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Article 38
Coordination of notified bodies

Chapter III — Classification rules for high-risk AI systems, Section 4 — Notifying authorities. 3 distinct duties, powers or definitions are coded from this article, applying from 2025-08-02.

official text: EUR-Lex (consolidated 27 Jul 2026) · text © European Union (Decision 2011/833/EU) · coding CC BY 4.0 · data: obligations.json · Hugging Face · GitHub

The text

1. The Commission shall ensure that, with regard to high-risk AI systems, appropriate coordination and cooperation between notified bodies active in the conformity assessment procedures pursuant to this Regulation are put in place and properly operated in the form of a sectoral group of notified bodies.

2. Each notifying authority shall ensure that the bodies notified by it participate in the work of a group referred to in paragraph 1, directly or through designated representatives.

3. The Commission shall provide for the exchange of knowledge and best practices between notifying authorities.

What it requires, coded

SafeLegalAI's reading of each duty in this article: who, what, from when, under which fine tier, and whether it reaches a firm, chambers, court or legal-AI vendor. Descriptive, not advice; the quoted words are the Regulation's.

  1. Art. 38(1)Governance institutionalHigh-risk

    The Commission must ensure appropriate coordination and cooperation between notified bodies through a properly operated sectoral group.

    "The Commission shall ensure that, with regard to high-risk AI systems, appropriate coordination and cooperation between notified bodies active in the conformity assessment procedures pursuant to this Regulation are put in place and properly operated in the form of a sectoral group of notified bodies."
    Who
    Commission
    From
    (Art. 113(b))
    Legal practice
    Institutional — Notified-body infrastructure; indirect relevance to legal-AI vendors seeking or relying on high-risk conformity assessment.

  2. Art. 38(2)Cooperation with authoritiesHigh-risk

    Each notifying authority must ensure that the bodies it notified participate in the sectoral group directly or through representatives.

    "Each notifying authority shall ensure that the bodies notified by it participate in the work of a group referred to in paragraph 1, directly or through designated representatives."
    Who
    Notifying authority
    From
    (Art. 113(b))
    Legal practice
    Institutional — Notified-body infrastructure; indirect relevance to legal-AI vendors seeking or relying on high-risk conformity assessment.

  3. Art. 38(3)Governance institutionalHigh-risk

    The Commission must provide for exchange of knowledge and best practices between notifying authorities.

    "The Commission shall provide for the exchange of knowledge and best practices between notifying authorities."
    Who
    Commission
    From
    (Art. 113(b))
    Legal practice
    Institutional — Notified-body infrastructure; indirect relevance to legal-AI vendors seeking or relying on high-risk conformity assessment.

Cite

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 38 (Coordination of notified bodies), as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, consolidated text of 27 July 2026, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/2026-07-27/eng#art_38 — text © European Union; only the Official Journal is authentic. Coding: SafeLegalAI (published by Cognesio LLP), "EU AI Act, structured", safelegalai.com/regulation/eu-ai-act/article-38, accessed 2026-09-08, CC BY 4.0.