S.L. 65.29 Art. 3National contact point.

(1) For the purposes of these regulations, the

Authority shall be Malta’s national contact point for the cross-border exchange of vehicle registration data.

(2) In order to allow the identification of the vehicle, and the owner or holder of that vehicle, in relation to a failure to pay a road fee has been established, the Authority shall grant access only to other Member States’ national contact points to the following national vehicle registration data, with the power to conduct automated searches thereon:

(a) data relating to vehicles; and

(b) data relating to the owners or holders of the vehicle.

(3) The data elements referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of sub-regulation (2) which are necessary in order to conduct an automated search shall comply with the First Schedule and all automated searches are to comply with the requirements of the said Schedule.

(4) In the exchange of information with the national contact points of other Member States, the Authority shall be obliged to pay particular attention to the proper protection of personal data.

(5) The Authority shall take the measures necessary to ensure that the exchange of information is carried out using the European Vehicle and Driving Licence Information System (Eucaris) software application and amended versions of this software, in compliance with the First Schedule and with points 2 and 3 of Chapter 3 of the Annex to Decision 2008/616/JHA.

(6) The Authority shall bear its own costs arising from the administration, use and maintenance of the software applications referred to in sub-regulation (5).