--- authoritative: false representation: annotated-page publisher: AstroKube methodology: https://ai-act.astrokube.com/about/ source_verified_on: '2026-09-15' site_content_updated_on: '2026-09-15' title: 'Article 54: Authorised representatives of providers of general-purpose AI models | EU AI Act | AstroKube' description: 'Article 54, EU AI Act: 1. Prior to placing a general-purpose AI model on the Union market, providers established in third countries shall, by written…' language: en source: https://ai-act.astrokube.com/law/art-54/ --- 1. [Start](https://ai-act.astrokube.com/) 2. [The law](https://ai-act.astrokube.com/law/) 3. Article 54 Chapter V · Section 2 · Obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models # Article 54 — Authorised representatives of providers of general-purpose AI models ▼ Primary text, verbatim. Our annotations appear below, visibly separated. [1\.](https://ai-act.astrokube.com/law/art-54/#p-1) Prior to placing a general-purpose AI model on the Union market, providers established in third countries shall, by written mandate, appoint an authorised representative which is established in the Union. [2\.](https://ai-act.astrokube.com/law/art-54/#p-2) The provider shall enable its authorised representative to perform the tasks specified in the mandate received from the provider. [3\.](https://ai-act.astrokube.com/law/art-54/#p-3) The authorised representative shall perform the tasks specified in the mandate received from the provider. It shall provide a copy of the mandate to the AI Office upon request, in one of the official languages of the institutions of the Union. For the purposes of this Regulation, the mandate shall empower the authorised representative to carry out the following tasks: (a) verify that the technical documentation specified in Annex XI has been drawn up and all obligations referred to in Article 53 and, where applicable, Article 55 have been fulfilled by the provider; (b) keep a copy of the technical documentation specified in Annex XI at the disposal of the AI Office and national competent authorities, for a period of 10 years after the general-purpose AI model has been placed on the market, and the contact details of the provider that appointed the authorised representative; (c) provide the AI Office, upon a reasoned request, with all the information and documentation, including that referred to in point (b), necessary to demonstrate compliance with the obligations in this Chapter; (d) cooperate with the AI Office and competent authorities, upon a reasoned request, in any action they take in relation to the general-purpose AI model, including when the model is integrated into AI systems placed on the market or put into service in the Union. [4\.](https://ai-act.astrokube.com/law/art-54/#p-4) The mandate shall empower the authorised representative to be addressed, in addition to or instead of the provider, by the AI Office or the competent authorities, on all issues related to ensuring compliance with this Regulation. [5\.](https://ai-act.astrokube.com/law/art-54/#p-5) The authorised representative shall terminate the mandate if it considers or has reason to consider the provider to be acting contrary to its obligations pursuant to this Regulation. In such a case, it shall also immediately inform the AI Office about the termination of the mandate and the reasons therefor. [6\.](https://ai-act.astrokube.com/law/art-54/#p-6) The obligation set out in this Article shall not apply to providers of general-purpose AI models that are released under a free and open-source licence that allows for the access, usage, modification, and distribution of the model, and whose parameters, including the weights, the information on the model architecture, and the information on model usage, are made publicly available, unless the general-purpose AI models present systemic risks. This text is meant purely as a documentation tool and has no legal effect. The Union's institutions do not assume any liability for its contents. The authentic versions of the relevant acts, including their preambles, are those published in the Official Journal of the European Union and available in EUR-Lex. ## What this means for you In your terms · Authorised representative for GPAI model providers EU availability of the model gains a dependency: the representative exists before the model is placed on the market. ## Obligations derived from this article [Authorised representative for GPAI model providersArt. 54(1)](https://ai-act.astrokube.com/explorer/?art=art-54) ## If you would rather not read the law The basics page explains the Regulation's own categories in order: scope, role, tier, date. The engineering view groups the obligations by the platform capability they demand. [Start with the basics →](https://ai-act.astrokube.com/basics/) [Open the engineering view →](https://ai-act.astrokube.com/engineering/) ## About this provision ### Status In force 2 Aug 2025 ### Regime General-purpose AI ### Binds ProviderAuthorised rep ### Type Article · Chapter V · Section 2 ### Amended by Not amended ### Cited capture regulation-2024-1689/en-2026-08-18.html sha256 8f0b656302f9864c… [Authentic text (EUR-Lex) →](http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj) [This version (EUR-Lex) →](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R1689-20260727) ### Machine readable [/law/art-54.md](https://ai-act.astrokube.com/law/art-54.md) [/api/law.json](https://ai-act.astrokube.com/api/law.json) ### Found an error? [Write to us →](https://astrokube.com/contact)