Information exchange by the competent authority of the administering State
Article 22
1. Whenever non-conformities or deficiencies are identified the competent authority of the administering State responsible for companies for which the verifier is carrying out verification shall communicate at least the following on an annual basis to the national accreditation body that has accredited that verifier: (a) relevant results from checking the FuelEU report, partial FuelEU reports, verification of conformity with GHG intensity requirements by calculating the GHG intensity of the energy used on board, the compliance balance, non-compliant port calls and the verification reports in case the competent authority of the administering State performed additional checks as referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1805; (b) results from the additional checks of the shipping company as outlined in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1805 where those results are relevant for the national accreditation body concerning the verifier’s accreditation and surveillance or where they include any identified issue of data that did not fulfil the requirements under Regulation (EU) 2023/1805, Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 8 ) , Implementing Regulation on the FuelEU verification activities or this Regulation; (c) results from the evaluation of internal verification documentation of that verifier where the competent authority of the administering State has evaluated the documentation; (d) complaints received by the competent authority of the administering State about that verifier. 2. Where the information referred to in paragraph 1 provides evidence that the competent authority has identified issues in the reported data that did not fulfil the requirements under Regulation (EU) 2023/1805, Directive 2003/87/EC and the Implementing Regulation on the FuelEU verification activities, the national accreditation body shall consider the communication of that information as a complaint by the competent authority of the administering State about that verifier within the meaning of Article 15. 3. The national accreditation body shall take appropriate action to address such issues and respond to the competent authority of the administering State within a reasonable time, but no later than 3 months from the date of receipt. The national accreditation body shall inform the competent authority of the administering State in its response of the action taken by it and, where relevant, the administrative measures imposed on the verifier.