http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1107/article/63Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EECRegulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EECKing's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02009R1107-20191214texttext/xmlen2025-12-09Expert Participation2025-11-13 CHAPTER VI <Strong>PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION</Strong> ConfidentialityArticle 631A person requesting that information submitted under this Regulation is to be treated as confidential shall provide verifiable evidence to show that the disclosure of the information might undermine his commercial interests, or the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual.2Disclosure of the following information shall normally be deemed to undermine the protection of the commercial interests or of privacy and the integrity of the individuals concerned:athe method of manufacture;bthe specification of impurity of the active substance except for the impurities that are considered to be toxicologically, ecotoxicologically or environmentally relevant;cresults of production batches of the active substance including impurities;dmethods of analysis for impurities in the active substance as manufactured except for methods for impurities that are considered to be toxicologically, ecotoxicologically or environmentally relevant;elinks between a producer or importer and the applicant or the authorisation holder;finformation on the complete composition of a plant protection product;gnames and addresses of persons involved in testing on vertebrate animals.3This Article is without prejudice to the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 or the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.Words in Art. 63(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/556), regs. 1(1), 8(2) (with Sch. 1); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)