Assigning and making available reference numbers
Article 7
1. The Information System shall, without undue delay, assign a reference number and verification number to the Due Diligence Statement submitted by the Information System user after concluding the risk profiling referred to in Article 6. 2. The reference number and verification number shall be made available to the Information System user upon concluding the risk profiling referred to in Article 6. 3. The Information System shall enable competent authorities to delay the making available of the reference number to establish whether the relevant products comply with Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 and, in particular, to verify that the identified situation referred to in Article 6(1) of this Regulation is not applicable to that relevant product. Such delay shall be as short as possible and shall not exceed the period set out in Article 17(3) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115. It may be further extended at the discretion of the competent authority.