Regulation 15 Accreditation bodies

be a full member of the Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated, a New Zealand incorporated society with the incorporation number 50223540, and

meet the requirements specified in a notice published by the Commissioners.

set out technical standards that an accreditation body must meet, including by reference to standards produced by international bodies;

set out requirements an accreditation body must meet in order to be independent of a verifier;

make further provision about how an accreditation body must assess whether a verifier is competent to verify relevant emissions in relation to a CBAM good;

require that an accreditation body visit the premises of a verifier and set out how frequently this should take place;

set out how an accreditation body should review and quality assure the way in which the verifier verifies emissions data;

set out when, and how, an accreditation body must reassess the accreditation of a verifier;

set out how an accreditation body must suspend, revoke or amend an accreditation;

make provision about the records that an accreditation body must keep.