Article 11 Conformity assessment bodies

Conformity assessment bodies shall be accredited in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 for the purposes of performing the certification of eFTI platforms and eFTI service providers as set out in Articles 12 and 13 of this Regulation.

For the purposes of accreditation, conformity assessment bodies shall meet the requirements laid down in Annex II. National accreditation bodies shall communicate to the national authority designated in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article the address of the website where they make publicly available the information on the accredited conformity assessment bodies, including an up-to-date list of these bodies.

Each Member State shall designate an authority that shall maintain an up-to-date list of the accredited conformity assessment bodies, eFTI platforms and eFTI service providers which hold a valid certification on the basis of the information provided pursuant to paragraph (2) of this Article and to Article 12(2) and Article 13(2). Those designated national authorities shall make that list publicly available on an official government website.

By 31 March each year, those designated national authorities shall notify to the Commission the list referred to in paragraph 3 together with the address of the website where that list is publicly available. The Commission shall publish those website addresses on its official website.