Article 11 Data on chemicals in articles or products

1.   The ECHA shall establish and manage, as part of the common data platform, a database containing data on chemicals in articles or products generated or submitted as part of the implementation of Union legal acts listed in Annex V. The Commission shall design relevant related database functionalities.

2.   Where the Commission or one of the Agencies holds the data referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, it shall make those data available to the ECHA for incorporation in the common data platform in the standard formats as referred to in Article 17, where available, without delay and, where relevant, once the agency responsible or the Commission has performed the validity assessment.

3.   Where competent authorities of the Member States hold the data 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 V, or to the ECHA in the absence of such agency, which may host the data.

4.   The Commission and the Agencies shall provide the necessary technical cooperation to the ECHA to enable data on chemicals in articles or products to be incorporated into the database referred to in paragraph 1.