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Article 75c
Non-compliance, fines and periodic penalty payments

Chapter IX — Post-market monitoring by providers and post-market monitoring plan for high-risk AI systems, Section 3 — Market surveillance and control of AI systems in the Union market. 10 distinct duties, powers or definitions are coded from this article, applying from 2026-08-02. 2 reach legal practice directly.

Inserted by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI), in force 2026-07-27. The text below is the consolidated version of 27 July 2026; 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. Where the AI Office finds that an operator falling within the scope of Article 75(1) does not comply with the relevant provisions of this Regulation or with commitments made binding pursuant to Article 75b, it shall adopt a decision establishing such non-compliance.

2. Before adopting a decision pursuant to paragraph 1, the AI Office shall communicate its preliminary findings to the operator concerned. In the preliminary findings, the AI Office shall explain the measures that it is considering taking, or that it considers that the operator concerned should take, in order to effectively address the preliminary findings.

3. In the decision pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article, the AI Office shall, where relevant, order the operator concerned to take the necessary measures to ensure compliance with the relevant provisions of this Regulation within a reasonable period specified therein and to provide information on the measures that that operator intends to take to comply with the decision. The operator concerned shall provide the AI Office with a description of the measures it has taken to ensure compliance with the decision upon their implementation. Prior to requesting any measure, the AI Office may engage in a structured dialogue with the operator of the AI system in question. During this dialogue, the operator may propose commitments in accordance with Article 75b.

4. A decision adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article may be accompanied by the imposition of penalties in accordance with Article 99(3) to (7), which provisions shall apply mutatis mutandis to the AI Office in the execution of its supervision and enforcement tasks referred to in Article 75(1).

5. The AI Office may adopt a decision imposing periodic penalty payments to compel the operators subject to its competence pursuant to Article 75(1) to the following:

  1. (a)to submit to an investigation;
  2. (b)to comply with an information request ordered by a decision adopted under Article 75a(3);
  3. (c)to submit to an inspection ordered by a decision pursuant to Article 75a(4);
  4. (d)to provide correct or complete answers or explanations in the context of an inspection ordered by a decision pursuant to Article 75a(4);
  5. (e)to comply with corrective actions ordered pursuant to the power listed in Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020;
  6. (f)to comply with commitments made legally binding by a decision pursuant to Article 75b; or
  7. (g)to comply with a decision pursuant to the paragraph (1) of this Article.

6. The Court of Justice of the European Union shall have unlimited jurisdiction to review decisions of the AI Office fixing a fine or periodic penalty payment pursuant to this Article. It may cancel, reduce or increase the fine or periodic penalty payment imposed.

7. Funds collected through the imposition of fines or periodic penalty payments pursuant to this Article shall contribute to the general budget of the Union.

8. The powers conferred on the AI Office by this Article shall be subject to a limitation period of five years. The limitation period shall begin to run on the day on which the infringement is committed. However, in the case of continuing or repeated infringements, the limitation period shall begin to run on the day on which the infringement ceases.

9. Where the AI Office determines that there are no grounds to adopt a decision of non-compliance, it shall close the proceeding by a decision. That decision shall apply with immediate effect.

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. 75c(1)Enforcement powerNot tier-specific

    If the AI Office finds that an Article 75(1) operator does not comply with the Act or binding commitments, it must adopt a decision establishing non-compliance.

    "it shall adopt a decision establishing such non-compliance."
    Who
    AI Office
    From
    (Art. 113 second subparagraph (general application))
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal-AI vendors or public bodies — Supervised legal-AI operators can receive AI Office non-compliance decisions.
    See
    Art. 75(1) · Art. 75b

  2. Art. 75c(2)Cooperation with authoritiesNot tier-specific

    Before adopting a non-compliance decision, the AI Office must communicate preliminary findings and explain measures it is considering or considers the operator should take.

    "the AI Office shall communicate its preliminary findings to the operator concerned."
    Who
    AI Office, Any operator
    From
    (Art. 113 second subparagraph (general application))
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal-AI vendors or public bodies — This gives supervised legal-AI operators notice of the AI Office case and contemplated measures.
    See
    Art. 75c(1)

  3. Art. 75c(3)Enforcement powerNot tier-specific

    In a non-compliance decision, the AI Office may order necessary measures within a specified reasonable period and require information on intended and implemented compliance measures.

