1. Member States shall designate a notifying authority responsible for setting up and carrying out the necessary procedures for the assessment and notification of the bodies to be authorised to carry out third-party tasks in the assessment and verification process for the purposes of this Regulation, and the monitoring of notified bodies, including their compliance with requirements laid down in Articles 46 and 48.
2. Member States may decide that the assessment and monitoring referred to in paragraph 1 is to be carried out by their 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 person and shall comply mutatis mutandis with the requirements laid down in Article 44. In addition, it shall have arrangements to cover liabilities arising out of its activities.
4. The notifying authority shall take full responsibility for the tasks performed by the body referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3.