Designation, monitoring and evaluation of TABs
Article 29
1. Member States may designate TABs within their territories, notably for one or several product areas listed in Table 1 of Annex IV. Member States which have designated a TAB shall communicate to the other Member States and the Commission its name and address and the product areas for which that TAB is designated. 2. The Commission shall make publicly available by electronic means the list of TABs indicating the product areas for which they are designated, endeavouring to achieve the highest possible level of transparency. The Commission shall make any updates to that list publicly available. 3. Member States shall monitor the activities and competence of the TABs they have designated, and evaluate them in relation to the respective requirements set out in Table 2 of Annex IV. Member States shall inform the Commission of their national procedures for the designation of TABs, of the monitoring of their activity and competence, and of any changes to that information. 4. The Commission shall adopt guidelines for carrying out the evaluation of TABs, after consulting the Standing Committee on Construction.