(da) the third-country control body of a country recognised in accordance with paragraph 4, or recognised in accordance with paragraph 5, complies with European standard EN 45011 concerning the general criteria relating to product-certification bodies or the ISO 65 Guide and is accredited before 1 January 2009 in accordance with that standard by any accreditation body which is signatory to the Multilateral Recognition Agreement.

(da) the third-country control body of a country recognised in accordance with paragraph 4, or recognised in accordance with paragraph 5, complies with European standard EN 45011 concerning the general criteria relating to product-certification bodies or the ISO 65 Guide and is accredited before 1 January 2009 in accordance with that standard by any accreditation body which is signatory to the Multilateral Recognition Agreement.

2. The certification body shall conduct its examination of the paying agency concerned according to internationally accepted auditing standards taking into account any guidelines on the application of these standards established by the Commission.

23. Resolves to hold a regular plenary debate on the objectives and targets contained in the Sustainable Development Strategy, based on contributions from all of its relevant committees, so that Parliament can state its views on progress and priorities for the SDS in time for these to be taken fully into account in the European Council reviews of the SDS; considers, furthermore, that it should hold regular dialogue with the Member States' national parliaments and the parliaments of the constitutional regions, on a general or bilateral basis, in order to examine best practice on sustainable development, as well as to exchange experiences ...[+++] of both Europe-wide and national implementation of the SDS;

Whereas standards harmonized at European level are drawn up by private bodies and must retain their status as non-mandatory text; whereas, in this connection, the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) has been recognized as one of the two bodies competent to adopt harmonized standards in accordance with the general guidelines for cooperation between the Commission and CEN and Cenelec, ratified on 13 November 1984; whereas, for the purposes of this Directive, 'harmonized standard' means a text setting out technical specificati ...[+++]ons adopted by CEN under a mandate conferred by the Commission, in accordance with Council Directive 83/189/EEC of 28 March 1983 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations(4) and in keeping with the abovementioned general guidelines;

be assumed to comply with the protection requirements; whereas these standards harmonized at European level are drawn up by private bodies and must remain non-binding texts; whereas for that purpose the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) is recognized as the competent body in the field of this Directive for the adoption of harmonized standards in accordance with the general guidelines for cooperation between the Commission and the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and CENELEC signed on 13 No ...[+++]vember 1984; whereas, for the purposes of this Directive, a harmonized standard is a technical specification (European standard or harmonization document) adopted by CENELEC upon a remit from the Commission in accordance with the provisions of Council Directive 83/189/EEC of 28 March 1983 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations (1), as last amended by Directive 88/182/EEC (2), and pursuant to the abovementioned general guidelines;