    "the AI Office shall, where relevant, order the operator concerned to take the necessary measures to ensure compliance with the relevant provisions of this Regulation within a reasonable period specified therein"
    Who
    AI Office, Any operator
    From
    (Art. 113 second subparagraph (general application))
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal-AI vendors or public bodies — Legal-AI operators under AI Office competence may be ordered to remedy non-compliance and report implementation.
    See
    Art. 75c(1)

  4. Art. 75c(3)Cooperation with authoritiesNot tier-specific

    Before requesting any measure, the AI Office may engage in structured dialogue with the operator, during which the operator may propose Article 75b commitments.

    "the AI Office may engage in a structured dialogue with the operator of the AI system in question."
    Who
    AI Office, Any operator
    From
    (Art. 113 second subparagraph (general application))
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal-AI vendors or public bodies — Structured dialogue can shape commitments or measures for supervised legal-AI systems.
    See
    Art. 75b

  5. Art. 75c(4)PenaltyNot tier-specificlegal practice

    An AI Office non-compliance decision may be accompanied by penalties under Article 99(3) to (7), applied mutatis mutandis to AI Office supervision and enforcement.

    "may be accompanied by the imposition of penalties in accordance with Article 99(3) to (7), which provisions shall apply mutatis mutandis to the AI Office"
    Who
    AI Office, Any operator
    From
    (Art. 113 second subparagraph (general application))
    Fine tier
    Art. 99(3)-(7)
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal practice directly — Supervised legal-AI operators can face AI Office-imposed penalties by reference to Article 99 tiers.
    See
    Art. 99(3) · Art. 99(4) · Art. 99(5) · Art. 99(6) · Art. 99(7)

  6. Art. 75c(5)PenaltyNot tier-specificlegal practice

    The AI Office may impose periodic penalty payments to compel Article 75(1) operators to submit to investigations or inspections, comply with information requests, give correct explanations, carry out corrective actions, comply with commitments or comply with non-compliance decisions.

    "The AI Office may adopt a decision imposing periodic penalty payments to compel the operators subject to its competence pursuant to Article 75(1)"
    Who
    AI Office, Any operator
    From
    (Art. 113 second subparagraph (general application))
    Fine tier
    Art. 75c(5)
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal practice directly — Legal-AI operators under AI Office competence may face recurring penalties to compel cooperation or compliance.
    See
    Art. 75(1) · Art. 75a(3) · Art. 75a(4) · Art. 75b

  7. Art. 75c(6)Right of personNot tier-specific

    The Court of Justice has unlimited jurisdiction to review AI Office decisions fixing fines or periodic penalty payments and may cancel, reduce or increase them.

    "It may cancel, reduce or increase the fine or periodic penalty payment imposed."
    Who
    Other
    From
    (Art. 113 second subparagraph (general application))
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal-AI vendors or public bodies — This judicial review safeguard can matter to supervised legal-AI operators fined by the AI Office.
    See
    Court of Justice of the European Union

  8. Art. 75c(7)Governance institutionalNot tier-specific

    Funds collected from Article 75c fines or periodic penalty payments contribute to the general budget of the Union.

    "Funds collected through the imposition of fines or periodic penalty payments pursuant to this Article shall contribute to the general budget of the Union."
    Who
    Commission
    From
    (Art. 113 second subparagraph (general application))
    Legal practice
    Not relevant to legal practice — This budget rule has no direct legal-practice compliance effect.
    See
    Art. 75c

  9. Art. 75c(8)Enforcement powerNot tier-specific

    AI Office powers under Article 75c are subject to a five-year limitation period running from the infringement, or from cessation for continuing or repeated infringements.

    "The powers conferred on the AI Office by this Article shall be subject to a limitation period of five years."
    Who
    AI Office
    From
    (Art. 113 second subparagraph (general application))
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal-AI vendors or public bodies — This limits the timing of AI Office enforcement against supervised legal-AI operators.
    See
    Art. 75c

  10. Art. 75c(9)Enforcement powerNot tier-specific

    Where the AI Office determines there are no grounds for a non-compliance decision, it must close the proceeding by immediately effective decision.

    "Where the AI Office determines that there are no grounds to adopt a decision of non-compliance, it shall close the proceeding by a decision."
    Who
    AI Office
    From
    (Art. 113 second subparagraph (general application))
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal-AI vendors or public bodies — This ends AI Office proceedings where allegations against a supervised legal-AI operator are not sustained.
    See
    Art. 75c(1)

Cite

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 75c (Non-compliance, fines and periodic penalty payments), 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_75c — 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-75c, accessed 2026-09-08, CC BY 4.0.