--- title: "Art. 75c AI Act: Non-compliance, fines and periodic penalty payments" canonical: "https://dposchool.com/ai-act/article/75c" source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02024R1689-20260727#art_75c" 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. 75c AI Act · Chapter IX: POST-MARKET MONITORING, INFORMATION SHARING AND MARKET SURVEILLANCE · Section 3: Enforcement # Article 75c AI Act: Non-compliance, fines and periodic penalty payments Consolidated text of 27 July 2026. Retrieved 30 October 2026. ## Official text ### Article 75c(1) **1.** Where the AI Office finds that an operator falling within the scope of Article 75(1) does not comply with the relevant provisions of this Regulation or with commitments made binding pursuant to Article 75b, it shall adopt a decision establishing such non-compliance. ### Article 75c(2) **2.** Before adopting a decision pursuant to paragraph 1, the AI Office shall communicate its preliminary findings to the operator concerned. In the preliminary findings, the AI Office shall explain the measures that it is considering taking, or that it considers that the operator concerned should take, in order to effectively address the preliminary findings. ### Article 75c(3) **3.** In the decision pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article, the AI Office shall, where relevant, order the operator concerned to take the necessary measures to ensure compliance with the relevant provisions of this Regulation within a reasonable period specified therein and to provide information on the measures that that operator intends to take to comply with the decision. The operator concerned shall provide the AI Office with a description of the measures it has taken to ensure compliance with the decision upon their implementation. Prior to requesting any measure, the AI Office may engage in a structured dialogue with the operator of the AI system in question. During this dialogue, the operator may propose commitments in accordance with Article 75b. ### Article 75c(4) **4.** A decision adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article may be accompanied by the imposition of penalties in accordance with Article 99(3) to (7), which provisions shall apply mutatis mutandis to the AI Office in the execution of its supervision and enforcement tasks referred to in Article 75(1). In particular, the following shall be subject to administrative fines as referred to in Article 99(4): #### Article 75c(4)(a) **(a)** infringement of any applicable provision of this Regulation, including those not listed in Article 99(4); #### Article 75c(4)(b) **(b)** failure to comply with decisions or measures adopted pursuant to the powers listed in Article 14(4) or Article 16(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, as well as those specified in Article 75a of this Regulation; #### Article 75c(4)(c) **(c)** failure to comply with a commitment made binding by a decision pursuant to Article 75b. The supply of incorrect, incomplete or misleading information to the AI Office in reply to a request shall be subject to administrative fines as referred to in Article 99(5). ### Article 75c(5) **5.** The AI Office may adopt a decision imposing periodic penalty payments to compel the operators subject to its competence pursuant to Article 75(1) to the following: #### Article 75c(5)(a) **(a)** to submit to an investigation; #### Article 75c(5)(b) **(b)** to comply with an information request ordered by a decision adopted under Article 75a(3); #### Article 75c(5)(c) **(c)** to submit to an inspection ordered by a decision pursuant to Article 75a(4); #### Article 75c(5)(d) **(d)** to provide correct or complete answers or explanations in the context of an inspection ordered by a decision pursuant to Article 75a(4); #### Article 75c(5)(e) **(e)** to comply with corrective actions ordered pursuant to the power listed in Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020; #### Article 75c(5)(f) **(f)** to comply with commitments made legally binding by a decision pursuant to Article 75b; or #### Article 75c(5)(g) **(g)** to comply with a decision pursuant to the paragraph (1) of this Article. Those penalty payments shall be effective and proportionate, and, where applicable, shall not exceed 5 % of the average daily income or worldwide annual turnover in the preceding financial year per day, calculated from the date appointed by the decision. ### Article 75c(6) **6.** The Court of Justice of the European Union shall have unlimited jurisdiction to review decisions of the AI Office fixing a fine or periodic penalty payment pursuant to this Article. It may cancel, reduce or increase the fine or periodic penalty payment imposed. ### Article 75c(7) **7.** Funds collected through the imposition of fines or periodic penalty payments pursuant to this Article shall contribute to the general budget of the Union. ### Article 75c(8) **8.** The powers conferred on the AI Office by this Article shall be subject to a limitation period of five years. The limitation period shall begin to run on the day on which the infringement is committed. However, in the case of continuing or repeated infringements, the limitation period shall begin to run on the day on which the infringement ceases. The power of the AI Office to enforce decisions taken pursuant to this Article shall be subject to a limitation period of five years. The limitation period shall begin to run on the day on which the decision becomes final. The implementing act referred to in Article 75d(3) shall specify the first and second subparagraphs of this paragraph, including the circumstances in which the limitation periods shall be interrupted. ### Article 75c(9) **9.** Where the AI Office determines that there are no grounds to adopt a decision of non-compliance, it shall close the proceeding by a decision. That decision shall apply with immediate effect. ## 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 75c on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02024R1689-20260727#art_75c) Consolidated text of 27 July 2026. Retrieved 30 October 2026. 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