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Regulation Tracker / EU AI Act / Chapter VII · Section 1

Article 67
Advisory forum

Chapter VII — AI Office, Section 1 — AI Office. 2 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. An advisory forum shall be established to provide technical expertise and advise the Board and the Commission, and to contribute to their tasks under this Regulation.

2. The membership of the advisory forum shall represent a balanced selection of stakeholders, including industry, start-ups, SMEs, civil society and academia. The membership of the advisory forum shall be balanced with regard to commercial and non-commercial interests and, within the category of commercial interests, with regard to SMEs and other undertakings.

3. The Commission shall appoint the members of the advisory forum, in accordance with the criteria set out in paragraph 2, from amongst stakeholders with recognised expertise in the field of AI.

4. The term of office of the members of the advisory forum shall be two years, which may be extended by up to no more than four years.

5. The Fundamental Rights Agency, ENISA, the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC), and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) shall be permanent members of the advisory forum.

6. The advisory forum shall draw up its rules of procedure. It shall elect two co-chairs from among its members, in accordance with criteria set out in paragraph 2. The term of office of the co-chairs shall be two years, renewable once.

7. The advisory forum shall hold meetings at least twice a year. The advisory forum may invite experts and other stakeholders to its meetings.

8. The advisory forum may prepare opinions, recommendations and written contributions at the request of the Board or the Commission.

9. The advisory forum may establish standing or temporary sub-groups as appropriate for the purpose of examining specific questions related to the objectives of this Regulation.

10. The advisory forum shall prepare an annual report on its activities. That report shall be made publicly available.

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. 67(1)Governance institutionalNot tier-specific

    An advisory forum is established to provide technical expertise and advice, with balanced stakeholder membership appointed by the Commission and permanent members from specified Union and standards bodies.

    "An advisory forum shall be established to provide technical expertise and advise the Board and the Commission, and to contribute to their tasks under this Regulation."
    Who
    Advisory forum, Commission
    From
    (Art. 113(b))
    Legal practice
    Institutional — Institutional governance mechanics; indirect relevance to legal practices through oversight and guidance.

  2. Art. 67(6)Governance institutionalNot tier-specific

    The advisory forum must draw up rules of procedure, elect co-chairs, meet at least twice yearly, may prepare opinions and establish sub-groups, and must publish an annual activity report.

    "The advisory forum shall draw up its rules of procedure. It shall elect two co-chairs from among its members, in accordance with criteria set out in paragraph 2. The term of office of the co-chairs shall be two years, renewable once."
    Who
    Advisory forum
    From
    (Art. 113(b))
    Legal practice
    Institutional — Institutional governance mechanics; indirect relevance to legal practices through oversight and guidance.

Cite

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 67 (Advisory forum), 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_67 — 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-67, accessed 2026-09-08, CC BY 4.0.