Article 8U.K.Requirements for [F1the UK national accreditation body]
[F2The UK national accreditation body must] fulfil the following requirements:
it [F3must] be organised in such a manner as to make it independent of the conformity assessment bodies it assesses and of commercial pressures, and to ensure that no conflicts of interest with conformity assessment bodies occur;
it [F3must] be organised and operated so as to safeguard the objectivity and impartiality of its activities;
it [F3must] ensure that each decision relating to the attestation of competence is taken by competent persons different from those who carried out the assessment;
it [F3must] have adequate arrangements to safeguard the confidentiality of the information obtained;
it [F3must] identify the conformity assessment activities for which it is competent to perform accreditation, referring, where appropriate, to [F4any enactment] and standards;
it [F3must] set up the procedures necessary to ensure efficient management and appropriate internal controls;
it [F3must] have a number of competent personnel at its disposal sufficient for the proper performance of its tasks;
it [F3must] document the duties, responsibilities and authorities of personnel who could affect the quality of the assessment and of the attestation of competence;
it [F3must] establish, implement and maintain procedures for monitoring the performance and competence of the personnel involved;
it [F3must] verify that conformity assessments are carried out in an appropriate manner, meaning that unnecessary burdens are not imposed on undertakings and that due account is taken of the size of an undertaking, the sector in which it operates, its structure, the degree of complexity of the product technology in question and the mass or serial nature of the production process;
it [F3must] publish audited annual accounts prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 8 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 9(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 8 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 9(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Word in Art. 8 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 9(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 8(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 33 para. 9(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)