Chapter III, Article 10 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1420

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Article 10Admission of participants and other actors#

1.Regulatory sandbox coordinators shall publish on the Interoperable Europe Portal information on the eligibility and selection criteria for participation in the interoperability regulatory sandbox. Those criteria shall include the provision of information on the possibility for GovTech actors, including national or European standardisation organisations, notified bodies, research and experimentation labs, innovation hubs and companies wishing to test innovative interoperability solutions, in particular SMEs and start-ups, to be involved in the interoperability regulatory sandbox, as provided for in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/903.

2.Regulatory sandbox coordinators shall decide on requests from other Union entities, public sector bodies or GovTech actors seeking to join the interoperability regulatory sandbox as participants or other actors, based on the rules for the respective interoperability regulatory sandbox, published on the Interoperable Europe Portal according to paragraph 1.

3.The participants or other actors shall submit a declaration of commitment to the regulatory sandbox coordinators that provides for the assumption of obligations and the commitment for the candidate to meet financial, organizational, human resources and any other conditions that are relevant for this purpose.

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project
means a specific set of actions aiming to develop, train, test and validate innovative interoperability solutions, running in the controlled environment of an interoperability regulatory sandbox according to a specific plan and involving participants as referred to in Article 12(3) of Regulation (EU) 2024/903;
regulator
means regulatory bodies or authorities that oversee and enforce compliance within specific sectors at Union, Member States, regional or local level relevant for the projects in an interoperability regulatory sandbox;
regulatory sandbox coordinators
means Union entities or public sector bodies that jointly establish and manage an interoperability regulatory sandbox, including overseeing their setup, coordinating participation, monitoring progress, reporting on the activities and termination;
specific agreement
means a formal instrument concluded between at least three Union entities or public sector bodies that outlines the terms, roles, responsibilities, and working methods for the creation, governance, and operation of an interoperability regulatory sandbox;
specific plan
means a specific plan on the development, training, testing and validation of innovative interoperability solutions in an interoperability regulatory sandbox, as referred to in Article 12(3) of Regulation (EU) 2024/903.