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Conformity assessment body

A body that performs third-party conformity assessment activities, including testing, certification and inspection.

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-conformiteitsbeoordelingsinstantie
Payload hash (sha256): c6d3757fe90472979ef062df91c77f44600ee5a330a5b6998fa70ebcb58ce6bd

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Praxikon, "Conformity assessment body", praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-conformiteitsbeoordelingsinstantie@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 c6d3757fe90472979ef062df91c77f44600ee5a330a5b6998fa70ebcb58ce6bd

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
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 3(21)
  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

What this object states

Official fact

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Article 3(21) defines a conformity assessment body as a body that performs third-party conformity assessment activities, including testing, certification and inspection.
- Locator: Article 3(21)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 key phrase is third party. An internal audit function, a consultancy or your own quality team is not a conformity assessment body, however thorough the work. Note also the difference from a notified body in point 22: every notified body is a conformity assessment body, but not the reverse. Only after notification may a body carry out the statutory assessments under this regulation. Certificates from bodies that are not notified have commercial value but no legal status under the AI Act.
- Locator: Article 3(21)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.

Before purchasing an external assessment, verify that the body is in fact notified for the relevant scope and record the evidence in your dossier. For every external report, note the role the party had, adviser or notified body, so it never later appears that an advisory report was a statutory assessment.
- Locator: Article 3(21)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

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Reference

Praxikon, "Conformity assessment body",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-conformiteitsbeoordelingsinstantie@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 c6d3757fe90472979ef062df91c77f44600ee5a330a5b6998fa70ebcb58ce6bd,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-conformiteitsbeoordelingsinstantie
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Adefinition%3Adefinitie-conformiteitsbeoordelingsinstantie&effective_at=2026-08-08&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-23)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-conformiteitsbeoordelingsinstantie@1.0.0 (sha256 c6d3757f)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-definition-definitie-conformiteitsbeoordelingsinstantie-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Conformity assessment body},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-conformiteitsbeoordelingsinstantie},
  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 c6d3757fe90472979ef062df91c77f44600ee5a330a5b6998fa70ebcb58ce6bd},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-conformiteitsbeoordelingsinstantie},
  urldate      = {2026-08-23},
  language     = {en}
}

CSL JSON

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