Authorised representative
An authorised representative is a person established in the Union and mandated in writing by a third-country provider to act on the provider's behalf towards Union authorities. A non-EU provider typically must appoint such a representative — as a condition of entering the Union market — before placing its system on the market.
The concept is defined in Article 3(5), the appointment rules in Article 22. An authorised representative is neither a developer nor a distributor, but the provider's point of contact within the Union: it performs the tasks assigned in the mandate, typically retaining conformity documentation, cooperating with authorities, and providing information. Its appointment becomes relevant to a transaction involving a Hungarian company when the non-EU provider has no Union establishment and the Hungarian company sources or integrates the AI system through that chain — in such cases it is worth verifying that a representative has actually been appointed, since its absence calls into question the lawfulness of the placing on the market. Providers of open-source models are, in certain cases, exempted from appointing an authorised representative under Article 54(6).
If a Hungarian company sources an AI system from a non-EU provider, it is worth checking that an authorised representative exists — without one, the lawfulness of the placing on the market is itself in question, which affects the whole procurement chain.
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- ImporterAn importer is a person established in the Union that places on the market an AI system that bears the name or trademark of a third-country provider. Before placing it on the market, the importer must verify that the provider has carried out the conformity assessment and prepared the required documentation.
- DistributorA distributor is any actor in the supply chain, other than the provider or importer, that makes an AI system available on the Union market without affecting its properties. Distributors carry a narrower, but not negligible, verification duty before and during distribution.
- ProviderA provider is a natural or legal person that develops an AI system or a general-purpose AI model, or has one developed, and places it on the market or puts it into service under its own name or trademark, whether for payment or free of charge. Providers bear the Regulation's most extensive package of obligations: risk management, data governance, documentation, conformity assessment, CE marking.
Related questions in the knowledge base (Hungarian)
- Mi a különbség az importőr, a forgalmazó és a meghatalmazott képviselő között az AI Act-ben?Mindhárom ellenőrzési szerep, nem fejlesztői. Az importőr harmadik országbeli védjegyű rendszert hoz be az Unióba, és forgalomba hozatal előtt ellenőriz (23. cikk). A forgalmazó az ellátási lánc további szereplője, szűkebb ellenőrzéssel (24. cikk). A meghatalmazott képviselő a szolgáltató írásbeli megbízottja az Unióban (22. cikk).
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- Mentesül-e egy nyílt forráskódú AI-modell az AI Act kötelezettségei alól?Csak részben. Az 53. cikk (2) a szabad és nyílt forráskódú modelleket a műszaki dokumentáció és a downstream tájékoztatás alól mentesíti, az 54. cikk (6) a meghatalmazott képviselő kijelölése alól. A szerzői jogi szabályzat és a nyilvános tanítóadat-összefoglaló marad, rendszerszintű kockázatnál pedig a mentesség egésze elesik.