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GM2 Article 4(5) ā€˜Competent authority for certification, oversight and enforcement’

ED Decision 2017/001/R

SEPARATION AT THE FUNCTIONAL LEVEL

When achieving independence between the competent authority and the service provider(s) through functional level separation, the Member State should ensure that:

(a)Ā Ā Ā Ā  the responsibility for the service provision and the responsibility for the certification, receipt of declarations and oversight activities are allocated to separate personnel;

(b)Ā Ā Ā Ā  the former should not have any control over the latter; and

(c)Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  this happens within a just culture environment.