# Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on persistent organic pollutants (recast) (Text with EEA relevance), Article 11: Information exchange

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The Secretary of State shall facilitate and undertake the exchange within the United Kingdom and with third countries of information relevant to the reduction, minimisation or elimination, where feasible, of the manufacturing, use and release of POPs and to alternatives to those substances, specifying the risks and the economic and social costs related to such alternatives.
2. The appropriate authority and the competent authority, as appropriate, shall promote and facilitate with regard to POPs:
(a) awareness programmes, including relating to their health and environmental effects and their alternatives and on the reduction or elimination of their manufacture, use and release, especially for:
(i)policy- and decision-makers;
(ii)particularly vulnerable groups;
(b) the provision of public information;
(c) training, including workers, scientists, educators and technical and managerial personnel.
3. Information on the health and safety of humans and the environment shall not be regarded as confidential.
This does not limit the effect of—
a) in relation to England, Northern Ireland and Wales, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004;
b) in relation to Scotland, the Environment Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1021/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1021/article-11
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