Article 5 — EU Talent Pool IT platform

1. The IT Platform for facilitating the recruitment of jobseekers from third countries is established. 2. The IT Platform shall be composed of: (a) the single coordinated channel enabling participating Member States to transmit job vacancies to the IT Platform; (b) the technical infrastructure enabling the IT Platform to receive job vacancies from the participating Member States; (c) the technical infrastructure to collect and store profiles of registered jobseekers from third countries; (d) the technical infrastructure to enable the National Contact Points, participating employers and other participating entities to search for registered jobseekers from third countries and to enable such jobseekers to search for job vacancies; (e) the automated matching tool; (f) the secure communication channel to enable registered jobseekers from third countries, and participating employers and other participating entities to communicate via and upload documents to the IT Platform. 3. The functioning of the automatic matching tool shall be governed by the principles of non-discrimination, legality and fairness, and shall not result in unfair biases or practices prohibited under Union or national law. 4. The Secretariat shall conduct a feasibility study within two years following the launch of the IT Platform, assessing the possibility of integrating multiple matching algorithms into the IT Platform. 5. The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, the necessary technical standards for the data exchange, data formats that include the European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO) classification, formats for job vacancies taking into account Article 13(4), (5) and (6) and formats for profiles of registered jobseekers from third countries taking into account Articles 6, 11 and 12. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 22(2). 6. Participating Member States and the Secretariat shall ensure technical interoperability between national systems and the IT Platform. The Secretariat shall ensure the interface with other relevant instruments and services offered at Union level, where appropriate.