Documentation, duty to inform and conclusion of the granting approval authority
Article 5
1. The granting approval authority shall ensure that the tests performed in accordance with Article 4 are documented, and that the test reports are made available to the Commission, to the manufacturer of the vehicles concerned and, on request, to other approval authorities, market surveillance authorities and third parties complying with the requirements of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/163 ( 6 ) . 2. The granting approval authority shall, within 10 months after starting a test, come to a conclusion on whether or not the in-service verification has identified a lack of correspondence between the CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption values of the in-service vehicles and the values recorded in the customer information files, or the presence of artificial strategies. 3. A conclusion by the granting approval authority in accordance with paragraph 2 shall apply to all vehicles concerned that have first entered into service in the Union.