Paragraph 30 Amendments to Article 29

For Article 29 (designation, monitoring and evaluation of TABs), substitute—

“Article 29

Designation, monitoring and evaluation of TABs

1.

A ‘TAB’ is a technical assessment body which:

(a)

is designated as such by the Secretary of State under paragraph 3; or

(b)

immediately before exit day was designated as such a body by the Secretary of State under this Article for one or several product areas.

2.

Paragraph 1 is subject to Article 30(3) (withdrawal of designation).

3.

The Secretary of State may designate a body established in the United Kingdom as a technical assessment body for one or several of the product areas listed in Table 1 of Annex 4.

4.

The Secretary of State must make publicly available by electronic means the list of TABs indicating the product areas for which they are designated.

5.

The Secretary of State must make any updates to that list publicly available.

6.

The Secretary of State must monitor the activities and competence of the TABs and evaluate them in relation to the respective requirements set out in Table 2 of Annex 4.”.