Article 13

1. For the purposes of this Directive, Member States shall supply the Commission with all the necessary information relating to: - the authorizations issued pursuant to Articles 4, 5 and 6, the results of the monitoring of the environment concerned carried out pursuant to Article 7, the measures taken pursuant to Article 8. They shall also supply the Commission with general information concerning the materials, processes and techniques notified to them pursuant to Article 11. 2. Information acquired as a result of the application of this Article may be used only for the purposes of this Directive. 3. The Commission and the competent authorities of the Member States, their officials and other servants shall not disclose information acquired by them pursuant to this Directive and of a kind covered by the obligation of professional secrecy. 4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 shall not prevent publication of general information or surveys which do not contain information relating to particular undertakings or associations of undertakings.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.