CHAPTER XVASSESSMENT, DESIGNATION, NOTIFICATION AND MONITORING OF TECHNICAL SERVICES

Article 80Operational obligations of technical services

1

Technical services shall carry out the activities for which they have been designated in accordance with Article 68(1).

2

At all times, technical services shall:

a

allow the F1approval authority to witness the performance of the technical service during testing for type-approval; and

b

where requested, provide the F1approval authority with information on the categories of activities for which they have been designated.

3

Where a technical service finds that a manufacturer does not comply with the requirements laid down in this Regulation, it shall report this non-compliance to the F2approval authority in order for that F2approval authority to require the manufacturer to take appropriate corrective measures. The F2approval authority shall refuse to issue a F2approval certificate where those appropriate corrective measures have not been taken.