Confidentiality of data
The Commission provisions on security set out in Decision 2001/844/EC/ECSC/Euratom shall apply without prejudice to Regulation No 3 implementing Article 24 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, to information, knowledge and documents acquired or obtained by the Commission under the present Regulation.
The security of information transmission shall be agreed between the Commission and the person, undertaking or entity concerned, and shall be in accordance with Member State requirements for the transmission of such information.
Installations controlled from outside the Community
Where an installation is controlled by a person or undertaking established outside the Community, any obligations imposed by this Regulation shall be fulfilled by the local management of the installation.
Guidelines
The Commission shall adopt and publish Guidelines for the application of this Regulation by means of a Recommendation, and, if necessary, update them in the light of the experience gained, in close consultation with the Member States, and after having obtained observations from interested parties.
Repeal
Regulation (Euratom) No 3227/76 is repealed.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation.
Transitional period
The Commission may grant an exemption from the obligation to use the reporting formats set out in Annexes III, IV and V. The exemption shall apply to persons or undertakings using the reporting format of Annex II, III and IV of Regulation (Euratom) No 3227/76 on the date of entry into force of this Regulation. It shall be granted for a maximum of five years from that date.
The persons or undertakings referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 3(1) shall, within a period of three years of the date of entry into force of this Regulation, inform the Commission of the date on which they intend to start using the reporting formats set out in Annexes III, IV and V. Upon duly justified request and the presentation of an implementation programme the Commission may, on a case by case basis, extend the period by up to two years.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
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