CHAPTER VI U.K. CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES

Article 28 U.K. Requirements relating to notifying authorities

A notifying authority shall:

(a)

be established in such a way as to avoid any conflict of interest with conformity assessment bodies;

(b)

be organised and operated in such a way as to safeguard the objectivity and impartiality of its activities;

(c)

be organised in such a way that each decision relating to notification of a conformity assessment body is taken by competent persons different from those who carried out the assessment;

(d)

not offer or provide any activities that are performed by conformity assessment bodies or consultancy services on a commercial or competitive basis;

(e)

safeguard the confidentiality of the information it obtains;

(f)

have at its disposal a sufficient number of competent personnel for the proper performance of its tasks.