# Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, amending Regulations (EC) No 715/2007 and (EC) No 595/2009 and repealing Directive 2007/46/EC (Text with EEA relevance), Article 68: Designation of technical services

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

1. The approval authority must designate technical services for one or more of the following categories of activities, depending on their field of competence:
(a) category A: tests referred to in this Regulation and in the regulatory acts listed in Annex II that technical services carry out in their own facilities;
(b) category B: the supervision of the tests, which includes test preparation, referred to in this Regulation and in the regulatory acts listed in Annex II, where such tests are performed at the manufacturer's facilities or at the facilities of a third party;
(c) category C: the assessment and monitoring on a regular basis of the procedures of the manufacturer for controlling the conformity of production;
(d) category D: the supervision or performance of tests or inspections for the surveillance of the conformity of production.
2. The approval authority may designate itself as a technical service for one or more of the categories of activities referred to in paragraph 1.
3. Subject to paragraph (3B), a technical service must have legal personality and must be established in—
(a) the United Kingdom;
(b) a member State; or
(c) the territory of a party to the CPTPP.
(3A.) In paragraph (3) “the CPTPP” has the meaning set out in section 1 of the Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Act 2024.
(3B.) Paragraph (3) does not apply to a technical service belonging to an approval authority or an accredited in-house technical service of the manufacturer, as referred to in Article 72.
4. A technical service shall take out liability insurance for its activities, unless a state has assumed liability for those activities in accordance with its national law, or unless the Secretary of State itself is directly responsible for the conformity assessment.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/858/article/68 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-858/article-68
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