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title: "Article 85 — Right to lodge a complaint with a market surveillance authority"
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shortTitle: "Article 85 — Right to lodge a complaint with a market surveillance authority"
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*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)*

Without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies, any natural or legal person having grounds to consider that there has been an infringement of the provisions of this Regulation may submit complaints to the relevant [market surveillance authority](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/ai-act/market-surveillance-authority).

In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, such complaints shall be taken into account for the purpose of conducting market surveillance activities, and shall be handled in line with the dedicated procedures established therefor by the market surveillance authorities.

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[Chapter IX — Post-market monitoring, information sharing and market surveillance](../chapters/ix.md) · [← Article 84](84.md) · [Article 86 →](86.md)