Article 29 Application of a conformity assessment body for notification

Conformity assessment bodies means a body that performs third-party conformity assessment activities, including testing, certification and inspection; shall submit an application for notification to the notifying authority means the national 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; of the Member State in which they are established.

The application for notification shall be accompanied by a description of the conformity assessment means the process of demonstrating whether the requirements set out in Chapter III, Section 2 relating to a high-risk AI system have been fulfilled; activities, the conformity assessment means the process of demonstrating whether the requirements set out in Chapter III, Section 2 relating to a high-risk AI system have been fulfilled; module or modules and the types of AI systems means a machine-based system that is designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy and that may exhibit adaptiveness after deployment, and that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments; for which the conformity assessment body means a body that performs third-party conformity assessment activities, including testing, certification and inspection; claims to be competent, as well as by an accreditation certificate, where one exists, issued by a national accreditation body attesting that the conformity assessment body means a body that performs third-party conformity assessment activities, including testing, certification and inspection; fulfils the requirements laid down in Article 31.

Any valid document related to existing designations of the applicant notified body means a conformity assessment body notified in accordance with this Regulation and other relevant Union harmonisation legislation; under any other Union harmonisation legislation shall be added.

Where the conformity assessment body means a body that performs third-party conformity assessment activities, including testing, certification and inspection; concerned cannot provide an accreditation certificate, it shall provide the notifying authority means the national 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; with all the documentary evidence necessary for the verification, recognition and regular monitoring of its compliance with the requirements laid down in Article 31.

For notified bodies means a conformity assessment body notified in accordance with this Regulation and other relevant Union harmonisation legislation; which are designated under any other Union harmonisation legislation, all documents and certificates linked to those designations may be used to support their designation procedure under this Regulation, as appropriate. The notified body means a conformity assessment body notified in accordance with this Regulation and other relevant Union harmonisation legislation; shall update the documentation referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article whenever relevant changes occur, in order to enable the authority responsible for notified bodies means a conformity assessment body notified in accordance with this Regulation and other relevant Union harmonisation legislation; to monitor and verify continuous compliance with all the requirements laid down in Article 31.