# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 402/2013 of 30 April 2013 on the common safety method for risk evaluation and assessment and repealing Regulation (EC) No 352/2009 (Text with EEA relevance), Article 7: Accreditation/recognition of the assessment body

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The assessment body provided for in Article 6 shall be either:
(a)accredited by the national accreditation body ... using the criteria defined in Annex II; or
(b)recognised by the recognition body ... using the criteria defined in Annex II; or
(c)the national safety authority where it fulfils the requirements set out in Annex II and the accreditation functions of the national safety authority are demonstrably independent of its other functions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/402/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-402/article-7
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