Chapter IIIHigh-Risk
Article 23
Obligations of Importers
Plain-Language Summary
Importers bringing high-risk AI systems into the EU must verify conformity before market placement: check that the provider has performed the conformity assessment, the system bears CE marking, has the required documentation, and an authorised representative is in place.
Keywords
importersobligationsCE markingconformity assessmentauthorised representativedue diligence
Legal Text
Article 23 — Obligations of Importers 1. Before placing a high-risk AI system on the market, importers shall ensure that: (a) the appropriate conformity assessment procedure referred to in Article 43 has been carried out by the provider of that high-risk AI system; (b) the provider has drawn up the technical documentation in accordance with Annex IV; (c) the system bears the required CE marking of conformity; (d) the provider has appointed an authorised representative in accordance with Article 22. 2. Where an importer has sufficient reason to consider that a high-risk AI system is not in conformity with this Regulation, or that the provider has acted fraudulently or is in breach of applicable law, the importer shall not place that system on the market. 3. Importers shall indicate their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark, and the address at which they can be contacted on the high-risk AI system or, where that is not possible, on its packaging or its accompanying documentation. 4. Importers shall keep, for a period of 10 years after the high-risk AI system has been placed on the market or put into service, a copy of the EU declaration of conformity referred to in Article 47.