--- title: "Article 36 — Notifying authorities" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R2847-20241120" source_retrieved: 2026-10-03 shortTitle: "Article 36 — Notifying authorities" instrument_type: level1_regulation authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: "Regulation (EU) 2024/2847" instrument: cra celex: "32024R2847" regulation: CRA regulation-full: "Regulation (EU) 2024/2847" article: 36 status: in_force object_id: eu.cra.legal_text.article.36 text_version: "Consolidated version of 20 November 2024" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R2847-20241120" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-10-26 --- *In force · Consolidated version of 20 November 2024 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R2847-20241120)* 1. Each Member State shall designate a [notifying authority](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/cra/notifying-authority) that shall be responsible for setting up and carrying out the necessary procedures for the assessment, designation and notification of [conformity assessment](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/cra/conformity-assessment) bodies and their monitoring, including compliance with [Article 41](41.md). 2. Member States may decide that the assessment and monitoring referred to in paragraph 1 shall be carried out by a national accreditation body within the meaning of and in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 765/2008. 3. Where the notifying authority delegates or otherwise entrusts the assessment, notification or monitoring referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article to a body which is not a governmental entity, that body shall be a legal entity and shall comply mutatis mutandis with [Article 37](37.md). In addition, it shall have arrangements in place to cover liabilities arising from its activities. 4. The notifying authority shall take full responsibility for the tasks performed by the body referred to in paragraph 3. *** [Chapter IV — Notification of conformity assessment bodies](../chapters/iv.md) · [← Article 35](35.md) · [Article 37 →](37.md)