Certification bodies
Article 6
1. Member States shall provide the Agency with the following information concerning the certification bodies: — name — address — contact details — the nature of their empowerment in accordance with Article 14 of Directive (EU) 2016/798 (accreditation, recognition or if they have taken on the task as the national safety authority) 2. Member States shall inform the Agency about any change in the situation within one month of the occurrence of that change. 3. Member States shall ensure that the certification bodies comply with the general criteria and principles set out in Annex I and with any specific sectoral accreditation schemes laid down by the relevant Union legislation. 4. Member States shall ensure that decisions taken by the certification bodies are subject to judicial review. 5. In order to harmonise approaches to the assessment of applications, the certification bodies shall cooperate with one another both within the Member States and across the Union. 6. The Agency shall organise and facilitate cooperation between the certification bodies. 7. The certification bodies shall deliver an activity report in an electronic form every 3 years to the Agency. The content of such a report shall be defined by the Agency (in collaboration with the certification bodies) and made available on 16 December 2020 and in accordance with any specific sectoral accreditation schemes laid down by the relevant Union legislation. The Agency shall publish the reports on its website. 8. A national safety authority, a national investigation body or the Agency may request information from any certification body on the situation concerning an individual ECM certification. The certification body shall reply within 2 weeks at the latest.