Article 69 — Powers of Competent Authorities

Article 69

Access to the pool of experts by the Member States

1. Member States may call upon experts of the scientific panel to support their enforcement activities under this
Regulation.

2. The Member States may be required to pay fees for the advice and support provided by the experts. The structure and
the level of fees as well as the scale and structure of recoverable costs shall be set out in the implementing act referred to in
Article 68(1), taking into account the objectives of the adequate implementation of this Regulation, cost-effectiveness and
the necessity of ensuring effective access to experts for all Member States.

3. The Commission shall facilitate timely access to the experts by the Member States, as needed, and ensure that the
combination of support activities carried out by Union AI testing support pursuant to Article 84 and experts pursuant to
this Article is efficiently organised and provides the best possible added value.

SECTION 2
National competent authorities