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Risk level: high Title III — High-Risk AI Systems Provider Obligations

Article 21 — Cooperation with Competent Authorities

Cooperation with competent authorities 1. Providers of high-risk AI systems shall, upon a reasoned request by a competent authority, provide that authority all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of the high-risk AI system with the requirements set out in Section 2, in a language which can be easily understood by the...

Article 21
Cooperation with competent authorities
1. Providers of high-risk AI systems shall, upon a reasoned request by a competent authority, provide that authority all
the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of the high-risk AI system with the
requirements set out in Section 2, in a language which can be easily understood by the authority in one of the official
languages of the institutions of the Union as indicated by the Member State concerned.
2. Upon a reasoned request by a competent authority, providers shall also give the requesting competent authority, as
applicable, access to the automatically generated logs of the high-risk AI system referred to in Article 12(1), to the extent
such logs are under their control.
3. Any information obtained by a competent authority pursuant to this Article shall be treated in accordance with the
confidentiality obligations set out in Article 78.
64/144 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj
OJ L, 12.7.2024 EN

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