# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 of 20 April 2017 laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards notifications to the Commission of information and documents and amending and repealing several Commission Regulations (Text with EEA relevance), Article 1: Commission information system and notification method

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

1. Notification of information and documents required pursuant to the notification obligations laid down in Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 and in the acts adopted on the basis of those Regulations shall be made by means of an information-technology-based system that the Commission makes available to Member States.
The information and documents shall be set up and notified in accordance with:
(a) the procedures established for the information system;
(b) the access rights granted by the single liaison body referred to in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1183; and
(c) the forms made available to users in the information system.
2. By way of exception to the first paragraph of paragraph 1, Member States may make the required information available to the Commission by mail, by telefax, by electronic mail or by hand:
(a) if the Commission has not made available the information technology means for a specific notification obligation;
(b) in cases of force majeure or exceptional circumstances which make it impossible for the Member State to use the information system referred to in paragraph 1.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/1185/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1185/article-1
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