Confidential information relating to zootechnical additives
73.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), no person shall publish or disclose any confidential information relating to a zootechnical additive obtained by him in the performance of functions under these Regulations and to which this regulation applies without the previous consent in writing of the person responsible for putting the additive into circulation.
(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall restrict the publication or disclosure of such information for the purpose of the exercise of functions under Part II of these Regulations or the disclosure of such information for the purpose of the exercise of any function, or of assisting any authority in the exercise of any function bestowed on it, in implementation of any Directive referred to in regulation 2.
(3) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall prevent the publication or disclosure of confidential information of a type specified in Article 7.2 of Directive 70/524/EEC as amended by Directive 96/51/EC.
(4) In this regulation, “confidential information” means information of the type specified in Article 7.1 of Directive 70/524/EEC as amended by Directive 96/51/EC.