Chapter III, Article 15 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1420

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Article 15Termination of a project#

1.Regulatory sandbox coordinators shall terminate a project in the interoperability regulatory sandbox in any of the following cases:

(a)the project has fulfilled the objectives before the maximum initial duration is reached;

(b)the regulators involved in the interoperability regulatory sandbox or other competent authorities have requested the termination of the project and no mitigation is possible;

(c)the necessary funding to continue the activities is not available;

(d)the project no longer fulfils the minimum criteria in terms of scope and participation set out in its specific plan and no mitigation is possible.

2.In case the regulatory sandbox coordinators plan to terminate a project before the initially scheduled ending date, the regulatory sandbox coordinators shall inform all participants in due time.

3.Personal data that was exceptionally processed in order to reach the objectives of a projects shall not be used as operative data outside the projects, unless there is a proper legal basis authorising a change of purpose.

4.Within three months following the termination of the projects, regulatory sandbox coordinators shall:

(a)publish on the Interoperable Europe portal or a portal, catalogue or repository connected to the Interoperable Europe portal the interoperability solutions and related materials developed during the project, including documentation, version history, documented source code and references to open standards or technical specifications used, if such solutions and material are in line with the applicable quality criteria for the Interoperable Europe Portal;

(b)where solutions are issued as open source, use the EUPL or another appropriate open source licence;

(c)clearly indicate, if sharing restrictions apply due to:

—intellectual property rights held by third parties,

—sensitive critical infrastructure protection,

—protection of defence interests or public security.

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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.