Recital 95 Ensuring enough notified bodies

In order to ensure a smooth application of this Regulation, Member States should strive to ensure, before the date of application of this Regulation, that a sufficient number of notified bodies means a conformity assessment body designated in accordance with Article 43 and other relevant Union harmonisation legislation; is available to carry out third-party conformity assessments means the process of verifying whether the essential cybersecurity requirements set out in Annex I have been fulfilled;. The Commission should seek to assist Member States and other relevant parties in this endeavour, in order to avoid bottlenecks and hindrances to market entry for manufacturers means a natural or legal person who develops or manufactures products with digital elements or has products with digital elements designed, developed or manufactured, and markets them under its name or trademark, whether for payment, monetisation or free of charge;. Targeted training activities led by Member States, including where appropriate with the support of the Commission, can contribute to the availability of skilled professionals including to support the activities of notified bodies means a conformity assessment body designated in accordance with Article 43 and other relevant Union harmonisation legislation; under this Regulation. Furthermore, in light of the costs that third-party conformity assessment means the process of verifying whether the essential cybersecurity requirements set out in Annex I have been fulfilled; may entail, funding initiatives at Union and national level that seek to alleviate such costs for microenterprises, ‘small enterprises’ and ‘medium-sized enterprises’ mean, respectively, microenterprises, small enterprises and medium-sized enterprises as defined in the Annex to Recommendation 2003/361/EC; and small enterprises means a financial entity that employs 10 or more persons, but fewer than 50 persons, and has an annual turnover and/or annual balance sheet total that exceeds EUR 2 million, but does not exceed EUR 10 million; should be considered.