Requirements for the data-mining tool
Article 45
1. In order to make use on a voluntary basis of the data-mining tool referred to in Article 59(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 to be made available by the Commission for the checks under Article 60 of that Regulation, Member States shall ensure that: (a) the management and control systems, including the integrated administration and control system referred to in Article 65(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, can be linked electronically to the tool and, in order to minimise the administrative burden and manual intervention, the exchange of data shall be automatic and in machine-readable format; (b) the information and the checks performed with the data-mining tool can automatically fed back to the management and control systems, and can be recorded and stored there. 2. Where the Member State decides to use the information collected under Article 44 of this Regulation when drawing up the check sample referred to in Article 60(1), second subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, the information may be verified by means of that data-mining tool.