Article 26 / Duty to inquire prior to registration
Article 26
Duty to inquire prior to registration
Every potential registrant of a non-phase-in substance, or potential registrant of a phase-in substance who has not pre-registered in accordance with Article 28, shall inquire from the Agency whether a registration has already been submitted for the same substance. He shall submit all the following information to the Agency with the inquiry:
his identity as specified in Section 1 of Annex VI, with the exception of the use sites;
the identity of the substance, as specified in Section 2 of Annex VI;
which information requirements would require new studies involving vertebrate animals to be carried out by him;
which information requirements would require other new studies to be carried out by him.
Studies involving vertebrate animals shall not be repeated.
The Agency shall simultaneously inform the previous registrants of the name and address of the potential registrant. The available studies shall be shared with the potential registrant in accordance with Article 27.