# Authorized Representative

> European Union

- Article: Art. 3(5)

## Introduction

Definition of an authorized representative under the AI Act.

## Content

a natural or legal person located or established in the Union who has received and accepted a written mandate from a provider of an AI system or a general-purpose AI model to, respectively, perform and carry out on its behalf the obligations and procedures established by this Regulation;

## Official source
- [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R1689#art_3)