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Non-Compliance

What is Non-Compliance?

The failure to adhere to applicable laws, regulations, standards, or organizational policies, potentially resulting in penalties or enforcement actions.

Compliance and Regulatory

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as non-compliance. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on non-compliance

Requirements naming non-compliance across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

The practitioner must accumulate instances of non-compliance found by the entity and the practitioner, other than clearly trivial ones, to conclude on the statement (attestation) or directly (direct), and must assess individually and in aggregate whether the n...

asae-3100-compliance-engagements-auasb-december-2022::p49-50 · Paragraphs 49 and 50 Evaluating instances of non-compliance →

Article 4(4): an operator must not place products on the market or export them where they are non-compliant, where due diligence has revealed a non-negligible risk of non-compliance, or where it could not complete the due diligence and statement obligations.

regulation-eu-20231115-on-deforestation-free-supply-chains::4(4) · Do not place or export where non-compliance or non-negligible risk remains →

Agencies should review every decision to be non-compliant with any control no less often than once a year.

new-zealand-information-security-manual-nzism::1.1.68.C.01 · 1.1.68.C.01 Annual review of non-compliance decisions →

If the Competent Authority considers an intermediary has not fully complied with a code, it may serve a notice detailing the shortfall and directing remedial steps within a set time;

singapore-protection-from-online-falsehoods-and-manipulation-act-pofma-2019::s50 · s.50 Remedy code non-compliance when served a notice →

Article 29 enables the Commission to adopt a non-compliance decision establishing that the gatekeeper does not comply with one or more Article 5/6/7 obligations and ordering compliance.

DMA-Art.29 · Non-compliance (Article 29) →

The AI governance board establishes clear pathways for employees to report non-compliance with the policy to the board; the agency seeks to remedy non-compliance, and where it cannot, the board notifies the Agency Head and the Accountable Official, who must de...

nsw-ai-operational-policy-2026::7.1 · 7.1 Report and remedy non-compliance →

Questions people ask about non-compliance

What is Non-Compliance?
The failure to adhere to applicable laws, regulations, standards, or organizational policies, potentially resulting in penalties or enforcement actions.
Why is Non-Compliance important for compliance?
Non-Compliance is a key concept in Compliance and Regulatory. Understanding non-compliance helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Non-Compliance?
Non-Compliance appears in the requirement text of ASAE 3100 Compliance Engagements (AUASB, December 2022), Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free supply chains, New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM), Singapore Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA, 2019), EU Digital Markets Act. Across these standards we have identified 35 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Non-Compliance?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how non-compliance applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.