1. Where a notifying authority has ascertained or has been informed that a notified body no longer meets the requirements laid down in Article 52, or that it is failing to fulfil its obligations, the notifying authority shall restrict, suspend or withdraw the notification as appropriate, depending on the seriousness of the failure to meet those requirements or fulfil those obligations. It shall immediately inform the Commission and the other Member States accordingly.
2. In the event of a restriction, suspension or withdrawal of a notification, or where the notified body has ceased its activity, the notifying Member State shall take appropriate steps to ensure that that body’s files are either processed by another notified body or kept available for the responsible notifying and market surveillance authorities at their request.