(1) Employees who are entrusted with the tasks of the national contact point pursuant to Section 11 or the contact points of the Committee Members pursuant to Section 22, Members and substitute Members of the Committee as well as experts who are called upon in meetings of the Committee or in the course of the review of transactions subject to this Federal Act may not disclose or exploit official, business or trade secrets which have been entrusted to them or which have become accessible to them in this capacity during the term of their activity or appointment and also after their function has ceased.
