1.The national accreditation body may suspend, withdraw or reduce an accreditation of a verifier if the verifier does not meet the requirements of this Regulation.
The national accreditation body shall suspend, withdraw or reduce an accreditation of a verifier if the verifier so requests.
The national accreditation body shall establish, document, implement and maintain a procedure for the suspension of the accreditation, the withdrawal of the accreditation and the reduction of the scope of accreditation.
2.The national accreditation body shall suspend an accreditation, or restrict the scope of an accreditation in any of the following cases:
(a)the verifier has committed a serious breach of the requirements of this Regulation;
(b)the verifier has persistently and repeatedly failed to meet the requirements of this Regulation;
(c)the verifier has breached other specific terms and conditions of the national accreditation body.
3.The national accreditation body shall withdraw the accreditation in the following cases:
(a)the verifier has failed to remedy the grounds for a decision to suspend the accreditation certificate;
(b)a member of the top management of the verifier or a verifier's staff involved in verification activities under this Regulation has been found guilty of fraud;
(c)the verifier has intentionally provided false information or concealed information.
4.The decision of a national accreditation body to suspend, withdraw or reduce the scope of the accreditation in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be subject to appeal.
Member States shall establish procedures for the resolution of those appeals.
5.The decision of a national accreditation body to suspend, withdraw or reduce the scope of the accreditation shall take effect upon its notification to the verifier.
The national accreditation body shall terminate the suspension of an accreditation certificate where it has received satisfactory information and is confident that the verifier meets the requirements of this Regulation.