Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that a system of specific information is established to enable professional and industrial users and, as appropriate, other users of biocidal products to take the necessary measures for the. protection of the environment and health as well as health and safety at the workplace. This shall be done in the form of a safety-data sheet provided by those responsible for the placing on the market of the product.

The safety-data sheets shall be prepared:

• for biocidal products classified as dangerous and in accordance with Article 10 of Directive 88/379/EEC,

• for active substancess used exclusively in biocidal products in accordance with the requirements of Article 27 of Directive 67/548/EEC.