Article 10 — Independence, impartiality and objectivity

1.Experts shall be appointed or assigned in their personal capacity. They shall not delegate their responsibilities to any other person.

2.Experts shall be independent from any provider of AI systems or general-purpose AI models within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, requiring that the expert shall be neither an employee nor in a contractual relationship with such a provider throughout the term of office referred to in Article 4, which could affect their independence, impartiality and objectivity.

3.They shall make a declaration of interest indicating any interest which may compromise or may reasonably be perceived to compromise their independence, impartiality and objectivity, including any relevant circumstances relating to their close family members. A template for such declaration of interest shall be provided as an Annex to the call for expression of interest and the declaration of interest shall be submitted as part of the application.

4.Experts shall update their declarations of interest:

— prior to the appointment to the scientific panel or prior to inclusion in the reserve list;

— whenever a change of circumstances occurs.

5.Where the obligations referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 are not met, the AI Office may take all appropriate measures, including dismissing the expert from the scientific panel.