Obligations of parties involved in the maintenance process
Article 5
1. The entity in charge of the maintenance of the vehicle shall deliver information on the maintenance of a vehicle, and, where applicable on aspects relevant for the operation to the railway undertakings or infrastructure managers at request, either directly or via the keeper. 2. The railway undertaking or the infrastructure manager shall deliver information on the operation of a vehicle to the entity in charge of maintenance at request, either directly or via the keeper of the vehicle. 3. All parties involved in the maintenance process such as railway undertakings, infrastructure managers, keepers, entities in charge of maintenance, as well as manufacturers of vehicles, subsystems or components, shall exchange relevant information about maintenance in accordance with the criteria listed in Sections I.7 and I.8 of Annex II. 4. Where any involved party, in particular a railway undertaking or an infrastructure manager, has evidence that an entity in charge of maintenance does not comply with Article 14 of Directive (EU) 2016/798 or with the requirements of this Regulation, it shall without delay inform the certification body and the relevant national safety authority thereof. The certification body or, where the entity in charge of maintenance is not certified, the relevant national safety authority shall take appropriate action to check whether the claim of non-compliance is justified. 5. Where there is a change of entity in charge of maintenance, the keeper, in accordance with Article 47(6) of Directive (EU) 2016/797, shall inform without delay the registration entity referred to in Article 4(1) of Commission Decision 2007/756/EC ( 9 ) and request the update of the vehicle register. In that situation: (i) the former entity in charge of maintenance shall without delay deliver the maintenance documentation to the keeper; (ii) the former entity in charge of maintenance shall be relieved of its obligations when it is removed from the vehicle register; (iii) in the absence of a new entity in charge of maintenance the registration of the vehicle shall be suspended.