Exchange of information
Article 9
1. Member States and the Agency shall participate in an exchange of information by making all information relating to safety stored in their respective reporting databases available to the competent authorities of the other Member States, the Agency and the Commission, through the European Central Repository. Occurrence reports shall be transferred to the European Central Repository no later than 30 days after having been entered in the national database. Occurrence reports shall be updated whenever necessary with additional information relating to safety. 2. Member States shall also transfer information related to accidents and serious incidents to the European Central Repository as follows: (a) during the course of the investigation: preliminary factual information on accidents and serious incidents; (b) when the investigation is completed: (i) the final investigation report; and (ii) when available, a summary in English of the final investigation report. 3. A Member State or the Agency shall forward all pertinent safety-related information to the relevant authority of the Member State or the Agency as soon as possible if, while collecting details of occurrences or when storing occurrence reports or carrying out an analysis in accordance with Article 13(6), it identifies safety matters which it considers either: (a) to be of interest to other Member States or the Agency; or (b) to possibly require safety action to be taken by other Member States or the Agency.