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1. The collection bodies shall do the following: collect the information submitted by entities; store the information submitted by entities or generated by the collection bodies themselves and, where relevant, rely on existing procedures and infrastructure in place for the storage of information; perform technical automated validations in respect of the information submitted by entities to verify whether the information complies with the following: it has been submitted using a data extractable format or, where appropriate, the machine-readable format specified in any of the Union legislative acts under Article 1(1), point (a), pursuant to which the information is submitted; the metadata for the information, as specified pursuant to paragraph 10, point (e), of this Article and, where applicable, Article 3(1), point (a), is available and complete; it is accompanied by a qualified electronic seal, where required; not impose conditions on the use and re-use of the information accessible on ESAP, other than conditions that correspond to those laid down in open standard licences as referred to in Article 9; implement the API and provide ESAP, free of charge and within the applicable time limits, with the information, the metadata for that information and, where required, the qualified electronic seal; insofar as it falls within the technical competence of the collection body, provide assistance to the entities submitting the information in relation to, at least, the submission, rejection and resubmission process; ensure that the information referred to in Article 1(1) remains available to ESAP for at least 10 years, unless otherwise provided in the Union legislative acts under Article 1(1), point (a). For the purposes of point (g) of the first subparagraph of this paragraph, and in accordance with Regulations (EU) 2016/679 and (EU) No 2018/1725, the collection bodies shall take the appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure that, where the metadata accompanying the submitted information refers to any personal data, that information is not retained for the purpose of being made available to ESAP, nor made accessible on ESAP, for longer than five years, unless otherwise provided in the Union legislative acts under Article 1(1), point (a), of this Regulation.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.