# Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance), Article 29: Conditions for delegating certain official control tasks to delegated bodies

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

The delegation of certain official control tasks to a delegated body referred to in Article 28(1) shall be in writing and shall comply with the following conditions:
(a)the delegation contains a precise description of those official control tasks that the delegated body may perform, and the conditions under which it may perform those tasks;
(b)the delegated body:
(i)has the expertise, equipment and infrastructure required to perform those official control tasks delegated to it;
(ii)has a sufficient number of suitably qualified and experienced staff;
(iii)is impartial and free from any conflict of interest and in particular is not in a situation which may, directly or indirectly, affect the impartiality of its professional conduct as regards the performance of those official control tasks delegated to it;
(iv)works and is accredited in accordance with standards relevant to the delegated tasks in question, including standard EN ISO/IEC 17020 ‘Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection’;
(v)has sufficient powers to perform the official control tasks delegated to it; and
(c)there are arrangements in place ensuring efficient and effective coordination between the delegating competent authorities and the delegated body.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/625/article/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-625/article-29
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