperable and capable of communicating with the relevant

electronic road toll systems in service in the Member States using the

technologies listed in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1.

5. The OBE may use its own hardware and software, use

elements of other hardware and software present in the vehicle, or

both. For the purpose of communicating with other hardware systems

present in the vehicle, the OBE may use technologies other than those

listed in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, provided that security,

quality of service and privacy are ensured.

EETS OBE is allowed to facilitate services other than tolling,

provided that the operation of such services does not interfere with the

toll services in any EETS domain.

6. Without prejudice to the right of Member States to

introduce electronic road toll systems for light-duty vehicles based on

satellite positioning or mobile communications, EETS providers may

until 31 December 2027 provide users of light-duty vehicles with OBE

suitable for use with 5,8 GHz microwave technology only, to be used

in EETS domains which do not require satellite positioning or mobile

communications technologies.

* Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9

September 2015 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the

field of technical regulations and of rules on Information Society services (OJ L

241, 17.9.2015, p. 1).

CHAPTER II

GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EETS

Article 4

Registration of EETS providers

Each Member State shall establish a procedure for registering

EETS providers. It shall grant the registration to entities which are

established on its territory, which request registration and which can

demonstrate that they fulfil the following requirements

(a)

hold EN ISO 9001 certification or equivalent;

(b) have the technical equipment and the EC declaration

or certificate attesting the conformity of the interoperability

constituents to specifications;

(c) have competence in the provision of electronic toll

services or in other relevant domains;

(d)

have appropriate financial standing;

(e) maintain a global risk management plan, which is

audited at least every two years; and

(f)

are of good repute.

Article 5

Rights and obligations of EETS providers

1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that EETS providers whom they have registered conclude EETS

contracts covering all EETS domains on the territories of at least four

Member States within the 36 months following their registration in

accordance with Article 4. They shall take the measures necessary to

ensure that that those EETS providers conclude contracts covering all

EETS domains in a given Member State within the 24 months

following the conclusion of the first contract in that Member State,

except for those EETS domains in which the responsible toll chargers

do not comply with Article 6(3).

2. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that EETS providers whom they have registered maintain at all times

the coverage of all EETS domains once they have concluded contracts

therefor. They shall take the measures necessary to ensure that, where

an EETS provider is not able to maintain coverage of an EETS domain

because the toll charger does not comply with this Directive, it re-

establishes the coverage of the concerned domain as soon as possible.

3. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that EETS providers whom they have registered publish information

on their EETS domains coverage and any changes thereto, as well as,

within one month of registration, detailed plans regarding any

extension of their service to further EETS domains, with annual

updates.

4. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that, where necessary, EETS providers whom they have registered, or

who provide the EETS on their territory, provide EETS users with

OBE which fulfils the requirements set out in this Directive, as well as

in Directives 2014/53/EU * and 2014/30/EU ** of the European

Parliament and of the Council. They may request from concerned

EETS providers evidence that those requirements are fulfilled.

5. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that EETS providers who provide the EETS on their territory keep lists

of invalidated OBE related to their EETS contracts with the EETS

users. They shall take the measures necessary to ensure that such lists

are maintained in strict compliance with the Union rules on the

protection of personal data as set out, inter alia, in Regulation (EU)

2016/679 and Directive 2002/58/EC.

6. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that EETS providers whom they registered make public their

contracting policy towards EETS users.

Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that EETS providers who provide the EETS on their territory provide

toll chargers with the information they need to calculate and apply the

toll on the vehicles of EETS users or provide toll chargers with all

information necessary to allow them to verify the calculation of

applied toll on the vehicles of EETS users by the EETS providers.

Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that EETS providers who provide the EETS on their territory

cooperate with toll chargers in their efforts to identify suspected

* Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April

2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the mak-

ing available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/

EC (OJ L 153, 22.5.2014, p. 62).

** Directive 2014/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 Feb-

ruary 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to

electromagnetic compatibility (OJ L 96, 29.3.2014, p. 79).

offenders. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that, where a failure to pay a road fee is suspected, the toll charger is

able to obtain, from the EETS provider, the data relating to the vehicle

involved in the suspected failure to pay a road fee and to the owner or

holder of that vehicle who is a client of the EETS provider. Such data

shall be made available instantly by the EETS provider.

Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that

the toll charger does not disclose such data to any other toll service

provider. They shall take the measures necessary to ensure that, where

the toll charger is integrated with a toll service provider in one entity,

the data are used for the sole purpose of identifying suspected

offenders, or in accordance with Article 27(3).

Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that a toll charger responsible for an EETS domain on their territory is

able to obtain, from an EETS provider, data relating to all vehicles

owned or held by clients of the EETS provider, which have, in a given

period of time, driven on the EETS domain for which the toll charger

is responsible, as well as data relating to the owners or holders of these

vehicles, provided that the toll charger needs this data to comply with

its obligations to tax authorities. Member States shall take the

measures necessary to ensure that the EETS provider provides the

requested data no later than two days after receiving the request. They

shall take the measures necessary to ensure that the toll charger does

not disclose such data to any other toll service provider. They shall

take the measures necessary to ensure that, where the toll charger is

integrated with a toll service provider in one entity, the data are used

for the sole purpose of compliance by the toll charger with its

obligations to tax authorities.

The data provided by EETS providers to toll chargers shall

be processed in compliance with Union rules on the protection of

personal data as set out in Regulation (EU) 2016/679, as well as with

the national laws, regulations or administrative provisions transposing

Directives 2002/58/EC and (EU) 2016/680.

The Commission shall adopt implementing acts, at the

latest by 19 October 2019, to further define the obligations of the

EETS providers regarding

(a) monitoring the performance of their service level, and

cooperation with toll chargers in verification audits;

(b) cooperation with toll chargers in the performance of

toll chargers' systems' tests;

(c) service and technical support to EETS users and

personalisation of OBE;

(d)

the invoicing of EETS users;

(e) the information which EETS providers must provide

to toll chargers and which is referred to in paragraph 7; and

(f) informing the EETS user of a detected toll non-

declaration situation.

Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the

examination procedure referred to in Article 31(2).

Article 6

Rights and obligations of toll chargers

1. Where an EETS domain does not comply with the technical

and procedural EETS interoperability conditions provided for in this

Directive, the Member State on whose territory the EETS domain lies

shall take the measures necessary to ensure that the responsible toll

charger assesses the problem with the stakeholders concerned and, if

within its sphere of responsibilities, takes remedial actions with a view

to ensuring EETS interoperability of the toll system. Where necessary,

the Member State shall update the register referred to in Article 21(1)

in respect of the information referred to in point (a) thereof.

2. Each Member State shall take the measures necessary to

ensure that any toll charger responsible for an EETS domain on the

territory of that Member State develops and maintains an EETS

domain statement setting out the general conditions for EETS

providers for accessing their EETS domains, in accordance with the

implementing acts referred to in paragraph 9.

Where a new electronic road toll system is created on the

territory of a Member State, that Member State shall take the measures

necessary to ensure that the designated toll charger responsible for the

system publishes the EETS domain statement with sufficient notice to

allow for an accreditation of interested EETS providers at the latest

one month before the operational launch of the new system, with due

regard to the length of the process of assessment of conformity to

specifications and of the suitability for use of interoperability

constituents referred to in Article 15(1).

Where an electronic road toll system on the territory of a Member

State is substantially modified, that Member State shall take the

measures necessary to ensure that the toll charger responsible for the

system publishes the updated EETS domain statement with sufficient

notice to allow already accredited EETS providers to adapt their

interoperability constituents to the new requirements and to obtain re-

accreditation at the latest one month before the operational launch of

the modified system, giving due regard to the length of the process of

assessment of the conformity to specifications and of the suitability for

use of interoperability constituents referred to in Article 15(1).

3. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that toll chargers responsible for EETS domains on their territory

accept on a non-discriminatory basis any EETS provider requesting to

provide EETS on the said EETS domains.

Acceptance of an EETS provider in a EETS domain shall be

subject to the provider's compliance with the obligations and general

conditions set out in the EETS domain statement.

Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that

toll chargers do not require EETS providers to use specific technical

solutions, or processes, that hinder the interoperability of an EETS

provider's interoperability constituents with electronic road toll

systems in other EETS domains.

If a toll charger and an EETS provider cannot reach an

agreement, the matter may be referred to the Conciliation Body

responsible for the relevant toll domain.

4. Each Member State shall take the measures necessary to

ensure that the contracts between the toll charger and the EETS

provider, regarding the provision of EETS on the territory of that

Member State, permit the invoice for the toll to be issued to the EETS

user directly by the EETS provider.

The toll charger may require that the EETS provider invoices the

user in the name and on behalf of the toll charger, and the EETS

provider shall comply with that request.

5. The toll charged by toll chargers to EETS users shall not

exceed the corresponding national or local toll. This is without

prejudice to the right of Member States to introduce rebates or

discounts to promote the use of electronic toll payments. All OBE user

rebates or discounts on tolls offered by a Member State or by a toll

charger shall be transparent, publicly announced and available under

the same conditions to clients of EETS providers.

6. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that toll chargers accept on their EETS domains any operational OBE

from EETS providers with whom they have contractual relationships

which have been certified in accordance with the procedure defined in

the implementing acts referred to in Article 15(7) and which do not

appear on a list of invalidated OBE referred to in Article 5(5).

7. In the event of an EETS dysfunction attributable to the toll

charger, the toll charger shall provide for a degraded mode of service

enabling vehicles with the equipment referred to in paragraph 6 to

circulate safely with a minimum of delay and without being suspected

of a failure to pay a road fee.

8. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that toll chargers collaborate in a non-discriminatory way with EETS

providers or manufacturers or notified bodies with a view to assessing

the suitability for use of interoperability constituents on their EETS

domains.

9. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts, at the

latest by 19 October 2019, to lay down the minimum content of the

EETS domain statement, including

(a)

the requirements for EETS providers;

(b) the procedural conditions, including commercial

conditions;

(c)

the procedure of accreditation of EETS providers;

and

(d)

the toll context data.

Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the

examination procedure referred to in Article 31(2).

Article 7

Remuneration

1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that EETS providers are entitled to be remunerated by the toll charger.

2. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that the methodology for defining the remuneration of the EETS

providers is transparent, non-discriminatory and identical for all EETS

providers accredited to a given EETS domain. They shall take the

measures necessary to ensure that the methodology is published as part

of the commercial conditions in the EETS domain statement.

3. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that in EETS domains with a main service provider, the methodology

for calculating the remuneration of EETS providers follows the same

structure as the remuneration of comparable services provided by the

main service provider. The amount of remuneration of EETS providers

may differ from the remuneration of the main service provider

provided that it is justified by

(a) the cost of specific requirements and obligations of

the main service provider and not of the EETS providers; and

(b) the need to deduct, from the remuneration of EETS

providers, the fixed charges imposed by the toll charger based on

the costs, for the toll charger, of providing, operating and

maintaining an EETS compliant system in its toll domain,

including the costs of accreditation, where such costs are not

included in the toll.

Article 8

Tolls

1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that where, for the purpose of establishing the toll tariff applicable to a

given vehicle, there is discrepancy between the vehicle classification

used by the EETS provider and the toll charger, the toll charger's

classification prevails, unless an error can be demonstrated.

2. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that the toll charger is entitled to require, from an EETS provider,

payment for any substantiated toll declaration and any substantiated

toll non-declaration relating to any EETS user account managed by

that EETS provider.

3. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that, where an EETS provider has sent to a toll charger a list of

invalidated OBE referred to in Article 5(5), the EETS provider shall

not be held liable for any further toll incurred through the use of such

invalidated OBE. The number of entries in the list of invalidated OBE,

the list's format and its updating frequency shall be agreed between toll

chargers and EETS providers.

4. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that, in microwave-based toll systems, toll chargers communicate to

EETS providers substantiated toll declarations for tolls incurred by

their respective EETS users.

5. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance

with Article 30, at the latest by 19 October 2019, to lay down the

details for the classification of vehicles for the purposes of establishing

the applicable tariff schemes, including any procedures necessary for

establishing such schemes. The set of vehicle classification parameters

to be supported by EETS shall not restrict the choice of tariff schemes

by toll chargers. The Commission shall ensure sufficient flexibility to

allow the set of classification parameters to be supported by EETS to

evolve according to foreseeable future needs. Those acts shall be

without prejudice to the definition, in Directive 1999/62/EC of the

European Parliament and of the Council * , of the parameters according

to which tolls shall vary.

Article 9

Accounting

Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that

legal entities which provide toll services keep accounting records

which make a clear distinction possible between the costs and

revenues related to the provision of toll services and the costs and

revenues related to other activities. The information on the costs and

revenues related to the toll service provision shall be provided, upon

request, to the relevant Conciliation Body or judicial body. Member

States shall also take the measures necessary to ensure that cross

subsidies between the activities performed in the role of toll service

provider and other activities are not allowed.

Article 10

Rights and obligations of EETS users

1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to allow

EETS users to subscribe to EETS through any EETS provider,

regardless of their nationality, Member State of residence or the

Member State in which the vehicle is registered. When entering into a

contract, EETS users shall be duly informed about valid means of

payment and, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679, about the

processing of their personal data and the rights stemming from

applicable legislation on the protection of personal data.

2. The payment of a toll by an EETS user to its EETS

provider shall be deemed to fulfil the EETS user's payment obligations

to the relevant toll charger.

If two or more OBE are installed or carried on-board a vehicle, it

is the responsibility of the EETS user to use or activate the relevant

* Directive 1999/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June

1999 on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastruc-

tures (OJ L 187, 20.7.1999, p. 42).

OBE for the specific EETS domain.

3. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance

with Article 30, at the latest by 19 October 2019, to further define the

obligations of the EETS users regarding

(a)

the provision of data to the EETS provider; and

(b)

the use and handling of the OBE.

CHAPTER III

CONCILIATION BODY

Article 11

Establishment and functions

1. Each Member State with at least one EETS domain shall

designate or establish a Conciliation Body in order to facilitate

mediation between toll chargers with an EETS domain located within

its territory and EETS providers that have contracts or are in

contractual negotiations with those toll chargers.

2. The Conciliation Body shall be empowered, in particular,

to verify that the contractual conditions imposed by a toll charger on

EETS providers are non-discriminatory. It shall be empowered to

verify that the EETS providers are remunerated in accordance with the

principles provided for in Article 7.

3. The Member States referred to in paragraph 1 shall take the

measures necessary to ensure that their Conciliation Body is

independent, in its organisation and legal structure, from the

commercial interests of toll chargers and toll service providers.

Article 12

Mediation procedure

1. Each Member State with at least one EETS domain shall

lay down a mediation procedure in order to enable a toll charger or an

EETS provider to request the relevant Conciliation Body to intervene

in any dispute relating to their contractual relations or negotiations.

2. The mediation procedure referred to in paragraph 1 shall

require that the Conciliation Body states, within a period of one month

following the receipt of a request for it to intervene, whether all

documents necessary for the mediation are in its possession.

