The lab disclosed the accident within 48 hours, officials said.

Members must disclose, within a television and radio advertisement, the source of payment for the official advertisements.

Many investors, including those intending to take over companies, are required to disclose large stock purchases within 10 days.

They then disclosed the 5 percent devaluation of the Spanish peseta within the exchange rate system.

The company said it does not disclose the percentage of managers within certain ethnic groups.

Yet this spring he proposed that corporate officers be required to disclose sales of company stock within two days.

One was let go shortly after she disclosed her pregnancy and another within days of his mother's funeral.

The report, which requires lawmakers to disclose assets within a range rather than an exact figure, covered 2003 and represents the latest information available.

Mr. Guimaraes, 52, said he would disclose his future plans within the next couple of weeks.

He claimed memory lapses, only to disclose, again within hours, key details.