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ARTICLE-3: Definitions [go to this ARTICLE]
... 12. placing on the market: means supplying or making available, whether in return for payment or free of charge, to a third party. Import shall be deemed to be placing on the market; ...
ARTICLE-31: Requirements for safety data sheets [go to this ARTICLE]
... 8. A safety data sheet shall be provided free of charge on paper or electronically. ...
... The new, dated version of the information, identified as "Revision: (date)", shall be provided free of charge on paper or electronically to all former recipients to whom they have supplied the substance or preparation within the preceding
12 months. Any updates following registration shall include the registration number. ...
ARTICLE-32: Duty
to communicate information down the supply chain for substances on
their own or in preparations for which a safety data sheet is not
required [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be communicated free of charge on paper or electronically at the latest at the time of the first delivery of a substance on its own or in a preparation
after 1 June 2007. ...
... In addition, the updated information shall be provided free of charge on paper or electronically to all former recipients to whom they have supplied the substance or preparation within the preceding
12 months. Any updates following registration shall include the registration number. ...
ARTICLE-33: Duty to communicate information on substances in articles [go to this ARTICLE]
... The relevant information shall be provided, free of charge, within 45 days of receipt of the request. ...
ARTICLE-77: Tasks [go to this ARTICLE]
... (e) establishing and maintaining database(s) with information on all registered substances, the classification and labelling inventory and the harmonised classification and labelling list. It shall make the information
identified in Article 119(1) and (2) in the database(s) publicly available, free of charge, over the Internet, except where a request made under Article 10(a)(xi) is considered justified. The Agency shall make other information in the databases available on request in accordance with Article 118; ...
ARTICLE-111: Formats and software for submission of information to the Agency [go to this ARTICLE]
... The Agency shall specify formats and make them available free of charge, and software packages and make them available on its website for any submissions to the Agency. Member States, manufactures, importers, distributors or downstream users shall use these formats and packages in their submissions to the Agency pursuant to this Regulation. In particular, the Agency shall make available software tools to facilitate the submission of all information relating to substances registered in accordance with Article 12(1). ...
ARTICLE-119: Electronic public access [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The following information held by the Agency on substances whether on their own, in preparations or in articles, shall be made publicly available, free of charge, over the Internet in accordance with Article 77(2)(e): ...
... 2. The following information on substances whether on their own, in preparations or in articles, shall be made publicly available, free of charge, over the Internet in accordance with Article 77(2)(e) except where a party submitting the information submits a justification in accordance with Article 10(a)(xi), accepted as valid by the Agency, as to why such publication is potentially harmful for the commercial interests of the registrant or any other party concerned:
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