# Derivation — eu-2026-1744/art_001/pt_029

> COMPOSED TEXT - NOT AUTHENTIC. This is the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) with the Digital Omnibus on AI (Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, in force 27 July 2026) applied by a deterministic, gated parser. Only the Official Journal publications are authentic law; no official consolidated version existed when this was generated. Corrigenda R(01)-R(04) do not correct the English text (verified against CELLAR). Every fragment's derivation chain is available in the source graphs (vault: data/graph/). Not legal advice.

- Page: https://eu-ai-act.standards.riskmandate.ai/derivations/art_001__pt_029.html
- Structured: https://eu-ai-act.standards.riskmandate.ai/derivations/art_001__pt_029.llm.json
- Text version: 2026-07-27 (generated 2026-07-31)
- Site version: v0.1.4
- Provisions root hash: `77c4ca7c208d73adc24b9a41eb29724bee29a41df98b786b85c57852fa3ae6bd`
- Instruction id: `eu-2026-1744/art_001/pt_029`
- Operation: replace · level: paragraph
- In force: 2026-07-27
- Payload sha256: `8bea66be7eed687b679212bf0cf365352d320cfd85d36e98724e201b9469dac7`
- OJ Formex member: `L_202601744EN.000101.fmx.xml` (CELEX 32026R1744)

## Instruction (quoted official text)

> in Article 70, paragraph 8 is replaced by the following:

## Quoted payload (official replacement/inserted text)

8.National competent authorities may provide guidance and advice on the implementation of this Regulation, in particular to SMEs, including start-ups, and SMCs, taking into account the guidance and advice of the Board and the Commission, as appropriate. Whenever national competent authorities intend to provide guidance and advice with regard to an AI system in areas covered by other Union law, the national competent authorities under that Union law shall be consulted, as appropriate.;

## Affected provisions

### `eu-2024-1689/art_070/par_008` — amended

**Before (as published):**

8. National competent authorities may provide guidance and advice on the implementation of this Regulation, in particular to SMEs including start-ups, taking into account the guidance and advice of the Board and the Commission, as appropriate. Whenever national competent authorities intend to provide guidance and advice with regard to an AI system in areas covered by other Union law, the national competent authorities under that Union law shall be consulted, as appropriate.

**After (composed current text):**

8. National competent authorities may provide guidance and advice on the implementation of this Regulation, in particular to SMEs, including start-ups, and SMCs, taking into account the guidance and advice of the Board and the Commission, as appropriate. Whenever national competent authorities intend to provide guidance and advice with regard to an AI system in areas covered by other Union law, the national competent authorities under that Union law shall be consulted, as appropriate.

- sha256 of composed text: `7c0539211b8a12dd61ef9cc428e3656264bede8d2a043c20941aa945e93602d8`
- derivation.json: https://eu-ai-act.standards.riskmandate.ai/provisions/eu-2024-1689/art_070/par_008/derivation.json

## How to check this

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