Art. 6 Secretariat | Scientific panel of independent experts | AI act

This article establishes the administrative backbone of the scientific panel by creating its Secretariat and defining who runs it.

The AI Office and the Joint Research Centre are jointly responsible for providing the Secretariat, which exists to support the efficient functioning of the scientific panel.

The article then sets out the core operational duties of the Secretariat, covering integrity oversight, compliance monitoring, and handling incoming requests from both market surveillance authorities and Member States.

Important points:

The AI Office and the Joint Research Centre are jointly responsible for providing the Secretariat to the scientific panel.
The Secretariat is required to identify and manage potential conflicts of interest and monitor compliance with the rules of procedure and task requests under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689.
The Secretariat processes requests for additional expertise from market surveillance authorities and requests for expert support from Member States for national-level enforcement.

1. The AI Office and the Joint Research Centre shall jointly provide the secretariat (the ‘Secretariat’) for the scientific panel.
1. The Secretariat shall be responsible for providing the necessary support for the efficient functioning of the scientific panel. The Secretariat shall, in particular:
  1. identify and manage potential conflicts of interests;
  2. monitor compliance with the rules of procedure referred to in Article 8 and compliance with the requests to carry out tasks according to Article 68(3) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689;
  3. process requests from market surveillance authorities to the scientific panel for additional expertise;
  4. process requests from Member States for support by experts for the purpose of their enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 at national level.

Article 6 Secretariat

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