Declaration of a general description of the site
Article 6
1. Each Member State which is a party to Additional Protocol 1999/188/Euratom shall designate a site representative for each site on its territory, who shall submit to the Commission a declaration containing a general description of the site, in accordance with Annex II of this Regulation. The declaration of a general description of the site shall be submitted within 120 days of the date of entry into force of Additional Protocol 1999/188/Euratom in the Member State concerned and an update shall be submitted by 1 April of each year. The declaration of a general description of the site and its update shall be submitted electronically. The declaration of a general description of the site shall fulfil the requirements of Article 2, point (a) (iii), of Additional Protocol 1999/188/Euratom and shall be separate from the declaration of the basic technical characteristics. 2. While the site representative carries the responsibility for the timely collection of the relevant information and the submission of the declaration of a general description of the site to the Commission, the responsibility for the correctness and the completeness of that declaration remains with the persons or undertakings setting up or operating the installation; for buildings on a site which do not involve nuclear material, that responsibility remains with the Member State concerned. 3. If requested, further details or explanations in connection with the information submitted in the declaration of a general description of the site shall be provided to the Commission within 15 days.