36Second, as the Court has already observed, the authorities of the importing Member State have available to them legislative and administrative means of compelling the manufacturer, his duly appointed representative or the licensee for the plant protection product already covered by marketing authorisation granted in accordance with Directive 91/414 to supply information in their possession which the authorities consider necessary. Those authorities may also consult the file submitted in connection with the application for marketing authorisation of that product and seek information from the authorities of the Member State in which the product was authorised as a parallel import (see judgment in British Agrochemicals Association, EU:C:1999:129, paragraph 34). Thus, Article 9(5) of Directive 91/414 provides that Member States are to make available, on request, to the other Member States the files which they are required to compile on each application for authorisation and supply to them all information necessary for the full comprehension of the applications.
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