Recital 58

(58) European standards (EN standards) developed by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and international standards developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) should be used for the accreditation of product certification bodies as well as by those bodies for their operations. The accreditation of those bodies should take place in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (15). Product certification bodies established outside the Union should demonstrate that they comply with Union or internationally recognised standards by means of a certificate issued by a body that is a recognised signatory of a multilateral recognition agreement under the auspices of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) or a member of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC). Natural persons should have the expertise, equipment, infrastructure and resources required to perform the control tasks delegated to them. They should be suitably qualified and experienced, act impartially and be free from any conflict of interest as regards the performance of the control tasks delegated to them.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.