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Notified body

A conformity assessment body notified in accordance with this regulation and other relevant Union harmonisation legislation. Only notified bodies may carry out the external assessments under the AI Act.

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-aangemelde-instantie
Payload hash (sha256): c69ff95d0f54baf97cf6f991713e65639055000d24cc73ec9b28ed7b02e585f0

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Praxikon, "Notified body", praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-aangemelde-instantie@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 c69ff95d0f54baf97cf6f991713e65639055000d24cc73ec9b28ed7b02e585f0

Version: 1.0.0
Legal time (effective_at): 8 August 2026
Knowledge time (known_at): 8 August 2026
Closed on: Not closed
Application date: 1 August 2024
Topics: definitions

Review status: Placed against the official source (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
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- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 3(22)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
Via
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Consequence
- ActorProvider of an AI system
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

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Official fact

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Article 3(22) defines a notified body as a conformity assessment body notified in accordance with this Regulation and other relevant Union harmonisation legislation.
- Locator: Article 3(22)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

Our interpretation

Our own reading. It can change without the law changing, and it is not the position of a supervisory authority.

The biggest misconception is that every high-risk system must pass through a notified body. That is wrong: for most Annex III systems, internal control by the provider itself suffices. External involvement mainly arises for biometrics and for products already covered by the Annex I harmonisation legislation, where existing product certification absorbs the AI requirements. Anyone who routinely demands a notified body certificate in a tender is often demanding something that does not exist for that system, and thereby excludes suitable suppliers.
- Locator: Article 3(22)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

Recommended step

A practical step we consider appropriate. Not an obligation following from the Regulation.

For each high-risk system, determine whether external assessment is legally required before writing that requirement into a contract or tender, and record the analysis. If you do require notified body involvement, note the body's identification number and scope and verify them in the official Union database.
- Locator: Article 3(22)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

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Reference

Praxikon, "Notified body",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-aangemelde-instantie@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 c69ff95d0f54baf97cf6f991713e65639055000d24cc73ec9b28ed7b02e585f0,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-aangemelde-instantie
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Adefinition%3Adefinitie-aangemelde-instantie&effective_at=2026-08-08&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-23)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-aangemelde-instantie@1.0.0 (sha256 c69ff95d)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-definition-definitie-aangemelde-instantie-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Notified body},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-aangemelde-instantie},
  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 c69ff95d0f54baf97cf6f991713e65639055000d24cc73ec9b28ed7b02e585f0},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-aangemelde-instantie},
  urldate      = {2026-08-23},
  language     = {en}
}

CSL JSON

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