Service of the traffic offence notice and follow-up documents
Article 5a
1. The competent authority of the Member State of the offence shall send the traffic offence notice and the follow-up documents to the persons concerned by post, registered delivery, registered mail or electronic means of equal value in accordance with Chapter III, Section 7, of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 15 ), in accordance with the law of the Member State of the offence. 2. The traffic offence notice addressed to the holder, owner or end user of the vehicle shall be issued no later than 11 months after the road-safety-related traffic offence where the automated searches referred to in Article 4(1) were successful and the competent authority of the Member State of the offence has established the identity and address of the holder, owner or end user of the vehicle to the degree of certainty required by its national law. Where the automated searches referred to in Article 4(1) were not successful or the competent authority of the Member State of the offence was unable to establish the identity and address of the holder, owner or end user of the vehicle with the degree of certainty required by its national law, the traffic offence notice shall be issued no later than 5 months after the competent authority of the Member State of the offence has established this information. 3. Member States are encouraged to permit persons concerned to connect remotely to court proceedings by video link.