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1. Before adopting delegated acts under this Article, the Commission shall, as part of the recurrent consultation process and together with experts designated by Member States and with stakeholders, ascertain the maturity of descriptions for the digital content of data types which are to be made available in accordance with Article 6a and ensure the finalisation of appropriate preparatory work.

1a. Following a cost-benefit analysis and appropriate consultations and taking into account market and technological development throughout the Union, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 12 in order to amend Annex III by:

(a) adding data types which fall within the scope of one of the data categories or subcategories referred to in Annex III and which are listed in the specifications established pursuant to Article 6(8), where the availability of such data types brings, according to a cost-benefit analysis, substantial and clearly justified benefits and improvements in terms of transport sustainability, transport safety and security, or transport efficiency and management, and defining the applicable dates;

(b) where clearly justified, removing data types from Annex III;

(c) defining the applicable dates for data types listed in Annex III for cases in which as of 20 December 2023 no dates have been defined.

2. The delegated acts adopted under paragraph 1a of this Article shall be consistent with the data types set out in the latest working programme adopted in accordance with Article 4a. Those delegated acts shall relate, where relevant, to the digital content defined in the framework of the preparatory work referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. Those delegated acts shall not cover more than one priority area.

3. The geographical coverage for a data type as referred to in paragraph 1a, points (a) and (c), shall be either the same as or more limited than that defined in Annex III for the categories or subcategories to which the data type belongs, following, where relevant, a stepwise approach.

4. The dates set out in the delegated acts referred to in paragraph 1a, points (a) and (c), shall:

(a) as regards the third column of Annex III, not be earlier than the date two years after the entry into force of the delegated act concerned and shall, where relevant, follow a stepwise approach;

(b) as regards the fourth column of Annex III, not be earlier than the date four years after the entry into force of the delegated act concerned. In the event that Annex III already specifies a date in the third column, the date for the fourth column shall:

(a) not be earlier than the date two years after the date specified in the third column and not earlier than the date two years after the entry into force of the delegated act concerned;

(b) with respect to static multimodal traffic data for EU-wide multimodal travel information services (location of identified access nodes) on the entire transport network of the EU, not be earlier than 31 December 2032. However, where the availability of existing data corresponding to information created or updated before the date set out in the third column of Annex III is not considered to be necessary on the ground that the corresponding information is getting outdated quickly, the delegated acts adopted pursuant to paragraph 1a, points (a) and (c) of this Article, may indicate in the fourth column of Annex III that the obligation laid down in Article 6a(1), fourth subparagraph, is not to apply to such data.

5. When adopting delegated acts pursuant to this Article, the Commission shall take into account the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Directive 2002/58/EC, in particular relating to the risk of interference with personal data, and the costs and human resources needed to make the relevant data available with a sufficient level of quality in order to ensure that those interferences, costs and resources, in particular those incurred by public authorities, are kept to a minimum. The Commission shall also consider the costs and administrative burden on private operators which may be required to provide the data.