Authorised representatives of providers of high-risk AI systems
View on EUR-LexProviders established outside the EU must, before placing a high-risk AI system on the Union market, appoint an authorised representative established in the EU by written mandate. The representative holds the technical documentation, the declaration of conformity, and acts as the single point of contact for market surveillance authorities. The mandate must include specific powers listed in Art. 22(3): verifying the declaration of conformity, keeping documentation available, cooperating with authorities, and terminating the mandate if the provider acts contrary to its obligations.
What you must do
- → If you are a non-EU provider, appoint a representative BEFORE first market placement.
- → Use the Art. 22(3) mandatory mandate fields verbatim or risk an invalid mandate.
- → Identify the representative on the system and on the declaration of conformity.
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Read Article 22 on EUR-LexSource: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act). The only authentic version is the one published in the Official Journal of the European Union.