Service Overview
Does your AI offering trigger the EU authorised representative requirement?
Providers of general-purpose AI models (GPAI) and high-risk AI systems may need to appoint an EU Authorised Representative when placing these systems on the EU market from outside the EU. The requirement depends on your role and the type of AI offering — it is not universal. Exemptions apply for AI used solely in scientific R&D prior to market placement, and for open-source AI made available free of charge, unless the system is high-risk or constitutes a prohibited AI practice.
Service Detail
What this service covers
Our focus
A serious EU foothold for AI providers entering Europe
Lionheart supports non-EU AI providers that need an EU Authorised Representative under the AI Act. We provide a named EU-based contact point and structured documentation handling — not a letterbox.
Built for both GPAI and high-risk AI mandates
The AI Act creates different obligations depending on whether you provide a general-purpose AI model or a high-risk AI system. Our mandate framework is flexible — both can be accommodated under a single contract structure, reducing complexity and administrative duplication.
More than a forwarding address
AI Act representation carries real operational significance. We approach the role as a formal compliance function: receiving authority correspondence, safeguarding technical documentation and making it available to authorities for up to 10 years as required, and establishing escalation paths to answer regulatory questions about conformity, post-market obligations or corrective actions.
Our services include
- Formal designation as your EU Authorised Representative under the AI Act
- Ireland-based representative contact details for required disclosures and documentation
- Receipt, logging and forwarding of authority correspondence without delay
Support with mandate wording and representative designation mechanics
Structured safekeeping of technical documentation (10-year retention for GPAI models; 10-year retention for high-risk AI systems)
Defined escalation procedures for time-sensitive or high-risk regulatory communications
Coordinated handling where AI Act obligations overlap other Lionheart EU representative services (e.g., DSA, GDPR, NIS2)
Legal basis: Article 22 (high-risk AI systems) and Article 54 (GPAI models), EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689)
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