The Commission shall organise an exchange of information with the Member States, the industry concerned and non-governmental organisations promoting environmental protection on the use of organic solvents and their potential substitutes and techniques which have the least potential effects on air, water, soil, ecosystems and human health.

The exchange of information shall be organised on all of the following:

1. (a)

   fitness for use;

2. (b)

   potential effects on human health and occupational exposure in particular;

3. (c)

   potential effects on the environment;

4. (d)

   the economic consequences, in particular the costs and benefits of the options available.