{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1009/article-22",
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  "legislation": "eur/2019/1009",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 laying down rules on the making available on the market of EU fertilising products and amending Regulations (EC) No 1069/2009 and (EC) No 1107/2009 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1009",
  "path": "article/22",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Requirements relating to notifying authorities",
  "text": "1. A notifying authority shall be established in such a way that no conflict of interest with conformity assessment bodies occurs.\n2. A notifying authority shall be organised and operated so as to safeguard the objectivity and impartiality of its activities.\n3. A notifying authority shall be organised in such a way that each decision relating to notification of a conformity assessment body is taken by competent persons different from those who carried out the assessment.\n4. A notifying authority shall not offer or provide any activities that conformity assessment bodies perform or consultancy services on a commercial or competitive basis.\n5. A notifying authority shall safeguard the confidentiality of the information it obtains.\n6. A notifying authority shall have a sufficient number of competent personnel at its disposal for the proper performance of its tasks.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1009/article/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:18.577135+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."
}