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title: "Art. 88 AI Act: Enforcement of the obligations of providers of general-purpose AI models"
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Art. 88 AI Act · Chapter IX: POST-MARKET MONITORING, INFORMATION SHARING AND MARKET SURVEILLANCE · Section 5: Supervision, investigation, enforcement and monitoring in respect of providers of general-purpose AI models

# Article 88 AI Act: Enforcement of the obligations of providers of general-purpose AI models

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

## Official text

### Article 88(1)

**1.** The Commission shall have exclusive powers to supervise and enforce Chapter V, taking into account the procedural guarantees under Article 94. The Commission shall entrust the implementation of these tasks to the AI Office, without prejudice to the powers of organisation of the Commission and the division of competences between Member States and the Union based on the Treaties.

### Article 88(2)

**2.** Without prejudice to Article 75(3), market surveillance authorities may request the Commission to exercise the powers laid down in this Section, where that is necessary and proportionate to assist with the fulfilment of their tasks under this Regulation.

## 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 88 on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02024R1689-20260727#art_88)

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

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