Certification of natural persons
Article 4
1. A certification body as referred to in Article 7 shall issue a certificate as referred to in Article 3(2) to natural persons who have passed a theoretical and practical examination organised by an evaluation body as referred to in Article 8, covering the minimum skills and knowledge set out in Annex I for the certificate concerned. 2. The certificate shall contain at least the following: (a) the name of the certification body, the full name of its holder, a certificate number and the date of expiry if any; (b) the type of certificate for natural persons as specified in Article 3(2) and the specification of the activities which the holder of that type of certificate is entitled to carry out, as well as the specification of the type of equipment concerned; (c) issuing date and issuer’s signature. 3. Member States may allow certification bodies to exempt applicants from the requirement of passing the examination referred to in paragraph 1, where the applicants previously acquired qualifications, skills and knowledge equivalent to those listed in Annex I or to require applicants only to pass a supplementary examination, where the applicant’s previously acquired qualifications skills and knowledge are partly covered under those listed in Annex I.