art_46__para_4__para
A conformity assessment body, its top-level management and the personnel responsible for carrying out the third-party tasks in the assessment and verification process shall not be directly involved in the design, manufacture or construction, or marketing, installation, use or maintenance of those products, nor represent the parties engaged in those activities. They shall not engage in any activity that may conflict with their independence of judgement and integrity related to the activities for which they have been notified. This shall apply in particular to consultancy services in relation to product families for which they have been notified.
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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-17 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.