According to National law, the inspection body is empowered to apply administrative and financial fines.
Does this company meet the requirements for Type A inspection body?
March 2014
The requirements of Annex A, A.1 (Type A) to independence are valid for governmental inspection bodies, too. If this governmental organisation or its personnel are not engaged in the design, manufacture, supply, installation, purchase, ownership, use or maintenance of the items / services it inspects then it is type A body.
In the context of this question there is no impediment to the inspection body being Type A:
There isn´t any clause in the ISO/IEC 17020:2012 standard that forbids Type A inspection bodies to apply fines.
The problem of applying administrative and financial fines is linked to its impartiality (in reference of chapter 4.1.2 and 4.1.3). This state enterprise has to identify risks to its impartiality. The fact that it can apply financial fines after making inspection is a factor that has to be considered.