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disclosure

English translation: reporting to authorities

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:disclosure
Selected answer:reporting to authorities
Entered by: Darko Kolega

00:21 Aug 28, 2011
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci / chemical products
English term or phrase: disclosure
This material contains no ingredients requiring disclosure under regulatory hazard criteria for this jurisdiction.



I need help in understanding this term in this sentence...thanks for kind help - even just a short description or synonym
Darko Kolega
Croatia
Local time: 23:08
reporting to authorities
Explanation:
This material contains no ingredients requiring disclosure (the reporting of the ingredients to the appropriate official authorities) under regulatory hazard criteria for this jurisdiction.

Or to put it another way.

You do not have to disclose (report) the ingredients in this material because it does not contains any ingredients that you are required to report under regulatory hazard criteria for this jurisdiction.


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Note added at 12 mins (2011-08-28 00:33:53 GMT)
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HERE ARE TWO EXAMPLES FROM AN ONLINE DICTIONARY:

We demand full disclosure of the facts.
he offered full disclosure of the government files on the assassination
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disclosure
Selected response from:

Stephanie Ezrol
United States
Local time: 17:08
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +6reporting to authorities
Stephanie Ezrol
3 +1Labeled or reported
Demi Ebrite
4divulging
José J. Martínez


  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
reporting to authorities


Explanation:
This material contains no ingredients requiring disclosure (the reporting of the ingredients to the appropriate official authorities) under regulatory hazard criteria for this jurisdiction.

Or to put it another way.

You do not have to disclose (report) the ingredients in this material because it does not contains any ingredients that you are required to report under regulatory hazard criteria for this jurisdiction.


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Note added at 12 mins (2011-08-28 00:33:53 GMT)
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HERE ARE TWO EXAMPLES FROM AN ONLINE DICTIONARY:

We demand full disclosure of the facts.
he offered full disclosure of the government files on the assassination
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disclosure


Stephanie Ezrol
United States
Local time: 17:08
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Hollywood: sounds good to me :) thoughts with you
2 mins
  -> Thanks David - we are waiting here for Hurricane Irene to disclose her intentions
agree  Liz Dexter (was Broomfield)
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Liz !
agree  Jack Doughty
6 hrs
  -> Thanks Jack !
agree  Bashiqa
6 hrs
  -> Thanks Bashiqa !
agree  Demi Ebrite
7 hrs
  -> Thanks Demi !
agree  Phong Le
14 hrs
  -> Thanks Phong Le !
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Labeled or reported


Explanation:
In that 'disclosure' means' to make known', the statement means that there is nothing (ingredients) in the material that must be labeled or reported on (to comply with regiona (jurisdiction)l hazard criteria.

Demi Ebrite
United States
Local time: 16:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): Yes, could also refer to labeled.
15 hrs
  -> Thank you, Tina. It's unclear whether this statement refers to the authorities or the public via labeling (not needing to do so in this case).
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
divulging


Explanation:
As a way of having the obligation to tell authorities.

José J. Martínez
United States
Local time: 14:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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