Article 8
Obligation of Parties as regards their authorities and bodies
1.
The Parties shall ensure that authorities under their jurisdiction, which are responsible for the effective implementation of EEA legislation and Slovenian national law shall continuously apply it. Further, they shall ensure that these authorities are able, where appropriate, to notify, suspend, remove suspension and withdraw notification of bodies, to ensure the conformity of industrial products with EEA legislation or Slovenian national law or to require their withdrawal from the market.
2.
The Parties shall ensure that bodies, notified under their respective jurisdiction to assess conformity in relation to requirements of EEA legislation or Slovenian national law specified in the annexes, continuously comply with the requirements of Community or national law. Further, they shall take all necessary steps to ensure that these bodies maintain the necessary competence to carry out the tasks for which they are notified.
3.
The Parties may only notify bodies notified under the PECA and EEA Agreement respectively.