CHAPTER VI

CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES

Requirements relating to notifying authorities
Article 28
A notifying authority shall:
1. be established in such a way as to avoid any conflict of interest with conformity assessment bodies;
2. be organised and operated in such a way as to safeguard the objectivity and impartiality of its activities;
3. 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;
4. not offer or provide any activities that are performed by conformity assessment bodies or consultancy services on a commercial or competitive basis;
5. safeguard the confidentiality of the information it obtains;
6. have at its disposal a sufficient number of competent personnel for the proper performance of its tasks.