CHAPTER IV · NOTIFICATION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES
Article 41 — Subsidiaries of and subcontracting by notified bodies
OFFICIAL TEXTRegulation (EU) 2024/2847·Official language version: English (EN)··Retrieved 2 November 2026·View on EUR-Lex
The 3 corrections published in the Official Journal for the English version are applied and marked in the text. This is not an official consolidated version: only the texts published in the Official Journal are authentic. Regulation (EU) 2025/327 amends Articles 13(4) and 31(3) and inserts Article 32(5a); these changes are marked but not merged. Versions and sources
Official text of Article 41
OFFICIAL TEXTVerbatim, as published. Not rewritten.
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Where a notified body subcontracts specific tasks connected with conformity assessment or has recourse to a subsidiary, it shall ensure that the subcontractor or the subsidiary meets the requirements set out in Article 39 and shall inform the notifying authority accordingly.
2.
Notified bodies shall take full responsibility for the tasks performed by subcontractors or subsidiaries wherever they are established.
3.
Activities may be subcontracted or carried out by a subsidiary only with the agreement of the manufacturer.
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Notified bodies shall keep at the disposal of the notifying authority the relevant documents concerning the assessment of the qualifications of the subcontractor or the subsidiary and the work carried out by them under this Regulation.
regulation-cra.eu/regulation/articles/41 · Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 · EN · OJ L, 2024/2847, 20.11.2024 · corrigenda applied · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Only the Official Journal text is authentic.
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