Common use of Independent Inspector Clause in Contracts

Independent Inspector. The Steering committee shall, with the agreement of the Commission, appoint an Independent Inspector. The signatories of this agreement will bear all the reasonable costs of the Inspector The appointment of the Inspector will be published on the ▇▇▇▇.▇▇ website within 30 days of appointment. The Independent Inspector will be responsible for: • Checking and reporting on the compliance of the member signatories to the requirements of this voluntary agreement. • Selecting which products and companies shall be audited in accordance with this agreement. • Carrying out the product and company audits and reporting the results to the steering Committee and the Commission • Collecting the sales, purchasing and compliance data of all applicable signatories. • Preparing the annual compliance report. • Testing or overseeing testing of products selected for auditing. • Observing the confidentiality of commercially secret or sensitive information. Furthermore the Independent Inspector will • Be impartial in all its actions and base its opinions on facts • Interpret applicable rules in a truthful and sincere manner • Be free of conflicts of interest and not have any business or other relationship with any signatory. • Perform all tasks with due care and supervise adequately all performed tasks for which it is responsible The Independent Inspector shall be responsible for verifying the compliance of the signatories to this agreement. This verification may be performed by • Document checking • Product testing • Inspections in a signatories premises The Inspector is authorised to determine on appropriate mix of the above activities

Independent Inspector. ‌ The Steering committee shall, with the agreement of the Commission, appoint an Independent Inspector. The signatories of this agreement will bear all the reasonable costs of the Inspector The appointment of the Inspector will be published on the ▇▇▇▇.▇▇ website within 30 days of appointment. The Independent Inspector will be responsible for: • Checking and reporting on the compliance of the member signatories to the requirements of this voluntary agreement. • Selecting which products and companies shall be audited in accordance with this agreement. • Carrying out the product and company audits and reporting the results to the steering Committee and the Commission • Collecting the sales, purchasing and compliance data of all applicable signatories. • Preparing the annual compliance report. • Testing or overseeing testing of products selected for auditing. • Observing the confidentiality of commercially secret or sensitive information. Furthermore the Independent Inspector will • Be impartial in all its actions and base its opinions on facts • Interpret applicable rules in a truthful and sincere manner • Be free of conflicts of interest and not have any business or other relationship with any signatory. • Perform all tasks with due care and supervise adequately all performed tasks for which it is responsible 6 Compliance Verification‌ The Independent Inspector shall be responsible for verifying the compliance of the signatories to this agreement. This verification may be performed by • Document checking • Product testing • Inspections in a signatories premises The Inspector is authorised to determine on appropriate mix of the above activities 6.1 Document Checking‌ Manufacturer and Service Provider signatories are responsible for providing the information on the spreadsheet published on the ▇▇▇▇.▇▇ website to the Inspector annually at ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ taking into account the relevant provisions of Annex C (Calculation of Total Energy Consumption). For the avoidance of doubt, such reporting also applies to CSTBs manufactured outside of the EU, but placed on the market in the EU, in compliance with this Voluntary Agreement. The reporting periods shall cover a 12 month period from 1st July to 30th June each year Reports are to be submitted to the inspector by 31st August each year. Additional requests by the Independent inspector shall be answered promptly All products (compliant or otherwise), excluding prototypes and engineering samples not intended for commercial deployment, shall be included in the report. Where a Signature Date is not the start of a Reporting Period then a Signatory may choose one of the following: 1. For its first Reporting Period to run in line with the current Reporting Period and so to backdate its commitment 2. For its first Reporting Period to run from the date of signature until the end of that Reporting Period and so be shortened in the first year 3. For its first Reporting Period to commence at the start of the next Reporting Period and so to postdate its commitment Signatories who are neither Manufactures nor Service Providers shall submit an annual statement to the inspector detailing their activities that support the objectives of this agreement. Any signatory that fails to submit the required information to the independent Inspector shall be considered to be a ‘non-compliant signatory’