CHAPTER VIINFORMATION EXCHANGE

Article 76Databases of accredited verifiers

1

National accreditation bodies, or where applicable national authorities referred to in Article 55(2), shall set up and manage a database and allow access to that database to other national accreditation bodies, national authorities, verifiers, operators, aircraft operators and competent authorities.

The body recognised under Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 shall facilitate and harmonise access to the databases to enable efficient and cost-effective communication between national accreditation bodies, national authorities, verifiers, operators, aircraft operators and competent authorities, and may reconcile those databases into a single and centralised database.

2

The database referred to in paragraph 1 shall contain at least the following information:

a

the name and address of each verifier accredited by that national accreditation body;

b

the Member States in which the verifier is carrying out verification;

c

each verifier's scope of accreditation;

d

the date on which the accreditation was granted and the expiry date of the accreditation;

e

any information on administrative measures that have been imposed on the verifier.

The information shall be publicly available.