3. The mediation procedure referred to in paragraph 1 shall

require that the Conciliation Body issues its opinion on a dispute no

later than six months after receipt of the request for it to intervene.

4. In order to facilitate its tasks, Member States shall give the

Conciliation Body the power to request relevant information from toll

chargers, EETS providers and any third parties active in the provision

of EETS within the Member State concerned.

5. The Member States with at least one EETS domain and the

Commission shall take the measures necessary to ensure the exchange

of information between the Conciliation Bodies concerning their work,

guiding principles and practices.

CHAPTER IV

TECHNICAL PROVISIONS

Article 13

Single continuous service

Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that

EETS is provided to EETS users as a single continuous service.

This means that

(a) once the vehicle classification parameters, including

the variable ones, have been stored or declared, or both, no

further in-vehicle human intervention is required during a

journey unless there is a modification to the vehicle's

characteristics; and

(b) human interaction with a particular piece of OBE

stays the same whatever the EETS domain.

Article 14

Additional elements regarding EETS

1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that the interaction of EETS users with toll chargers as part of EETS is

limited, where applicable, to the invoicing process in accordance with

Article 6(4) and to enforcement processes. Interactions between EETS

users and EETS providers, or their OBE, may be specific to each

EETS provider, without compromising EETS interoperability.

2. Member States may require that toll service providers,

including EETS providers, at the request of the Member States

authorities, provide traffic data in respect of their clients, subject to

compliance with the applicable data protection rules. Such data shall

only be used by the Member States for the purpose of traffic policies

and enhancing traffic management and the data shall not be used to

identify the clients.

3. The Commission shall adopt, at the latest by 19 October

2019, implementing acts laying down the specifications of electronic

interfaces between the interoperability constituents of toll chargers,

EETS providers and EETS users, including, where applicable, the

content of the messages exchanged between the actors through those

interfaces. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance

with the examination procedure referred to in Article 31(2).

Article 15

Interoperability constituents

1. Where a new electronic road toll system is created on the

territory of a Member State, that Member State shall take the measures

necessary to ensure that the designated toll charger responsible for the

system establishes and publishes in the EETS domain statement the

detailed planning of the process of assessment of conformity to

specifications and of the suitability for use of interoperability

constituents, which allows for the accreditation of interested EETS

providers at the latest one month before the operational launch of the

new system.

Where an electronic road toll system on the territory of a Member

State is substantially modified, that Member State shall take the

measures necessary to ensure that the toll charger responsible for the

system establishes and publishes in the EETS domain statement, in

addition to the elements referred to in the first subparagraph, the

detailed planning of the re-assessment of conformity to specifications

and of the suitability for use of the interoperability constituents of

EETS providers already accredited to the system before its substantial

modification. The planning shall allow for the re- accreditation of

concerned EETS providers at the latest one month before the

operational launch of the modified system.

The toll charger shall respect that planning.

2. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that each toll charger responsible for an EETS domain on the territory

of that Member States sets up a test environment in which the EETS

provider or its authorised representatives can check that its OBE is

suitable for use in the toll charger's EETS domain and obtain

certification of the successful completion of the respective tests.

Member States shall take the measures necessary to allow toll chargers

to set up a single test environment for more than one EETS domain,

and to allow one authorised representative to check the suitability for

use of one type of OBE on behalf of more than one EETS provider.

Member States shall take the measures necessary to allow toll

chargers to require EETS providers or their authorised representatives

to cover the cost of the respective tests.

3. Member States shall not prohibit, restrict or hinder the

placing on the market of interoperability constituents for use in EETS

where they bear the CE marking or either a declaration of conformity

to specifications or a declaration of suitability for use, or both. In

particular, Member States shall not require checks which have already

been carried out as part of the procedure for checking conformity to

specifications or suitability for use, or both.

4. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance

with Article 30, at the latest by 19 October 2019, to lay down the

requirements for interoperability constituents regarding safety and

health, reliability and availability, environment protection, technical

compatibility, security and privacy and operation and management.

5. The Commission shall also adopt delegated acts in

accordance with Article 30, at the latest by 19 October 2019, to lay

down the general infrastructure requirements regarding

(a) the accuracy of toll declaration data with a view to

guaranteeing equality of treatment between EETS users in

respect of tolls and charges;

(b) the identification,

through

the

OBE,

of

the

responsible EETS provider;

(c) the use of open standards for the interoperability

constituents of the EETS equipment;

(d)

the integration of the OBE in the vehicle; and

(e) the signalisation, to the driver, of the requirement to

pay a road fee.

6. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts, at the

latest by 19 October 2019, to lay down the following specific

infrastructure requirements

(a) requirements on common communication protocols

between toll chargers and EETS providers equipment;

(b) requirements on mechanisms for toll chargers to

detect whether a vehicle circulating on their EETS domain is

equipped with a valid and functioning OBE;

(c)

requirements on the human-machine interface in the

OBE;

(d) requirements applying specifically to interoperability

constituents in microwave technologies-based toll systems; and

(e) requirements applying specifically in Global

Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-based toll systems.

Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the

examination procedure referred to in Article 31(2).

7. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts, at the

latest by 19 October 2019, to lay down the procedure to be applied by

the Member States for assessing the conformity to specifications and

suitability for use of interoperability constituents, including the

content and format of the EC declarations. Those implementing acts

shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure

referred to in Article 31(2).

CHAPTER V

SAFEGUARD CLAUSES

Article 16

Safeguard procedure

1. Where a Member State has reason to believe that

interoperability constituents bearing a CE marking and placed on the

market are unlikely, when used as intended, to meet the relevant

requirements, it shall take all necessary steps to restrict their field of

application, prohibit their use or withdraw them from the market. The

Member State shall immediately inform the Commission of the

measures taken and give the reasons for its decision, stating in

particular whether failure to conform is due to

(a)

incorrect application of technical specifications; or

(b)

inadequacy of technical specifications.

2. The Commission shall consult the concerned Member

State, manufacturer, EETS provider or their authorised representatives

established within the Union as quickly as possible. Where, following

that consultation, the Commission establishes that the measure is

justified, it shall immediately inform the Member State concerned as

well as the other Member States. However, where, following that

consultation, the Commission establishes that the measure is

unjustified, it shall immediately inform the Member State concerned,

as well as the manufacturer or its authorised representative established

within the Union and the other Member States.

3. Where interoperability constituents bearing the CE marking

fail to comply with interoperability requirements, the competent

Member State shall require the manufacturer or its authorised

representative established in the Union to restore the interoperability

constituent to a state of conformity to specifications or suitability for

use, or both, under the conditions laid down by that Member State and

shall inform the Commission and the other Member States thereof.

Article 17

Transparency of assessments

Any decision taken by a Member State or a toll charger concerning

the assessment of conformity to specifications or suitability for use

of interoperability constituents and any decision taken pursuant to

Article 16 shall set out in detail the reasons on which it is based. It

shall be notified as soon as possible to the concerned manufacturer,

EETS provider or their authorised representatives, together with an

indication of the remedies available under the laws in force in the

Member State concerned and of the time limits allowed for the

exercise of such remedies.

CHAPTER VI

ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS

Article 18

Single contact office

Each Member State with at least two EETS domains on its territory

shall designate a single contact office for EETS providers. The

Member State shall make public the contact details of that office,

and provide them, upon request, to interested EETS providers. The

Member State shall take the measures necessary to ensure that,

upon request of the EETS provider, the contact office facilitates and

coordinates early administrative contacts between the EETS

provider and the toll chargers responsible for the EETS domains on

the territory of the Member State. The contact office may be a

natural person or a public or a private body.

Article 19

Notified bodies

1. Member States shall notify to the Commission and the

other Member States any bodies entitled to carry out or supervise the

procedure for the assessment of conformity to specifications or

suitability for use referred to in the implementing acts referred to in

Article 15(7), indicating each body's area of competence, and the

identification numbers obtained in advance from the Commission. The

Commission shall publish in the Official Journal of the European

Union the list of bodies, their identification numbers and areas of

competence, and shall keep the list updated.

2. Member States shall apply the criteria provided for in the

delegated acts referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article for the

assessment of the bodies to be notified. Bodies meeting the assessment

criteria provided for in the relevant European standards shall be

deemed to meet the said criteria.

3. A Member State shall withdraw approval from a body

which no longer meets the criteria provided for in the delegated acts

referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article. It shall immediately inform

the Commission and the other Member States thereof.

4. Where a Member State or the Commission considers that a

body notified by another Member State does not meet the criteria

provided for in the delegated acts referred to in paragraph 5 of this

Article, the matter shall be referred to the Electronic Toll Committee

referred to in Article 31(1), which shall deliver its opinion within three

months. In the light of the opinion of that Committee, the Commission

shall inform the Member State which notified the body in question of

any changes that are necessary for the notified body to retain the status

conferred upon it.

5. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance

with Article 30, at the latest by 19 October 2019, to lay down the

minimum criteria of eligibility for notified bodies.

Article 20

Coordination Group

A Coordination Group of the bodies notified under Article 19(1)

(the "Coordination Group") shall be set up as a working group of

the Electronic Toll Committee referred to in Article 31(1), in

accordance with that Committee's Rules of Procedure.

Article 21

Registers

1. For the purposes of the implementation of this Directive,

each Member State shall keep a national electronic register of the

following

(a) the EETS domains within their territory, including

information relating to

(i)

the corresponding toll chargers;

(ii)

the tolling technologies employed;

(iii) the toll context data;

(iv) the EETS domain statement; and

(v) the EETS providers having EETS contracts

with the toll chargers active in the territory of that Member

State;

(b) the EETS providers to whom it has granted

registration in accordance with Article 4; and

(c) the details of the single contact office referred to in

Article 18 for EETS including a contact email address and

telephone number.

Unless otherwise specified, Member States shall verify at least

once a year that the requirements set out in points (a), (d), (e) and (f) of

Article 4 are still met, and shall update the register accordingly. The

register shall also contain the conclusions of the audit provided for in

point (e) of Article 4. A Member State shall not be held liable for the

actions of the EETS providers mentioned in its register.

2. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that all the data contained in the national electronic register are kept

up-to-date and are accurate.

3. The registers shall be electronically accessible to the

public.

4. These registers shall be available as of 19 October 2021.

5. At the end of each calendar year, the Member States

authorities in charge of the registers shall communicate, to the

Commission, by electronic means, the registers of EETS domains and

EETS providers. The Commission shall make the information

available to the other Member States. Any inconsistencies with the

situation in a Member State shall be brought to the attention of the

Member State of registration and of the Commission.

CHAPTER VII

PILOT SYSTEMS

Article 22

Pilot toll systems

1. To allow for EETS technical development, Member States

may temporarily authorise, on limited parts of their toll domain and in

parallel with the EETS compliant system, pilot toll systems

incorporating new technologies or concepts which do not comply with

one or more provisions of this Directive.

2. EETS providers shall not be required to participate in pilot

toll systems.

3. Before starting a pilot toll system, the Member State

concerned shall request the authorisation of the Commission. The

Commission shall issue the authorisation or refuse it, in the form of a

Decision, within six months from the moment it received the request.

The Commission may refuse the authorisation if the pilot toll system

could prejudice the correct functioning of the regular electronic road

toll system or of the EETS. The initial period of such authorisation

shall not exceed three years.

CHAPTER VIII

EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON THE FAILURE TO PAY

ROAD FEES

Article 23

Procedure for the exchange of information between Member

States

1. In order to allow the identification of the vehicle, and the

owner or holder of that vehicle, for which a failure to pay a road fee

has been established, each Member State shall grant access only to

other Member States' national contact points to the following national

vehicle registration data, with the power to conduct automated

searches thereon

(a)

data relating to vehicles; and

(b)

data relating to the owners or holders of the vehicle.

The data elements referred to in points (a) and (b) which are

necessary in order to conduct an automated search shall comply with

Annex I

2. For the purposes of the exchange of data referred to in

paragraph 1, each Member State shall designate a national contact

point. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that

the exchange of information between Member States takes place only

between the national contact points. The powers of the national contact

points shall be governed by the applicable law of the Member State

concerned. In that data exchange process, particular attention shall be

paid to the proper protection of personal data.

3. When conducting an automated search in the form of an

outgoing request, the national contact point of the Member State in

whose territory there was a failure to pay a road fee shall use a full

registration number.

Those automated searches shall be conducted in compliance with

the procedures referred to in points 2 and 3 of Chapter 3 of the Annex

to Council Decision 2008/616/JHA * and with the requirements of

Annex I to this Directive.

The Member State in whose territory there was a failure to pay a

road fee shall use the data obtained in order to establish who is liable

for the failure to pay that fee.

4. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that the exchange of information is carried out using the European

Vehicle and Driving Licence Information System (Eucaris) software

application and amended versions of this software, in compliance with

Annex I to this Directive and with points 2 and 3 of Chapter 3 of the

Annex to Decision 2008/616/JHA.

5. Each Member State shall bear its own costs arising from the

administration, use and maintenance of the software applications

referred to in paragraph 4.

Article 24

Information letter on the failure to pay a road fee

1. The Member State in whose territory there was a failure to

pay a road fee shall decide whether or not to initiate follow-up

proceedings in relation to the failure to pay a road fee.

Where the Member State in whose territory there was a failure to

pay a road fee decides to initiate such proceedings, that Member State

shall, in accordance with its national law, inform the owner, the holder

of the vehicle or the otherwise identified person suspected of failing to

* Council Decision 2008/616/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the implementation of Deci-

sion 2008/615/JHA on the stepping up of cross- border cooperation, particularly

in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (OJ L 210, 6.8.2008, p. 12).

pay the road fee.

This information shall, as applicable under national law, include

the legal consequences thereof within the territory of the Member State

in which there was a failure to pay a road fee under the law of that

Member State.

2. When sending the information letter to the owner, the

holder of the vehicle or to the otherwise identified person suspected of

failing to pay the road fee, the Member State in whose territory there

was a failure to pay a road fee shall, in accordance with its national

law, include any relevant information, notably the nature of the failure

to pay the road fee, the place, date and time of the failure to pay the

road fee, the title of the texts of the national law infringed, the right to

appeal and to have access to information, and the sanction and, where

appropriate, data concerning the device used for detecting the failure

to pay a road fee. For that purpose, the Member State in whose

territory there was a failure to pay a road fee shall base the information

letter on the template set out in Annex II.

3. Where the Member State in whose territory there was a

failure to pay a road fee decides to initiate follow-up proceedings in

relation to the failure to pay a road fee, it shall, for the purpose of

ensuring the respect of fundamental rights, send the information letter

in the language of the registration document of the vehicle, if

available, or in one of the official languages of the Member State of

registration.

Article 25

Follow-up proceedings by the levying entities

1. The Member State on whose territory there was a failure to

pay a road fee may provide to the entity responsible for levying the

road fee the data obtained through the procedure referred to in Article

23(1) only if the following conditions are met

(a) the data transferred is limited to what is needed by

that entity to obtain the road fee due;

(b) the procedure for obtaining the road fee due complies

with the procedure provided for in Article 24;

(c) the entity concerned is responsible for carrying out

this procedure; and

(d) compliance with the payment order issued by the

entity receiving the data puts an end to the failure to pay a road

fee.

