Subject to the agreement of the competent authorities concerned and of the notifier, the information and documents listed in paragraph 1 may be submitted and exchanged by means of electronic data interchange with electronic signature or electronic authentication in accordance with Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, or a comparable electronic authentication system which provides the same level of security.
Faoi réir chomhaontú na n-údarás inniúil lena mbaineann agus an fhógróra, féadfar an fhaisnéis agus na doiciméid atá liostaithe i mír 1 a chur isteach agus a mhalartú trí bhíthin idirmhalartú leictreonach na sonraí le síniú leictreonach nó le deimhniú leictreonach i gcomhréir le Treoir 1999/93/CE ó Pharlaimint na hEorpa agus ón gComhairle, nó córas deimhnithe leictreonach inchomparáide a sholáthraíonn an leibhéal céanna slándála.