The exporter shall for a period of a minimum of five years keep a record of the notification referred to in Article 4 and the acknowledgement of receipt and the decision of the Party or, where appropriate, non-Party of import and send a copy of these documents to the competent authority F2for each constituent nation in which the exporter is based.

Without prejudice to Article 16, the F3relevant GB competent authority for each constituent nation in which the exporter is based shall make these documents available to the public in accordance with F4F5assimilated law on access to environmental information.