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title: "Art. 45 AI Act: Information obligations of notified bodies"
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Art. 45 AI Act · Chapter III: HIGH-RISK AI SYSTEMS · Section 5: Standards, conformity assessment, certificates, registration

# Article 45 AI Act: Information obligations of notified bodies

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

## Official text

### Article 45(1)

**1.** Notified bodies shall inform the notifying authority of the following:

#### Article 45(1)(a)

**(a)** any Union technical documentation assessment certificates, any supplements to those certificates, and any quality management system approvals issued in accordance with the requirements of Annex VII;

#### Article 45(1)(b)

**(b)** any refusal, restriction, suspension or withdrawal of a Union technical documentation assessment certificate or a quality management system approval issued in accordance with the requirements of Annex VII;

#### Article 45(1)(c)

**(c)** any circumstances affecting the scope of or conditions for notification;

#### Article 45(1)(d)

**(d)** any request for information which they have received from market surveillance authorities regarding conformity assessment activities;

#### Article 45(1)(e)

**(e)** on request, conformity assessment activities performed within the scope of their notification and any other activity performed, including cross-border activities and subcontracting.

### Article 45(2)

**2.** Each notified body shall inform the other notified bodies of:

#### Article 45(2)(a)

**(a)** quality management system approvals which it has refused, suspended or withdrawn, and, upon request, of quality system approvals which it has issued;

#### Article 45(2)(b)

**(b)** Union technical documentation assessment certificates or any supplements thereto which it has refused, withdrawn, suspended or otherwise restricted, and, upon request, of the certificates and/or supplements thereto which it has issued.

### Article 45(3)

**3.** Each notified body shall provide the other notified bodies carrying out similar conformity assessment activities covering the same types of AI systems with relevant information on issues relating to negative and, on request, positive conformity assessment results.

### Article 45(4)

**4.** Notified bodies shall safeguard the confidentiality of the information that they obtain, in accordance with 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 45 on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02024R1689-20260727#art_45)

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

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