Article 51 — Requests for assessment for the purposes of Article 49(6)

1. Requests for an assessment of a substance or mixture prohibited pursuant to Part III, point 4, 5 or 6, of Annex II for the purposes of Article 49(6) shall be submitted to ECHA using the format referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article. The requests shall be made publicly available in an easily accessible and user-friendly manner. 2. Without prejudice to the second subparagraph of this paragraph, any person submitting a request for assessment pursuant to paragraph 1 may request that certain confidential information is not to be made publicly available in accordance with the applicable Union law. The request for confidentiality shall be accompanied by a justification as to why the disclosure of the information could be harmful to the commercial interests of the person submitting the request for assessment or of any other party concerned. The following information held by ECHA shall be made publicly available, free of charge, in a user-friendly format: (a) the name of the legal person making the request; (b) the name of the substance or mixture for which there is a request for an exemption and, where appropriate, the hazard class as referred to in Part III, point 4, of Annex II; and (c) the type of toy or toy component. 3. Before 2 February 2027, ECHA shall draw up and make publicly available a format for the submission of requests for assessment referred to in paragraph 1. Before that date, ECHA shall also draw up and make publicly available technical and scientific guidance on how to submit such requests and on how the analysis supporting such requests is to be conducted, including as regards the availability of alternatives to the substances or mixtures and how to address, pursuant to this Regulation, the known additional hazards from the combined exposure to the different substances and mixtures present in the toy.