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title: "Article 20 Requirements relating to notifying authorities — Cover Regulation to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945, UAS · Avioverse"
description: "A notifying authority shall: be established in such a way that no conflict of interest with conformity assessment bodies occurs;"
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/uas/cover-regulation-to-delegated-regulation-eu-2019/chapter-ii-uas-intended-to-be-operated-in-the-open/article-20"
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# Article 20 Requirements relating to notifying authorities

Cover Regulation to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 · Regulations (EU) 2019/947 and 2019/945 · EAR revision 29 Jun 2026

IR Implementing rule

## Article 20 Requirements relating to notifying authorities

1\. A notifying authority shall:

(a) be established in such a way that no conflict of interest with [conformity assessment](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/conformity-assessment) bodies occurs;

(b) be organised and operated so as to safeguard the objectivity and impartiality of its activities;

(c) be organised in such a way that each decision relating to notification of a [conformity assessment body](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/conformity-assessment-body) is taken by competent persons different from those who carried out the assessment;

(d) not offer or provide any activities that conformity assessment bodies perform or consultancy services on a commercial or competitive basis;

(e) shall safeguard the confidentiality of the information it obtains;

(f) have a sufficient number of competent personnel at its disposal for the proper performance of its tasks.

IR · Article 20 — Regulations (EU) 2019/947 and 2019/945 · Regulation (EU) 2019/945 · UAS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 29 Jun 2026

[All rules in CHAPTER II — UAS intended to be operated in the ‘open’ category or in the ‘specific’ category under operational declaration, accessories kits bearing a class identification label and remote identification add-ons](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/uas/cover-regulation-to-delegated-regulation-eu-2019/chapter-ii-uas-intended-to-be-operated-in-the-open)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 29 Jun 2026, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.