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Section 3: Enforcement

Chapter IX · Articles 74–84

What this part of the EU AI Act covers

Section 3 sets out the enforcement regime: the powers and procedures of market surveillance authorities, access to data and documentation, mutual assistance, the procedure for systems presenting a risk, formal non-compliance, and the Union safeguard procedure.

It binds market surveillance authorities and, through them, every operator subject to their powers. It sets out what an authority can demand (access to data, documentation and in some cases source code) and the procedure that follows when a system is found to present a risk.

All 15 provisions

Art. 74Market Surveillance and Control of AI Systems in the Union Market Art. 75Market Surveillance and Control of AI Systems and Mutual Assistance Art. 75aSupervisory and Enforcement Powers of the AI Office Art. 75bCommitments Art. 75cNon-compliance, Fines and Periodic Penalty Payments Art. 75dSafeguards and Further Specification Art. 76Supervision of Testing in Real World Conditions by Market Surveillance Authorities Art. 77Powers of Authorities Protecting Fundamental Rights and Cooperation with Market Surveillance Authorities Art. 78Confidentiality Art. 79Procedure at National Level for Dealing with AI Systems Presenting a Risk Art. 80Procedure for Dealing with AI Systems Classified by the Provider as Non-High-Risk in Application of Annex III Art. 81Union Safeguard Procedure Art. 82Compliant AI Systems which Present a Risk Art. 83Formal Non-Compliance Art. 84Union AI Testing Support Structures

All 15 provisions on this page have been checked against the EUR-Lex text of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689. Where this site and EUR-Lex disagree, EUR-Lex governs.

Where to go next

Chapter IX: Post-Market Monitoring, Information Sharing and Market SurveillanceThe whole chapter, Articles 72–94 Section 1: Post-Market MonitoringArticles 72–72 Section 2: Sharing of Information on Serious IncidentsArticles 73–73 Section 4: RemediesArticles 85–87 Section 5: Supervision, Investigation, Enforcement and Monitoring in Respect of Providers of General-Purpose AI ModelsArticles 88–94 Full EU AI Act table of contentsAll 13 chapters