Certification and attestation
Withdrawal of quality system approval15
1
If it appears to a notified body which approved a quality system under regulation 14 that the person to whom it was issued—
a
has failed to implement the approved quality system; and
b
is unable or unwilling to effect a sufficient remedy,
the notified body may withdraw the approval after giving the person to whom it was issued the opportunity of making representations within a reasonable period as to why it should not be withdrawn.
2
Where the notified body, having considered any representations made under paragraph (1) above, withdraws a quality system approval, it shall, in writing,—
a
inform the person to whom it was issued and the Secretary of State of the withdrawal of the approval and of its reasons for the withdrawal; and
b
inform all other notified bodies of its withdrawal.