CHAPTER 4

NOTIFICATION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES

Accredited in-house bodies
Article 30
1
An accredited in-house body may be used to carry out conformity assessment activities for the undertaking of which it forms a part for the purpose of implementing the procedures set out in Module A2 and Module C2 of Annex II. That body shall constitute a separate and distinct part of the undertaking and shall not participate in the design, production, supply, installation, use or maintenance of the measuring instruments it assesses.
2
An accredited in-house body shall meet the following requirements:
a
it shall be accredited in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;
b
the body and its personnel shall be organisationally identifiable and have reporting methods within the undertaking of which they form a part which ensure their impartiality and demonstrate it to the relevant national accreditation body;
c
neither the body nor its personnel shall be responsible for the design, manufacture, supply, installation, operation or maintenance of the measuring instruments they assess nor shall they engage in any activity that might conflict with their independence of judgment or integrity in relation to their assessment activities;
d
it shall supply its services exclusively to the undertaking of which it forms a part.
3
An accredited in-house body shall not be notified to the Member States or the Commission, but information concerning its accreditation shall be given by the undertaking of which it forms a part or by the national accreditation body to the notifying authority at the request of that authority.
Substituted by Corrigendum to Directive 2014/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of measuring instruments (Official Journal of the European Union L 96 of 29 March 2014).