S.L. 646.12 Art. 18Access to information and confidentiality.

(1) The competent authority shall ensure, in the interests of transparency, that any information held pursuant to these regulations is made available to any natural or legal person who so requests in accordance with Directive 2003/4/EC.

(2) Disclosure of any information required under these regulations, including under regulation 11, may be refused or restricted by the competent authority where the conditions laid down in Article 4 of Directive 2003/4/EC are fulfilled.

(3) Disclosure of the complete information referred to in regulation 11(2)(b) and (c) held by the competent authority may be refused by that competent authority, without prejudice to sub-regulation (2) of this regulation, if the operator has requested not to disclose certain parts of the safety report or the inventory of dangerous substances for the reasons provided for in Article 4 of Directive 2003/4/EC. The competent authority may also decide for the same reasons that certain parts of the report or inventory shall not be disclosed. In such cases, and on approval of the competent authority, the operator shall supply to the competent authority an amended report or inventory excluding those parts.