- Art. 6Classification rules for high-risk AI systems
- Art. 7Amendments to Annex III
- Art. 8Compliance with the requirements
- Art. 9Risk management system
- Art. 10Data and data governance
- Art. 11Technical documentation
- Art. 12Record-keeping
- Art. 13Transparency and provision of information to deployers
- Art. 14Human oversight
- Art. 15Accuracy, robustness and cybersecurity
- Art. 16Obligations of providers of high-risk AI systems
- Art. 17Quality management system
- Art. 18Documentation keeping
- Art. 19Automatically generated logs
- Art. 20Corrective actions and duty of information
- Art. 21Cooperation with competent authorities
- Art. 22Authorised representatives of providers of high-risk AI systems
- Art. 23Obligations of importers
- Art. 24Obligations of distributors
- Art. 25Responsibilities along the AI value chain
- Art. 26Obligations of deployers of high-risk AI systems
- Art. 27Fundamental rights impact assessment for high-risk AI systems
- Art. 28Notifying authorities
- Art. 29Application of a conformity assessment body for notification
- Art. 30Notification procedure
- Art. 31Requirements relating to notified bodies
- Art. 32Presumption of conformity with requirements relating to notified bodies
- Art. 33Subsidiaries of notified bodies and subcontracting
- Art. 34Operational obligations of notified bodies
- Art. 35Identification numbers and lists of notified bodies
- Art. 36Changes to notifications
- Art. 37Challenge to the competence of notified bodies
- Art. 38Coordination of notified bodies
- Art. 39Conformity assessment bodies of third countries
- Art. 40Harmonised standards and standardisation deliverables
- Art. 41Common specifications
- Art. 42Presumption of conformity with certain requirements
- Art. 43Conformity assessment
- Art. 44Certificates
- Art. 45Information obligations of notified bodies
- Art. 46Derogation from conformity assessment procedure
- Art. 47EU declaration of conformity
- Art. 48CE marking
- Art. 49Registration
- Art. 51Classification of general-purpose AI models as general-purpose AI models with systemic risk
- Art. 52Procedure
- Art. 53Obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models
- Art. 54Authorised representatives of providers of general-purpose AI models
- Art. 55Obligations of providers of general-purpose AI models with systemic risk
- Art. 56Codes of practice
- Art. 57AI regulatory sandboxes
- Art. 58Detailed arrangements for, and functioning of, AI regulatory sandboxes
- Art. 59Further processing of personal data for developing certain AI systems in the public interest in the AI regulatory sandbox
- Art. 60Testing of high-risk AI systems in real world conditions outside AI regulatory sandboxes
- Art. 60aTesting of high-risk AI systems covered by Union harmonisation legislation listed in Section B of Annex I in real-world conditions outside AI regulatory sandboxes
- Art. 61Informed consent to participate in testing in real world conditions outside AI regulatory sandboxes
- Art. 62Measures for providers and deployers, in particular SMEs, including start-ups
- Art. 63Derogations for specific operators
- Art. 64AI Office
- Art. 65Establishment and structure of the European Artificial Intelligence Board
- Art. 66Tasks of the Board
- Art. 67Advisory forum
- Art. 68Scientific panel of independent experts
- Art. 69Access to the pool of experts by the Member States
- Art. 70Designation of national competent authorities and single points of contact
- Art. 72Post-market monitoring by providers and post-market monitoring plan for high-risk AI systems
- Art. 73Reporting of serious incidents
- Art. 74Market surveillance and control of AI systems in the Union market
- Art. 75Market surveillance and control of AI systems and mutual assistance
- Art. 75aSupervisory and enforcement powers of the AI Office
- Art. 75bCommitments
- Art. 75cNon-compliance, fines and periodic penalty payments
- Art. 75dSafeguards and further specification
- Art. 76Supervision of testing in real world conditions by market surveillance authorities
- Art. 77Powers of authorities protecting fundamental rights and cooperation with market surveillance authorities
- Art. 78Confidentiality
- Art. 79Procedure at national level for dealing with AI systems presenting a risk
- Art. 80Procedure for dealing with AI systems classified by the provider as non-high-risk in application of Annex III
- Art. 81Union safeguard procedure
- Art. 82Compliant AI systems which present a risk
- Art. 83Formal non-compliance
- Art. 84Union AI testing support structures
- Art. 85Right to lodge a complaint with a market surveillance authority
- Art. 86Right to explanation of individual decision-making
