Source: OJ L, 2024/1689, 12.7.2024

Article 32 Présomption de conformité avec les exigences concernant les organismes notifiés

Summary What does Article 32 of the AI act regulation say?

This is a brief but practically significant article that creates a presumption of compliance for conformity assessment bodies.

It directly connects to Article 31, which sets out the requirements that conformity assessment bodies must meet to be notified.

Article 32 essentially provides a shortcut: if a conformity assessment body can demonstrate alignment with relevant harmonised standards published in the Official Journal of the European Union, it is presumed to satisfy those Article 31 requirements to the extent those standards cover them.

Important points:

Conformity assessment bodies that demonstrate alignment with relevant published harmonised standards are presumed to comply with the requirements of Article 31.
The presumption only applies to the extent that the harmonised standards actually cover the relevant Article 31 requirements.
The standards in question must have their references published in the Official Journal of the European Union to trigger this presumption.

Springlex's summary of the article, a reading aid, not a substitute for the legal text.

Lorsqu’un organisme d’évaluation de la conformité démontre sa conformité avec les critères énoncés dans les normes harmonisées concernées, ou dans des parties de ces normes, dont les références ont été publiées au Journal officiel de l’Union européenne, il est présumé répondre aux exigences énoncées à l’article 31 dans la mesure où les normes harmonisées applicables couvrent ces exigences.

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