Article 15 Request for assistance of the AI Office

Where the scientific panel requests, in accordance with Article 91(3) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the Commission to issue a request for documentation or information to a provider of general-purpose AI models and to grant access to the information received to the extent this is necessary and proportionate for the fulfilment of a task referred to in Article 68(3) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (‘request for assistance’), due regard shall be given to the need to protect trade secrets and confidential business information.

A request for assistance may be issued to the AI Office by the member of the scientific panel who has been appointed by the Secretariat as rapporteur for a task of the scientific panel. Such a request shall only be made where at least one third of the members of the scientific panel have authorised the rapporteur to do so.

1. that a refusal to grant the requested assistance will prevent the requesting rapporteur from carrying out his or her task referred to in Article 68(3) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689;

2. that the amount, scope, granularity and type of documentation and information requested does not exceed what is necessary to achieve performance of the task.