Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1206 of 30 April 2021 amending Annex III to Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on marine equipment as regards the applicable standard for laboratories used by conformity assessment bodies for marine equipment (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1206of 30 April 2021amending Annex III to Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on marine equipment as regards the applicable standard for laboratories used by conformity assessment bodies for marine equipment(Text with EEA relevance)THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on marine equipment and repealing Council Directive 96/98/ECOJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 146., and in particular Article 36 thereof,Whereas:(1)Directive 2014/90/EU requires that conformity assessment bodies are to comply with the requirements laid down in Annex III in order to become notified bodies.(2)Conformity assessment bodies are to ensure that testing laboratories used for conformity assessment purposes meet the requirements of standard EN ISO/IEC 17025.(3)Standard EN ISO/IEC 17025 specifies the general requirements for the competence, impartiality and consistent operation of laboratories.(4)In 2017, ISO published a revision to standard EN ISO/IEC 17025 and has withdrawn the previous version of the standard, which could still be used during a three-year long transition period ending in November 2020.(5)The reference made in Directive 2014/90/EU to standard EN ISO/IEC 17025 should therefore be amended accordingly,HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: