# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/480 of 1 April 2016 establishing common rules concerning the interconnection of national electronic registers on road transport undertakings and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1213/2010 (Text with EEA relevance), Article 2: Definitions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purpose of this Regulation and in addition to the definitions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) ‘ERRU (European Registers of Road Transport Undertakings)’ means a system of interconnection of national electronic registers, set up in accordance Article 16(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009;
(b) ‘Asynchronous interface’ means a process whereby a message in response to a request is returned on a new HTTP connection;
(c) ‘Broadcast search’ means a request message from a Member State addressed to all other Member States;
(d) ‘Central hub’ means the information system enabling the routing of ERRU messages between Member States;
(e) ‘CPC’ means certificate of professional competence, as referred to in Article 8(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009;
(f) ‘Member State of infringement’ means the Member State in which a transport undertaking has committed an infringement;
(g) ‘Member State of establishment’ means the Member State in which an undertaking is established;
(h) ‘National system’ means the information system set up in each Member State for the purpose of emitting, processing and responding to ERRU messages;
(i) ‘Synchronous interface’ means a process whereby a message in response to a request is returned on the same HTTP connection as the one used for the request;
(j) ‘Requesting Member State’ means the Member State emitting a request or a notification, which is then routed to the responding Member States;
(k) ‘Responding Member State’ means the Member State to whom the ERRU request or notification is directed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/480/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-480/article-2
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