Article 37 Requirements relating to notifying authorities

A notifying authoritymeans the national authority responsible for setting up and carrying out the necessary procedures for the assessment, designation and notification of conformity assessment bodies and for their monitoring; shall be established in such a way that no conflict of interest with conformity assessment bodiesmeans a conformity assessment body as defined in Article 2, point (13), of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008; occurs.

A notifying authoritymeans the national authority responsible for setting up and carrying out the necessary procedures for the assessment, designation and notification of conformity assessment bodies and for their monitoring; shall be organised and shall function so as to safeguard the objectivity and impartiality of its activities.

A notifying authoritymeans the national authority responsible for setting up and carrying out the necessary procedures for the assessment, designation and notification of conformity assessment bodies and for their monitoring; shall be organised in such a way that each decision relating to notification of a conformity assessment bodymeans a conformity assessment body as defined in Article 2, point (13), of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008; is taken by competent persons different from those who carried out the assessment.

A notifying authoritymeans the national authority responsible for setting up and carrying out the necessary procedures for the assessment, designation and notification of conformity assessment bodies and for their monitoring; shall not offer or provide any activities that conformity assessment bodiesmeans a conformity assessment body as defined in Article 2, point (13), of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008; perform or consultancy services on commercial or competitive basis.

A notifying authoritymeans the national authority responsible for setting up and carrying out the necessary procedures for the assessment, designation and notification of conformity assessment bodies and for their monitoring; shall safeguard the confidentiality of the information it obtains.

A notifying authoritymeans the national authority responsible for setting up and carrying out the necessary procedures for the assessment, designation and notification of conformity assessment bodies and for their monitoring; shall have a sufficient number of competent personnel at its disposal for the proper performance of its tasks.