2. Member States shall ensure that the data provided to the

responsible entity are used solely for the purpose of obtaining the road

fee due and is immediately deleted once the road fee is paid or, if the

failure to pay persists, within a reasonable period after the transfer of

the data, to be set by the Member State.

Article 26

Reporting by Member States to the Commission

Each Member State shall send a comprehensive report to the

Commission by 19 April 2023 and every three years thereafter.

The comprehensive report shall indicate the number of automated

searches conducted by the Member State in whose territory there

was a failure to pay a road fee addressed to the national contact

point of the Member State of registration, following failures to pay

road fees that occurred on its territory, together with the number of

failed requests.

The comprehensive report shall also include a description of the

situation at national level in relation to the follow-up concerning the

failures to pay road fees, based on the proportion of such failures to

pay road fees which have been followed up by information letters.

Article 27

Data protection

1. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the national laws,

regulations or administrative provisions transposing Directives 2002/

58/EC and (EU) 2016/680 shall apply to personal data processed under

this Directive.

2. Member States shall, in accordance with applicable data

protection legislation, take the measures necessary, to ensure that

(a) the processing of personal data for the purposes of

Articles 23, 24 and 25 is limited to the types of data listed in

Annex I to this Directive;

(b) personal data are accurate, kept up-to date and

requests for rectification or erasure are handled without undue

delay; and

(c) a time limit is established for the storage of personal

data. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure

that personal data processed under this Directive are used only

for the purposes of

(a) identification of suspected offenders in view of

the obligation to pay road fees within the scope of Article

5(8);

(b) ensuring the compliance of the toll charger as

regards its obligations to tax authorities within the scope of

Article 5(9); and

(c) identification of the vehicle and the owner or

holder of the vehicle for which a failure to pay a road fee

has been established within the scope of Articles 23 and 24.

Member States shall also take the measures necessary to ensure

that the data subjects have the same rights of information, access,

rectification, erasure and restriction of processing, and to lodge a

complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, compensation

and an effective judicial remedy as provided for in Regulation (EU)

2016/679 or, where applicable, Directive (EU) 2016/680.

3. This Article shall not affect the possibility of Member

States to restrict the scope of the obligations and rights provided for in

certain provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 in accordance with

Article 23 of that Regulation for the purposes listed in the first

paragraph of that Article.

4. Any person concerned shall have the right to obtain,

without undue delay, information on which personal data recorded in

the Member State of registration were transmitted to the Member State

in which there was a failure to pay a road fee, including the date of the

request and the competent authority of the Member State in whose

territory there was a failure to pay a road fee.

CHAPTER IX

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 28

Report

1. By 19 April 2023, the Commission shall present a report to

the European Parliament and to the Council on the implementation and

effects of this Directive, in particular as regards the advancement and

deployment of the EETS and the effectiveness and efficiency of the

mechanism for the exchange of data in the framework of the

investigation of events of failure to pay road fees.

The report shall analyse in particular the following

(a) the effect of Article 5(1) and (2) on the deployment of

EETS, with a particular focus on the availability of the service in

small or peripheral EETS domains;

(b) the effectiveness of Articles 23, 24 and 25 on the

reduction in the number of failures to pay road fees in the Union;

(c) the progress made on interoperability aspects

between electronic road toll systems using satellite positioning

and 5,8 GHz microwave technology.

2. The report shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by a

proposal to the European Parliament and the Council for further

revision of this Directive, regarding notably the following elements

(a) additional measures to ensure that the EETS is

available in all EETS domains, including small and peripheral

ones;

(b) measures to further facilitate the cross-border

enforcement of the obligation to pay road fees in the Union,

including mutual assistance arrangements; and

(c) the extension of the provisions facilitating cross-

border enforcement to low emission zones, restricted access

zones or other urban vehicle access regulation schemes.

Article 29

Delegated acts

The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in

accordance with Article 30, updating Annex I to take into account

any relevant amendments to be made to Council Decisions 2008/

615/JHA * and 2008/616/JHA or where this is required by any other

relevant legal acts of the Union.

Article 30

Exercise of the delegation

1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the

Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.

2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article

* Council Decision 2008/615/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the stepping up of cross-bor-

der cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (OJ

L 210, 6.8.2008, p. 1).

8(5), Article 10(3), Article 15(4) and (5), Article 19(5) and Article 29

shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from

18 April 2019. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of

the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of

the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended

for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or

the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before

the end of each period.

3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 8(5), Article

10(3), Article 15(4) and (5), Article 19(5) and Article 29 may be

revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A

decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power

specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the

publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European

Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity

of any delegated acts already in force.

4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall

consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with

the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April

2016 on Better Law-Making.

5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall

notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the

Council.

6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 8(5), Article

10(3), Article 15(4) and (5), Article 19(5) and Article 29 shall enter

into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the

European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months

of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council

or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the

Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object.

That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the

European Parliament or of the Council.

Article 31

Committee procedure

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Electronic Toll

Committee.

That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of

Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

2. When reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of

Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply. Where the committee

delivers no opinion, the Commission shall not adopt the draft

implementing act and the third sub-paragraph of Article 5(4) of

Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

Article 32

Transposition

1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 19 October

2021, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to

comply with Articles 1 to 27 and Annexes I and II. They shall

immediately communicate the text of those measures to the

Commission.

They shall apply those measures from 19 October 2021.

When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a

reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference

on the occasion of their official publication. They shall also include a

statement that references in existing laws, regulations and

administrative provisions to the Directive repealed by this Directive

shall be construed as references to this Directive. Member States shall

determine how such reference is to be made and how that statement is

to be formulated.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the

text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the

field covered by this Directive.

Article 33

Repeal

Directive 2004/52/EC is repealed with effect from 20 October 2021,

without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating

to the time-limit for the transposition into national law of the

Directive set out in Annex III, Part B.

References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as

references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with the

correlation table set out in Annex IV.

Article 34

Entry into force

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following

that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 35

Addressees

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 19 March 2019.

For

the

European

The President

Parliament For the Council

The President

A. TAJANI

G. CIAMBA

ANNEX I

Data elements necessary to conduct the automated search referred

to in Article 23(1)

Data elements provided as a result of the automated search

conducted pursuant to Article 23(1)

Part I. Data relating to vehicles

Part II. Data relating to owners or holders of the vehicles

ANNEX II

TEMPLATE FOR THE INFORMATION LETTER

referred to in Article 24

[Cover page]

[Name, address and telephone number of sender].........................

.... [Name and address of addressee]

INFORMATION LETTER

regarding the failure to pay a road fee occurred in .,................

………………………………………………

[name of the Member State in whose territory there was a failure

to pay a road fee]

Page 2

On

a

failure to pay a road fee with the vehicle with registration

……………………………

[date]

number .......................... make ..............................

model

........................ was detected by .......................................

[name of the responsible body]

[Option 1] (1)

You are registered as the holder of the registration certificate of

the abovementioned vehicle.

[Option 2] (1)

The holder of the registration certificate of the abovementioned

vehicle indicated that you were driving that vehicle when the failure to

pay a road fee was committed. The relevant details of the failure to pay

a road fee are described on page 3 below.

The amount of the financial penalty due for the failure to pay a

road fee is .............................. EUR/national currency (1) . The amount

of the road fee due to pay is .............................................. EUR/

national currency (1) .

Deadline for the payment is ..................................................

You are advised to complete the attached reply form (page 4) and

send it to the address shown, if you do not pay this financial penalty

(1) /road fee (1) .

This letter shall be processed in accordance with the national law

of ...........................................................................................[name of

the Member State in whose territory there was a failure to pay a road

fee].

Page 3

Relevant details concerning the failure to pay a road fee

(a) Data concerning the vehicle which was used in the failure to

pay a

road fee: Registration number: .........................................

Member State of registration: ……......................................................

Make and model ...............................................................................

(b) Data concerning the failure to pay a road fee

Place, date and time where the failure to pay a road fee occurred

Nature and legal classification of the failure to pay a road fee

Detailed description of the failure to pay a road fee

Reference

to

the

relevant

legal

provision(s)

Description of or reference to the evidence regarding the failure to pay

a road fee: ...........................................................................................

(c) Data concerning the device that was used for detecting the

failure to pay a road fee (2)

Specification of the device: ..........................................

Identification number of the device: ..................................

Expiry date for the last gauging: ...................................

(1) Delete if not applicable.

(2) Not applicable if no device has been used.

Page 4

Reply form

(please complete using block capitals)

Identity of the driver: — Full name: ……............................ —

Place and date of birth...................................................................... —

Number of driving licence: ..............................................................

delivered (date): …………………and at (place): ...................

— Address: ….......................................................................

B. List of questions

1. Is the vehicle, make ................., registration number

......................, registered in your name? ................ yes/no (1) If not,

holder

of

the

registration

certificate

is

...................................................................... (name, first name,

address)

2. Do you acknowledge that you failed to pay a road fee? yes/no

(1)

3. If you do not acknowledge this, please explain why

Please send the completed form within 60 days from the date of this

information letter to the following authority or entity

at the following address………………………………………………

INFORMATION

(Where the information letter is sent by the entity responsible for

levying the road fee pursuant to Article 25)

If the road fee due is not paid within the deadline set out in this

information letter, this case will be forwarded to and examined by the

competent authority of ……..................................................................

[name of the Member State in whose territory there was a failure to

pay a road fee].

If this case is not pursued, you will be informed within 60 days

after receipt of the reply form or the proof of payment (1) .

/

(Where the information letter is sent by the competent authority

of the Member State): This case will be examined by the competent

authority of ................................................................................ [name

of the Member State in whose territory there was a failure to pay a road

fee]. If this case is not pursued, you will be informed within 60 days

after receipt of the reply form or the proof of payment (1) .

(1) Delete if not applicable.

If this case is pursued, the following procedure applies

[to be filled in by the Member State in whose territory there was a

failure to pay a road fee – what the further procedure will be, Including

details of the possibility and procedure of appeal against the decision

to pursue the case. These details shall in any event include: name and

address of the authority or entity in charge of pursuing the case;

deadline for payment; name and address of the body of appeal

concerned; deadline for appeal].

This letter as such does not lead to legal consequences.

Data protection disclaimer

[Where Regulation (EU) 2016/679 is applicable

In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679, you have the right to

request access to, and rectification or erasure of, personal data or

restriction of processing of your personal data or to object to the

processing, as well as the right to data portability. You also have the

right to lodge a complaint with [name and address of the relevant

supervisory authority].

[Where Directive (EU) 2016/680 is applicable

In accordance with [name of the national law applying Directive (EU)

2016/680], you have the right to request from the controller access to

and rectification or erasure of personal data and restriction of

processing of your personal data. You also have the right to lodge a

complaint with [name and address of the relevant supervisory

authority].]

ANNEX III

PART A

Repealed Directive with the amendment thereto

(referred to in Article 33)

PART B

Time-limit for transposition into national law

(referred to in Article 33)

ANNEX IV

Correlation

Table

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jiżguraw li fornituri tal-EETS li jipprovdu l-EETS fit-territorju

tagħhom jikkooperaw mal-kolletturi tal-pedaġġ fl-isforzi tagħhom

biex jidentifikaw awturi suspettati ta' reati. L-Istati Membri għandhom

jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex jiżguraw li, fejn ikun suspettat nuqqas

ta' ħlas tat-tariffa tat- triq, il-kollettur tal-pedaġġ ikun jista' jikseb mill-

fornitur tal-EETS id-data marbuta mal-vettura involuta fin-nuqqas

suspettat ta' ħlas ta' tariffa tat-triq u lis-sid jew lid-detentur ta' dik il-

vettura li hu klijent tal-fornitur tal-EETS. Din id-data għandha

tingħata minnufih mill-fornitur tal-EETS.

L-Istati Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jiżguraw li l-kollettur tal-pedaġġ ma jiżvelax din id-data lil ebda

fornitur ieħor tas-servizz ta' pedaġġ. Huma għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri

meħtieġa biex jiżguraw li, fejn il-kollettur tal- pedaġġ ikun integrat

ma' fornitur tas-servizz ta' pedaġġ f'entità waħda, id-data tintuża biss

biex tidentifika awturi suspettati ta' reati, jew skont l-Artikolu 27(3).

9. L-Istati Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jiżguraw li kollettur tal-pedaġġ responsabbli minn dominju tal-EETS

fit-territorju tagħhom ikun jista' jikseb minn fornitur tal-EETS data

marbuta mal-vetturi kollha li s-sid jew id-detenturi tagħhom ikunu

klijenti tal-fornitur tal-EETS, li, f'perijodu partikolari ta' żmien, ikunu

saqu fid-dominju tal-EETS li għalih ikun responsabbli l-kollettur tal-

pedaġġ, kif ukoll id-data marbuta mas-sidien jew id-detenturi ta' dawn

il-vetturi, dment li l-kollettur tad-data jkun jeħtieġ din id-data biex

jikkonforma mal-obbligi tiegħu lejn l-awtoritajiet tat- taxxa. L-Istati

Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex jiżguraw li l-fornitur

tal-EETS jipprovdi d-data mitlubapedaġġ ma jiżvelax din id-data lil

ebda fornitur ieħor tas-servizz ta' pedaġġ. Għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri

meħtieġa biex jiżguraw li, fejn il-kollettur tad-data hu integrat ma'

fornitur tas-servizz ta' pedaġġ f'entità waħda, id-data tintuża biss

għall-konformità mill-kollettur tal-pedaġġ mal-obbligi tiegħu lejn l-

awtoritajiet tat-taxxa.

10. Id-data mogħtija mill-fornituri tal-EETS lill-kolletturi tal-

pedaġġi għandha tiġi pproċessata f'konformità mar-regoli tal-Unjoni

dwar il-protezzjoni tad-data personali kif jinsabu spjegati fir-

Regolament (UE) 2016/679, kif ukoll mal-liġijiet, ir-regolamenti jew

id-dispożizzjonijiet amministrattivi nazzjonali li jittrasponu d-Direttivi

2002/58/KE u (UE) 2016/680.

11. Il-Kummissjoni għandha tadotta atti ta' implimentazzjoni,

mhux aktar tard mid-19 ta' Ottubru 2019, biex ikomplu jiddefinixxu l-

obbligi tal-fornituri tal-EETS dwar

(a) il-monitoraġġ tal-prestazzjoni tal-livell tas-servizz

tagħhom, u kooperazzjoni mal-kolletturi tal-pedaġġ fil-verifika

tal- awditi;

(b) kooperazzjoni

mal-Kolletturi

tal-Pedaġġ

fil-

prestazzjoni tat-testijiet tas-sistemi tal-kolletturi tal-pedaġġ;

(c) appoġġ tekniku u tas-servizz lil utenti tal-EETS u

personalizzazzjoni ta' OBE;

(d)

kontijiet mibgħuta lil utenti tal-EETS;

(e) l-informazzjoni li fornituri tal-EETS iridu jipprovdu

lill-kolletturi tal-pedaġġi u li tissemma fil-paragrafu 7; u

(f) li utent tal-EETS jiġi mgħarraf b'sitwazzjoni

identifikata ta' pedaġġ mhux iddikjarat; Dawk l-atti ta'

implimentazzjoni għandhom jiġu adottati skont il-proċedura ta'

eżami msemmija fl-Artikolu 31(2).

