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The bodies acting as subcontractors for the notified bodies need not be notified as such. Nevertheless, the notified body must inform the Member State concerned of its intention to subcontract certain work. The extent to which the notified body intends to rely on subcontractors (including outside the EU) or have access to personnel or facilities outside the Member State of notification must be appropriately assessed by the notifying authority. The Member State may decide that it cannot take the overall responsibility as a notifying authority for such an arrangement, and withdraw or limit the scope of the notification. The notified body must keep a register of all its subcontracting activities, and update it systematically. Conformity assessment activities that are not subcontracted should be performed on the premises of the notified body or on the premises of the manufacturer, as indicated in the applicable conformity assessment module.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.