1. Applicants shall submit an application by filling in the online application form via the dedicated public website or via the app for mobile devices sufficiently in advance of any intended travel, or, if they are already present on the territory of Member States, before the expiry of an existing travel authorisation they hold.
2. Holders of a travel authorisation may submit an application for a new travel authorisation from 120 days before the expiry of the travel authorisation.
120 days before the expiry of the travel authorisation, the ETIAS Central System shall automatically inform the holder of that travel authorisation via the email service of:
(a)
the expiry date of the travel authorisation;
(b)
the possibility to submit an application for a new travel authorisation;
(c)
the obligation to be in possession of a valid travel authorisation for the entire duration of a short stay on the territory of Member States.
3. All notifications to the applicant for the purpose of his or her application for a travel authorisation shall be sent to the email address provided by the applicant in the application form as referred to in point (g) of Article 17(2).
4. Applications may be submitted by the applicant or by a person or a commercial intermediary authorised by the applicant to submit the application on his or her behalf.
5. The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, create a form allowing abuses by the commercial intermediaries referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article to be reported. This form shall be made accessible via the dedicated public website or via the app for mobile devices referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. Such completed forms shall be sent to the ETIAS Central Unit which shall take appropriate action, including by regularly reporting to the Commission. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 90(2).