Regulation 34 Amendment of Regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003

in paragraph 2, for “Commission”, substitute “Food Safety Authority”;

for paragraph 4, substitute—

“4.

Notwithstanding paragraph 2, the Food Safety Authority must on request supply the appropriate authority with all information in its possession.”;

for paragraph 6, substitute—

“6.

The appropriate authority and the Food Safety Authority must take the necessary measures to ensure appropriate confidentiality of the information received by them under this Regulation except for information which must be made public if circumstances so require in order to protect human health, animal health or the environment.”.

for paragraph 7, substitute—

“7.

If an applicant withdraws or has withdrawn an application, the Food Safety Authority and the appropriate authority must respect the confidentiality of commercial and industrial information, including research and development information, as well as any information in respect of which a claim of confidentiality is disputed.”.