This may be demonstrated through: (a)Product certification bodies operating according to the requirements of EN 45011 or ISO Guides 28 and 40, and either:accredited by the Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JAS-ANZ), orable to demonstrate competence by other means in accordance with Sections A and B of the Annex to this Agreement (b)Quality System certification bodies operating according to the requirements of EN 45012 or ISO Guide 62, and either:accredited by JAS-ANZ, orable to demonstrate competence by other means in accordance with Sections A and B of the Annex to this Agreement (c)Inspection bodies operating according to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17020, and either:accredited by the Testing Laboratory Registration ...[+++] Council of New Zealand or any other body established by law in New Zealand which replaces it and which has the same functions, orable to demonstrate competence by other means in accordance with Sections A and B of the Annex to this Agreement.Pursuant to point 5.2 of Section IV, designation for high-risk devices listed in point 5.1 of that Section will occur on the basis of a confidence-building programme.

Member States shall ensure an appropriate level of random testing to verify the absence on the market of rice products containing, consisting of, or produced from the genetically modified ‘LL RICE 601’, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.

Where testing or sampling is required that is not covered by these methods and sampling techniques, the Competent Body or bodies assessing the application (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Competent Body’) shall indicate which testing and/or sampling methods it considers acceptable.

Where testing or sampling is required that is not covered by these methods and sampling techniques, the Competent Body or bodies assessing the application (hereinafter referred to as the Competent Body) shall indicate which testing and/or sampling methods it considers acceptable.

3. Where, as regards an accredited paying agency, one or more of the accreditation criteria are no longer respected or so seriously deficient as to affect the agency’s ability to fulfil the tasks set out in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, the competent authority shall put the agency’s accreditation under probation and draw up a plan to remedy the deficiencies found within a period to be determined according to the severity of the problem, which shall not exceed 12 months from the date on which the accreditation is put under probation.

(f) In the growing period following importation, a suitable proportion of the plants shall be visually inspected by the responsible official bodies of the Member State in which the plants are planted, at appropriate times, at the premises referred to in (d), for the presence of any harmful organism or for signs or symptoms caused by any harmful organism; as a result of such visual inspection any harmful organism having caused signs or symptoms shall be identified by an appropriate testing procedure.