art_46__para_5
5. Conformity assessment bodies and their personnel shall carry out the third-party tasks in the assessment and verification process with the highest degree of professional integrity and requisite technical competence in the specific field. They shall be free from all pressures and inducements, particularly financial, which might influence their judgement or the results of their assessment or verification activities, especially from persons or groups of persons with an interest in the results of those activities.
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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.