Article 30 — Requirements relating to notifying authorities

1. A notifying authority shall be established in such a way that no conflict of interest with conformity assessment bodies occurs. 2. A notifying authority shall be organised and operated so as to safeguard the objectivity and impartiality of their activities. 3. A notifying authority shall be organised in such a way that each decision relating to notification of a conformity assessment body is taken by competent persons different from those who carried out the assessment. 4. A notifying authority shall not offer or provide any activities that conformity assessment bodies perform, nor shall it offer or provide consultancy services on a commercial or competitive basis. 5. A notifying authority shall safeguard the confidentiality of the information it obtains in accordance with Union and national law. 6. A notifying authority shall have a sufficient number of competent personnel and adequate resources at its disposal for the proper performance of its tasks. 7. A notifying authority shall monitor the nature and amount of tasks performed by subsidiaries of or subcontractors to notified bodies in accordance with Article 34.