Article 12 Data on alternatives to substances of concern

1.   The ECHA shall establish and manage, as part of the common data platform, a database containing data on alternatives to substances of concern as defined in Article 2, point 27 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council (21) and to substances that meet the criteria for classification in hazard classes referred to in Article 2, point (27)(b), of that Regulation. Those data shall include data on alternative technologies or materials that do not require such substances.

2.   Where the Commission or one of the Agencies holds data as referred to in paragraph 1, it shall make those data available to the ECHA for incorporation in the common data platform.

3.   Where competent authorities of the Member States hold data as referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, they may make those data available in the standard formats as referred to in Article 17, where available, to the agency responsible under the relevant Union legal act listed in Annex I or, in the absence of such agency, to the ECHA, which may host the data.

4.   The ECHA shall facilitate the voluntary submission by interested parties of data as referred to in paragraph 1.