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Article 79

Formal Non-Compliance

Plain-Language Summary

Covers procedural non-compliance situations: missing CE marking, incorrectly affixed CE marking, missing EU declaration of conformity, or missing registration. Authorities must require the operator to rectify the non-compliance.

Keywords

formal non-complianceCE markingdeclaration of conformityregistrationmarket surveillancerectification

Legal Text

Article 79 — Formal Non-Compliance

1. Without prejudice to Article 76, where a market surveillance authority of a Member State makes one of the following findings, it shall require the relevant operator to put an end to the non-compliance concerned:
(a) the CE marking has been affixed in violation of Article 48;
(b) the CE marking has not been affixed;
(c) the EU declaration of conformity referred to in Article 47 has not been drawn up;
(d) the EU declaration of conformity has not been drawn up correctly;
(e) the registration in the EU database referred to in Article 71 has not been carried out.

2. Where the non-compliance referred to in paragraph 1 persists, the Member State authority shall take all appropriate measures to restrict or prohibit the high-risk AI system being made available on the market or ensure that it is recalled or withdrawn.