Article 13 — Confidentiality

1.Experts shall not divulge any information of a confidential nature that they have acquired as part of their work in the scientific panel or as a result of other activities governed by this Regulation. For that purpose, they shall sign a declaration of confidentiality.

2.Experts shall comply with Article 339 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

3.Experts shall comply with the rules on confidentiality regarding the protection of Union classified information and sensitive non-classified information, laid down in Commission Decisions (EU, Euratom) 2015/443 and (EU, Euratom) 2015/444.

4.Where the obligations referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 are not met, the Commission may take all appropriate measures, including dismissing the expert from the scientific panel.