S.L. 545.9 Art. 16Reviews of emergency preparedness and stockholding.

(1) The Regulator or the CSE, as the case may be, shall place sensitive data relating to the location of stocks at the disposal of the Commission’s employees or its authorised agents within one week of an order given in writing by the Minister in terms of this sub-regulation.

(2) The Regulator and those responsible for maintaining and managing emergency and specific stocks may be inspected and, when inspected, they shall provide assistance to the persons authorised by the Minister to perform reviews of emergency preparedness and stockholding. Those persons shall be granted in particular the right to consult all documents and registers relating to the stocks and have right of access to all sites on which stocks are held and to all related documents.

(3) Officials, agents and other persons working under Commission supervision and members of the Coordination Group shall not disclose any information which has been gathered or exchanged pursuant to this regulation and which, by its nature, is covered by professional secrecy, such as the identity of the owners of stocks.

(4) The Regulator, economic operators and if applicable the CSE shall preserve all data, records, summaries and documents relating to emergency stocks and specific stocks for a period of at least five years.