# Recital (121)

Standardisation should play a key role to provide technical solutions to providers to ensure compliance with this 
Regulation, in line with the state of the art, to promote innovation as well as competitiveness and growth in the 
single market. Compliance with harmonised standards as defined in Article 2, point (1)(c), of Regulation (EU) 
No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (41), which are normally expected to reflect the state 
of the art, should be a means for providers to demonstrate conformity with the requirements of this Regulation. 
A balanced representation of interests involving all relevant stakeholders in the development of standards, in 
particular SMEs, consumer organisations and environmental and social stakeholders in accordance with Articles 5 
and 6 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 should therefore be encouraged. In order to facilitate compliance, the 
standardisation requests should be issued by the Commission without undue delay. When preparing the 
standardisation request, the Commission should consult the advisory forum and the Board in order to collect 
relevant expertise. However, in the absence of relevant references to harmonised standards, the Commission should 
be able to establish, via implementing acts, and after consultation of the advisory forum, common specifications for 
certain requirements under this Regulation. The common specification should be an exceptional fall back solution to 
facilitate the provider’s obligation to comply with the requirements of this Regulation, when the standardisation 
request has not been accepted by any of the European standardisation organisations, or when the relevant 
harmonised standards insufficiently address fundamental rights concerns, or when the harmonised standards do not 
comply with the request, or when there are delays in the adoption of an appropriate harmonised standard. Where 
such a delay in the adoption of a harmonised standard is due to the technical complexity of that standard, this should 
amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 
2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/23/EC and 2009/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council 
Decision 87/95/EEC and Decision No 1673/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p. 12).

be considered by the Commission before contemplating the establishment of common specifications. When 
developing common specifications, the Commission is encouraged to cooperate with international partners and 
international standardisation bodies.

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Source: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act) as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, consolidated text of 27 July 2026 (Official Journal of the EU). This page is AI-generated legal information, not legal advice. Verify against the Official Journal.
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