Article 69 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 — Access to the pool of experts by the Member States. Official text, practical interpretation, key obligations and compliance implications.
Article 69 lets national authorities borrow the Union's scientific firepower: Member States may call upon the experts of the scientific panel to support their enforcement of the AI Act. It keeps deep technical capability from being a privilege of the largest administrations.
Official Text Summary
Member States may call upon the experts of the scientific panel established under Article 68 to support the activities of their market surveillance authorities under the AI Act. Access may be subject to fees payable by the Member State concerned; the Commission sets the structure and level of those fees by implementing act, taking into account the objective of adequate cost recovery. The Commission facilitates timely access to the experts as needed, and the experts must perform their tasks with impartiality and objectivity and respect the confidentiality of information obtained.
Key Obligations
- Member States may call upon scientific-panel experts to support the activities of their market surveillance authorities
- Access may be subject to fees payable by the Member State, on a scale set by the Commission with cost recovery in mind
- The Commission facilitates timely access, and experts act with impartiality, objectivity and confidentiality
Compliance Timeline
Applicable since 2 August 2025, together with the rest of the general-purpose AI framework; the 2026 Digital Omnibus did not alter this date.
Official AI Act Compliance Deadline Calendar
Updated · Sources: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 and the 2026 Digital Omnibus on AI.
| Obligation | Applies to | Original date | New date | Status | Countdown | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibited Practices (Art. 5) | All providers and deployers | active | — | AI Act Art. 5 | ||
| GPAI Rules (Chapter 5) | GPAI model providers | active | — | AI Act Art. 51-56 | ||
| Commission Enforcement Powers over GPAI | GPAI model providers | active | — | AI Act Art. 88-94, 101 | ||
| Transparency Obligations (Art. 50) | Providers and deployers of chatbots, generative, emotion recognition systems | active | — | AI Act Art. 50 | ||
| New Art. 5 Prohibition (CSAM / non-consensual intimate imagery) | Providers and deployers of generative AI systems | active | — | AI Omnibus 2026 Art. 5 | ||
| AI-Generated Content Marking (pre-existing systems) | Providers of generative AI systems on the market before 2 Aug 2026 | active | — | AI Act Art. 50(2) — transitional | ||
| Regulatory Sandboxes | National competent authorities | deferred | — | AI Omnibus 2026 Art. 57 | ||
| High-risk AI — Annex III (standalone) | Providers of standalone Annex III systems | deferred | — | AI Omnibus 2026 Art. 6(2) | ||
| High-risk AI — Annex I (embedded) | AI embedded in Annex I regulated products | deferred | — | AI Omnibus 2026 Art. 6(1) |
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Evaluating a frontier model or a complex high-risk system requires capabilities most national administrations do not employ in-house. Article 69 gives every Member State the same access to Union-level scientific expertise, keeping enforcement quality consistent across the internal market.
The requesting Member State may be charged fees on a scale set by the Commission, designed for adequate cost recovery — the mechanism is shared capability, not a free subsidy.
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