CHAPTER VICONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES
Article 32Personnel of conformity assessment bodies
1.
The personnel responsible for carrying out conformity assessment activities shall have the following skills:
(a)
sound technical and vocational training covering all the conformity assessment activities in relation to which the conformity assessment body has been notified;
(b)
satisfactory knowledge of the requirements of the assessments they carry out and adequate authority to carry out those assessments;
(c)
appropriate knowledge and understanding of the essential requirements, of the applicable harmonised standards and of the relevant provisions of Union law;
(d)
the ability to draw up certificates, records and reports demonstrating that assessments have been carried out.
2.
The remuneration of the top-level management and assessment personnel of a conformity assessment body shall not depend on the number of assessments carried out or on the results of those assessments.