Public availability of previously issued certificates
1. Essential information on certificates of operators issued in accordance with Article 35(1) of Regulation 2018/848 shall remain publicly available in TRACES for a period of five years from the date of issuance of those certificates.
2. The essential information referred to in paragraph 1 shall include the certificate document number, the name and the address of the operator or the group of operators, the name of the competent authority, or, where appropriate, control authority or control body of the operator or group of operators, the code number of control authority or control body, the activity or activities of the operator or group of operators, the category or categories of products referred to in Article 35(7) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848, the date of issuance, the period of validity, if applicable, the date of renewal, expiry, suspension or withdrawal and, where available, the directory of products and/or quantity of products.
Publication of the lists of names and addresses of operators and groups of operators exempted from the obligation to be in possession of a certificate
Member States shall make public the list of names and addresses of operators and groups of operators that have notified their activities in accordance with Article 34(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 and that have been exempted from the obligation to be in possession of a certificate in accordance with Article 35(8) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848, by means of links to a single internet website as referred to in Article 34(6) of that Regulation.
Cooperation between the Commission and the Member States
1. The Commission shall make public on a website of the Commission links to the single internet website relating to the national lists referred to in Article 2. The Commission shall provide updated links according to the information sent by Member States.
2. Member States shall provide the Commission with the links to the single internet website relating to the national lists referred to in Article 2 as soon as they have been set up as well as any subsequent changes thereof having an influence on the accessibility of their websites from the Commission’s website.
3. Member States shall nominate one or more bodies to be in charge of setting up and maintaining the single internet website relating to the national lists referred to in Article 2. They shall inform the Commission of the names and addresses of those bodies.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
