Accreditation system for qualified entities
Article 2
1. The Agency shall establish and maintain a system for the accreditation of qualified entities. That accreditation system shall include the procedures regulating all of the following: (a) initial accreditation of qualified entities; (b) continued oversight and assessment of compliance of accredited qualified entities; (c) amendment, suspension, limitation and revocation of the accreditation; (d) a dispute resolution mechanism which shall as a minimum cover Agency’s decisions referred to in Article 3(5) and Article 6(3) of this Regulation. The accreditation system and the results of the initial accreditation and of the continued oversight and assessment of accredited qualified entities shall be documented and held by the Agency. 2. Where a national competent authority has already accredited a qualified entity in accordance with an implementing act adopted on the basis of Article 62(14), point (e) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139, the Agency may require the national competent authority which issued the accreditation to provide the relevant accreditation reports to the Agency. 3. Where the Agency and one or more national competent authorities intend to jointly accredit an interested entity, they shall conclude an agreement on the respective roles and responsibilities about the procedures of the accreditation system referred to in point 1 of this Article.