Chapter III, Article 20 · Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/192

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Article 20Accreditation work programme and management report#

1.By 31 December of each year, the national accreditation body shall make available an accreditation work programme to the competent authority of the administering State with the list of verifiers accredited by that national accreditation body. The accreditation work programme shall contain the following information in relation to each verifier:

(a)information on activities that the national accreditation body has planned for that verifier, including surveillance and reassessment activities;

(b)dates of anticipated witness audits to be performed by the national accreditation body to assess the verifier;

(c)information on whether the national accreditation body has requested a national accreditation body from another Member State to carry out surveillance activities pursuant to Article 7(5).

2.Where changes occur in the information referred to in the first subparagraph, the national accreditation body shall submit to the competent authority of the administering State an updated work programme by 31 January of each year.

3.Following the submission of the accreditation work programme in accordance with paragraph 1, the competent authority of the administering State shall provide the national accreditation body with all relevant information, including any applicable national legislation and guidelines.

4.By 1 June of each year, the national accreditation body shall make available a management report to the competent authority of the administering State. The management report shall contain the following information in relation to each verifier that has been accredited by that national accreditation body:

(a)accreditation details of verifiers that were newly accredited by that national accreditation body;

(b)summarised results of surveillance and reassessment activities carried out by the national accreditation body;

(c)summarised results of extraordinary assessments that have taken place, including reasons for carrying them out;

(d)any complaints filed against the verifier since the last management report and actions taken by the national accreditation body;

(e)details of actions taken by the national accreditation body in response to the information that is shared by the competent authority of the administering State.