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For the purposes of paragraph 3 and subject to the limitations provided therein, the tasks of the supervisory body shall include in particular: to cooperate with other supervisory bodies and provide them with assistance in accordance with Article 18; to analyse the conformity assessment reports referred to in Articles 20(1) and 21(1); to inform other supervisory bodies and the public about breaches of security or loss of integrity in accordance with Article 19(2); to report to the Commission about its main activities in accordance with paragraph 6 of this Article; to carry out audits or request a conformity assessment body to perform a conformity assessment of the qualified trust service providers in accordance with Article 20(2); to cooperate with the data protection authorities, in particular, by informing them without undue delay, about the results of audits of qualified trust service providers, where personal data protection rules appear to have been breached; to grant qualified status to trust service providers and to the services they provide and to withdraw this status in accordance with Articles 20 and 21; to inform the body responsible for the national trusted list referred to in Article 22(3) about its decisions to grant or to withdraw qualified status, unless that body is also the supervisory body; to verify the existence and correct application of provisions on termination plans in cases where the qualified trust service provider ceases its activities, including how information is kept accessible in accordance with point (h) of Article 24(2); to require that trust service providers remedy any failure to fulfil the requirements laid down in this Regulation.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-28 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.