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Notified bodies shall make a list of their subsidiaries publicly available.\n4. <a id=\"p-4\"></a>The relevant documents concerning the assessment of the qualifications of the subcontractor or the subsidiary and the work carried out by them under this Regulation shall be kept at the disposal of the notifying authority for a period of five years from the termination date of the subcontracting.\n\n***\n\n[Chapter III — High-risk AI systems](../chapters/iii.md) · [← Article 32](32.md) · [Article 34 →](34.md)\n"}