Article 12 Transparency and confidentiality

The Commission shall establish a register of schemes to which it has granted recognition of equivalence and shall make it publically available. The Commission shall ensure that the register is updated in a timely manner whenever it grants or withdraws recognition of equivalence.

The report referred to in Article 8(1), shall be made publicly available if the Commission grants a scheme recognition of equivalence. The opinion on the draft report provided by the OECD Secretariat shall also be made publically available unless the OECD secretariat requests that its opinion remains confidential.

The Commission shall ensure that any information identified as confidential by the Commission, applicants or any natural or legal person contributing to the assessment under this Regulation is treated in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1.