Under the AI Act, providers of general-purpose AI models have procedural rights similar to those outlined in Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, meaning they must be informed about procedures affecting them, can present their views or arguments during these procedures, and may challenge decisions in a fair, transparent, and timely manner.

This article makes clear that the existing procedural rights from Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 apply similarly to general-purpose AI model providers but leaves room for any additional or more specific rights explicitly mentioned elsewhere within the AI Act, ensuring comprehensive protections tailored specifically for AI providers.

The application of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 ensures providers of general-purpose AI models are entitled to fair procedures, transparency, and rights to challenge decisions, offering them clear and consistent rights previously established for businesses, thus creating a predictable legal environment across the European Union.

Mutatis mutandis’ means applying the earlier regulation with the necessary adjustments for it to make sense in the new context; here, it ensures procedural rights designed originally for other areas are appropriately adapted and made relevant for providers of general-purpose AI systems without altering the core meaning or intention.