# Article 18 — Procedure to issue qualified alerts **Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/454 · binding · OJ L, 2025/454, 10.3.2025 · dated 7 Mar 2025 [in force]** *In force · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/454, OJ L, 2025/454, 10.3.2025 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/454/oj/eng)* 1. A decision by at least a simple majority of the members of the scientific panel shall be necessary to issue a qualified alert to the AI Office pursuant to Article 90(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689. The scientific panel may introduce more specific procedures in its rules of procedure referred to in Article 8. 2. Qualified alerts shall be duly reasoned and contain at least the information set out in Article 90(3) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689. 3. The AI Office shall provide a dedicated interface for the secure transmission of qualified alerts. This interface shall contain at least the following functionalities: **(a)** sending qualified alerts pursuant to Article 90(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689; **(b)** withdrawing qualified alerts, correcting information contained in qualified alerts, and modifying qualified alerts; **(c)** closing qualified alerts.