Article 27

Each year by 31 March, each undertaking shall communicate to the Commission, sending a copy to the competent authority of the Member State concerned, the data listed in paragraphs 2 to 6 for each controlled substance and each new substance listed in Annex II for the previous calendar year. Each producer shall communicate the following data: its total production of each substance referred to in paragraph 1; any production placed on the market or used for the producer’s own account within the Community, separately identifying production for feedstock, process agent and other uses; any production to meet the essential laboratory and analytical uses in the Community, licensed in accordance with Article 10(6); any production authorised under Article 10(8) to satisfy essential laboratory and analytical uses of Parties; any increase in production authorised under Article 14(2), (3) and (4) in connection with industrial rationalisation; any quantity recycled, reclaimed or destroyed and the technology used for the destruction, including amounts produced and destroyed as by-product as referred to in Article 3(14); any stocks; any purchases from and sales to other producers in the Community. Each importer shall communicate for each substance referred to in paragraph 1 the following data: any quantities released for free circulation in the Community, separately identifying imports for feedstock and process agent uses, for essential laboratory and analytical uses licensed in accordance with Article 10(6), for use in quarantine and pre-shipment applications and for destruction. Importers which imported controlled substances for destruction shall also communicate the actual final destination or destinations of each of the substances, providing separately for each destination the quantity of each of the substances and the name and address of destruction facility where the substance was delivered; any quantities imported under other customs procedures, separately identifying the customs procedure and the designated uses; any quantities of used substances referred to in paragraph 1 imported for recycling or reclamation; any stocks; any purchases from and sales to other undertakings in the Community; the exporting country. Each exporter shall communicate for each substances referred to in paragraph 1 the following data: any quantities of such substances exported, separately identifying quantities exported to each country of destination and quantities exported for feedstock and process agent uses, essential laboratory and analytical uses, critical uses and for quarantine and pre-shipment applications; any stocks; any purchases from and sales to other undertakings in the Community; the country of destination. Each undertaking destroying controlled substances referred to in paragraph 1 and not covered by paragraph 2 shall communicate the following data: any quantities of such substances destroyed, including quantities contained in products or equipment; any stocks of such substances waiting to be destroyed, including quantities contained in products or equipment; technology used for the destruction. Each undertaking using controlled substances as feedstock or process agents shall communicate the following data: any quantities of such substances used as feedstock or process agents; any stocks of such substances; the processes and emissions involved. Each year before 31 March, each producer or importer which holds a licence under Article 10(6) shall, for each substance for which an authorisation has been received, report to the Commission, sending a copy to the competent authority of the Member State concerned, the nature of the use, the quantities used during the previous year, the quantities held in stock, any quantities recycled, reclaimed or destroyed, and the quantity of products and equipment containing or relying on those substances placed on the Community market and/or exported. The Commission shall take appropriate steps to protect the confidentiality of the information submitted to it. The format of the reports referred to in paragraphs 1 to 7 shall be established in accordance with the management procedure referred to in Article 25(2). The Commission may amend the reporting requirements laid down in paragraphs 1 to 7. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 25(3).

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-04 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.