Chapter V Recording, verification, reporting and assessment of compliance

Article 18

The Commission shall develop appropriate monitoring tools, as well as guidance and risk-based targeting tools, to facilitate and coordinate verification and enforcement activities related to this Regulation. As far as practicable, such guidance and tools shall be made available to the Member States, the verifiers and the national accreditation bodies for information-sharing purposes and in order to better ensure robust enforcement of this Regulation.

Article 27

Member States shall designate one or more competent authorities to be responsible for the application and enforcement of this Regulation (‘competent authorities’) and communicate their names and contact information to the Commission. The Commission shall publish on its website the list of competent authorities.