PART 3Amendment of retained direct EU legislation

26.

In Article 18—

(a)

in paragraph 2, for “Commission”, substitute “ appropriate authority ”;

(b)

for paragraph 4, substitute—

“4.

The Food Safety Authority must, on request, supply the appropriate authority with all information in its possession, including any identified as confidential pursuant to paragraph 2.”;

(c)

omit paragraph 5;

(d)

for paragraph 6, substitute—

“6.

The appropriate authority and the Food Safety Authority must keep confidential all the information identified as confidential under paragraph 2 except where it is appropriate for such information to be made public in order to protect human health, animal health or the environment.”;

(e)

in paragraph 7—

(i)

for “Member States, the Commission and the Authority shall”, substitute “ appropriate authority and the Food Safety Authority must ”;

(ii)

for “Commission”, substitute “ appropriate authority ”.