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Authorised representative

The authorised representative is the party located in the Union that, on the basis of a written mandate, performs and carries out the obligations and procedures of the Regulation on behalf of a provider established outside the EU. The definition in Article 3(5) already applies today, so the role can be determined now. The appointment duty itself starts on 2 December 2027 for the standalone Annex III route and on 2 August 2028 for the embedded Annex I route. From those dates, a third-country provider may not place a high-risk AI system on the Union market without an appointed representative.

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:authorised-representative
Payload hash (sha256): c8f9493a2a252f9499a0a6adb239067fe4501d52259612dff91b94f3d206866c

Citation line

Praxikon, "Authorised representative", praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:authorised-representative@1.0.0, dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.1.0 (schema 1.4.0), effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-08-14T00:00:00.000Z, sha256 c8f9493a2a252f9499a0a6adb239067fe4501d52259612dff91b94f3d206866c

Version: 1.0.0
Legal time (effective_at): 8 August 2026
Knowledge time (known_at): 8 August 2026
Closed on: Not closed
Topics: value-chain

Review status: Editorially reviewed (8 August 2026). Next check due by 4 February 2027. The check date is the knowledge date of this version; no later recheck has been recorded.

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Source
This object carries no official fact of its own. The source line below sits on the obligation it hangs off; the link itself is recorded editorially.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 60(1)-(4), Article 60(9), Article 113
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
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- Condition | allApplies before you start testing in real world conditions outside a sandbox. All conditions in Article 60(4) must be met cumulatively; it is not a menu.
- ExceptionTacit approval after 30 days applies only where national law provides for it. Where national law does not, express authorisation remains required. For the systems referred to in Annex III, points 1, 6 and 7, in law enforcement, migration, asylum and border control, registration runs through the secure non-public section of the EU database under Article 49(4), point (d). For the systems referred to in Annex III, point 2, critical infrastructure, a different route applies: Article 49(5) requires registration at national level.
As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.
Relation recorded on: Submit the testing plan, obtain approval and register the test
Consequence
- ActionSubmit the testing plan, obtain approval and register the test
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:action:article-60-testing-plan-and-authorisation
Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 3(5)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
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- Condition | allThe authorised representative is located or established in the Union and has received and accepted a written mandate.
Relation recorded on: Authorised representative
Consequence
- DefinitionAuthorised representative
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-gemachtigde
Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 3(8)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
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No condition or exception recorded on this object.
Relation recorded on: Operator
Consequence
- DefinitionOperator
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-operator
Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 3(61)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
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No condition or exception recorded on this object.
Relation recorded on: Widespread infringement
Consequence
- DefinitionWidespread infringement
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-wijdverbreide-inbreuk
Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- CEN-CENELEC JTC 21: European standards under standardisation request M/613
  Locator: prEN 18285 (draft standard), CEN/CLC/JTC 21 under M/613
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:cen-cenelec-jtc21
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- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 43 and Annex VII; Article 22; Article 40
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
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- Condition | allThe Article 43 conformity assessment rests on the provider. The authorised representative established in the Union keeps the EU declaration of conformity and the technical documentation available to the supervisory authority and cooperates with it under Article 22.
Relation recorded on: prEN 18285: conformity assessment framework for AI systems
Consequence
- StandardprEN 18285: conformity assessment framework for AI systems
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:standard:standard-pren-18285-conformity-assessment-framework

When this applies

1Mandatory for providers of high-risk AI systems established in a third country, before they place those systems on the Union market (Article 22(1)). This duty starts on 2 December 2027 for the standalone Annex III route (Article 6(2)) and on 2 August 2028 for the embedded Annex I route (Article 6(1)). The definition and role determination in Article 3(5) already apply today.

When this does not apply

Article 22 covers the high-risk AI system route. The definition in Article 3(5) also mentions general-purpose AI models; that route has its own regime, which is not elaborated here.

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Reference

Praxikon, "Authorised representative",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:authorised-representative@1.0.0,
dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.1.0 (schema 1.4.0),
effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z,
sha256 c8f9493a2a252f9499a0a6adb239067fe4501d52259612dff91b94f3d206866c,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/actor/authorised-representative
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Aactor%3Aauthorised-representative&effective_at=2026-08-08&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-23)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:authorised-representative@1.0.0 (sha256 c8f9493a)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-actor-authorised-representative-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Authorised representative},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:authorised-representative},
  howpublished = {AI Act Change \& Evidence Graph, dataset 2.1.0, schema 1.4.0},
  note         = {effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z; known_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z; sha256 c8f9493a2a252f9499a0a6adb239067fe4501d52259612dff91b94f3d206866c},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/actor/authorised-representative},
  urldate      = {2026-08-23},
  language     = {en}
}

CSL JSON

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