{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2072/article-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2072/article-27.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/2072",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2072 of 22 September 2016 on the verification activities and accreditation of verifiers pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2072",
  "path": "article/27",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Procedures for verification activities",
  "text": "1. Verifiers shall establish, document, implement and maintain one or more procedures and processes for the verification activities described in Articles 5 to 21.\n2. When establishing and implementing such procedures and processes, the verifier shall carry out the activities in accordance with the harmonised standard pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 concerning requirements for greenhouse gas validation and verification bodies for use in accreditation or other forms of recognition.\n3. Verifiers shall design, document, implement and maintain a quality management system to ensure consistent development, implementation, improvement and review of the procedures and processes in accordance with the harmonised standard referred to in paragraph 2.\n4. In addition, verifiers shall establish the following procedures, processes and arrangements in accordance with the harmonised standard referred to in paragraph 2:\n(a) a process and policy for communication with the company;\n(b) adequate arrangements to safeguard the confidentiality of information obtained;\n(c) a process for dealing with appeals of the companies;\n(d) a process for dealing with complaints (including indicative timescale) of the companies;\n(e) a process for issuing a revised verification report where an error in the verification report or emissions report is identified after the verifier has submitted the verification report to the company.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2072/article/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:19.873678+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}