CHAPTER IV · NOTIFICATION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES

Article 46 — Challenge of the competence of 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 TEXTVerbatim, as published. Not rewritten.

The Commission shall investigate all cases where it doubts, or where doubt is brought to its attention regarding, the competence of a notified body to meet, or the continued fulfilment by a notified body of, the requirements and responsibilities to which it is subject.

The notifying Member State shall provide the Commission, on request, with all information relating to the basis for the notification or the maintenance of the competence of the body concerned.

The Commission shall ensure that all sensitive information obtained in the course of its investigations is treated confidentially.

Where the Commission ascertains that a notified body does not meet or no longer meets the requirements for its notification, it shall inform the notifying Member State accordingly and request it to take the necessary corrective measures, including de-notification if necessary.

Article 46 — Challenge of the competence of notified bodies

Official text of Article 46

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