{"slug":"eu-ai-act-art-22-authorised-representative","id":"AIPT-OBL-0028","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0028","title":"Non-EU providers must appoint an EU authorised representative for high-risk AI","short_title":"Authorised representatives","category":"governance_accountability","summary":"Before making a high-risk AI system available in the Union, a provider established outside the EU must appoint, by written mandate, an authorised representative established in the Union. The representative verifies that the EU declaration of conformity and technical documentation exist and that conformity assessment was done, keeps the provider's contact details and the documentation available for ten years, supplies information to authorities, cooperates with them, and must end the mandate if the provider acts contrary to the Regulation.\n","practical_action":"Sign a written mandate with an EU-established representative and give them a controlled copy of the technical file and declaration.\n","is_binding":true,"applies_from":"2027-12-02","section":"Articles 16–27","source_reference":"Article 22","official_source_url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj","review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"high","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","reviewed_by":null,"actors":["provider","authorized_representative"],"sectors":["cross_sector"],"use_cases":["hiring_and_hr","biometrics","safety_critical"],"applicability":[{"description":"Providers established in a third country that place high-risk AI systems on the EU market; the mandated representative carries the listed tasks.","actors":["provider","authorized_representative"],"conditions":null}],"evidence_examples":[{"title":"Written mandate of authorised representative","description":null,"artifact_type":"document"},{"title":"Representative's documentation checklist","description":"Verification that the declaration, technical file and conformity assessment are in place.","artifact_type":"record"}],"framework_mappings":[{"framework":"iso_42001","framework_name":"ISO/IEC 42001:2023","reference":"Clause 5.3; Annex A.10.2","note":"Allocation of responsibilities to an external party.","confidence_level":"medium","is_original":true},{"framework":"nist_ai_rmf","framework_name":"NIST AI RMF 1.0","reference":"GOVERN 2.1, GOVERN 6.1","note":"Roles and third-party arrangements.","confidence_level":"low","is_original":true}],"controls":[{"slug":"contractual-allocation-of-ai-duties","title":"Contractual allocation of AI duties across the supply chain","kind":"contractual","relationship":"satisfies","note":"The written mandate allocates the representative's tasks.","confidence_level":"high","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/contractual-allocation-of-ai-duties"},{"slug":"conformity-assessment-and-registration","title":"Conformity assessment, declaration and registration","kind":"process","relationship":"supports","note":"Items the representative must verify.","confidence_level":"medium","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/conformity-assessment-and-registration"}],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/eu-ai-act-art-22-authorised-representative","policy":{"slug":"eu-ai-act","title":"Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 — Artificial Intelligence Act","status":"partially_applicable","jurisdiction":"eu","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/eu-ai-act"}}