Article 12Cooperation with the certification bodies
The Agency shall support the harmonised system of certification through the provision of:
- (a)
assistance to national accreditation bodies and to the relevant national authorities recognising the certification bodies;
- (b)
cooperation on appropriate accreditation and certification schemes. Those schemes shall set out evaluation criteria and procedures to assess compliance of certification bodies with the requirements set out in Annex I (via the European accreditation infrastructure established pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008).