Appendix Designation of an in-house technical service of a manufacturer as technical service and subcontracting

The designation and notification of an in-house technical service of a manufacturer as a technical service shall be made in accordance with Articles 68 to 81 and any subcontracting shall be done in accordance with this Appendix.

In accordance with Article 71(1), a technical service may nominate a subcontractor for performing tests on his behalf.

For the purposes of this Appendix ‘Subcontractor’ means either a subsidiary of the technical service that has been entrusted by that technical service with testing activities inside its own organisation or a third party under contract with that technical service to perform test activities.

The use of the services of a subcontractor does not release the technical service from its obligation to comply with Articles 69, 70, 80 and 81, and in particular with those concerning the skills of the technical services and compliance with Standard EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005.

Point 2 of Annex VII shall apply to the subcontractor.

Test reports shall be drafted in accordance with the F1retained direct EU legislation made under Article 30(3) as it had effect before IP completion day, or regulations made under Article 30(3) as it is now in force.