Regulation 15 Data protectionI1

Subject to paragraph (2), the Department shall not make use of any information provided in accordance with Annex II by an applicant for approval of a plant protection product under regulation 5 or 7 for the benefit of any other applicant for approval of a plant protection product under regulation 5 or 7.

The Department may make use of such information in the circumstances provided for in Article 13(3).

Subject to paragraph (4), the Department shall not make use of any information provided in accordance with Annex III by an applicant for approval of a plant protection product under regulation 5 or 7 for the benefit of any other applicant for approval of a plant protection product under regulation 5 or 7.

The Department may make use of such information in the circumstances provided for in Article 13(4).

The Department, following examination of an application for approval of a plant protection product under regulation 5 or 7, shall inform the Commission of instances where it considers that an active substance as included in Annex I has been produced by a person or manufacturing process other than those specified in the dossier on the basis of which that active substance was first included in Annex I and shall transmit to the Commission all relevant information regarding the identity and impurities of that active substance.