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Access point Provider: means a nominated access point that is allowed to communicate with Union Database in a secure way. It is technical component used on eDelivery infrastructure. The access point provider is not authorized to store & process the information (data) shared between the economic operator and the union databases. Access point provider should ensure any data sent via the access point is also not transmitted or shared to a scheme or a member state in the context of Access point provider responsibilities to support an EO for submitting information to UDB. Access point provider is nominated by a scheme and may have a framework contract established. An Economic Operator may use this approach to exchange the information from their IT system/ERP system with Union Database via the Access point provider. The economic operators may chose the Access point provider nominated by any one of the schemes and will have to ensure their bilateral contracts can ensure secure data exchange from their systems to the Union Database.
Economic Operators who would like to use an Access point provider would have to test their application with Union Database before being allowed to send the information to Union Database. In order to receive support for testing of their IT systems using one of the existing Access point provider please send an email to EC-UNION-DB@ext.ec.europa.eu
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