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Article 92
Power to conduct evaluations

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. 4 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 AI Office, after consulting the Board, may conduct evaluations of the general-purpose AI model concerned:

  1. (a)to assess compliance of the provider with obligations under this Regulation, where the information gathered pursuant to Article 91 is insufficient; or
  2. (b)to investigate systemic risks at Union level of general-purpose AI models with systemic risk, in particular following a qualified alert from the scientific panel in accordance with Article 90(1), point (a).

2. The Commission may decide to appoint independent experts to carry out evaluations on its behalf, including from the scientific panel established pursuant to Article 68. Independent experts appointed for this task shall meet the criteria outlined in Article 68(2).

3. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the Commission may request access to the general-purpose AI model concerned through APIs or further appropriate technical means and tools, including source code.

4. The request for access shall state the legal basis, the purpose and reasons of the request and set the period within which the access is to be provided, and the fines provided for in Article 101 for failure to provide access.

5. The providers of the general-purpose AI model concerned or its representative shall supply the information requested. In the case of legal persons, companies or firms, or where the provider has no legal personality, the persons authorised to represent them by law or by their statutes, shall provide the access requested on behalf of the provider of the general-purpose AI model concerned.

6. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting out the detailed arrangements and the conditions for the evaluations, including the detailed arrangements for involving independent experts, and the procedure for the selection thereof. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 98(2).

7. Prior to requesting access to the general-purpose AI model concerned, the AI Office may initiate a structured dialogue with the provider of the general-purpose AI model to gather more information on the internal testing of the model, internal safeguards for preventing systemic risks, and other internal procedures and measures the provider has taken to mitigate such risks.

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. 92(1)Enforcement powerGPAI with systemic risk

    The AI Office may evaluate GPAI models to assess provider compliance where Article 91 information is insufficient or to investigate Union-level systemic risks.

    "The AI Office, after consulting the Board, may conduct evaluations of the general-purpose AI model concerned"
    Who
    AI Office
    From
    (Art. 113 second subparagraph)
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal-AI vendors or public bodies — Systemic GPAI models used in legal AI may be evaluated by the AI Office.
    See
    Art. 91 · Art. 90(1)(a)

  2. Art. 92(2)Enforcement powerGPAI with systemic risk

    The Commission may appoint independent experts and request model access through APIs or other technical means, including source code, for evaluations.

    "the Commission may request access to the general-purpose AI model concerned through APIs or further appropriate technical means and tools, including source code"
    Who
    Commission, GPAI model provider
    From
    (Art. 113 second subparagraph)
    Fine tier
    Art. 101
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal-AI vendors or public bodies — GPAI providers behind legal-AI tooling may face technical access requests for model evaluation.
    See
    Art. 68(2)

  3. Art. 92(4)DocumentationGPAI with systemic risk

    A model-access request must state legal basis, purpose, reasons, response period and Article 101 fines for failure to provide access.

    "The request for access shall state the legal basis, the purpose and reasons of the request and set the period within which the access is to be provided"
    Who
    Commission
    From
    (Art. 113 second subparagraph)
    Legal practice
    Institutional — This is a procedural safeguard around model access requests.
    See
    Art. 101

  4. Art. 92(5)Cooperation with authoritiesGPAI with systemic risk

    The GPAI model provider or its representative must provide the access requested for Commission or AI Office evaluations.

    "The providers of the general-purpose AI model concerned or its representative shall supply the information requested."
    Who
    GPAI model provider
    From
    (Art. 113 second subparagraph)
    Fine tier
    Art. 101
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal-AI vendors or public bodies — GPAI providers used by legal AI systems may need to provide technical access for evaluations.
    See
    Art. 92(3)

Cite

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 92 (Power to conduct evaluations), 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_92 — 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-92, accessed 2026-09-08, CC BY 4.0.