CHAPTER VI

INFORMATION EXCHANGE

Accreditation work programme and management report
Article 70
1
By 31 December of each year, the national accreditation body shall make available an accreditation work programme to the competent authority of each Member State containing the list of verifiers accredited by that national accreditation body and which have notified it pursuant to Article 76 that they intend to carry out verifications in those Member States. The accreditation work programme shall at least contain the following information in relation to each verifier:
a
the anticipated time and place of the verification;
b
information on activities that the national accreditation body has planned for that verifier, in particular surveillance and reassessment activities;
c
dates of anticipated witnessing audits to be performed by the national accreditation body to assess the verifier including the address and contact details of operators or aircraft operators that will be visited during the witness audit;
d
information on whether the national accreditation body has requested the national accreditation body from the Member State in which the verifier is performing the verification, to carry out surveillance activities.
2
Following the submission of the accreditation work programme in accordance with paragraph 1, the competent authority shall provide the national accreditation body with any relevant information, including any relevant national legislation or guidelines.
3
By 1 June of each year, the national accreditation body shall make available a management report to the competent authority. The management report shall at least contain the following information in relation to each verifier that has been accredited by that national accreditation body:
a
accreditation details of verifiers that were newly accredited by that national accreditation body, including the scope of accreditation for these verifiers;
b
any changes to the scope of accreditation for these verifiers;
c
summarised results of surveillance and reassessment activities carried out by the national accreditation body;
d
summarised results of extraordinary assessments that have taken place, including reasons for initiating such extraordinary assessments;
e
any complaints filed against the verifier since the last management report and the actions taken by the national accreditation body.