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GM1 Article 4(5) ‘Competent authority for certification, oversight and enforcement’

ED Decision 2017/001/R

SEPARATION AT THE FUNCTIONAL LEVEL

‘Functional level separation’ means that a competent authority may be engaged in operational activities and the oversight of organisations in the same domain, provided that the different functions are clearly separated and that the organisational governance ensures effective oversight by avoiding conflicts of interest by personnel and preventing their engagement in operational activities of the entities that they are meant to oversee. This could be achieved by applying appropriate management and control mechanisms.