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Article 90
Alerts of systemic risks by the scientific panel

Chapter IX — Post-market monitoring by providers and post-market monitoring plan for high-risk AI systems, Section 5 — Enforcement of the obligations of providers of general-purpose AI models. 3 distinct duties, powers or definitions are coded from this article, applying from 2026-08-02.

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 scientific panel may provide a qualified alert to the AI Office where it has reason to suspect that:

  1. (a)a general-purpose AI model poses concrete identifiable risk at Union level; or
  2. (b)a general-purpose AI model meets the conditions referred to in Article 51.

2. Upon such qualified alert, the Commission, through the AI Office and after having informed the Board, may exercise the powers laid down in this Section for the purpose of assessing the matter. The AI Office shall inform the Board of any measure according to Articles 91 to 94.

3. A qualified alert shall be duly reasoned and indicate at least:

  1. (a)the point of contact of the provider of the general-purpose AI model with systemic risk concerned;
  2. (b)a description of the relevant facts and the reasons for the alert by the scientific panel;
  3. (c)any other information that the scientific panel considers to be relevant, including, where appropriate, information gathered on its own initiative.

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. 90(1)Cooperation with authoritiesGPAI with systemic risk

    The scientific panel may provide a qualified alert to the AI Office when it suspects a GPAI model poses Union-level concrete identifiable risk or meets systemic-risk conditions.

    "The scientific panel may provide a qualified alert to the AI Office where it has reason to suspect"
    Who
    Scientific panel
    From
    (Art. 113 second subparagraph)
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal-AI vendors or public bodies — A widely used GPAI model in legal products could be subject to systemic-risk alert processes.
    See
    Art. 51

  2. Art. 90(2)Enforcement powerGPAI with systemic risk

    After a qualified alert, the Commission through the AI Office may exercise Section 5 powers and must inform the Board of Article 91 to 94 measures.

    "the Commission, through the AI Office and after having informed the Board, may exercise the powers laid down in this Section"
    Who
    Commission, AI Office, AI Board
    From
    (Art. 113 second subparagraph)
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal-AI vendors or public bodies — This can trigger documentation, access or mitigation steps for GPAI models used in legal AI.
    See
    Art. 91 · Art. 94

  3. Art. 90(3)DocumentationGPAI with systemic risk

    A qualified alert must be reasoned and include the provider contact point, facts, reasons and any other relevant information gathered by the scientific panel.

    "A qualified alert shall be duly reasoned and indicate at least"
    Who
    Scientific panel
    From
    (Art. 113 second subparagraph)
    Legal practice
    Institutional — This is a scientific panel procedural content requirement.
    See
    Art. 90(1)

Cite

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 90 (Alerts of systemic risks by the scientific panel), 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_90 — 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-90, accessed 2026-09-08, CC BY 4.0.