Requests based on information from implementing authorities or bodies
Article 9
1. The liaison points shall communicate information received from implementing authorities or bodies on exclusion situations referred to in Article 93(1)(e) of the Financial Regulation to the accounting officer of the Commission who shall forward this information to the Commission service responsible for the programme, action or legislation and identified by the authorities or bodies. They shall also transmit the certification of the implementing authority or body that the information communicated by them was established and transmitted in accordance with the principles set out in Directive 95/46/EC. For that purpose, the liaison points shall use the template set out in Annex II to this Regulation. 2. Upon receipt of information referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission service responsible shall request the accounting officer of the Commission to enter an exclusion warning into the exclusion database for the duration determined by the implementing authority or body up to the maximum duration laid down in Article 93(3) of the Financial Regulation. Where no duration is determined, the Commission service responsible shall request a provisional registration in accordance with Article 10(2), pending a decision by the Commission. The Commission service responsible shall refer the case as soon as possible to the Commission for decision. 3. The implementing authority or body shall be responsible for the data communicated. It shall, without delay, inform the Commission service responsible, through the liaison point, whenever information transmitted needs to be rectified, updated or removed. For that purpose, the implementing authorities or bodies and the liaison points shall use the template set out in Annex II. Upon receipt of updated information, the Commission service responsible shall request the accounting officer of the Commission to rectify, update or remove the exclusion warning concerned.