CHAPTER III · SECTION 4
AI Act Article 33: Subsidiaries of notified bodies and subcontracting
Amended text. Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, the Digital Omnibus on AI, amended this Regulation with effect from 27 July 2026. The articles it changed, and the six it inserted (4a, 60a, 75a, 75b, 75c and 75d), are shown here in their consolidated wording, taken from the official consolidated text of 27 July 2026. The recitals are those of the original Regulation. Consolidated text on EUR-Lex (CELEX 02024R1689-20260727).
This article was not changed by the amendment.
1. Where a notified body subcontracts specific tasks connected with the conformity assessment or has recourse to a subsidiary, it shall ensure that the subcontractor or the subsidiary meets the requirements laid down in Article 31, and shall inform the notifying authority accordingly.
2. Notified bodies shall take full responsibility for the tasks performed by any subcontractors or subsidiaries.
3. Activities may be subcontracted or carried out by a subsidiary only with the agreement of the provider. Notified bodies shall make a list of their subsidiaries publicly available.
4. The relevant documents concerning the assessment of the qualifications of the subcontractor or the subsidiary and the work carried out by them under this Regulation shall be kept at the disposal of the notifying authority for a period of five years from the termination date of the subcontracting.
Source text: EUR-Lex, Official Journal HTML (CELEX 32024R1689), with the articles amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 taken from the consolidated text (CELEX 02024R1689-20260727). The parser was validated against the anchor articles verified in REP-08.