Article 8
United Kingdom
Conformity checks shall be carried out by the departments or bodies designated by the competent F1... authorities. Such departments or bodies must present suitable guarantees for carrying out such checks, in particular as regards equipment, training and experience.
The competent ... authorities may delegate responsibility for carrying out conformity checks to private bodies approved for that purpose which:
have inspectors who have followed a training course recognised by the competent ... authorities;
have the equipment and facilities necessary for carrying out the verifications and analyses required for the checks; and
have adequate facilities for communicating information.
The competent ... authorities shall periodically check the execution and efficiency of conformity checks. They shall withdraw approval where they find anomalies or irregularities which could affect the correct execution of conformity checks or where the requirements are no longer met.
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Word in Art. 8 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 2(11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)