Types of recognition of the assessment body
Article 9
1. The following types of recognition of the assessment body may be used: (a) recognition by the Member State of an entity in charge of maintenance, an organisation or a part of it or an individual; (b) recognition by the national safety authority of the ability of an organisation or a part of it or an individual to conduct independent assessment through the assessment and supervision of the safety management system of a railway undertaking or an infrastructure manager; (c) when the national safety authority is acting as certification body in conformity with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 445/2011, recognition by the national safety authority of the ability of an organisation or a part of it or an individual to conduct independent assessment through assessment and surveillance of the system of maintenance of an entity in charge of maintenance; (d) recognition by a recognition body designated by the Member State of the ability of an entity in charge of maintenance, an organisation or a part of it or an individual to conduct independent assessment. 2. When the Member State recognises the national safety authority as an assessment body, it is the responsibility of that Member State to ensure that the national safety authority fulfills the requirements set out in Annex II; In this case, the assessment body functions of the national safety authority shall be demonstrably independent of the other functions of the national safety authority.