Notification to third countries
Article 13
1. Within 21 months of the adoption of the additional technical specifications referred to in Article 9, the Member State holding the Presidency of the Council in accordance with Article 16(9) TEU shall provide specimens of the uniform EU ETD form and sticker to the Commission and the EEAS. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 11 to amend the first subparagraph of this paragraph by designating another Member State as the state responsible for providing the specimens referred to in that subparagraph, on the basis of objective criteria, such as the presence on its territory of the body designated for the production of EU ETDs by several or all Member States. 2. The EEAS shall transmit the specimens of the uniform EU ETD form and sticker to Union delegations in third countries. 3. Union delegations in third countries shall notify the relevant authorities in the respective third countries of the usage of the EU ETD as well as its uniform format and main security features, including by providing specimens of the uniform EU ETD form and sticker for reference purposes. The notification of an individual third country shall be repeated upon request of that third country. The notification shall not include specifications which are to be kept secret in accordance with Article 9(2). 4. Each time the uniform EU ETD form or sticker is modified, the procedure set out in paragraphs 1 to 3 shall be repeated. The deadline referred to in paragraph 1 shall be 21 months after the adoption of the modified format of the uniform EU ETD form or sticker. 5. Where no Union delegation is present in a third country, represented Member States shall decide through local consular cooperation which Member State shall notify the relevant authorities of that third country of the uniform EU ETD format as well as its main security features. The EEAS shall coordinate with the Member State concerned the transmission of specimens of the uniform EU ETD form and sticker for that purpose.