Article 8U.K.

1.Member States shall inform the Commission and the other Member States of their decisions to grant requests for confidentiality or to extend such approval, indicating the name or style and address or head office of the applicants, the names of the cosmetic products containing the ingredient in respect of which the request for confidentiality has been granted, and the registration number referred to in Article 4 (1).

The Commission and the other Member States may obtain, on request, a copy of the case file containing the request for confidentiality together with the decision of the competent authority. Particularly in this framework the competent authorities of the Member States and the Commission shall make arrangements to ensure proper cooperation.

2.Member States shall inform the Commission and the other Member States of their reasoned decisions to refuse or to withdraw approval of confidentiality or to refuse to extend the confidentiality period.

3.Member States and the Commission shall take the necessary measures to ensure that confidential data made known to them is not improperly disclosed.