Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/666 of 18 May 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 920/2013 as regards the renewal of designations and the surveillance and monitoring of notified bodies (Text with EEA relevance)

‘6 By way of derogation from paragraph 2, during the period from 19 May 2020 to 25 May 2021, the designating authority of a Member State, in extraordinary circumstances resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and due to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2020/561 of the European Parliament and of the Council deferring the application of certain provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council , may decide to renew a designation as notified body without having recourse to the procedures laid down in Article 3. In order to decide on the renewal of a designation as notified body in accordance with the first subparagraph, the designating authority shall carry out an assessment in order to verify the continuous competence of the notified body and its ability to perform the tasks for which it was designated. The decision on the renewal of a designation as notified body in accordance with this paragraph shall be adopted before the end of the validity period of the preceding designation and shall automatically become void at the latest on 26 May 2021. The designating authority shall notify the Commission of its decision, giving substantive reasons therefore, on the renewal of a designation as notified body in accordance with this paragraph by means of the ‘New Approach Notified and Designated Organisations’ Information System. The Commission may require a designating authority to provide it with the results of the assessment supporting the decision on the renewal of a designation as notified body in accordance with this paragraph, as well as the outcome of related surveillance and monitoring activities, including those referred to in Article 5.

This Regulation shall enter into force on its day of publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.