--- title: "Article 37 — Challenge to the competence of notified bodies" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R1689-20260727" source_retrieved: 2026-09-28 shortTitle: "Article 37 — Challenge to the competence of notified bodies" instrument_type: level1_regulation authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: "Regulation (EU) 2024/1689" instrument: aiact celex: "32024R1689" regulation: AI Act regulation-full: "Regulation (EU) 2024/1689" article: 37 status: in_force object_id: eu.aiact.legal_text.article.37 text_version: "Consolidated version of 27 July 2026" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R1689-20260727" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-10-26 --- *In force · Consolidated version of 27 July 2026 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R1689-20260727)* 1. The Commission shall, where necessary, investigate all cases where there are reasons to doubt the competence of a [notified body](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/ai-act/notified-body) or the continued fulfilment by a notified body of the requirements laid down in [Article 31](31.md) and of its applicable responsibilities. 2. The [notifying authority](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/ai-act/notifying-authority) shall provide the Commission, on request, with all relevant information relating to the notification or the maintenance of the competence of the notified body concerned. 3. The Commission shall ensure that all sensitive information obtained in the course of its investigations pursuant to this Article is treated confidentially in accordance with [Article 78](78.md). 4. Where the Commission ascertains that a notified body does not meet or no longer meets the requirements for its notification, it shall inform the notifying Member State accordingly and request it to take the necessary corrective measures, including the suspension or withdrawal of the notification if necessary. Where the Member State fails to take the necessary corrective measures, the Commission may, by means of an implementing act, suspend, restrict or withdraw the designation. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in [Article 98(2)](98.md). *** [Chapter III — High-risk AI systems](../chapters/iii.md) · [← Article 36](36.md) · [Article 38 →](38.md)