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Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act) · Chapter III · High-risk AI systems

Article 21 · Cooperation with competent authorities

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  1. Providers of high-risk AI systems shall, upon a reasoned request by a competent authority, provide that authority all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of the high-risk AI system with the requirements set out in Section 2, in a language which can be easily understood by the authority in one of the official languages of the institutions of the Union as indicated by the Member State concerned.

  2. Upon a reasoned request by a competent authority, providers shall also give the requesting competent authority, as applicable, access to the automatically generated logs of the high-risk AI system referred to in Article 12(1), to the extent such logs are under their control.

  3. Any information obtained by a competent authority pursuant to this Article shall be treated in accordance with the confidentiality obligations set out in Article 78.

Text: Official Journal of the EU, 12 July 2024. No consolidated version reflecting Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 has been issued yet.

Commentary

On a reasoned request, demonstrate compliance and make the documentation and logs available in a language the authority understands.