1.The independent reviewer shall have the appropriate authority to review the draft verification report and internal verification documentation pursuant to Article 25.
2.The independent reviewer shall meet the competence requirements of an EU ETS lead auditor referred to in Article 37(2).
3.The independent reviewer shall have the necessary competence to analyse the information provided to confirm the completeness and integrity of the information, to challenge missing or contradictory information as well as to check data trails for the purposes of assessing whether the internal verification documentation is complete and provides sufficient information to support the draft verification report.