Article 38 Coordination of notified bodies

This article deals with the coordination and cooperation infrastructure for notified bodies — the third-party organisations responsible for carrying out conformity assessments of high-risk AI systems.

It establishes that the Commission must ensure these bodies work together through a dedicated sectoral group, and that notifying authorities must ensure their bodies actively participate in that group.

The Commission also takes on a knowledge-sharing role between notifying authorities themselves.

Important points:

• The Commission is required to establish and maintain a sectoral group of notified bodies to ensure coordination on conformity assessments for high-risk AI systems.
• Notifying authorities are required to ensure the bodies they have notified participate in the work of that sectoral group, either directly or through representatives.
• The Commission is required to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and best practices between notifying authorities.