Establishment of electronic notification system
The Commission shall establish an electronic system for the submission of notifications by the Member States.
That system shall be connected to, and compatible with, a computerised information management system for official controls at Union level.
Information items, format and deadlines of notifications, and notifications in the case of suspected presence of pests
The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, lay down specific rules concerning the submission of notifications referred to in Article 9(1) and (2), Article 11, Article 17(3), Article 18(6), Article 19(2), Article 28(7), the first subparagraph of Article 29(3), Article 30(8), Article 33(1), Article 40(4), Article 41(4), Article 46(4), Article 49(6), Article 53(4), Article 54(4), Article 62(1), Article 77(2) and Article 95(5). Those rules shall concern one or more the following elements:
(a)
the information items to be included in those notifications;
(b)
the format of those notifications and instructions on how to fill in that format;
(c)
deadlines for the submission of particular information items as referred to in point (a);
(d)
the cases where the suspected presence of a pest shall be notified due to the need to take swift action in view of its biology and possibility of rapid and wide spread;
(e)
the cases of non-compliance to be notified where that non-compliance creates a risk for spread of a Union quarantine pest or a pest provisionally qualifying as Union quarantine pest.
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 107(2).