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Article 65
Establishment and structure of the European Artificial Intelligence Board

Chapter VII — AI Office, Section 1 — AI Office. 8 distinct duties, powers or definitions are coded from this article, applying from 2025-08-02.

Amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI), in force 2026-07-27 — about 72 words changed. The text below is the consolidated version of 27 July 2026; the 2024 text and the amending regulation are on EUR-Lex.

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. A European Artificial Intelligence Board (the ‘Board’) is hereby established.

2. The Board shall be composed of one representative per Member State. The European Data Protection Supervisor shall participate as observer. The AI Office shall also attend the Board’s meetings, without taking part in the votes. Other national and Union authorities, bodies or experts may be invited to the meetings by the Board on a case by case basis, where the issues discussed are of relevance for them.

3. Each representative shall be designated by their Member State for a period of three years, renewable once.

4. Member States shall ensure that their representatives on the Board:

  1. (a)have the relevant competences and powers in their Member State so as to contribute actively to the achievement of the Board’s tasks referred to in Article 66;
  2. (b)are designated as a single contact point vis-à-vis the Board and, where appropriate, taking into account Member States’ needs, as a single contact point for stakeholders;
  3. (c)are empowered to facilitate consistency and coordination between national competent authorities in their Member State as regards the implementation of this Regulation, including through the collection of relevant data and information for the purpose of fulfilling their tasks on the Board.

5. The designated representatives of the Member States shall adopt the Board’s rules of procedure by a two-thirds majority. The rules of procedure shall, in particular, lay down procedures for the selection process, the duration of the mandate of, and specifications of the tasks of, the Chair, detailed arrangements for voting, and the organisation of the Board’s activities and those of its sub-groups.

6. The Board shall establish two standing sub-groups to provide a platform for cooperation and exchange among market surveillance authorities and notifying authorities about issues related to market surveillance and notified bodies respectively.

7. The Board shall be organised and operated so as to safeguard the objectivity and impartiality of its activities.

8. The Board shall be chaired by one of the representatives of the Member States. The AI Office shall provide the secretariat for the Board, convene the meetings upon request of the Chair, and prepare the agenda in accordance with the tasks of the Board pursuant to this Regulation and its rules of procedure.

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. 65(1)Governance institutionalNot tier-specific

    The Regulation establishes the European Artificial Intelligence Board.

    "A European Artificial Intelligence Board (the ‘Board’) is hereby established"
    Who
    AI Board
    From
    (Art. 113(b))
    Legal practice
    Institutional — Governance row with indirect relevance to legal practice.
    See
    AI Board

  2. Art. 65(2)Governance institutionalNot tier-specific

    The Board is composed of one representative per Member State, with the EDPS as observer and the AI Office attending without voting; other relevant authorities, bodies or experts may be invited case by case.

    "The Board shall be composed of one representative per Member State. The European Data Protection Supervisor shall participate as observer"
    Who
    AI Board, Member State, Union institution, AI Office
    From
    (Art. 113(b))
    Legal practice
    Institutional — Governance composition row with indirect relevance to legal practice.
    See
    European Data Protection Supervisor · AI Office

  3. Art. 65(3)Governance institutionalNot tier-specific

    Each Board representative must be designated by the Member State for a three-year term, renewable once.

    "Each representative shall be designated by their Member State for a period of three years, renewable once"
    Who
    Member State
    From
    (Art. 113(b))
    Legal practice
    Institutional — Governance appointment row with indirect relevance to legal practice.
    See
    AI Board

  4. Art. 65(4)Governance institutionalNot tier-specific

    Member States must ensure their Board representatives have relevant competences and powers, act as single contact points where appropriate, and are empowered to facilitate national consistency and coordination for AI Act implementation.

    "Member States shall ensure that their representatives on the Board:"
    Who
    Member State
    From
    (Art. 113(b))
    Legal practice
    Institutional — Governance coordination row with indirect relevance to legal practice.
    See
    Art. 66

  5. Art. 65(5)Governance institutionalNot tier-specific

    The Member State representatives must adopt the Board’s rules of procedure by two-thirds majority, covering Chair selection, mandate, tasks, voting and organisation of Board and subgroup activities.

    "The designated representatives of the Member States shall adopt the Board’s rules of procedure by a two-thirds majority"
    Who
    AI Board
    From
    (Art. 113(b))
    Legal practice
    Institutional — Governance procedure row with indirect relevance to legal practice.
    See
    AI Board

  6. Art. 65(6)Governance institutionalNot tier-specific

    The Board must establish two standing subgroups for cooperation and exchange among market surveillance authorities and notifying authorities on market-surveillance and notified-body issues.

    "The Board shall establish two standing sub-groups to provide a platform for cooperation and exchange among market surveillance authorities and notifying authorities"
    Who
    AI Board
    From
    (Art. 113(b))
    Legal practice
    Institutional — Governance row with indirect relevance to notified-body and enforcement consistency.
    See
    Market surveillance authorities · Notifying authorities

  7. Art. 65(7)Governance institutionalNot tier-specific

    The Board must be organised and operated to safeguard the objectivity and impartiality of its activities.

    "The Board shall be organised and operated so as to safeguard the objectivity and impartiality of its activities"
    Who
    AI Board
    From
    (Art. 113(b))
    Legal practice
    Institutional — Governance integrity row with indirect legal-practice relevance.
    See
    AI Board

  8. Art. 65(8)Governance institutionalNot tier-specific

    The Board is chaired by a Member State representative; the AI Office must provide the secretariat, convene meetings on the Chair’s request, and prepare the agenda under the Board’s tasks and rules.

    "The AI Office shall provide the secretariat for the Board, convene the meetings upon request of the Chair, and prepare the agenda"
    Who
    AI Board, AI Office
    From
    (Art. 113(b))
    Legal practice
    Institutional — Governance support row with indirect relevance to legal practice.
    See
    Art. 66

Cite

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 65 (Establishment and structure of the European Artificial Intelligence Board), 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_65 — 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-65, accessed 2026-09-08, CC BY 4.0.