Artikolu 6

Drittijiet u obbligi tal-kolletturi tal-pedaġġ

1. Fejn dominju tal-EETS ma jikkonformax mal-

kondizzjonijiet ta' interoperabilità teknika u proċedurali tal-EETS

ipprovduti f'din id-Direttiva, l-Istat Membru li t-territorju tiegħu jinsab

fid-dominju tal-EETS jeħtieġ li jieħu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex jiżgura li

l-kollettur tal-pedaġġ responsabbli jivvaluta l-problema mal-partijiet

interessati kkonċernati u, jekk ikun jaqa' taħt ir-responsabbiltajiet

tiegħu, jieħu azzjonijiet ta' rimedju bil-ħsieb li jiżgura l-

interoperabilità tas- sistema ta' pedaġġ. Fejn meħtieġ, l-Istat Membru

jeħtieġ li jaġġorna r-reġistru msemmi fil-punt (a) l-Artikolu 21(1) fir-

rigward tal-informazzjoni msemmija fil-punt (a) tiegħu.

2. Kull Stat Membru jeħtieġ li jieħu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jiżgura li kwalunkwe kollettur tal-pedaġġi responsabbli minn dominju

tal-EETS fit-territorju ta' dak l-Istat Membru jiżviluppa u jżomm

dikjarazzjoni dwar id-dominju tal-EETS li tistipula l-kondizzjonijiet

ġenerali biex il-fornituri tal-EETS jaċċessaw id-dominji tal-EETS

tagħhom, skont l-atti ta' implimentazzjoni msemmija fil-paragrafu 9.

Fejn tinħoloq sistema elettronika ta' pedaġġ fit-territorju ta' Stat

Membru dak l-Istat Membru jeħtieġ li jieħu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jiżgura li l-kollettur tal-pedaġġ nominat responsabbli mis-sistema

jippubblika d-dikjarazzjoni dwar id- dominju tal-EETS billi javża

biżżejjed minn qabel biex tkun tista' ssir akkreditazzjoni tal-fornituri

tal-EETS interessati mhux aktar tard minn xahar qabel il-varar

operazzjonali tas-sistema l-ġdida, filwaqt li jitqies kif dovut it-tul tal-

proċess tal-valutazzjoni tal-konformità mal-ispeċifikazzjonijiet u tal-

idoneità għall-użu tal-kostitwenti tal-interoperabilità msemmi fl-

Artikolu 15(1).

Fejn sistema elettronika ta' pedaġġ fit-territorju ta' Stat Membru

tiġi modifikata sostanzjalment, dak l-Istat Membru jeħtieġ li jieħu l-

miżuri meħtieġa biex jiżgura li l-kollettur tal-pedaġġ responsabbli mis-

sistema jippubblika d-dikjarazzjoni aġġornata dwar id-dominju tal-

EETS biżżejjed minn qabel biex fornituri tal-EETS diġà akkreditati

jkunu jistgħu jadattaw il-kostitwenti tal-interoperabilità tagħhom għar-

rekwiżiti l-ġodda u jiksbu akkreditazzjoni mill-ġdid mhux aktar tard

minn xahar qabel il-varar operazzjonali tas-sistema modifikata,

b'kunsiderazzjoni dovuta għat-tul tal-proċess tal- valutazzjoni tal-

konformità mal-ispeċifikazzjonijiet u tal-idoneità għall-użu tal-

kostitwenti tal-interoperabilità msemmija fl-Artikolu 15(1).

3. L-Istati Membri jeħtieġ li jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jiżguraw li l-kolletturi tal-pedaġġ responsabbli minn dominji tal-EETS

fit-territorju tagħhom jaċċettaw fuq bażi nondiskriminatorja

kwalunkwe fornitur tal-EETS li jitlob li jipprovdi l-EETS fid-dominji

tal-EETS imsemmija.

Aċċettazzjoni ta' fornitur tal-EETS f'dominju tal-EETS għandha

tkun soġġetta għall-konformità tal-fornitur mal-obbligi u l-

kundizzjonijiet ġenerali stipulati fid-dikjarazzjoni tad-dominju tal-

EETS.

L-Istati Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jiżguraw li l-kolletturi tal-pedaġġi ma jirrikjedux li l-fornituri tal-

EETS jużaw soluzzjonijiet jew proċessi tekniċi speċifiċi li jxekklu l-

interoperabilità tal-kostitwenti tal-interoperabilità ta' fornitur tal-EETS

b'sistemi elettroniċi ta' pedaġġ f'dominji oħra tal-EETS.

Jekk kollettur tal-pedaġġ u fornitur tal-EETS ma jkunux jistgħu

jilħqu qbil, il-kwistjoni tista' tiġi referuta lill-Korp Konċiljatorju

responsabbli mid-dominju rilevanti tal-pedaġġ.

4. Kull Stat Membru jeħtieġ li jieħu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jiżgura li l-kuntratti bejn il-kollettur tal-pedaġġi u l- fornitur tal-EETS

dwar il-forniment tal-EETS fit-territorju ta' dak l-Istat Membru,

jippermettu li l-kontijiet għall-pedaġġ jinħarġu lill-utent tal-EETS

direttament mill-fornitur tal-EETS.

Il-kollettur tal-pedaġġi jista' jirrikjedi li l-fornitur tal-EETS

joħroġ fatturi għall-utent f'isem u għan-nom tal-kollettur tal- pedaġġi,

u l-fornitur tal-EETS għandu jikkonforma ma' dik it-talba.

5. Il-pedaġġ mitlub mill-kolletturi tal-pedaġġi lill-utenti tal-

EETS ma għandux jaqbeż il-pedaġġ nazzjonali jew lokali

korrispondenti. Dan huwa mingħajr preġudizzju għad-dritt tal-Istati

Membri li jintroduċu ribassi jew skontijiet biex jippromwovu l-użu ta'

pagamenti elettroniċi tal-pedaġġ. Ir-ribassi jew skontijiet kollha tal-

utenti tal-OBE fuq il-pedaġġi offruti minn Stat Membru jew minn

kollettur tal-pedaġġ għandhom ikunu trasparenti, imħabbra

pubblikament u disponibbli bl-istess kondizzjonijiet lill-klijenti tal-

fornituri tal-EETS.

6. L-Istati Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jiżguraw li l-kolletturi tal-pedaġġ jaċċettaw fuq id-dominji tal-EETS

tagħhom kwalunkwe OBE operazzjonali minn fornituri tal-EETS li

magħhom għandhom relazzjonijiet kuntrattwali li ġew iċċertifikati

skont il-proċedura definita fl-atti ta' implimentazzjoni msemmija fl-

Artikolu 15(7) u li ma jidhrux fuq lista ta' OBE invalidat imsemmi fl-

Artikolu 5(5).

7. Fil-każ ta' ħsara fl-EETS attribwibbli għall-kollettur tal-

pedaġġi, il-kollettur tal-pedaġġi għandu jforni mod ta' servizz

imnaqqas li jippermetti lill-vetturi bit-tagħmir imsemmi fil-paragrafu 6

jiċċirkolaw fis-sikurezza b'dewmien minimu u mingħajr ma jiġu

suspettati b'nuqqas ta' ħlas ta' tariffa tat-triq.

8. L-Istati Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jiżguraw

li

l-kolletturi

tal-pedaġġ

jikkollaboraw

b'mod

nondiskriminatorju mal-fornituri tal-EETS jew il-manifatturi jew l-

entitajiet notifikati bil-ħsieb li tiġi vvalutata l-idoneità għall-użu tal-

kostitwenti tal-interoperabilità fid-dominji tal-EETS tagħhom.

9. Il-Kummissjoni għandha tadotta atti ta' implimentazzjoni,

sa mhux aktar tard mid-19 ta' Ottubru 2019, li jistabbilixxu l-kontenut

minimu tad-dikjarazzjoni tad-dominju tal-EETS, inkluż

(a)

ir-rekwiżiti għall-fornituri tal-EETS;

(b) il-kondizzjonijiet

proċedurali

inklużi

l-

kondizzjonijiet kummerċjali;

(c)

il-proċedura

tal-akkreditazzjoni

tal-fornituri

tal-

EETS; u

(d)

id-data dwar il-kuntest tal-pedaġġ.

Dawk l-atti ta' implimentazzjoni għandhom jiġu adottati skont il-

proċedura ta' eżami msemmija fl-Artikolu 31(2).

Artikolu 7

Remunerazzjoni

1. L-Istati Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jiżguraw li l-fornituri tal-EETS ikunu intitolati li jiġu remunerati mill-

kollettur tal-pedaġġ.

2. L-Istati Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jiżguraw li l-metodoloġija għad-definizzjoni tar-remunerazzjoni tal-

fornituri tal-EETS tkun trasparenti, nondiskriminatorja u identika

għall-fornituri kollha tal-EETS akkreditati għal dominju tal-EETS

partikolari. Għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex jiżguraw li l-

metodoloġija tiġi ppubblikata bħala parti mill-kondizzjonijiet

kummerċjali fid-dikjarazzjoni tad-dominju tal-EETS.

3. L-Istati Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jiżguraw li fid-dominji tal-EETS b'fornitur ewlieni tas- servizz, il-

metodoloġija għall-kalkolu tar-remunerazzjoni tal-fornituri tal-EETS

issegwi l-istess struttura tar-remunerazzjoni ta' servizzi komparabbli

pprovduti mill-fornitur ewlieni tas-servizz. L-ammont ta'

remunerazzjoni tal-fornituri tal-EETS jista' jkun differenti mir-

remunerazzjoni tal-fornitur ewlieni tas-servizz sakemm ikun ġustifikat

minn

(a) l-ispiża tar-rekwiżiti u l-obbligi speċifiċi tal-fornitur

ewlieni tas-servizz u mhux tal-fornituri tal-EETS; u

(b) il-ħtieġa li jitnaqqsu, mir-remunerazzjoni tal-fornituri

tal-EETS, il-ħlasijiet fissi imposti mill-kollettur tal-pedaġġ

abbażi tal-ispejjeż, għall-kollettur tal-pedaġġ, li jipprovdi, jopera

u jżomm sistema konformi mal-EETS fid-dominju tal-pedaġġ

tiegħu, inklużi l-kostijiet tal-akkreditazzjoni, fejn dawn il-

kostijiet mhumiex inklużi fil-pedaġġ.

Artikolu 8

Pedaġġi

1. L-Istati Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jiżguraw li fejn, bil-għan li tiġi stabbilita t-tariffa tal- pedaġġ

applikabbli għal vettura partikolari, ikun hemm diskrepanza bejn il-

klassifikazzjoni tal-vettura użata mill-fornitur tal-EETS u l-kollettur

tal-pedaġġ, il-klassifikazzjoni tal-kollettur tal-pedaġġ tipprevali,

sakemm ma tingħatax prova ta' żball.

2. L-Istati Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jiżguraw li l-kollettur tal-pedaġġ ikun intitolat li jirrikjedi ħlas

mingħand fornitur tal-EETS għal kwalunkwe dikjarazzjoni tal-pedaġġ

sostanzjata u kwalunkwe nondikjarazzjoni tal- pedaġġ sostanzjata

relatata ma' kwalunkwe kont ta' utent tal-EETS ġestit minn dak il-

fornitur tal-EETS.

3. L-Istati Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jiżguraw li fejn fornitur tal-EETS ikun bagħat lil kollettur tal-pedaġġi

lista ta' OBE invalidat imsemmi fl-Artikolu 5(5), il-fornitur tal-EETS

ma għandux jinżamm responsabbli għal kwalunkwe pedaġġ ieħor

imġarrab permezz tal-użu ta' tali OBE invalidat. L-għadd ta' entrati fil-

lista tal-OBE invalidat, il- format tal-lista u l-frekwenza tal-

aġġornament tagħha għandhom jiġu maqbula bejn il-kolletturi tal-

pedaġġi u l-fornituri tal-EETS.

4. L-Istati Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jiżguraw li, f'sistemi tal-pedaġġ li jużaw il-microwave, il- kolletturi

tal-pedaġġ jikkomunikaw lill-fornituri tal-EETS dikjarazzjonijiet tal-

pedaġġ sostanzjati għal pedaġġi mġarrba mill-utenti tal-EETS

rispettivi tagħhom.

5. Il-Kummissjoni għandha tadotta atti delegati f'konformità

mal-Artikolu 30, sa mhux aktar tard mid-19 ta' Ottubru 2019, biex

tistabbilixxi d-dettalji għall-klassifikazzjoni tal-vetturi bil-għan li jiġu

stabbiliti l-iskemi tariffarji applikabbli, inkluża kwalunkwe proċedura

meħtieġa biex jiġu stabbiliti tali skemi. Is-sett tal-parametri tal-

klassifikazzjoni tal-vetturi li għandu jiġi aċċettat mill-EETS ma

għandux jirrestrinġi l-għażla tal-iskemi tariffarji mill-kolletturi tal-

pedaġġ. Il-Kummissjoni għandha tiżgura biżżejjed flessibilità biex

tippermetti li s-sett tal-parametri ta' klassifikazzjoni jkun aċċettat mill-

EETS biex jevolvi skont il-ħtiġijiet futuri prevedibbli. Dawk l-atti

għandhom ikunu mingħajr preġudizzju għad- definizzjoni, fid-

Direttiva 1999/62/KE tal-Parlament Ewropew u tal-Kunsill * , tal-

parametri li skonthom għandhom ivarjaw il-pedaġġi.

Artikolu 9

Kontabilità

L-Istati Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jiżguraw li l-entitajiet legali li jipprovdu servizzi ta' pedaġġ iżommu

rekords tal-kontabilità li jagħmlu distinzjoni ċara possibbli bejn l-

ispejjeż u d-dħul relatati mal-forniment tas- servizz ta' pedaġġ u l-

ispejjeż u d-dħul relatati ma' attivitajiet oħra. L-informazzjoni dwar l-

ispejjeż u d-dħul relatati mal- forniment tas-servizz ta' pedaġġ għandha

tiġi pprovduta, fuq talba, lill-Korp ta' Konċiljazzjoni jew il-korp

* Id-Direttiva 1999/62/KE tal-Parlament Ewropew u tal-Kunsill tas-17 ta' Ġunju

1999 dwar il-ħlas li jrid isir minn vetturi ta' merkanzija tqila għall-użu ta' ċerti

infrastrutturi (ĠU L 187, 20.7.1999, p. 42).

