Procedure for making information available
Article 5
1. Member States shall make available to the data repository the information required by this Decision in accordance with the data requirements set out in Part A of Annex I. That information shall be automatically processed by an electronic tool. 2. The tool referred to in paragraph 1 shall be used to perform the following functions: (a) a consistency check of the information which is to be made available; (b) a check of the primary data relative to the specific data quality objectives specified in Annex IV to Directive 2004/107/EC and Annex I to Directive 2008/50/EC; (c) the aggregation of primary data according to the rules set out in Annex I to this Decision and Annexes VII and XI to Directive 2008/50/EC. 3. Where aggregated data is to be made available pursuant to Articles 6 to 14, they shall be generated by the tool referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. 4. The Commission shall acknowledge the receipt of the information. 5. In case a Member State wants to update information, it shall describe the differences between the updated and original information and the reasons for the update when making the updated information available in the data repository. The Commission shall acknowledge the receipt of the updated information. After that acknowledgment, the updated information shall be considered as the official information.