Annex III MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR NOTIFIED BODIES

United Kingdom

1. 1For the purposes of notification, a conformity assessment body, a body entitled to carry out or supervise the conformity assessment procedure on specifications and suitability for use of interoperability constituents, must comply with paragraphs 2 to 11 of this Annex.
2. 2Division 2
3. 3The body must be a third-party body independent of the organisation or the product it assesses.
4. 4The body, its top-level management and the staff responsible for carrying out the conformity assessment tasks cannot be the designer, manufacturer, supplier, installer, purchaser, owner, user or maintainer of the products that they assess, nor the authorised representative of any of those parties. This must not preclude the use of assessed products that are necessary for the operations of the conformity assessment body or the use of such products for personal purposes.
5. 5Division 5
6. 6The body must be capable of carrying out all the conformity assessment tasks assigned to it under Directive 2019/520/EU and the relevant implementing acts and in relation to which it has been notified, whether those tasks are carried out by the conformity assessment body itself or on its behalf and under its responsibility.
7. 7The staff responsible for carrying out conformity assessment activities must have the following:
8. 8The impartiality of the conformity assessment bodies, their top-level management and of the assessment personnel must be guaranteed.
9. 9Division 9
10. 10Division 10
11. 11Division 11