Monitoring and promotion of the smart readiness indicator scheme
Article 7
1. Where Member States decide to implement the smart readiness indicator scheme, experts that operate in the respective Member State’s or Member States’ territory shall report data on the smart readiness indicator certificates they issue to the national or, where applicable, the regional authorities of the respective Member States, in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation. 2. Member States that decide to implement the smart readiness indicator scheme shall report annually to the Commission the number of smart readiness indicator certificates issued on their territory and related statistics, as set out in the Annex to this Regulation. 3. The Commission, based on consultation with Member States, experts and stakeholders, and based on the data provided by experts, shall monitor the market uptake of the smart readiness indicator scheme. 4. Member States that decide to implement the smart readiness indicator scheme may establish additional measures to support the uptake of the scheme. Such measures may be established and reported in the context of the long-term renovation strategies required under Article 2a of Directive 2010/31/EU.