EU AI Act / Chapter III / Article 22
EU AI Act · Article 22
Authorised representatives of providers of high-risk AI systems
What it means
Providers established outside the EU must appoint, by written mandate, an authorised representative in the EU before making a high-risk system available, who verifies the documentation, keeps it for 10 years, cooperates with authorities and can terminate the mandate if the provider breaches the Act.
See also: Authorised representative obligations.
Plain-English summary by sebbi.pro of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744. The official text is the only authoritative version: EUR-Lex.