Directive (EU) 2022/1999 is amended as follows:
Article 9 is amended as follows:
in paragraph 1, the following subparagraph is added:
‘The last report pursuant to the first subparagraph shall be submitted to the Commission by 31 December 2024 and shall cover the period from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023.’;
the following paragraph is inserted:
‘1a. From 1 January 2024, the reports for each calendar year referred to in paragraph 1, first subparagraph, shall be submitted to the Commission every two years, no later than 12 months after the end of the second year, and shall include the following information:
the number of checks carried out;
the number of vehicles checked by place of registration (vehicles registered nationally, in other Member States or in third countries);
the number of infringements recorded according to risk category as referred to in Annex II;
the type and number of penalties imposed.
The first report pursuant to the first subparagraph shall be submitted by 31 December 2026.’;
in paragraph 2, the following subparagraph is added:
‘From 2025 onwards, the Commission shall send that report to the European Parliament and the Council at least every four years.’;
Annex III is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.