The certification bodies decide on the granting, maintenance or extension of certification, as well as the measures sanctioning failures.
The defence and management organisation may ask an operator to have recourse, at its expense, to an inspection body accredited in accordance with the first paragraph of this article to carry out an additional inspection to verify that this operator has applied the corrective measures referred to in 3° of Article L. 721-6 of this code.
The Institut national de la propriété industrielle verifies that the operator control operations provided for in the specifications are carried out by a conformity assessment body and that the corrective measures and formal notices and exclusions of operators provided for in the specifications are implemented.
After formal notice has been given to the defence and management body, the institute may withdraw approval of the product specification if these checks are not carried out or if the corrective measures have not been implemented within the required timeframe.
The decision to withdraw approval is published in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle. Information on the publication in the Official Industrial Property Bulletin is published in the form of a notice in the Official Journal.
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