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Article 32 Personnel of conformity assessment bodies

United Kingdom

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1.

The personnel responsible for carrying out conformity assessment activities shall have the following skills:

(a)

sound technical and vocational training covering all the conformity assessment activities in relation to which the conformity assessment body has been notified;

(b)

satisfactory knowledge of the requirements of the assessments they carry out and adequate authority to carry out those assessments;

(c)

appropriate knowledge and understanding of the essential requirements, of the applicable harmonised standards and of the relevant provisions of Union law;

(d)

the ability to draw up certificates, records and reports demonstrating that assessments have been carried out.

2.

The remuneration of the top-level management and assessment personnel of a conformity assessment body shall not depend on the number of assessments carried out or on the results of those assessments.