http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/426/article/21/adoptedRegulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on appliances burning gaseous fuels and repealing Directive 2009/142/EC (Text with EEA relevance)Regulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on appliances burning gaseous fuels and repealing Directive 2009/142/EC (Text with EEA relevance)2020-12-12King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0426texttext/xmlenRegulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on appliances burning gaseous fuels and repealing Directive 2009/142/EC (Text with EEA relevance)Art. 2(14)The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Sch. 36 para. 2(3)(a)reg. 1Regulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on appliances burning gaseous fuels and repealing Directive 2009/142/EC (Text with EEA relevance)Art. 2(15)The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Sch. 36 para. 2(3)(a)reg. 1Regulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on appliances burning gaseous fuels and repealing Directive 2009/142/EC (Text with EEA relevance)Art. 2(16)The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Sch. 36 para. 2(3)(a)reg. 1Regulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on appliances burning gaseous fuels and repealing Directive 2009/142/EC (Text with EEA relevance)Art. 2(18)The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Sch. 36 para. 2(3)(b)reg. 1Regulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on appliances burning gaseous fuels and repealing Directive 2009/142/EC (Text with EEA relevance)Regulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on appliances burning gaseous fuels and repealing Directive 2009/142/EC (Text with EEA relevance)Art. 2(18)The Product Safety and Metrology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020reg. 4(2)Sch. 1 para. 1(v)(ii)reg. 2(2)Regulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on appliances burning gaseous fuels and repealing Directive 2009/142/EC (Text with EEA relevance)Art. 23(2)(c) and wordThe Treatment of Conformity Assessment Bodies (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the Government of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of India) Regulations 2026reg. 13(b)reg. 1(2)CHAPTER IVNOTIFICATION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES
Article 21Requirements relating to notifying authorities1.

A notifying authority shall be established in such a way that no conflict of interest with conformity assessment bodies occurs.

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A notifying authority shall be organised and operated so as to safeguard the objectivity and impartiality of its activities.

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A notifying authority shall 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.

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A notifying authority shall not offer or provide any activities that conformity assessment bodies perform or consultancy services on a commercial or competitive basis.

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A notifying authority shall safeguard the confidentiality of the information it obtains.

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