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Law enforcement authority

Not just the police and prosecution service. Also any other body entrusted under national law with public authority for detection, prosecution or public security.

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-rechtshandhavingsinstantie
Payload hash (sha256): 0860e2540f9c082630db246bc258237fdef48cea528e516e89b08a015444f834

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Praxikon, "Law enforcement authority", praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-rechtshandhavingsinstantie@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 0860e2540f9c082630db246bc258237fdef48cea528e516e89b08a015444f834

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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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(45)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
Via
No condition or exception recorded on this object.
Consequence
- ActorDeployer
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:deployer

What this object states

Official fact

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

Article 3(45) covers (a) any public authority competent for the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, including safeguarding against and preventing threats to public security, and (b) any other body or entity entrusted by Member State law to exercise public authority and public powers for those same purposes.
- Locator: Article 3(45)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.

Point (b) draws the circle far wider than people expect. Special enforcement officers, specialised investigation services, parts of municipal enforcement and private bodies with a statutory public task can all fall within it. This is not a label without consequences: the status changes the regime. Law enforcement authorities may rely, under strict conditions, on exceptions in Article 5, register their high-risk use in a non-public section of the EU database under Article 49(4), and are subject to their own safeguards in Article 26. An organisation that wrongly treats itself as a law enforcement authority builds its compliance file on the wrong footing.
- Locator: Article 3(45)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 team and each AI system, record the statutory basis on which you enforce and whether that makes you a law enforcement authority. Have that qualification reviewed legally before you rely on any exception.
- Locator: Article 3(45)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

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Reference

Praxikon, "Law enforcement authority",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-rechtshandhavingsinstantie@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 0860e2540f9c082630db246bc258237fdef48cea528e516e89b08a015444f834,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-rechtshandhavingsinstantie
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Adefinition%3Adefinitie-rechtshandhavingsinstantie&effective_at=2026-08-08&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-23)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-rechtshandhavingsinstantie@1.0.0 (sha256 0860e254)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-definition-definitie-rechtshandhavingsinstantie-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Law enforcement authority},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-rechtshandhavingsinstantie},
  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 0860e2540f9c082630db246bc258237fdef48cea528e516e89b08a015444f834},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-rechtshandhavingsinstantie},
  urldate      = {2026-08-23},
  language     = {en}
}

CSL JSON

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