Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1646 is amended as follows:
in Article 1, the following paragraph 5 is added:
‘5. Personal data relating to the good repute of an applicant benchmark administrator’s management body and of employees responsible for the oversight function, or of members performing the oversight function where a separate committee carries out the oversight function shall be kept by applicant benchmark administrators and competent authorities as long as necessary to assess the initial application and the ongoing supervision, as applicable, and no longer than five years after that person has ceased to perform its function.’;
the following Article 1a is inserted:
‘Article 1a
Format of the application
The application referred to in Article 1 shall be submitted by electronic means unless specified otherwise in the applicable national law. Those electronic means shall ensure the completeness, integrity and confidentiality of the information during its transmission. Each submitted document shall clearly identify to which specific requirement of this Regulation it refers.’;
Annex I is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation;
Annex II is replaced by the text in Annex III to this Regulation.