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Article 44: certificates of notified bodies

A certificate issued by a notified body is valid for at most five years for AI systems covered by Annex I and at most four years for AI systems covered by Annex III, and may be extended at the request of the provider after a re-assessment. Where the system no longer meets the requirements of Section 2, the body shall, taking account of the principle of proportionality, suspend or withdraw the certificate or impose restrictions on it, unless the provider takes corrective action within an appropriate deadline it sets so as to ensure compliance with those requirements. An appeal procedure against that decision is available.

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Article 44: certificates of notified bodies

Applies since 2026-08-02

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Condition ·: Applies as soon as a notified body has issued a certificate for a high-risk AI system. That happens along two routes. The certificate under Annex VII, which under Article 43(1) and (2) arises within Annex III only for the biometrics of point 1. There it can arise along two ways: a provider who has applied harmonised standards or common specifications may under the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 choose between the internal control of Annex VI and the procedure involving a notified body of Annex VII, and the second subparagraph makes Annex VII mandatory in the four cases it lists. And the certificate issued under Article 43(3) as replaced with effect from 27 July 2026, within the sectoral conformity assessment of the products of Annex I, Section A, where the body is notified under that sectoral legislation, where the quality management system of Article 17 is assessed as well, and where point 3, points 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5, the fifth paragraph of point 4.6 and point 5 of Annex VII apply. For the products of Annex I, Section B, which cover machinery since 27 July 2026, this Article has no bearing: the amended Article 2(2) makes only Article 6(1), Article 60a and Articles 102 to 112 applicable to those systems, and Article 44 is not in that list. Nor does it bear on the systems of points 2 to 8 of Annex III, which under Article 43(2) follow the internal control of Annex VI, where no notified body is involved.
Exception ·: Paragraph 3 withholds suspension, withdrawal or restriction where compliance with the requirements of Section 2 is ensured by appropriate corrective action taken by the provider of the system within an appropriate deadline set by the notified body. The principle of proportionality also allows the body to confine itself to restrictions instead of withdrawal.

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Checked on 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z · praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-44-notified-body-certificates

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