Article 21: Cooperation with Competent Authorities

Official Statutory Text

Article 21 Cooperation with competent authorities 1. Providers of high-r isk 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-r isk AI system with the requirements setout 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 concer ned. 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-r isk AI system refer red to in Article 12(1), to the extent such logs are under their control. 3. Any information obtained by a competent authority pursuant to this Article shall be treatedin accordance with the confidentiality obligations setout in Article 78.