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PREAMBLE     [go to this PREAMBLE]
... 56. Part of the responsibility of manufacturers or importers for the management of the risks of substances is the communication of information on these substances to other professionals such as downstream users or distributors. In addition, producers or importers of articles should supply information on the safe use of articles to industrial and professional users, and consumers on request. This important responsibility should also apply throughout the supply chain to enable all actors to meet their responsibility in relation to management of risks arising from the use of substances. ...


ARTICLE-3: Definitions     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 13) Downstream user: means any natural or legal person established within the Community, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who uses a substance, either on its own or in a preparation, in the course of his industrial or professional activities. A distributor or a consumer is not a downstream user. A re-importer exempted pursuant to Article 2(7)(c) shall be regarded as a downstream user; ...
... 25) Registrant's own use: means an industrial or professional use by the registrant; ...
... 35) Recipient of an article: means an industrial or professional user, or a distributor, being supplied with an article but does not include consumers; ...


ARTICLE-88: Qualification and interests     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The membership of the Committees and of the Forum shall be made public. Individual members may request that their names not be made public if they believe that such publication could place them at risk. The Executive Director shall decide whether to agree to such requests. When each appointment is published, the professional qualifications of each member shall be specified. ...


ARTICLE-105: Duty of confidentiality     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Members of the Management Board, members of the Committees and of the Forum, experts and officials and other servants of the Agency, shall be required, even after their duties have ceased, not to disclose information of the kind covered by the duty of professional secrecy. ...