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RemovedArticle 14 Conformity Assessment Bodies

Removed1. Conformity assessment bodies shall be accredited to perform verification or certification activities referred to in Articles 11, 12 and 13.

Removed2. The conformity assessment body shall be independent from anany entity applying for the verification or certification activities referred to in Articles 11, 12 and 13. [Am. 100]

Removed3. The conformity assessment body, its top-level management and the personnel responsible for carrying out the verification tasks shall not engage in any activity that may conflict with their independence of judgement or integrity in relation to verification or certification activities.

Removed4. The conformity assessment body and its personnel shall carry out the verification or certification activities with the highest degree of professional integrity and the requisite technical competence and shall be free from all pressures and inducements, particularly financial, which might influence their judgement or the results of their verification activities, especially as regards persons or groups of persons with an interest in the results of those activities.

Removed5. The conformity assessment body shall have the expertise, equipment and infrastructure required to perform the verification or certification activities in relation to which it has been accredited.

Removed6. The personnel of a conformity assessment body shall observe professional secrecy with regard to all information obtained in carrying out the verification and certification tasks.

Removed7. Where a conformity assessment body subcontracts specific tasks connected with verification or certification, or has recourse to a subsidiary, it shall take full responsibility for the tasks performed by subcontractors or subsidiaries wherever these are established, including by assessing and monitoring of the qualifications of the subcontractor or the subsidiary and the work carried out by them.

RemovedArticle 15 Accreditation procedures

Removed1. Conformity assessment bodies referred to in Article 14(1) shall be accredited by a national accreditation body pursuant to Chapter II of Regulation (EC) of the European Parliament and of the Council No 765/2008.

Removed2. Each Member State shall designate an authority that shall maintain an up-to-date list of the accredited conformity assessment bodies. Those designated national authorities shall make that list publicly available on an official government website.

Removed3. By 31 March each year, the national accreditation body shall notify to the Commission the list of accredited conformity assessment bodies, together with all relevant contact information.

Removed4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16, to supplement this Regulation by establishing further methods and criteria of accreditation of conformity assessment bodies.

RemovedCHAPTER VIII DELEGATED AND IMPLEMENTING POWERS

RemovedArticle 16 Exercise of the delegation

Removed1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.

Removed2. The power to adopt delegated acts as referred to in Article 4(4), Article 4(5), Article 4(6), Article 5(2a), Article 9(4), Article 13(9)9(4) and Article 15(4) shall be conferred on the Commission for an undetermined period of time from [OP: Please insert a date: entry into force of this Regulation]. [Am. 101]

Removed3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 4(4), Article 4(5), Article 4(6), Article 5(2a), Article 9(4), Article 13(9)9(4) and Article 15(4) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. [Am. 102]

Removed4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making.

Removed5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.

Removed6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4(4), Article 4(5), Article 4(6), Article 5(2a), Article 9(4), Article 13(9)9(4) and Article 15(4) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of [two months] of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council. [Am. 103]

RemovedArticle 17 Committee procedure

Removed1. The Commission shall be assisted a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

Removed2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

RemovedCHAPTER IX FINAL PROVISIONS

RemovedArticle 18 Report and review

RemovedThe Commission shall carry out an evaluation of this Regulation in light of the objectives that it pursues and present a report on the main findings to the European Parliament and the Council by [OP: please insert a date: 5 years36 months after the Regulation is applicable].

RemovedThe report referred to in paragraph 1 shall include:

Removed(a) an assessment of the impacts for concerned entities regarding the bureaucratic burden created by the implementation of this Regulation;

Removed(b) an assessment of the impacts of the implementation and application of this Regulation in light of the subcontracted operations;

Removed(c) an assessment of the impact with respect to the national administrative, financial or operational incentives introduced by Member States as set out in Article 5, paragraph 1 b;

Removed(d) an assessment of the impacts of a mandatory requirement to quantify and disclose greenhouse gas emissions, in accordance with the rules of this Regulation applicable to all entities organising and providing transport services. [Am. 104]

RemovedArticle 19 Entry into force and application

Removed1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Removed2. It shall apply from [OP: Please insert a date: 4224 months after the entry into force of this Regulation]. [Am. 105]

Removed3. However, Article 4(4), Article 4(5) and Article 4 (6), Article 6(1), Article 7(4), Article 8(1)7(4), Article 9(4), Article 11(6), Article 13(9) and Article 15(4) shall apply from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. [Am. 106]

RemovedThis Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

RemovedDone at …,

RemovedFor the European Parliament For the Council

RemovedThe President The President