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17.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and (4) below, where an applicant for the inclusion of an active substance in Annex I or an applicant for approval of a plant protection product so requests, the Secretary of State shall treat any information submitted by that applicant as confidential to the extent that in the opinion of the Secretary of State that information contains industrial or commercial secrets.
(2) The Secretary of State shall not treat as confidential the information specified in Schedule 2 and, once the application has been granted, the Secretary of State may make that information available to any person for inspection.
(3) If subsequent to the request mentioned in paragraph (1) above the applicant discloses any information which is confidential by virtue of this regulation, he shall inform the Secretary of State accordingly.
(4) This regulation—
(a)is without prejudice to the provisions of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004(1), and
(b)does not prohibit the provision, to any authority responsible for exercising any function under any equivalent provision, of information which the Secretary of State considers will assist the authority in exercising it.
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