http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1995/17/article/9Commission Directive 95/17/EC of 19 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 76/768/EEC as regards the non-inclusion of one or more ingredients on the list used for the labelling of cosmetic products (Text with EEA relevance)Commission Directive 95/17/ECCommission Directive 95/17/EC of 19 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 76/768/EEC as regards the non-inclusion of one or more ingredients on the list used for the labelling of cosmetic products (Text with EEA relevance)2020-12-12King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:01995L0017-20070101texttext/xmlen2007-01-01

Article 9

Member States shall recognize the decisions taken by a competent authority as to the approval of confidentiality or extension of the confidentiality period.

However, if, after having been informed or after having received a copy of the case file in accordance with the procedure under Article 8 (1), a Member State challenges a decision taken by the competent authority of another Member State, it may ask the Commission to take a decision pursuant to the procedure referred to in Article 10 of Directive 76/768/EEC.