ġudizzjarju rilevanti. L-Istati Membri għandhom ukoll jieħdu l-miżuri

meħtieġa biex jiżguraw li s-sussidji inkroċjati bejn l-attivitajiet

imwettqa fir-rwol ta' fornitur tas-servizz ta' pedaġġ u attivitajiet oħra

ma jkunux permessi.

Artikolu 10

Drittijiet u obbligi tal-utenti tal-EETS

1. L-Istati Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jippermettu lill-utenti tal-EETS jabbonaw mal-EETS permezz ta'

kwalunkwe fornitur tal-EETS, irrispettivament min-nazzjonalità

tagħhom, l-Istat Membru ta' residenza jew l- Istat Membru li fih tkun

irreġistrata l-vettura. Meta jkunu deħlin f'kuntratt, l-utenti tal-EETS

għandhom jiġu infurmati kif xieraq dwar il-mezzi validi ta' ħlas, skont

ir-Regolament (UE) 2016/679, dwar l-ipproċessar tad-data personali

tagħhom u d-drittijiet li jirriżultaw mil-leġislazzjoni applikabbli dwar

il-protezzjoni tad-data personali.

2. Il-ħlas ta' pedaġġ minn utent tal-EETS lill-fornitur tal-

EETS tiegħu għandu jitqies li jissodisfa l-obbligi tal-ħlas li l- utent tal-

EETS ikollu lejn il-kollettur tal-pedaġġ rilevanti. Jekk jiġu installati

jew jinġarru abbord vettura żewġ OBA jew aktar, hija r-responsabilità

tal-utent tal-EETS li juża jew jattiva l-OBE rilevanti għad-dominju

speċifiku tal-EETS.

3. Il-Kummissjoni għandha tadotta atti delegati f'konformità

mal-Artikolu 30, sa mhux aktar tard mid-19 ta' Ottubru 2019, biex

tkompli tiddefinixxi aktar l-obbligi tal-utenti tal-EETS rigward

(a)

il-forniment tad-data lill-fornitur tal-EETS; u

(b)

l-użu u l-immaniġġjar tal-OBE.

KAPITOLU III

KORP TA' KONĊILJAZZJONI

Artikolu 11

Stabbiliment u funzjonijiet

1. Kull Stat Membru li jkollu minn tal-anqas dominju tal-

EETS wieħed għandu jaħtar jew jistabbilixxi Korp ta' Konċiljazzjoni

sabiex jiffaċilita l-medjazzjoni bejn il-kolletturi tal-pedaġġi b'dominju

tal-EETS li jkun jinsab fit-territorju tiegħu u l-fornituri tal-EETS li

jkollhom kuntratti jew ikunu jinsabu f'negozjati kuntrattwali ma' dawk

il-kolletturi tal-pedaġġi.

2. Il-Korp ta' Konċiljazzjoni għandu jkollu s-setgħa li, b'mod

partikolari, jivverifika li l-kondizzjonijiet kuntrattwali imposti minn

kollettur tal-pedaġġ fuq il-fornituri tal-EETS ikunu nondiskriminatorji.

Huwa għandu jkollu s-setgħa li jivverifika li l-fornituri tal-EETS jiġu

remunerati f'konformità mal-prinċipji previsti fl-Artikolu 7.

3. L-Istati Membri msemmija fil-paragrafu 1 għandhom

jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex jiżguraw li l-Korp ta' Konċiljazzjoni

tagħhom fl-istruttura organizzattiva u legali jkun indipendenti mill-

interessi kummerċjali tal-kolletturi tal- pedaġġi u tal-fornituri tas-

servizz tal-pedaġġ.

Artikolu 12

Proċedura ta' medjazzjoni

1. Kull Stat Membru b'minn tal-inqas dominju EETS wieħed

għandu jistabbilixxi proċedura ta' medjazzjoni sabiex jippermetti lil

kollettur tal-pedaġġ jew fornitur tal-EETS li jitlob lill-Korp ta'

Konċiljazzjoni rilevanti biex jintervjeni fi kwalunkwe tilwim relatat

mar-relazzjonijiet jew in-negozjati kuntrattwali tagħhom.

2. Il-proċedura ta' medjazzjoni msemmija fil-paragrafu 1

għandha tirrikjedi li l-Korp ta' Konċiljazzjoni jiddikjara, fi żmien

xahar wara li jkun irċieva talba biex jintervjeni, jekk id-dokumenti

kollha neċessarji għall-medjazzjoni humiex fil- pussess tiegħu.

3. Il-proċedura ta' medjazzjoni msemmija fil-paragrafu 1

għandha tirrikjedi li l-Korp ta' Konċiljazzjoni joħroġ l- opinjoni tiegħu

dwar tilwim mhux aktar tard minn sitt xhur wara li jkun irċieva t-talba

biex jintervjeni.

4. Sabiex jiffaċilitaw il-kompiti tiegħu, l-Istati Membri

għandhom jagħtu lill-Korp ta' Konċiljazzjoni s-setgħa biex jitlob

informazzjoni rilevanti mingħand il-kolletturi tal-pedaġġ, il-fornituri

tal-EETS u kwalunkwe parti terza attiva fil- forniment tal-EETS fl-

Istat Membru kkonċernat.

5. L-Istati Membri b'minn tal-inqas dominju EETS wieħed u

l-Kummissjoni għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex jiżguraw l-

iskambju ta' informazzjoni bejn il-Korpi ta' Konċiljazzjoni rigward ix-

xogħol, il-prinċipji ta' gwida u l-prattiki tagħhom.

KAPITOLU IV

DISPOŻIZZJONIJIET TEKNIĊI

Artikolu 13

Servizz uniku kontinwu

L-Istati Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jiżguraw li l-EETS jiġi fornut lill-utenti tal-EETS bħala servizz uniku

kontinwu.

Dan ifisser li

(a) ladarba l-parametri tal-klassifikazzjoni tal-vettura,

inklużi dawk varjabbli, ikunu nħażnu jew ġew iddikjarati, jew it-

tnejn, ma jkunx hemm bżonn ta' aktar intervent uman fil-vettura

waqt vjaġġ sakemm ma jkunx hemm modifika fil- karatteristiċi

tal-vettura; u

(b) l-interazzjoni umana ma' biċċa tagħmir partikolari ta'

OBE tibqa' l-istess ikun xi jkun id-dominju tal-EETS.

Artikolu 14

Elementi addizzjonali rigward l-EETS

1. L-Istati Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jiżguraw li l-interazzjoni tal-utenti tal-EETS mal-kolletturi tal-pedaġġ

bħala parti mill-EETS tkun limitata, fejn applikabbli, għall-proċess ta'

fatturazzjoni skont l-Artikolu 6(4) u għall-proċessi ta' infurzar. L-

interazzjonijiet bejn l-utenti tal-EETS u l-fornituri tal-EETS, jew l-

OBE tagħhom, jistgħu jkunu speċifiċi għal kull fornitur tal-EETS,

mingħajr ma jikkompromettu l-interoperabilità tal-EETS.

2. L-Istati Membri jistgħu jesiġu li l-fornituri tas-servizz tal-

pedaġġ, inkluż il-fornituri tal-EETS, fuq it-talba tal- awtoritajiet tal-

Istati Membri, jipprovdu data tat-traffiku fir-rigward tal-klijenti

tagħhom, soġġett għal konformità mar- regoli applikabbli dwar il-

protezzjoni tad-data. Tali data għandha tintuża biss mill-Istati Membri

għall-fini ta' politiki tat- traffiku u t-titjib tal-ġestjoni tat-traffiku u d-

data ma tistax tintuża biex jiġu identifikati l-klijenti.

3. Il-Kummissjoni għandha tadotta, sa mhux aktar tard mid-

19 ta' Ottubru 2019, atti ta' implimentazzjoni li jistabbilixxu l-

ispeċifikazzjonijiet tal-interfaċċi elettroniċi bejn il-kostitwenti tal-

interoperabilità tal-kolletturi tal-pedaġġi, il- fornituri tal-EETS u l-

utenti tal-EETS, inkluż, fejn applikabbli, il-kontenut tal-messaġġi

skambjati bejn l-atturi permezz ta' dawk l-interfaċċi. Dawk l-atti ta'

implimentazzjoni għandhom jiġu adottati skont il-proċedura ta' eżami

msemmija fl- Artikolu 31(2).

Artikolu 15

Kostitwenti tal-interoperabilità

1. Fejn tinħoloq sistema elettronika ta' pedaġġ ġdida fit-

territorju ta' Stat Membru, dak l-Istat Membru għandu jieħu l- miżuri

meħtieġa biex jiżgura li l-kollettur tal-pedaġġ nominat responsabbli

għas-sistema jistabbilixxi u jippubblika fid- dikjarazzjoni tad-dominju

tal-EETS l-ippjanar dettaljat tal-proċess ta' valutazzjoni ta' konformità

ma' speċifikazzjonijiet u tal-idoneità għall-użu tal-kostitwenti tal-

interoperabilità, li jippermetti l-akkreditazzjoni tal-fornituri tal-EETS

interessati mhux aktar tard minn xahar qabel il-varar operazzjonali tas-

sistema l-ġdida.

Fejn sistema elettronika ta' pedaġġ ġdida fit-territorju ta' Stat

Membru tkun modifikata sostanzjalment, dak l-Istat Membru għandu

jieħu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex jiżgura li l-kollettur tal-pedaġġi

responsabbli għas-sistema jistabbilixxi u jippubblika fid-dikjarazzjoni

tad-dominju tal-EETS, flimkien mal-elementi msemmija fl-ewwel

subparagrafu, l-ippjanar dettaljat tal-valutazzjoni mill-ġdid tal-

konformità mal-ispeċifikazzjonijiet u tal-idoneità għall-użu tal-

kostitwenti tal- interoperabilità tal-fornituri tal-EETS diġà akkreditati

fis-sistema qabel il-modifika sostanzjali tagħha. L-ippjanar għandu

jippermetti akkreditazzjoni mill-ġdid tal-fornituri tal-EETS

ikkonċernati mhux aktar tard minn xahar qabel il-varar operazzjonali

tas-sistema modifikata.

Il-kollettur tal-pedaġġi għandu jirrispetta dak l-ippjanar.

2. L-Istati Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jiżguraw li kull kollettur tal-pedaġġi responsabbli għal dominju tal-

EETS fit-territorju ta' dak l-Istat Membru jistabbilixxi ambjent ta' test

li fih il-fornitur tal-EETS jew ir-rappreżentanti awtorizzati tiegħu

jistgħu jivverifikaw li l-OBE tiegħu huwa adattat għall-użu fid-

dominju tal-EETS tal-kollettur tal-pedaġġi u jikseb ċertifikazzjoni tat-

tlestija b'suċċess tat-testijiet rispettivi. L-Istati Membri għandhom

jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex jippermettu lill-kolletturi tal-pedaġġi

jistabbilixxu ambjent ta' test uniku għal aktar minn dominju tal-EETS

wieħed, u biex jippermettu lil rappreżentant awtorizzat wieħed

jivverifika jekk huwiex adattat l-użu ta' tip wieħed ta' OBE f'isem aktar

minn fornitur tal-EETS wieħed.

L-Istati Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jippermettu lill-kolletturi tal-pedaġġi jitolbu lill-fornituri tal- EETS

jew lir-rappreżentanti awtorizzati tagħhom biex ikopru l-ispiża tat-

testijiet rispettivi.

3. L-Istati Membri ma għandhomx jipprojbixxu, jirrestrinġu

jew jostakolaw it-tqegħid fis-suq ta' kostitwenti tal-interoperabilità

għall-użu fl-EETS meta dawn ikollhom il-marka KE jew inkella

dikjarazzjoni tal-konformità mal-ispeċifikazzjonijiet jew dikjarazzjoni

tal-idoneità għall-użu, jew it-tnejn. Partikolarment, l-Istati Membri ma

għandhomx jitolbu verifiki li diġà jkunu twettqu bħala parti mill-

proċedura għall-verifika tal-konformità mal-ispeċifikazzjonijiet jew l-

idoneità għall- użu, jew it-tnejn.

4. Il-Kummissjoni għandha tadotta atti delegati f'konformità

mal-Artikolu 30, sa mhux aktar tard mid-19 ta' Ottubru 2019, biex

tistabbilixxi r-rekwiżiti għall-kostitwenti tal-interoperabilità rigward

is-sikurezza u s-saħħa, l-affidabilità u d- disponibilità, il-protezzjoni

ambjentali, il-kompatibilità teknika, is-sigurtà u l-privatezza u l-operat

u l-ġestjoni.

5. Il-Kummissjoni għandha tadotta atti delegati f'konformità

mal-Artikolu 30, sa mhux aktar tard mid-19 ta' Ottubru 2019, biex

tistabbilixxi r-rekwiżiti ġenerali għall-infrastruttura rigward

(a) l-eżattezza tad-data tad-dikjarazzjoni tal-pedaġġ bil-

ħsieb li tiggarantixxi trattament ugwali bejn l-utenti tal-EETS

fir- rigward tal-pedaġġi u l-ħlasijiet;

(b) l-identifikazzjoni, permezz tal-OBE tal-fornitur tal-

EETS responsabbli;

(c) l-użu ta' standards miftuħa għall-kostitwenti tal-

interoperabilità tat-tagħmir tal-EETS;

(d)

l-integrazzjoni tal-OBE fil-vettura; u

(e) is-sinjalazzjoni lis-sewwieq tar-rekwiżit li titħallas

tariffa tat-triq.

6. Il-Kummissjoni għandha tadotta atti ta' implimentazzjoni,

sa mhux aktar tard mid-19 ta' Ottubru 2019, biex tistabbilixxi r-

rekwiżiti speċifiċi għall-infrastruttura li ġejjin

(a) rekwiżiti dwar protokolli komuni ta' komunikazzjoni

bejn it-tagħmir tal-Kolletturi tal-Pedaġġi u t-tagħmir tal-

fornituri tal-EETS;

(b) rekwiżiti dwar mekkaniżmi biex il-kolletturi tal-

pedaġġi jidentifikaw jekk vettura li qed tiċċirkola fid-dominju

tal- EETS tagħhom tkunx mgħammra b'OBE validu u li

jiffunzjona;

(c)

rekwiżiti dwar l-interfaċċa bejn il-bniedem u l-magna

fl-OBE;

(d) rekwiżiti li japplikaw speċifikament għall-kostitwenti

tal-interoperabilità fis-sistemi ta' pedaġġ ibbażati fuq teknoloġiji

tal-microwave; u

(e) rekwiżiti li japplikaw b'mod speċifiku f'sistemi ta'

pedaġġ ibbażati fuq Sistema Globali ta' Navigazzjoni bis-

Satellita (GNSS).

Dawk l-atti ta' implimentazzjoni għandhom jiġu adottati skont il-

proċedura ta' eżami msemmija fl-Artikolu 31(2).

