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Article 118 Access to informationX1

United Kingdom

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

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2.

Disclosure of the following information shall normally be deemed to undermine the protection of the commercial interests of the concerned person:

(a)

details of the full composition of a F2mixture ;

(b)

without prejudice to Article 7(6) and Article 64(2), the precise use, function or application of a substance or mixture , including information about its precise use as an intermediate;

(c)

the precise tonnage of the substance or mixture manufactured or placed on the market;

(d)

links between a manufacturer or importer and his distributors or downstream users.

Where urgent action is essential to protect human health, safety or the environment, such as emergency situations, the Agency may disclose the information referred to in this paragraph.

3.

The F3Agency shall adopt the practical arrangements for F4 ... appeals or remedies necessary for reviewing a partial or full rejection of a confidentiality request F5 ....

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Art. 118(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 79(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

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Substituted by Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (Text with EEA relevance).

F3

Word in Art. 118(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 79(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4

Words in Art. 118(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 79(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5

Words in Art. 118(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 79(3)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6

Art. 118(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/758), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 79(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Editorial notes

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Substituted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (Official Journal of the European Union L 396 of 30 December 2006).