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Authorised representative

The European point of contact for a provider from outside the Union, valid only on the basis of a written mandate.

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Address and citation

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-gemachtigde
Payload hash (sha256): 1793ad1268e6a72c62e9c52cbdd27c80e19e72172e7d9ecc775c0f350e6c0d2d

Citation line

Praxikon, "Authorised representative", praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-gemachtigde@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 1793ad1268e6a72c62e9c52cbdd27c80e19e72172e7d9ecc775c0f350e6c0d2d

Version: 1.0.0
Legal time (effective_at): 8 August 2026
Knowledge time (known_at): 8 August 2026
Closed on: Not closed
Application date: 2 February 2025
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.

What this object links to

Every relation appears below as a path: from the source with its locator, through the conditions and exceptions of the object carrying the relation, to the consequence. A locator belongs to a statement in the data and not to a relation, so the source is the source anchor of the carrying object.

What this object is about

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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
  Open official source
Via
- Condition | allThe authorised representative is located or established in the Union and has received and accepted a written mandate.
Consequence
- ActorAuthorised representative
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:authorised-representative
- ActorProvider of a GPAI model
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:gpai-model-provider
- ActorProvider of an AI system
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

What this object states

Official fact

Attributable to a named primary source, with a locator. Where they differ, the official source prevails.

Article 3(5) defines an authorised representative as a natural or legal person located or established in the Union who has received and accepted a written mandate from a provider of an AI system or a general-purpose AI model to, respectively, perform and carry out on its behalf the obligations and procedures established by this Regulation.
- Locator: Article 3(5)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 common error is that a European sales partner, reseller or subsidiary assumes it is automatically the authorised representative. That does not follow from the commercial relationship. The definition sets two cumulative requirements: the mandate is written, and it is not only given but also accepted. Without that document there is no authorised representative and the supervisory authority in the Union has no formal point of contact for that provider. A second misconception is that appointing an authorised representative transfers the provider role. It does not: the representative acts on behalf of the provider, and the provider remains the provider.
- Locator: Article 3(5)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.

Ask every supplier from outside the Union for the name, registered address and contact details of the authorised representative and for a copy or confirmation of the accepted written mandate. Store it with the system file, because it is the first thing you need once a supervisory authority requests information about a system you source from outside the Union.
- Locator: Article 3(5)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

When this applies

1The authorised representative is located or established in the Union and has received and accepted a written mandate.

When this does not apply

No exception recorded on this object.

Referring to this object

Citation block

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Reference

Praxikon, "Authorised representative",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-gemachtigde@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 1793ad1268e6a72c62e9c52cbdd27c80e19e72172e7d9ecc775c0f350e6c0d2d,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-gemachtigde
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Adefinition%3Adefinitie-gemachtigde&effective_at=2026-08-08&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-23)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-gemachtigde@1.0.0 (sha256 1793ad12)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-definition-definitie-gemachtigde-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Authorised representative},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-gemachtigde},
  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 1793ad1268e6a72c62e9c52cbdd27c80e19e72172e7d9ecc775c0f350e6c0d2d},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-gemachtigde},
  urldate      = {2026-08-23},
  language     = {en}
}

CSL JSON

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