Detergents and surfactants for detergents referred to in Article 1 shall, when placed on the market, comply with the conditions, properties and limits set out in this Regulation and its Annexes and, where applicable, with Directive 98/8/EC and all other relevant Community legislation. Surfactants which are also active substances under Directive 98/8/EC and which are used as disinfectants shall not be covered by Annexes II, III, IV and VIII to this Regulation provided that (a) they are listed in Annex I or IA to Directive 98/8/EC or (b) they are ingredients of biocidal products authorised under Article 15(1) or Article 15(1) of Directive 98/8/EC. (c) are components of biocidal products authorised under transitional measures or are subject to the 10-year work programme provided for in Article 16 of Directive 98/8/EC. Instead, such surfactants shall be considered as disinfectants and the provisions on the labelling of disinfectants in Annex VII A shall apply to the detergents of which they are components. (3)A manufacturer who places a detergent on the market of the European Union in the territory of the Czech Republic shall, within 45 days from the date on which he first placed that detergent on the market, provide the Ministry of Health with the information contained in the data sheet pursuant to the directly applicable European Union regulation on detergents in electronic form. (4) A distributor who places a detergent from another Member State of the European Union on the market in the Czech Republic shall, within 45 days of the date on which he first placed that detergent on the market, provide the Ministry of Health with the information published by the manufacturer in accordance with the directly applicable European Union regulation on detergents in electronic form.

Where a detergent contains surfactants for which the level of ultimate aerobic biodegradation is lower than that set out in Annex III, manufacturers of detergents used in industry or institutions containing surfactants or manufacturers of surfactants for detergents used in industry or institutions may apply for a derogation. The manufacturer shall apply for an exemption by means of an application sent to the Ministry of the Environment.

All tests referred to in Articles 3 and 4 and Annexes II, III, IV and VIII shall be carried out in accordance with the standards referred to in point 1 of Annex I and in accordance with the testing requirements of Article 10(5) of Regulation (EEC) No 793/93. For this purpose it is sufficient to use either the EN ISO/IEC standard or the principles of good laboratory practice, except for tests for which the principles of good laboratory practice have been made mandatory. In cases where surfactants are used in detergents which were placed on the market before the entry into force of the above standard, existing tests which have been carried out using the best available science and which have been carried out according to a standard comparable to those listed in Annex I may be accepted on a case-by-case basis. The manufacturer or the Member State may submit to the Commission any case about which there are doubts or disputes. A decision shall then be taken in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12(2).

Without prejudice to Article 45 of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16. for the purposes of the competent authorities of the Member States: - information on one or more of the test results referred to in Annex III, - for surfactants which have failed the tests referred to in Annex III and for which a derogation has been requested in accordance with Article 5: (i) the technical documentation on the test results referred to in Annex II, (ii) the technical documentation on the test results and information referred to in Annex IV. 2. Once substances or mixtures covered by this Regulation have been placed on the market, the manufacturer shall be responsible for the correct performance of the relevant tests referred to above. He shall also have documentation of the tests carried out in order to demonstrate compliance with this Regulation and to prove that he is entitled to exercise proprietary rights relating to the test results, which are different from the rights to test results already in the public domain. 3. Manufacturers placing on the market mixtures covered by this Regulation shall make available without delay and free of charge to any healthcare professional who so requests the data sheets of the ingredients of the preparations as set out in Annex VII C. This shall be without prejudice to the right of Member States to require that such data sheet be made available to a specific public body designated by the Member State to provide such information to healthcare professionals. The information contained in the data sheets shall be kept confidential by the specific public body and the health professionals and used only for medical purposes.

The existing provisions on the labelling of detergents, including those contained in Recommendation 89/542/EEC, which are incorporated into this Regulation, should be maintained in order to meet the objective of modernising the rules for detergents. Specific labelling is introduced to inform consumers about flavourings and preservatives present in detergents. Healthcare professionals should be able to obtain from the manufacturer, on request, a complete list of all ingredients in a detergent to help them determine whether there is a causal link between the development of an allergic reaction and exposure to a particular chemical. Member States should be able to require that such a list should also be made available to the specific public body responsible for providing such information to health professionals.