Verifiers that assess the monitoring plans and the emissions reports, and issue verification reports and documents of compliance referred to in this Regulation shall be accredited for activities under the scope of this Regulation by a national accreditation body pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 765/2008.

Where no specific provisions concerning the accreditation of verifiers are laid down in this Regulation, the relevant provisions of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 shall apply.

The F1Secretary of State may make regulations to further specify the methods of accreditation of verifiers. F2The Secretary of State shall take into account the elements set out in Part B of Annex III. The methods specified F3... shall be based on the principles for verification provided for in Article 14 and on relevant internationally accepted standards.