15 U.S.C. § 4019
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- (a)Information submitted by any person in connection with the issuance, amendment, or revocation of a certificate of review shall be exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5.
- (b)
- (1)Except as provided in paragraph (2), no officer or employee of the United States shall disclose commercial or financial information submitted in connection with the issuance, amendment, or revocation of a certificate of review if the information is privileged or confidential and if disclosure of the information would cause harm to the person who submitted the information.
- (2)Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to information disclosed—
- (A)upon a request made by the Congress or any committee of the Congress,
- (B)in a judicial or administrative proceeding, subject to appropriate protective orders,
- (C)with the consent of the person who submitted the information,
- (D)in the course of making a determination with respect to the issuance, amendment, or revocation of a certificate of review, if the Secretary deems disclosure of the information to be necessary in connection with making the determination,
- (E)in accordance with any requirement imposed by a statute of the United States, or
- (F)in accordance with any rule or regulation promulgated under section 4020 of this title permitting the disclosure of the information to an agency of the United States or of a State on the condition that the agency will disclose the information only under the circumstances specified in subparagraphs (A) through (E).