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EU AI Act Art. 54: authorised representative of non-EU GPAI providers

A GPAI provider established outside the Union appoints, by written mandate, an authorised representative before placing the model on the Union market; the representative keeps the Annex XI documentation for 10 years

By Reviewed

From clause to evidenceThe chain from EU AI Act Art. 54 to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseEU AI ActArt. 54Duty holderNon-EU GPAIprovider +…Applies from2025-08-02In forceArtefactWritten mandateLayerLayer 05Assurance &ContinuousComplianceEvidence recordEvidence recordv1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topic files this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24 · illustrative, not a claim of conformity From clause to evidenceThe chain from EU AI Act Art. 54 to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseEU AI Act · Art. 54Duty holderNon-EU GPAI provider +…Applies from2025-08-02 · In forceArtefactWritten mandateLayerLayer 05Assurance & Continuous ComplianceEvidence recordEvidence record v1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topicfiles this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24illustrative, not a claim of conformity
From clause to evidence Build the artefact, then file every output it produces as a record that names AIGE-OBL-EUAIA-ART54. Drawn from chapter 08.
Text alternative
  • Clause: EU AI Act, Art. 54.
  • Duty holder: Non-EU GPAI provider +….
  • Applies from: 2025-08-02, In force.
  • Artefact: Written mandate.
  • Layer: Layer 05 Assurance & Continuous Compliance.
  • Evidence record: Evidence record v1.
  • Record schema: Evidence record.
  • No crosswalk topic files this clause yet.
Id
AIGE-OBL-EUAIA-ART54
Instrument
EU AI Act (post-Omnibus) law
Compared side by side
ISO 42001 vs EU AI Act · NIST AI RMF vs EU AI Act
Clause
Art. 54
Duty holder
Non-EU GPAI provider + authorised representative
Authority
AI Office
Applies from
In force · Obligations from 2025-08-02; enforcement from 2026-08-02
Later dates
  • Commission enforcement powers apply
  • GPAI models placed on the market before 2025-08-02 comply by this date (Art. 111(3))
System class
GPAI model

The artefact that evidences it

Written mandate; Annex XI documentation copy kept 10 years; AI Office contact route.

Patterns that build it

No pattern in the catalogue names this clause on its "Maps to" line yet; the artefact above is the engineering answer.

Source

Chapter 08, section EU AI Act, post-Omnibus, checked against its sources on the review date above.

Machine-readable

Cite this obligation

García Aibar, J. (2026). EU AI Act Art. 54: authorised representative of non-EU GPAI providers (AIGE-OBL-EUAIA-ART54). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-euaia-art54. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{EU AI Act Art. 54: authorised representative of non-EU GPAI providers (AIGE-OBL-EUAIA-ART54)}},
  howpublished = {In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {0.5.0},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url          = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-euaia-art54},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}