• The Interoperability Directive stipulates that the ERA and the NSAs take full responsibility for the authorisations they issue;
  • In the case of litigations related to a vehicle authorisation, the applicant shall refer its case to a so-called ‘Board of Appeal’ of the ERA;
  • This body will be composed of experts which are appointed by the Management Board of the ERA (Member States/NSAs, EC, ERA);
  • In the case of diverging views between the ERA, the NSAs and / or the applicant, the Board of Appeal shall provide an opinion;
  • The ERA will charge fees & charges for the opinion of the Board of Appeal to the plaintiff.
  • The Appeal Body’s Rules of Procedure are laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation 2018/867

More information: https://www.era.europa.eu/agency/board-appeal_en