# Article 21: Cooperation with competent authorities

> EU AI Act (2024/1689)
> Chapter 3 High-Risk AI Systems — Section 3: Obligations of providers and deployers of high-risk AI systems and other parties
> Source: https://en.ai-act.io/article/high-risk-ai-systems/obligations-of-providers-and-deployers-of-high-risk-ai-systems-and-other-parties/cooperation-with-competent-authorities

(1) Providers of high-risk AI systems shall, upon a reasoned request by a competent authority, provide that authority all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of the high-risk AI system with the requirements set out in Section 2, in a language which can be easily understood by the authority in one of the official languages of the institutions of the Union as indicated by the Member State concerned.

(2) Upon a reasoned request by a competent authority, providers shall also give the requesting competent authority, as applicable, access to the automatically generated logs of the high-risk AI system referred to in [Article 12](https://en.ai-act.io/article/high-risk-ai-systems/requirements-for-high-risk-ai-systems/record-keeping.md)(1), to the extent such logs are under their control.

(3) Any information obtained by a competent authority pursuant to this Article shall be treated in accordance with the confidentiality obligations set out in [Article 78](https://en.ai-act.io/article/post-market-monitoring-information-sharing-and-market-surveillance/enforcement/confidentiality.md).

## Related Recitals

- [Recital 126: Procedure for conformity assessment by third parties](https://en.ai-act.io/recital/procedure-for-conformity-assessment-by-third-parties.md)
- [Recital 127: Recognition of conformity assessment results](https://en.ai-act.io/recital/recognition-of-conformity-assessment-results.md)
- [Recital 156: Validity of the system for market surveillance and conformity of products](https://en.ai-act.io/recital/validity-of-the-system-for-market-surveillance-and-conformity-of-products.md)
- [Recital 157: Position of national authorities or other bodies](https://en.ai-act.io/recital/position-of-national-authorities-or-other-bodies.md)