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Article 39
Conformity assessment bodies of third countries

Chapter III — Classification rules for high-risk AI systems, Section 4 — Notifying authorities. 1 distinct duty, power or definition is 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

Conformity assessment bodies established under the law of a third country with which the Union has concluded an agreement may be authorised to carry out the activities of notified bodies under this Regulation, provided that they meet the requirements laid down in Article 31 or they ensure an equivalent level of compliance.

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. 39Conformity assessmentHigh-risk

    A third-country conformity assessment body may be authorised to perform notified-body activities only under an applicable Union agreement and Article 31 or equivalent compliance.

    "Conformity assessment bodies established under the law of a third country with which the Union has concluded an agreement may be authorised to carry out the activities of notified bodies under this Regulation, provided that they meet the requirements laid down in Article 31 or they ensure an equivalent level of compliance."
    Who
    Other
    From
    (Art. 113(b))
    Legal practice
    Institutional — Notified-body infrastructure; indirect relevance to legal-AI vendors seeking or relying on high-risk conformity assessment.
    See
    Art. 31

Cite

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 39 (Conformity assessment bodies of third countries), 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_39 — 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-39, accessed 2026-09-08, CC BY 4.0.