7. Il-Kummissjoni għandha tadotta atti ta' implimentazzjoni,

sa mhux aktar tard mid-19 ta' Ottubru 2019, sabiex tistabbilixxi l-

proċedura li għandha tiġi applikata mill-Istati Membri għall-

valutazzjoni tal-konformità mal-ispeċifikazzjonijiet u l-idoneità għall-

użu tal-kostitwenti tal-interoperabilità, inklużi l-kontenut u l-format

tad-dikjarazzjonijiet tal-KE. Dawk l-atti ta' implimentazzjoni

għandhom jiġu adottati skont il-proċedura ta' eżami msemmija fl-

Artikolu 31(2).

KAPITOLU V

KLAWSOLI TA' SALVAGWARDJA

Artikolu 16

Proċedura ta' salvagwardja

1. Meta Stat Membru jkollu raġuni biex jemmen li kostitwenti

tal-interoperabilità li jkollhom il-marka KE u li tqiegħdu fis-suq

x'aktarx li meta jintużaw kif suppost ma jissodisfawx ir-rekwiżiti

rilevanti, huwa għandu jieħu l-passi kollha meħtieġa biex jirrestrinġi l-

kamp ta' applikazzjoni tagħhom, jipprojbixxi l-użu tagħhom jew

jirtirahom mis-suq. L-Istat Membru għandu immedjatament jinforma

lill-Kummissjoni dwar il-miżuri meħuda u jagħti r-raġunijiet għad-

deċiżjoni tiegħu, u jiddikjara partikolarment jekk in-nuqqas fil-

konformità huwiex dovut għal

(a) applikazzjoni mhux korretta tal-ispeċifikazzjonijiet

tekniċi; jew

(b)

inadegwatezza tal-ispeċifikazzjonijiet tekniċi.

2. Il-Kummissjoni għandha tikkonsulta lill-Istat Membru

kkonċernat, il-manifattur, il-fornitur tal-EETS jew ir-rappreżentanti

awtorizzati tagħhom stabbiliti fl-Unjoni kemm jista' jkun malajr. Fejn,

wara dik il-konsultazzjoni, il- Kummissjoni tistabbilixxi li il-miżura

hija ġustifikata, hija għandha immedjatament tinforma lill-Istat

Membru kkonċernat kif ukoll lill-Istati Membri l-oħra. Madankollu,

fejn, wara dik il-konsultazzjoni, il-Kummissjoni tistabbilixxi li l-

miżura mhix ġustifikata, hija għandha immedjatament tinforma lill-

Istat Membru kkonċernat, kif ukoll lill-manifattur jew lir-

rappreżentant awtorizzat tiegħu stabbilit fl-Unjoni u lill-Istati Membri

l-oħra.

3. Fejn kostitwenti tal-interoperabilità li jkollhom il-marka

KE ma jikkonformawx mar-rekwiżiti tal-interoperabilità, l- Istat

Membru kompetenti għandu jitlob lill-manifattur jew lir-rappreżentat

awtorizzat tiegħu stabbilit fl-Unjoni sabiex jistabbilixxi mill-ġdid il-

kostitwenti tal-interoperabilità għal stat ta' konformità mal-

ispeċifikazzjonijiet jew l-idoneità għall-użu, jew it-tnejn, skont il-

kondizzjonijiet stabbiliti minn dak l-Istat Membru u għandu jinforma

lill-Kummissjoni u lill-Istat Membri l-oħra dwar dan.

Artikolu 17

Trasparenza tal-valutazzjonijiet

Kwalunkwe deċiżjoni meħuda minn Stat Membru jew kollettur

tal-pedaġġi

dwar

il-valutazzjoni

tal-konformità

mal-

ispeċifikazzjonijiet jew l-idoneità għall-użu tal-kostitwenti tal-

interoperabilità u kwalunkwe deċiżjoni meħuda skont l- Artikolu 16

għandha tistabbilixxi fid-dettall ir-raġunijiet li fuqhom tkun ibbażata.

Din għandha tkun innotifikata kemm jista' jkun malajr lill-manifattur,

il-fornitur tal-EETS jew ir-rappreżentanti awtorizzati tagħhom li jkunu

kkonċernati, flimkien ma' indikazzjoni tar-rimedji disponibbli skont il-

liġijiet fis-seħħ fl-Istat Membru kkonċernat u tal-limiti ta' żmien

permessi għall-eżerċizzju ta' tali rimedji.

KAPITOLU VI

ARRANĠAMENTI AMMINISTRATTIVI

Artikolu 18

Uffiċċju ta' kuntatt uniku

Kull Stat Membru b'mill-inqas żewġ dominji tal-EETS fit-

territorju tiegħu għandu jinnomina uffiċċju ta' kuntatt uniku għall-

fornituri tal-EETS. L-Istat Membru għandu jagħmel pubbliċi d-dettalji

ta' kuntatt ta' dak l-uffiċċju, u jipprovdihom, fuq talba, lill-fornituri

interessati tal-EETS. L-Istat Membru għandu jieħu l-miżuri meħtieġa

biex jiżgura li, fuq talba tal- fornitur tal-EETS, l-uffiċċju ta' kuntatt

jiffaċilita u jikkoordina kuntatti amministrattivi bikrija bejn il-fornitur

tal-EETS u l- kolletturi tal-pedaġġ responsabbli għad-dominji tal-

EETS fit-territorju tal-Istat Membru. L-uffiċċju ta' kuntatt jista' jkun

persuna fiżika jew korp pubbliku jew privat.

Artikolu 19

Korpi nnotifikati

1. L-Istati Membri għandhom jinnotifikaw lill-Kummissjoni u

lill-Istati Membri l-oħra dwar kull korp intitolat biex iwettaq jew

jissorvelja l-proċedura għall-valutazzjoni tal-konformità mal-

ispeċifikazzjonijiet jew l-idoneità għall-użu msemmija fl-atti ta'

implimentazzjoni msemmija fl-Artikolu 15(7), filwaqt li jindikaw il-

qasam tal-kompetenza ta' kull entità, u n-numri tal-identifikazzjoni

miksuba minn qabel mingħand il-Kummissjoni. Il-Kummissjoni

għandha tippubblika f'Il-Ġurnal Uffiċjali tal-Unjoni Ewropea l-lista

tal-korpi, in-numru tal-identifikazzjoni u l-oqsma tal-kompetenza

tagħhom, u għandha żżomm il-lista aġġornata

2. L-Istati Membri għandhom japplikaw il-kriterji previsti fl-

atti delegati msemmija fil-paragrafu 5 ta' dan l-Artikolu għall-

valutazzjoni tal-korpi li għandhom jiġu notifikati. Il-korpi li

jissodisfaw il-kriterji tal-valutazzjoni previsti fl- istandards rilevanti

Ewropej għandhom jitqiesu li jissodisfaw il-kriterji msemmija.

3. Stat Membru għandu jirtira l-approvazzjoni minn korp li

ma jibqax jissodisfa l-kriterji previsti fl-atti delegati msemmija fil-

paragrafu 5 ta' dan l-Artikolu. Huwa għandu jinforma immedjatament

lill-Kummissjoni u lill-Istati Membri l-oħra b'dan.

4. Jekk Stat Membru jew il-Kummissjoni jidhrilhom li korp

notifikat minn Stat Membru ieħor ma jissodisfax il-kriterji previsti fl-

atti delegati msemmija fil-paragrafu 5 ta' dan l-Artikolu, il-kwistjoni

għandha titressaq quddiem il-Kumitat tal- Pedaġġ Elettroniku msemmi

fl-Artikolu 31(1), li għandu jagħti l-opinjoni tiegħu fi żmien tliet xhur.

Fid-dawl tal-opinjoni ta' dak il-Kumitat, il-Kummissjoni għandha

tinforma lill-Istat Membru li nnotifika lill-korp inkwistjoni bi

kwalunkwe tibdila meħtieġa biex il-korp notifikat ikun jista' jżomm l-

istatus li jkun ingħatalu.

5. Il-Kummissjoni għandha tadotta atti delegati f'konformità

mal-Artikolu 30, sa mhux aktar tard mid-19 ta' Ottubru 2019, biex

tistabbilixxi l-kriterji minimi ta' eliġibbiltà għall-korpi notifikati.

Artikolu 20

Grupp ta' Koordinazzjoni

Grupp ta' Koordinazzjoni tal-korpi notifikati skont l-Artikolu

19(1) (il-"Grupp ta' Koordinazzjoni") għandu jiġi stabbilit bħala grupp

ta' ħidma tal-Kumitat tal-Pedaġġ Elettroniku msemmi fl-Artikolu

31(1), skont ir-Regoli ta' Proċedura ta' dak il-Kumitat.

Artikolu 21

Reġistri

1. Għall-finijiet tal-implimentazzjoni ta' din d-Direttiva, kull

Stat Membru għandu jżomm reġistru elettroniku nazzjonali ta' dan li

(a) id-dominji tal-EETS fit-territorju tiegħu, inkluż

informazzjoni li tirrigwarda

(i)

il-kolletturi tal-pedaġġ korrispondenti;

(ii)

it-teknoloġiji tal-pedaġġ użati;

(iii) id-data dwar il-kuntest tal-pedaġġ;

(iv) id-dikjarazzjoni tad-dominju tal-EETS; u

(v) il-fornituri tal-EETS li għandhom kuntratti tal-

EETS mal-kolletturi tal-pedaġġ attivi fit-territorju ta' dak l-

Istat Membru.

(b) il-fornituri tal-EETS li lilhom ikun ippermetta r-

reġistrazzjoni f'konformità mal-Artikolu 4; u

(c) id-dettalji ta' uffiċċju ta' kuntatt uniku msemmi fl-

Artikolu 18 għall-EETS, inkluż l-indirizz tal-posta elettronika ta'

kuntatt u n-numru tat-telefon.

Sakemm ma jkunx speċifikat mod ieħor, l-Istati Membri

għandhom jivverifikaw tal-inqas darba fis-sena li r-rekwiżiti stabbiliti

f'punti (a), (d), (e) u (f) tal-Artikolu 4 jkunu għadhom sodisfatti, u

għandhom jaġġornaw ir-reġistri kif xieraq. Ir- reġistru għandu jkun fih

ukoll il-konklużjonijiet tal-awditu previst fil-punt (e) tal-Artikolu 4.

Stat Membru ma għandux jinżamm responsabbli għall-azzjonijiet tal-

Fornituri tal-EETS msemmija fir-reġistru tiegħu.

2. Stati Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

jiżguraw li d-data kollha li tinsab fir-reġistru elettroniku nazzjonali

tinżamm aġġornata u hija preċiża.

3. Ir-reġistri għandhom ikunu elettronikament aċċessibbli

għall-pubbliku.

4. Dawn ir-reġistri għandhom ikunu disponibbli mid-19 ta'

Ottubru 2021.

5. Fit-tmiem kull sena kalendarja, l-awtoritajiet tal-Istati

Membri responsabbli mir-reġistri għandhom jikkomunikaw, lill-

Kummissjoni, b'mezzi elettroniċi, ir-reġistri tad-dominji tal-EETS u

tal-fornituri tal-EETS. Il-Kummissjoni għandha tqiegħed l-

informazzjoni għad-dispożizzjoni tal-Istati Membri oħra. Għandha

tinġibed l-attenzjoni tal-Istat Membru tar- reġistrazzjoni u tal-

Kummissjoni dwar kwalunkwe inkonsistenza fis-sitwazzjoni fi Stat

Membru.

KAPITOLU VII

SISTEMI PILOTA

Artikolu 22

Sistemi pilota tal-pedaġġ

1. Sabiex jippermettu l-iżvilupp tekniku tal-EETS, l-Istati

Membri jistgħu jawtorizzaw b'mod temporanju, f'partijiet limitati tad-

dominju tal-pedaġġ tagħhom u b'mod parallel mas-sistema tal-ilmenti

tal-EETS, sistemi tal-pedaġġ pilota li jinkorporaw teknoloġiji jew

kunċetti ġodda li ma jikkonformawx ma' dispożizzjoni waħda jew

aktar ta' din id-Direttiva.

2. Il-fornituri tal-EETS ma għandhomx ikunu obbligati

jipparteċipaw f'sistemi tal-pedaġġ pilota.

3. Qabel ma tibda sistema pilota ta' pedaġġ, l-Istat Membru

kkonċernat għandu jitlob l-awtorizzazzjoni tal- Kummissjoni. Il-

Kummissjoni għandha toħroġ l-awtorizzazzjoni jew tirrifjutaha,

f'forma ta' Deċiżjoni, fi żmien sitt xhur mill-mument li tkun irċeviet it-

talba. Il-Kummissjoni tista' tirrifjuta l-awtorizzazzjoni jekk is-sistema

pilota ta' pedaġġ tista' tippreġudika l-funzjonament korrett tas-sistema

elettronika ta' pedaġġ regolari jew tal-EETS. Il-perijodu inizjali ta'

dawn l-awtorizzazzjonijiet ma għandux jaqbeż it-tliet snin.

KAPITOLU VIII

SKAMBJU TA' INFORMAZZJONI DWAR IN-NUQQAS TA'

ĦLAS TA' TARIFFI TAT-TRIQ

Artikolu 23

Proċedura għall-iskambju ta' informazzjoni bejn l-Istati Membri

1. Sabiex ikunu jistgħu jiġu identifikati l-vettura u s-sid jew

id-detentur ta' dik il-vettura, li għaliha ġie stabbilit li ma sarx il-ħlas ta'

tariffa tat-triq, kull Stat Membru għandu jagħti aċċess biss lill-punti ta'

kuntatt nazzjonali ta' Stati Membri oħra għad-data nazzjonali li ġejja

dwar ir-reġistrazzjoni tal-vetturi, bis-setgħa li jwettqu tiftix

awtomatizzat dwarhom

(a)

data relatata mal-vetturi; u

(b) data relatata mas-sidien jew mad-detenturi tal-

vettura. L-elementi tad-data msemmija fil-punti (a) u (b) u li

huma meħtieġa biex isir tiftix awtomattizat għandhom

jikkonformaw mal-Anness I.

2. Għall-finijiet tal-iskambju ta' data msemmi fil-paragrafu 1,

kull Stat Membru għandu jaħtar punt ta' kuntatt nazzjonali. L-Istati

Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex jiżguraw li l-

iskambju ta' informazzjoni bejn l-Istati Membri jsir biss bejn il-punti

ta' kuntatt nazzjonali. Is-setgħat tal-punti ta' kuntatt nazzjonali

għandhom ikunu rregolati bil-liġi applikabbli tal-Istat Membru

kkonċernat. F'dak il-proċess ta' skambju ta' data, għandha tingħata

attenzjoni partikolari lill-protezzjoni xierqa tad-data personali.

3. Meta jsir tiftix awtomatizzat fil-forma ta' talba maħruġa, il-

punt ta' kuntatt nazzjonali tal-Istat Membru li fit- territorju tiegħu kien

hemm nuqqas ta' ħlas ta' tariffa tat-triq għandu juża n-numru ta'

reġistrazzjoni kollu kemm hu.

