8. For the purposes of these Regulations, a notified body is a body which has been appointed—
(a)to carry out one or more of the following, namely—
(i)one or more conformity assessment procedures,
(ii)the conformity reassessment procedure,
(iii)either or both periodic inspection procedures; and
(b)as a notified body—
(i)pursuant to regulation 10, or
(ii)by another member State, and whose appointment has been communicated by that member State to the Commission and the other member States pursuant to Article 8 of the Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive.