Common use of Designation of technical services Clause in Contracts

Designation of technical services. 1. Technical services shall be designated for one or more of the following categories of activities, depending on their field of competence: (a) category A: technical services which carry out the tests referred to in this Regulation in their own facilities; (b) category B: technical services which supervise the tests referred to in this Regulation, where such tests are performed in the manufacturer’s facilities or in the facilities of a third party; (c) category C: technical services which assess and monitor on a regular basis the manufacturer’s procedures for controlling conformity of production; (d) category D: technical services which supervise or perform tests or inspections for the surveillance of conformity of production. 2. An approval authority may be designated as a technical service for one or more of the activities referred to in paragraph 1. 3. Technical services of a third country, other than those designated in accordance with Article 38, may be notified for the purposes of Article 41, but only if such an acceptance of technical services is provided for by a bilateral agreement between the Union and the third country concerned. This shall not prevent a technical service established under the national legislation in accordance with Article 35(2) from establishing subsidiaries in third countries, provided that the subsidiaries are directly managed and controlled by the designated technical service.

Designation of technical services. 1. Technical Approval authorities shall designate technical services shall be designated for one or more of the following categories of activities, depending on their field of competence: (a) category A: technical services which carry out in their own facilities the tests referred to in this Regulation in their own facilitiesRegulation; (b) category B: technical services which supervise the tests referred to in this Regulation, where such tests are performed in the manufacturer’s facilities or in the facilities of a third party; (c) category C: technical services which assess and monitor on a regular basis the manufacturer’s procedures for controlling conformity of production; (d) category D: technical services which supervise or perform tests or inspections for the surveillance of conformity of production. 2. An approval authority may be designated as a technical service for one or more of the categories of activities referred to in paragraph 1. 3. Technical services of a third country, other than those designated in accordance with Article 38this Article, may be notified for the purposes of Article 4149, but only if such an acceptance of technical services is provided for by a bilateral agreement between the Union and the third country concerned. This shall not prevent a technical service established under the national legislation in accordance with Article 35(2) from establishing subsidiaries in third countries, provided that the subsidiaries are directly managed and controlled by the designated technical service.national