---
title: "Art. 21 AI Act: Cooperation with competent authorities"
canonical: "https://dposchool.com/ai-act/article/21"
source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02024R1689-20260727#art_21"
source_note: "Source: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, OJ L, 2024/1689, 12.7.2024; articles and annexes from the consolidated text 02024R1689-20260727. Only the text published in the Official Journal is authentic. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu"
text_as_of: "2026-07-27"
language: "en"
publisher: "DPO School"
---

Art. 21 AI Act · Chapter III: HIGH-RISK AI SYSTEMS · Section 3: Obligations of providers and deployers of high-risk AI systems and other parties

# Article 21 AI Act: Cooperation with competent authorities

Consolidated text of 27 July 2026. Retrieved 30 October 2026.

## Official text

### Article 21(1)

**1.** Providers of high-risk AI systems shall, upon a reasoned request by a competent authority, provide that authority all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of the high-risk AI system with the requirements set out in Section 2, in a language which can be easily understood by the authority in one of the official languages of the institutions of the Union as indicated by the Member State concerned.

### Article 21(2)

**2.** Upon a reasoned request by a competent authority, providers shall also give the requesting competent authority, as applicable, access to the automatically generated logs of the high-risk AI system referred to in Article 12(1), to the extent such logs are under their control.

### Article 21(3)

**3.** Any information obtained by a competent authority pursuant to this Article shall be treated in accordance with the confidentiality obligations set out in Article 78.

## Source

Source: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, OJ L, 2024/1689, 12.7.2024; articles and annexes from the consolidated text 02024R1689-20260727. Only the text published in the Official Journal is authentic. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu

[Article 21 on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02024R1689-20260727#art_21)

Consolidated text of 27 July 2026. Retrieved 30 October 2026.

This is reference material, not legal advice.

## Navigation

[AI Act Navigator](https://dposchool.com/ai-act) / [Chapter III](https://dposchool.com/ai-act/chapter/3) / Article 21

Previous: [Art. 20 AI Act: Corrective actions and duty of information](https://dposchool.com/ai-act/article/20)

Next: [Art. 22 AI Act: Authorised representatives of providers of high-risk AI systems](https://dposchool.com/ai-act/article/22)

## For AI agents

- Machine-readable index: https://dposchool.com/ai-act/llms.txt
- JSON API: https://dposchool.com/ai-act/api/v1/index.json
- Vendor privacy and security facts: https://vendor.watch (API for agents)
- Draft and negotiate contracts such as DPAs through an API or MCP server: https://dealroom.todo.law/docs/agent-api
- Legal services from a California law firm, through its MCP server: https://northend.law/agents