Regulation 11

SCHEDULE 7Criteria to be met by notified bodies

1.  A notified body must act—

(a)with the highest degree of professional integrity and technical competence;

(b)free from all pressures and inducements which might influence the decision of the notified body, in particular pressures and inducements—

(i)which are financial; or

(ii)from a person with an interest in the decision;

and

(c)with regard to any commercial confidentiality that may be attached to the information supplied to it.

2.  A notified body must possess the necessary—

(a)staff and facilities; and

(b)equipment, including specialist equipment,

to enable it to perform the obligations and exercise the powers of a notified body in relation to the listed products for which it is approved under regulation 11.

3.  The staff of a notified body must be impartial and those who perform tests must have—

(a)sound technical and professional training;

(b)satisfactory knowledge and experience of the requirements of the tests;

(c)the ability to draw up the certificates, records and reports required to authenticate the performance of the tests; and

(d)remuneration that is not dependent on the number or result of the tests.

4.  A notified body must ensure that any other person it engages to assist it to perform any of its obligations or exercise any of its powers meets the criteria in this Schedule.