Države članice tudi zagotovijo neodvisno presojo dejavnosti pridobivanja in ocenjevanja znanja, razumevanja, spretnosti in usposobljenosti ter upravljanja sistema za izdajanje spričeval, v presledkih, ne daljših od pet let, izvedejo pa naj jo kvalificirane osebe, ki same ne sodelujejo pri zadevnih dejavnostih, za preveritev:
Member States shall also ensure that independent evaluations of the knowledge, understanding, skills and competence acquisition and assessment activities, and of the administration of the certification system, are conducted at intervals of not more than five years by qualified persons who are not themselves involved in the activities concerned in order to verify that: