1.Temporary amendments to a product specification shall be approved and made public by the Member State in whose territory the geographical area of the product concerned is located. Temporary amendments shall be communicated to the Commission together with the reasons supporting them not later than 1 month following the date on which the national approval decision was made public. A temporary amendment shall be applicable in the Member State concerned from the date on which the decision approving the amendment was made public.
2.Where the geographical area covers more than one Member State, each of the Member States concerned shall apply the procedure for temporary amendments referred to in paragraph 1 separately.
3.Temporary amendments concerning products originating in third countries shall be communicated to the Commission, together with the reasons supporting them, by an applicant group having a legitimate interest, either directly or via the authorities of that third country, not later than 1 month following their approval.
4.The communication of an approved temporary amendment to the Commission shall be considered to be duly made when it complies with Article 10b of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014.
5.The Commission shall make public the communication of temporary amendments via the digital systems referred to in Article 12(1), first subparagraph, point (a), of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 668/2014 within 3 months from the date on which it has received the communication of a temporary amendment. A temporary amendment shall be applicable in the territory of the Union from the date on which it was made public by the Commission.
The national authority referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3 or the applicant group referred to in paragraph 3 that communicated a temporary amendment to the Commission shall remain responsible for its content.