Dan it-tiftix awtomatizzat għandu jsir f'konformità mal-proċeduri

msemmija fil-punti 2 u 3 tal-Kapitolu 3 tal-Anness tad-Deċiżjoni

tal-Kunsill 2008/616/ĠAI * u mar-rekwiżiti tal-Anness I ta' din id-

Direttiva.

L-Istat Membru li fit-territorju tiegħu kien hemm nuqqas tal-ħlas ta'

tariffa tat-triq għandu juża d-data miksuba sabiex jiġi stabbilit min

hu responsabbli għan-nuqqas ta' ħlas ta' din it-tariffa.

4. L-Istati Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex

ikun żgurat li l-iskambju ta' informazzjoni jsir bl-użu tal- applikazzjoni

tas-software tas-Sistema ta' Informazzjoni Ewropea tal-Liċenzji tal-

Vetturi u tas-Sewqan (Eucaris) u l- verżjonijiet emendati ta' dan is-

software, f'konformità mal-Anness I ta' din id-Direttiva u mal-punti 2

u 3 tal-Kapitolu 3 tal-Anness tad-Deċiżjoni 2008/616/ĠAI.

5. Kull Stat Membru għandu jħallas l-ispejjeż tiegħu stess li

jirriżultaw mill-amministrazzjoni, l-użu u l-manutenzjoni tal-

applikazzjonijiet tas-software imsemmija fil-paragrafu 4.

* Id-Deċiżjoni tal-Kunsill 2008/616/ĠAI tat-23 ta' Ġunju 2008 dwar l-implimen-

tazzjoni tad-Deċiżjoni 2008/615/ĠAI dwar it-titjib tal- koperazzjoni transkon-

finali, b'mod partikolari fil-ġlieda kontra t-terroriżmu u l-kriminalità

transkonfinali (ĠU L 210, 6.8.2008, p. 12).

Artikolu 24

Ittra ta' informazzjoni dwar nuqqas ta' ħlas tat-tariffa tat-triq

1. L-Istat Membru li fit-territorju tiegħu kien hemm nuqqas ta'

ħlas tat-tariffa tat-triq għandu jiddeċiedi jekk għandux jibda

proċedimenti ta' segwitu f'dak li jirrigwarda n-nuqqas ta' ħlas tat-tariffa

tat-triq.

F'każ li l-Istat Membru li fit-territorju tiegħu kien hemm nuqqas

ta' ħlas tat-tariffa tat-triq jiddeċiedi li jibda tali proċedimenti,

f'konformità mal-liġi nazzjonali tiegħu, dak l-Istat Membru għandu

jinforma lis-sid, lid-detentur tal-vettura jew alternattivament lill-

persuna identifikata ssuspettata li naqset milli tħallas it-tariffa tat-triq.

Din l-informazzjoni għandha, skont kif ikun applikabbli taħt il-

liġi nazzjonali, tinkludi l-konsegwenzi legali tagħhom fit- territorju

tal-Istat Membru fejn kien hemm nuqqas ta' ħlas tat-tariffa tat-triq

skont il-liġi ta' dak l-Istat Membru.

2. Meta jkun qed jibgħat l-ittra ta' informazzjoni lis-sid, lid-

detentur tal-vettura jew alternattivament lill-persuna identifikata

ssuspettata li naqset milli tħallas it-tariffa tat-triq, l-Istat Membru fejn

seħħ in-nuqqas ta' ħlas ta' tariffa tat- triq għandu, skont il-liġi

nazzjonali tiegħu, jinkludi kwalunkwe informazzjoni rilevanti,

partikolarment dwar in-natura ta' dan in-nuqqas ta' ħlas ta' tariffa tat-

triq, il-post, id-data u l-ħin tan-nuqqas ta' ħlas ta' tariffa tat-triq, it-

titolu tat-testi tal-liġi nazzjonali miksura, id-dritt għall-appell u ta'

aċċess għall-informazzjoni, u s-sanzjoni u, fejn xieraq, id-data li

tikkonċerna t-tagħmir li ntuża biex jiġi identifikat in-nuqqas ta' ħlas ta'

tariffa tat-triq. Għal dak l-għan, l-Istat Membru li fit-territorju tiegħu

kien hemm nuqqas ta' ħlas ta' tariffa tat-triq għandu jibbaża l-ittra ta'

informazzjoni fuq il-mudell stabbilit fl-Anness II.

3. F'każ li l-Istat Membru fejn li fit-territorju tiegħu kien

hemm nuqqas ta' ħlas ta' tariffa tat-triq jiddeċiedi li jibda proċedimenti

ta' segwitu fir-rigward tan-nuqqas ta' ħlas tat-tariffa tat-triq, dan

għandu, bil-għan li jiżgura li d-drittijiet fundamentali jiġu rispettati,

jibgħat l-ittra ta' informazzjoni bil-lingwa tad-dokument ta'

reġistrazzjoni tal-vettura, fejn disponibbli, jew b'waħda mil-lingwi

uffiċjali tal-Istat Membru tar-reġistrazzjoni.

Artikolu 25

Il-proċedimenti ta' segwitu mill-entitajiet tal-ġbir

1. L-Istat Membru li fit-territorju tiegħu kien hemm nuqqas ta'

ħlas ta' tariffa tat-triq jista' jipprovdi lill-entità responsabbli mill-ġbir

tat-tariffa tat-triq id-data miksuba permezz tal-proċedura msemmija fl-

Artikolu 23(1) biss jekk jiġu ssodisfati l-kundizzjonijiet li ġejjin

(a)

id-data trasferita tkun limitata għal dak li jkun

meħtieġ minn dik l-entità biex tikseb it-tariffa tat-triq dovuta;

(b) il-proċedura biex tinkiseb it-tariffa tat-triq dovuta

tkun konformi mal-proċedura prevista fl-Artikolu 24;

(c) l-entità kkonċernata tkun responsabbli għat-twettiq ta'

din il-proċedura; u

(d) il-konformità mal-ordni ta' ħlas maħruġa mill-entità li

tirċievi d-data ġġib fi tmiemu n-nuqqas ta' ħlas ta' tariffa tat- triq.

2. L-Istati Membri għandhom jiżguraw li d-data pprovduta

lill-entità responsabbli tintuża biss għall-għan li tinkiseb it- tariffa tat-

triq dovuta u titħassar immedjatament ladarba t-tariffa tat-triq titħallas

jew, jekk in-nuqqas ta' ħlas jippersisti, fi żmien raġonevoli wara t-

trasferiment tad-data, li għandu jiġi stabbilit mill-Istat Membru.

Artikolu 26

Rappurtar mill-Istati Membri lill-Kummissjoni

Kull Stat Membru għandu jibgħat rapport komprensiv lill-

Kummissjoni sad-19 ta' April 2023 u sussegwentement kull tliet

snin.

Ir-rapport komprensiv għandu jindika n-numru ta' każijiet ta' tiftix

awtomatizzat li jkunu saru mill-Istat Membru li fih seħħ nuqqas ta'

ħlas tat-tariffa tat-triq indirizzat lill-punt ta' kuntatt nazzjonali tal-

Istat Membru tar-reġistrazzjoni, wara l-każijiet ta' nuqqas ta' ħlas

tat-tariffa tat-triq li jkunu seħħew fit-territorju tiegħu, flimkien ma'

n-numru ta' talbiet li ma rnexxewx.

Ir-rapport komprensiv għandu jinkludi wkoll deskrizzjoni tas-

sitwazzjoni fil-livell nazzjonali b'rabta mas-segwitu li jikkonċerna

nuqqasijiet ta' ħlas tat-tariffi tat-triq, abbażi tal-proporzjon ta' tali

nuqqasijiet ta' ħlas tat-tariffi tat-triq li ngħataw segwitu b'ittri ta'

informazzjoni.

Artikolu 27

Protezzjoni tad-data

1. Ir-Regolament (UE) 2016/679 u l-liġijiet, ir-regolamenti

jew id-dispożizzjonijiet amministrattivi nazzjonali li jittrasponu d-

Direttivi 2002/58/KE u (UE) 2016/680 għandhom japplikaw għad-

data personali pproċessata skont din id- Direttiva.

2. L-Istati Membri għandhom, skont il-leġiżlazzjoni

applikabbli dwar il-protezzjoni tad-data, jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa,

sabiex jiżguraw li

(a) l-ipproċessar tad-data personali għall-finijiet tal-

Artikoli 23, 24 u 25 ikun limitat għat-tipi ta' data elenkati fl-

Anness I għal din id-Direttiva;

(b) id-data personali tkun preċiża, tinżamm aġġornata u

li t-talbiet għar-rettifika jew għat-tħassir jiġu ttrattati mingħajr

dewmien żejjed; u

(c)

jiġi stabbilit limitu ta' żmien għall-ħżin tad-data

personali. L-Istati Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri neċessarji

biex jiżguraw li d-data personali proċessata taħt din id-Direttiva

tintuża biss għall-finijiet ta'

(a) identifikazzjoni ta' awturi suspettati ta' reati fid-

dawl tal-obbligu li jitħallsu t-tariffi tat-triq fl-ambitu tal-

Artikolu 5(8);

(b) żgurar tal-konformità tal-kollettur tal-pedaġġi

fir-rigward tal-obbligi tiegħu lejn l-awtoritajiet tat-taxxa fl-

ambitu tal-Artikolu 5(9); u

(c) identifikazzjoni tal-vettura u s-sid jew id-

detentur tal-vettura li għaliha ġie stabbilit nuqqas ta' ħlas ta'

tariffa tat- triq fl-ambitu tal-Artikoli 23 u 24.

L-Istati Membri għandhom jieħdu l-miżuri meħtieġa biex jiżguraw

li s-suġġetti tad-data jkollhom l-istess drittijiet ta' informazzjoni,

aċċess, rettifika, tħassir u restrizzjoni tal-ipproċessar u li jressqu

lment quddiem awtorità superviżorja tal- protezzjoni tad-data,

kumpens u rimedju ġudizzjarju effettiv kif previst fir-Regolament

(UE) 2016/679 jew, fejn applikabbli, id-Direttiva (UE) 2016/680.

3. Dan l-Artikolu ma għandux jaffettwa l-possibilità li l-Istati

Membri jirrestrinġu l-ambitu tal-obbligi u d-drittijiet previsti f'ċerti

dispożizzjonijiet tar-Regolament (UE) 2016/679 skont l-Artikolu 23 ta'

dak ir-Regolament għall-finijiet elenkati fl-ewwel paragrafu ta' dak l-

Artikolu.

4. Kwalunkwe persuna kkonċernata għandu jkollha d-dritt li

tikseb, mingħajr dewmien mhux dovut, informazzjoni dwar liema data

personali rreġistrata fl-Istat Membru tar-reġistrazzjoni tkun ġiet

trażmessa lill-Istat Membru fejn kien hemm nuqqas ta' ħlas ta' tariffa

tat-triq, inkluża d-data tat-talba u l-awtorità kompetenti tal-Istat

Membru li fih sar nuqqas ta' ħlas ta' tariffa tat-triq.

KAPITOLU IX

DISPOŻIZZJONIJIET FINALI

Artikolu 28

Rapport

1. Sad-19 ta' April 2023, il-Kummissjoni għandha tippreżenta

rapport lill-Parlament Ewropew u lill-Kunsill dwar l-

implimentazzjoni u l-effetti ta' din id-Direttiva, b'mod partikolari fir-

rigward tal-avvanzi u l-użu tal-EETS u l-effikaċja u l- effiċjenza tal-

mekkaniżmu għall-iskambju tad-data fil-qafas tal-investigazzjoni ta'

każijiet ta' nuqqas ta' ħlas tat-tariffi tat-triq.

Ir-rapport għandu janalizza b'mod partikolari dan li ġej

(a) l-effett tal-Artikolu 5(1) u (2) fuq l-użu tal-EETS,

b'attenzjoni partikolari għad-disponibilità tas-servizz f'dominji

żgħar jew periferiċi tal-EETS;

(b) l-effettività tal-Artikoli 23, 24 u 25 dwar it-tnaqqis

fin-numru ta' nuqqasijiet ta' ħlas ta' tariffi tat-triq fl-Unjoni; u

(c) il-progress li jkun sar fir-rigward tal-aspetti tal-

interoperabilità bejn is-sistemi elettroniċi ta' pedaġġ li jużaw il-

pożizzjonament bis-satellita u t-teknoloġija tal-microwave b'5,8

GHz.

2. Ir-rapport għandu jiġi akkumpanjat, jekk ikun xieraq, minn

proposta lill-Parlament Ewropew u lill-Kunsill biex din id-Direttiva

tkompli tiġi riveduta, partikolarment b'rabta mal-elementi li ġejjin

(a) miżuri addizzjonali biex jiġi żgurat li l-EETS ikun

disponibbli fid-dominji kollha tal-EETS, inkluż dawk żgħar u

periferiċi.

(b) miżuri biex ikompli jiġi ffaċilitat l-infurzar

transfruntier tal-obbligu tal-ħlas tat-tariffi tat-triq fl-Unjoni,

inklużi l- arranġamenti ta' assistenza reċiproka; u

(c) l-estensjoni tad-dispożizzjonijiet li jiffaċilitaw l-

infurzar transfruntier għal żoni b'emissjonijiet baxxi, għal żoni

ta' aċċess ristrett jew għal skemi ta' regolamentazzjoni tal-aċċess

urban għall-vetturi.

Artikolu 29

Atti delegati

Il-Kummissjoni tingħata s-setgħa li tadotta atti delegati,

f'konformità mal-Artikolu 30, li jaġġornaw l-Anness I biex titqies

kwalunkwe emenda rilevanti li għandhom isiru lid-Deċiżjonijiet tal-

Kunsill 2008/615/ĠAI * u 2008/616/ĠAI jew fejn dan ikun rikjest

minn xi att legali rilevanti ieħor tal-Unjoni.

Artikolu 30

Eżerċitar tad-delega

1. Is-setgħa ta' adozzjoni ta' atti delegati hija mogħtija lill-

Kummissjoni suġġett għall-kondizzjonijiet stabbiliti f'dan l- Artikolu.

2. Is-setgħa li tadotta atti delegati msemmija fl-Artikolu 8(5),

l-Artikolu 10(3), l-Artikolu 15(4) u (5), l-Artikolu 19(5) u l-Artikolu

29 għandha tingħata lill-Kummissjoni għal perjodu ta' ħames snin mit-

18 ta' April 2019. Il-Kummissjoni għandha tfassal rapport dwar id-

delega tas-setgħa mhux aktar tard minn disa' xhur qabel tmiem il-

perjodu ta' ħames snin. Id-delega ta' setgħa għandha tiġi estiża

awtomatikament għal perjodi ta' żmien identiċi, ħlief jekk il-Parlament

Ewropew jew il-Kunsill joġġezzjona għal tali estensjoni mhux iktar

tard minn tliet xhur qabel it-tmiem ta' kull perjodu.

