Amended since publication
This article has been amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI), in force since 27 July 2026. The text below is the Official Journal text of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 as adopted and does not include that amendment. Read the amending text for what changed.
amended 2026-07-27CELEX 32026R1744
SECTION 4Notifying authorities and notified bodies
EUR-Lex block 028.0011. Each Member State shall designate or establish at least one notifying authority responsible for setting up and carrying out the necessary procedures for the assessment, designation and notification of conformity assessment bodies and for their monitoring. Those procedures shall be developed in cooperation between the notifying authorities of all Member States.
EUR-Lex block 028.0022. Member States may decide that the assessment and monitoring referred to in paragraph 1 is to be carried out by a national accreditation body within the meaning of, and in accordance with, Regulation (EC) No 765/2008.
EUR-Lex block 028.0033. Notifying authorities shall be established, organised and operated in such a way that no conflict of interest arises with conformity assessment bodies, and that the objectivity and impartiality of their activities are safeguarded.
EUR-Lex block 028.0044. Notifying authorities shall be organised in such a way that decisions relating to the notification of conformity assessment bodies are taken by competent persons different from those who carried out the assessment of those bodies.
EUR-Lex block 028.0055. Notifying authorities shall offer or provide neither any activities that conformity assessment bodies perform, nor any consultancy services on a commercial or competitive basis.
EUR-Lex block 028.0066. Notifying authorities shall safeguard the confidentiality of the information that they obtain, in accordance with Article 78.
EUR-Lex block 028.0077. Notifying authorities shall have an adequate number of competent personnel at their disposal for the proper performance of their tasks. Competent personnel shall have the necessary expertise, where applicable, for their function, in fields such as information technologies, AI and law, including the supervision of fundamental rights.
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This library reproduces the Official Journal text of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 as adopted. It is not a consolidated text: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 amended this Regulation and those amendments are not merged into the text below. Every provision they touch carries a notice saying so, with a link to the amending act. Guidance, proposals and political agreements are tracked separately and never merged into the law at all.
Official Journal text as adopted — amended sinceCELEX 32024R1689retrieved 2026-07-16