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the following Articles are inserted: ‘Article 5a Exchange of customs information 1. The storage of and automated access by competent authorities to the information referred to in Article 17(1)(f) of Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 shall take place using the electronic system referred to in Article 56(1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 (*1). 2. Automated access pursuant to Article 21(2a) of Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 shall be granted at the level of the goods item of a customs declaration as provided for in Section 3 of Chapter 2, and Column H1 of Section 1 of Chapter 3, in Title I of Annex B to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 (*2). 3. Each goods item shall be identified by the following information as required in accordance with Article 226 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447: (a) the Master Reference Number; and (b) the customs declaration acceptance date. 4. Annex VII to this Regulation sets out which piece of information referred to in Article 17(1)(f) of Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 corresponds to which data element of the customs system as defined in Annex B to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447. Article 5b Exchange of vehicle registration information 1. Automated enquiry of the information referred to in Article 21a(1) of Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 (“vehicle registration data”) shall be conducted using a version of the European Vehicle and Driving Licence Information System (EUCARIS) software application especially designed for the purposes of Article 21a of that Regulation, and amended versions of that software. Automated enquiry of vehicle registration data shall take place within a decentralised structure. The vehicle registration data exchanged via the EUCARIS system shall be transmitted in encrypted form. The specific version of the software application developed by the EUCARIS nominated party for operation for the automated enquiry of vehicle registration data for the purposes of Article 21a of Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 shall be separate from other versions of that software application available in EUCARIS. Automated enquiries shall be conducted in compliance with the requirements for data security and technical conditions of the data exchange referred to in points 2 and 3 of Chapter 3 of the Annex to Council Decision 2008/616/JHA (*3). The data elements of the vehicle registration data to be exchanged and the types of enquiry that are permitted shall be as specified in Annex VIII to this Regulation. 2. Automated access to vehicle registration data shall take place using the Trans European Services for Telematics between Administrations (TESTA) communications network and further developments thereof. 3. Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that automated enquiry of and automated access to vehicle registration data is possible 24 hours a day and seven days a week. In the event of a technical fault, the Member States' national contact points shall immediately inform each other with the support of the EUCARIS nominated party for operations, if needed. Automated data exchange shall be re-established as quickly as possible. 4. Each Member State shall designate one national authority as a national contact point responsible within that Member State for processing incoming requests for vehicle registration data for VAT purposes provided for in Article 21a of Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 and one for processing outgoing requests. The same authority may be responsible for processing both exchanges. It shall inform the other Member States and the Commission thereof. Article 5c Identification of Eurofisc Liaison Officials accessing information collated by the customs authorities, the recapitulative statements collected pursuant to Chapter 6 of Title XI of Directive 2006/112/EC and vehicle registration data To enable a Member State to identify a Eurofisc liaison official accessing information provided by that Member State under the conditions set out in Article 21(2)(e) or (2a)(d) or Article 21a(2) of Regulation (EU) No 904/2010, the following arrangements shall be implemented: (a) each Member State shall allocate a unique personal user identification to each of its Eurofisc liaison officials; (b) each Member State shall keep and update promptly a list of the names and unique personal user identifications of each of its Eurofisc liaison officials and shall make the up-to-date list available to the other Member States and the Commission; (c) each Member State shall ensure that any automated enquiry that it makes of the information referred to in Article 21(2)(e) or (2a)(d) or Article 21a(1) of Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 contains the unique personal user identification of the Eurofisc liaison official accessing the information. (*1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558)." (*2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed rules concerning certain provisions of the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 1)." (*3) Council Decision 2008/616/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the implementation of Decision 2008/615/JHA on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (OJ L 210, 6.8.2008, p. 12).’;"