Article 22 Authorised representatives of providers of high-risk AI systems

Prior to making their high-risk AI systems available on the Union market, providers established in third countries shall, by written mandate, appoint an authorised representative means a natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on its behalf in relation to specified tasks; which is established in the Union.

The provider shall enable its authorised representative means a natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on its behalf in relation to specified tasks; to perform the tasks specified in the mandate received from the provider.

1. verify that the EU declaration of conformity referred to in Article 47 and the technical documentation referred to in Article 11 have been drawn up and that an appropriate conformity assessment means the process of verifying whether the essential cybersecurity requirements set out in Annex I have been fulfilled; procedure has been carried out by the provider;

2. keep at the disposal of the competent authoritiesas defined in Article 46 and national authorities or bodies referred to in Article 74(10), for a period of 10 years after the high-risk AI system has been placed on the market or put into service, the contact details of the provider that appointed the authorised representative means a natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on its behalf in relation to specified tasks;, a copy of the EU declaration of conformity referred to in Article 47, the technical documentation and, if applicable, the certificate issued by the notified body means a conformity assessment body designated in accordance with Article 43 and other relevant Union harmonisation legislation;;

3. provide a competent authorityas defined in Article 46, upon a reasoned request, with all the information and documentation, including that referred to in point (b) of this subparagraph, necessary to demonstrate the conformity of a high-risk AI system with the requirements set out in Section 2, including access to the logs, as referred to in Article 12(1), automatically generated by the high-risk AI system, to the extent such logs are under the control of the provider;

4. cooperate with competent authoritiesas defined in Article 46, upon a reasoned request, in any action the latter take in relation to the high-risk AI system, in particular to reduce and mitigate the risks means the potential for loss or disruption caused by an incident and is to be expressed as a combination of the magnitude of such loss or disruption and the likelihood of occurrence of the incident; posed by the high-risk AI system;

5. where applicable, comply with the registration obligations referred to in Article 49(1), or, if the registration is carried out by the provider itself, ensure that the information referred to in point 3 of Section A of Annex VIII is correct.

The authorised representative means a natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on its behalf in relation to specified tasks; shall terminate the mandate if it considers or has reason to consider the provider to be acting contrary to its obligations pursuant to this Regulation. In such a case, it shall immediately inform the relevant market surveillance authority means a market surveillance authority as defined in Article 3, point (4), of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020;, as well as, where applicable, the relevant notified body means a conformity assessment body designated in accordance with Article 43 and other relevant Union harmonisation legislation;, about the termination of the mandate and the reasons therefor.