Article 119 Transparency and communication

1.Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 shall apply to documents held by the Agency. This shall be without prejudice to the rules on access to data and information set out in Regulation (EU) No 376/2014 and in the implementing acts adopted on the basis of Articles 72(5) and 74(8) of this Regulation.

2.The Agency may engage in communication activities on its own initiative within its field of competence. It shall ensure in particular that, in addition to the publication specified in Article 115(3), the general public and any interested party are rapidly given objective, reliable and easily understandable information with regard to its work. The Agency shall ensure that the allocation of its resources to communication activities shall not be detrimental to the effective exercise of the tasks referred to in Article 75.

3.The Agency shall translate safety promotion material into the official languages of the Union, where appropriate.

4.National competent authorities shall assist the Agency by effectively communicating relevant safety information within their respective jurisdictions.

5.Any natural or legal person shall be entitled to address the Agency in writing in any of the official languages of the Union and shall have the right to receive an answer in the same language.

6.The translation services required for the functioning of the Agency shall be provided by the Translation Centre of the Bodies of the European Union.