Article 83: Formal Non-Compliance

Summary of Article 83

  • Identification of Non-Compliance: Authorities must require providers to resolve non-compliance issues related to CE marking, declarations of conformity, registration, authorised representation, or technical documentation within a specified timeline.
  • Enforcement for Persistent Non-Compliance: If non-compliance persists, authorities can take restrictive measures, including prohibiting, recalling, or withdrawing the high-risk AI system from the market.

Identification of Non-Compliance

1. Where the market surveillance authority of a Member State makes one of the following findings, it shall require the relevant provider to put an end to the non-compliance concerned, within a period it may prescribe:

(a) the CE marking has been affixed in violation of Article 48;

(b) the CE marking has not been affixed;

(c) the EU declaration of conformity referred to in Article 47 has not been drawn up;

(d) the EU declaration of conformity referred to in Article 47 has not been drawn up correctly;

(e) the registration in the EU database referred to in Article 71 has not been carried out;

(f) where applicable, no authorised representative has been appointed;

(g) technical documentation is not available.

Enforcement for Persistent Non-Compliance

2. Where the non-compliance referred to in paragraph 1 persists, the market surveillance authority of the Member State concerned shall take appropriate and proportionate measures to restrict or prohibit the high-risk AI system being made available on the market or to ensure that it is recalled or withdrawn from the market without delay.

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Philip Mohr

Philip Mohr

Philip Mohr, a certified AIGP, is an AI governance consultant with over a decade of expertise in product management, data governance and privacy, leading initiatives at Addtrust (addtrust.com).

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