3. Id-delega tas-setgħat imsemmija fl-Artikolu 8(5), l-

Artikolu 10(3), l-Artikolu 15(4) u (5), l-Artikolu 19(5) u l- Artikolu 29

tista' tiġi rrevokata fi kwalunkwe ħin mill-Parlament Ewropew jew

mill-Kunsill. Id-deċiżjoni ta' revoka għandha ttemm id-delega tas-

setgħa speċifikata f'dik id-deċiżjoni. Għandha ssir effettiva fil-jum

wara l-pubblikazzjoni tad-deċiżjoni f'Il-Ġurnal Uffiċjali tal-Unjoni

Ewropea jew f'data aktar tard speċifikata fih. Ma għandhiex taffettwa

l-validità ta' kwalunkwe att delegat li jkun diġà fis-seħħ.

4. Qabel ma tadotta att delegat, il-Kummissjoni għandha

tikkonsulta l-esperti nnominati minn kull Stat Membru skont il-

prinċipji stipulati fil-Ftehim Interistituzzjonali tat-13 ta' April 2016

dwar it-Tfassil Aħjar tal-Liġijiet.

* Id-Deċiżjoni tal-Kunsill 2008/615/ĠAI tat-23 ta' Ġunju 2008 dwar it-titjib tal-

kooperazzjoni transkonfinali, b'mod partikolari fil-ġlieda kontra t-terroriżmu u

l-kriminalità transkonfinali (ĠU L 210, 6.8.2008, p. 1).

5. Hekk kif tadotta att delegat, il-Kummissjoni għandha

tinnotifikah simultanjament lill-Parlament Ewropew u lill- Kunsill.

6. Att delegat adottat skont l-Artikolu 8(5), l-Artikolu 10(3),

l-Artikolu 15(4) u (5), l-Artikolu 19(5) u l-Artikolu 29 għandu jidħol

fis-seħħ biss jekk ma tkun saret l-ebda oġġezzjoni jew mill-Parlament

Ewropew jew mill-Kunsill fi żmien xahrejn min-notifika ta' dak l-att

lill-Parlament Ewropew u lill-Kunsill jew jekk, qabel ma jagħlaq dak

il-perjodu, il- Parlament Ewropew u l-Kunsill ikunu t-tnejn infurmaw

lill-Kummissjoni li mhumiex se joġġezzjonaw. Dak il-perjodu għandu

jiġi estiż b'xahrejn fuq inizjattiva tal-Parlament Ewropew jew tal-

Kunsill.

Artikolu 31

Proċedura ta' kumitat

1. Il-Kummissjoni ser tiġi assistita mill-Kumitat tal-Pedaġġ

Elettroniku.

Dan il-kumitat għandu jkun kumitat fis-sens tar-Regolament

(UE) Nru 182/2011.

2. Meta ssir referenza għal dan il-paragrafu, għandu japplika

l-Artikolu 5 tar-Regolament (UE) Nru 182/2011. Meta l- kumitat ma

jagħti l-ebda opinjoni, il-Kummissjoni ma għandhiex tadotta l-abbozz

tal-att ta' implimentazzjoni u għandu japplika t-tielet subparagrafu tal-

Artikolu 5(4) tar-Regolament (UE) Nru 182/2011.

Artikolu 32

Traspożizzjoni

1. L-Istati Membri għandhom jadottaw u jippubblikaw, sad-19

ta' Ottubru 2021, il-liġijiet, ir-regolamenti u d- dispożizzjonijiet

amministrattivi meħtieġa biex ikunu konformi mal-Artikoli 1 sa 27 u l-

Annessi I u II. Għandhom mill- ewwel jikkomunikaw it-test ta' dawk

il-miżuri lill-Kummissjoni.

Huma għandhom japplikaw dawk il-miżuri mid-19 ta' Ottubru

2021. Meta l-Istati Membri jadottaw dawk il-miżuri, għandhom

jirreferu għal din id-Direttiva jew għandhom ikunu akkumpanjati minn

din ir-referenza fil-pubblikazzjoni uffiċjali tagħhom. Huma għandhom

jinkludu wkoll dikjarazzjoni li r-referenzi fil-liġijiet, ir-regolamenti, u

d-dispożizzjonijiet amministrattivi eżistenti għad-Direttiva mħassra

b'din id- Direttiva għandhom jiġu interpretati bħala referenzi għal din

id-Direttiva. L-Istati Membri għandhom jiddeċiedu kif din ir-referenza

għandha ssir u kif it-tali dikjarazzjoni għandha tiġi mfassla.

2. L-Istati

Membri

għandhom

jikkomunikaw

lill-

Kummissjoni t-test tad-dispożizzjonijiet ewlenin tal-liġi nazzjonali li

huma jadottaw fil-qasam kopert minn din id-Direttiva.

Artikolu 33

Tħassir

Id-Direttiva 2004/52/KE hija mħassra bis-seħħ mill-20 ta' Ottubru

2021, mingħajr preġudizzju għall-obbligi tal-Istati Membri marbuta

mal-limitu -ta' żmien għat-traspożizzjoni fil-liġi nazzjonali tad-

Direttiva mniżżla fl-Anness III, Parti B.

Referenzi għad-Direttiva mħassra għandhom jinftiehmu bħala

referenzi għal din id-Direttiva u għandhom jinqraw skont it-tabella

ta' korrelazzjoni li tinsab fl-Anness IV.

Artikolu 34

Dħul fis-seħħ

Din id-Direttiva għandha tidħol fis-seħħ fl-għoxrin jum wara l-

pubblikazzjoni tagħha f'Il-Ġurnal Uffiċjali tal-Unjoni Ewropea.

Artikolu 35

Destinatarji

Din id-Direttiva hi indirizzata lill-Istati Membri.

Magħmul fi Brussell, id-19 ta' Marzu 2019.

Għall-Parlament Ewropew

Il-President

Għall-Kunsill

Il-President

A. TAJANI

G. CIAMBA

ANNESS I

Elementi tad-data meħtieġa biex iseħħ it-tiftix awtomatizzat

imsemmi fl-Artikolu 23(1)

Elementi tad-data pprovduti bħala

riżultat

tat-tiftix

awtomatizzat magħmul skont l-artikolu 23(1)

Parti I. Data relatata mal-vetturi

Parti II. Data relatata mas-sidien jew detenturi tal-vetturi

ANNESS II

MUDELL GĦALL-ITTRA TA' INFORMAZZJONI

imsemmija fl-Artikolu 24

[Paġna ta' quddiem]

[Isem, indirizz u numru tat-telefon ta' min qed jibgħat l-ittra]

[Isem u indirizz tad-destinatarju]

ITTRA TA' INFORMAZZJONI

rigward in-nuqqas ta' ħlas ta' tariffa tat-triq li seħħ fi

........................... [isem l-Istat Membru li fit-territorju tiegħu kien

hemm nuqqas ta' ħlas ta' tariffa tat-triq]

Paġna 2

Fil-.................................................................. nuqqas ta' ħlas ta'

tariffa tat-triq bil-vettura bin-numru tar-reġistrazzjoni

[data]

numru

................................................marka

…............................mudell ................................................ ġie osservat

minn ................................

[isem l-entità responsabbli]

[Għażla 1] (1)

Inti rreġistrat/a bħala d-detentur taċ-ċertifikat tar-reġistrazzjoni

tal-vettura msemmija hawn fuq.

[Għażla 2] (1)

Id-detentur taċ-ċertifikat tar-reġistrazzjoni tal-vettura msemmija

hawn fuq indika li int kont qed issuq dik il-vettura meta seħħ in-

nuqqas ta' ħlas ta' tariffa tat-triq.

Id-dettalji rilevanti tan-nuqqas ta' ħlas ta' tariffa tat-triq huma

deskritti fil-paġna 3 hawn taħt.

L-ammont tal-penali finanzjarja dovut għan-nuqqas ta' ħlas ta'

tariffa tat-triq huwa ta'........... EUR/munita nazzjonali. (1)

L-ammont tat-tariffa tat-triq li jrid jitħallas hu ta' ............. EUR/

munita nazzjonali. (1)

L-iskadenza għall-ħlas hi .........................

Jekk ma tħallasx din il-penali finanzjarja (1) /tariffa tat-triq, int

imħeġġeġ timla' l-formola tat-tweġiba mehmuża (paġna 4) u tibgħatha

fl-indirizz indikat. (1) . Din l-ittra għandha tiġi pproċessata skont il-liġi

nazzjonali ta' .........................................................................

[isem l-Istat Membru li fit-territorju tiegħu kien hemm nuqqas ta'

ħlas tat-tariffa tat- triq]

Paġna 3

Dettalji rilevanti dwar in-nuqqas ta' ħlas tat-tariffa tat-triq

Data dwar il-vettura li ntużat meta seħħ in-nuqqas ta' ħlas tat-

tariffa tat-triq

Numru

tar-reġistrazzjoni….......................................................

Stat Membru tar-reġistrazzjoni: ......................................................

Marka u mudell: .............................................................................

Data dwar in-nuqqas ta' ħlas tat-tariffa tat-triq: Il-post, id-data u

l-ħin fejn seħħ in-nuqqas ta' ħlas tat-tariffa tat-triq

In-natura u l-klassifikazzjoni ġuridika tan-nuqqas ta' ħlas tat-

tariffa

tat-triq

...................................................................................... Deskrizzjoni

dettaljata

tan-nuqqas

ta'

ħlas

tat-tariffa

tat-triq

Referenza għad-dispożizzjoni jew id-dispożizzjonijiet legali

rilevanti

Deskrizzjoni ta' jew referenza għall-evidenza dwar in-nuqqas ta' ħlas

ta' tariffa tat-triq

Data dwar l-apparat li ntuża għall-identifikazzjoni tan-nuqqas ta'

ħlas tat-tariffa tat-triq (2)

Speċifikazzjoni tat-tagħmir

……………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………........................................

Numru tal-identifikazzjoni tat-tagħmir

Skadenza tal-aħħar kalibrazzjoni tat-tagħmir

(1) Ħassar jekk mhux applikabbli.

(2)

Mhux applikabbli jekk ma jkun intuża l-ebda tagħmir.

29.3.2019 L 91/71 Il-Ġurnal Uffiċjali tal-Unjoni Ewropea MT

Paġna 4

Formola tar-risposta

(jekk jogħġbok imla l-formola b'ittri kapitali)

A. Identità tas-sewwieq

— Isem sħiħ

— Post u data tat-twelid: .

— Numru tal-liċenzja tas-sewqan: .......................... mogħtija

(data): ..........................u fi (post): .............................................

— Indirizz ………………...............................................

B. Lista ta' mistoqsijiet

1. Il-vettura, tal-marka ................, numru ta' reġistrazzjoni

................., hija rreġistrata f'ismek? ................ iva/le (1) Jekk le, id-

detentur

taċ-ċertifikat

tar-reġistrazzjoni

huwa/hija

……................................................

...... (kunjom, isem, indirizz)

2. Tammetti li ma ħallastx tariffa tat-triq? iva/le (1)

3. Jekk dan ma tammettihx, jekk jogħġbok agħti r-raġunijiet

tiegħek

Jekk jogħġbok, il-formola li mlejt ibagħtha fi żmien 60 jum mid-

data ta' din l-ittra ta' informazzjoni lill-awtorità jew entità li ġejja

fl-indirizz li ġej

INFORMAZZJONI

(Fejn l-ittra ta' informazzjoni tintbagħat mill-entità responsabbli

li tiġbor it-tariffi tat-triq skont l-Artikolu 25): Jekk it-tariffa tat-triq

dovuta ma titħallasx sad-data ta' skadenza stipulata f'din l-ittra ta'

informazzjoni, dan il-każ jiġi mgħoddi lill-awtorità kompetenti ta'

...............isem tal-Istat Membru li fit-territorju tiegħu kien hemm

nuqqas ta' ħlas ta' tariffa tat- triq] u eżaminat minn din l-istess awtorità

kompetenti.

Jekk ma jingħatax segwitu għal dan il-każ, int tiġi infurmat/a fi

żmien 60 jum mid-data tar-riċezzjoni tal-formola tat- tweġiba jew tal-

prova tal-ħlas. (1) / (Fejn l-ittra ta' informazzjoni tintbagħat mill-

awtorità kompetenti tal-Istat Membru): Dan il-każ ser jiġi eżaminat

mill-awtorità

kompetenti

ta'...........................................................................................................

......[isem l-Istat Membru li fit-territorju tiegħu kien hemm nuqqas ta'

ħlas tat-tariffa tat- triq]. Jekk ma jingħatax segwitu għal dan il-każ, int

tiġi infurmat/a fi żmien 60 jum mid-data tar-riċezzjoni tal-formola ta'

tweġiba jew tal-prova tal-ħlas. (1)

(1) Ħassar jekk mhux applikabbli.

Jekk jingħata segwitu għal dan il-każ, tapplika l-proċedura li

ġejja

........................................................................[għandha timtela mill-

Istat Membru li fit-territorju tiegħu kien hemm nuqqas ta' ħlas ta'

tariffa tat-triq — x'se tkun il- proċedura ulterjuri, inklużi d-dettalji

dwar il-possibilità u l-proċedura ta' appell kontra d-deċiżjoni li jiġi

segwit il-każ. F'kull każ, dawn id-dettalji għandhom jinkludu: l-isem u

l-indirizz tal-awtorità jew tal-entità inkarigata li ssegwi l-każ; l-

iskadenza għall-ħlas; l-isem u l-indirizz tal-organu ta' appell

ikkonċernat; l-iskadenza għall-appell].

Din l-ittra bħala tali ma twassalx għal konsegwenzi legali.

Ċaħda ta' responsabilità dwar il-protezzjoni tad-data

[Fejn huwa applikabbli r-Regolament (UE) 2016/679

Skont ir-Regolament (UE) 2016/679, inti għandek id-dritt li

titlob aċċess għad-data personali, u r-rettifika jew it-tħassir tagħha jew

ir-restrizzjoni tal-ipproċessar tad-data personali tiegħek jew li

toġġezzjona għall-ipproċessar, kif ukoll id-dritt għall-portabilità tad-

data; Inti għandek ukoll id-dritt li tressaq ilment quddiem [isem u

indirizz tal-awtorità superviżorja rilevanti].

[Fejn hija applikabbli d-Direttiva (UE) 2016/680

Skont [isem il-liġi nazzjonali li tapplika d-Direttiva (UE) 2016/

680], inti għandek id-dritt li titlob mingħand il-kontrollur l-aċċess

għad-data personali u r-rettifika jew it-tħassir tagħha u r-restrizzjoni

tal-ipproċessar tad-data personali tiegħek. Inti għandek ukoll id-dritt li

tressaq ilment quddiem [isem u indirizz tal-awtorità superviżorja

rilevanti].]

ANNESS III

PARTI A

Direttiva mħassra flimkien mal-emenda tagħha

(imsemmija fl-Artikolu 33)

PARTI B

Skadenza għat-traspożizzjoni fil-liġi nazzjonali

(imsemmija fl-Artikolu 33)

ANNESS IV

Tabella ta' Korrelazzjoni