It is necessary to lay down the manner in which interested parties should be given notice of the information which the Community authorities require, and should have ample opportunity to present all relevant evidence and to defend their interests; it is also desirable to set out clearly the rules and procedures to be followed during the investigation, in particular the rules whereby interested parties are to make themselves known, present their views and submit information within specified time limits, if such views and information are to be taken into account; it is also appropriate to set out the conditions under which an interested party may have access to, and comment on, information presented by other interested parties.
Treba je določiti način, na katerega bi zainteresiranim strankam sporočili, katere informacije potrebujejo organi Skupnosti, in jim dali dovolj priložnosti, da predložijo vse potrebne dokaze in branijo svoje interese; zaželeno je tudi, da se jasno določijo pravila in postopki, ki se bodo uporabljali med preiskavo, zlasti pravila, po katerih se zainteresirane stranke lahko v določenih rokih oglasijo, predstavijo svoja mnenja in predložijo informacije, če bodo taka mnenja in informacije obravnavani med preiskavo; ustrezno je tudi določiti pogoje, pod katerimi ima lahko zainteresirana stranka dostop do informacij, ki jih predstavijo druge zainteresirane stranke, in so njih zavzamejo stališče.