Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1061 of 10 April 2024 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the secure exchange of data of the certificate of conformity in electronic format and read-only access to the certificate of conformity, and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/133

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1061
• Articles: 5

Article 1 Requirements for secure data exchange

1.   When exchanging data, manufacturers and national access points of the European Vehicle and Driving Licence Information System (‘EUCARIS’) shall use a secure local web link and Extensible Markup Language (XML) schema structure and principles.

2.   Manufacturers and the national access points of EUCARIS shall use websites that are secured by means of a qualified certificate for website authentication meeting the requirements laid down in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council  ( 4 ) .

3.   The exchange of messages between manufacturers and national access points of EUCARIS and within EUCARIS shall be secured using an electronic signature within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and data encryption protocols.

4.   The national access points of EUCARIS and the EUCARIS nominated body for operation shall provide for validation of the electronic signatures by verifying and confirming that the requirements provided for in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 were met at the time of signing.

5.   The national access points of EUCARIS shall provide for traceability of the messages exchanged through that system by logging information on that exchange and provide the means to view and search that information.

Article 2 Requirements for a vehicle-specific unique identifier

1.   The vehicle-specific unique identifier shall be the vehicle identification number (‘VIN’).

2.   Without prejudice to Article 12(2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/535  ( 5 ) , the VIN shall comply with the requirements set out in Part 2, Section A, point 2, of Annex II to that Regulation.

Article 3 Read-only access

1.   For the purposes of Article 37(5) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, the approval authority of each Member State shall provide a read-only access to the certificate of conformity through a web-application or system allowing to access the structured data of the certificate of conformity in electronic format by using the vehicle-specific unique identifier referred to in Article 2.

2.   The web-application or system referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide a read-only access to the certificate of conformity in electronic format from web-applications or systems set up by type-approval authorities in any Member State.

Article 4 Amendment to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/133

In Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/133, the following Article 3a is inserted:

‘Article 3a

Exemption for manufacturers of particular vehicle categories and types of vehicle that are produced in small series

By way of derogation from Articles 1 and 2, for manufacturers of particular vehicle categories and types of vehicle that are produced in small series, it shall be sufficient to make available the data elements of the electronic version of the certificate of conformity by means of manual input or through the upload of an IVI XML file.’.

Article 5 Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

It shall apply from 5 July 2025.

However, Article 4 shall apply from 1 May 2024.