- Art. 87Reporting of infringements and protection of reporting persons
- Art. 88Enforcement of the obligations of providers of general-purpose AI models
- Art. 89Monitoring actions
- Art. 90Alerts of systemic risks by the scientific panel
- Art. 91Power to request documentation and information
- Art. 92Power to conduct evaluations
- Art. 93Power to request measures
- Art. 94Procedural rights of economic operators of the general-purpose AI model
- Art. 102Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 300/2008
- Art. 103Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 167/2013
- Art. 104Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 168/2013
- Art. 105Amendment to Directive 2014/90/EU
- Art. 106Amendment to Directive (EU) 2016/797
- Art. 107Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2018/858
- Art. 108Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139
- Art. 109Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2019/2144
- Art. 110Amendment to Directive (EU) 2020/1828
- Art. 111AI systems already placed on the market or put into service and general-purpose AI models already placed on the marked
- Art. 112Evaluation and review
- Art. 113Entry into force and application
AI Act Article 43
Conformity assessment
For high-risk AI systems listed in point 1 of Annex III, where, in demonstrating the compliance of a high-risk AI system with the requirements set out in Section 2, the provider has applied harmonised standards referred to in Article 40, or, where applicable, common specifications referred to in Article 41, the provider shall opt for one of the following conformity assessment procedures based on:
the internal control referred to in Annex VI; or
the assessment of the quality management system and the assessment of the technical documentation, with the involvement of a notified body, referred to in Annex VII.
In demonstrating the compliance of a high-risk AI system with the requirements set out in Section 2, the provider shall follow the conformity assessment procedure set out in Annex VII where:
harmonised standards referred to in Article 40 do not exist, and common specifications referred to in Article 41 are not available;
the provider has not applied, or has applied only part of, the harmonised standard;
the common specifications referred to in point (a) exist, but the provider has not applied them;
one or more of the harmonised standards referred to in point (a) has been published with a restriction, and only on the part of the standard that was restricted.
For the purposes of the conformity assessment procedure referred to in Annex VII, the provider may choose any of the notified bodies. However, where the high-risk AI system is intended to be put into service by law enforcement, immigration or asylum authorities or by Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies, the market surveillance authority referred to in Article 74(8) or (9), as applicable, shall act as a notified body.
For the purposes of that conformity assessment, notified bodies which have been notified under the Union harmonisation legislation listed in Section A of Annex I shall have the power to assess the conformity of high-risk AI systems with the requirements set out in Section 2 of this Chapter, provided that the compliance of those notified bodies with the requirements laid down in Article 31(4), (5), (10) and (11) has been assessed in the context of the notification procedure in accordance with the relevant Union harmonisation legislation, which is evidenced through the assessment as part of the existing notification. Without prejudice to Article 28, such notified bodies which have been notified under the Union harmonisation legislation in Section A of Annex I, shall apply for designation in accordance with Section 4 of this Chapter by 28 January 2028.
Where Union harmonisation legislation listed in Section A of Annex I provides the product manufacturer with an option to rely on a conformity assessment that does not involve a third-party, provided that that manufacturer has applied harmonised standards to ensure compliance with all the relevant requirements, that manufacturer may use that option only if it has also applied harmonised standards or, where applicable, common specifications referred to in Article 41, covering all requirements set out in Section 2 of this Chapter. The classification of a product as a high-risk AI system in accordance with Article 6(1) does not affect the choice of the conformity assessment procedure provided to the manufacturers of products covered by Union harmonisation legislation listed in Section A of Annex I, including, where applicable, an option to rely on harmonised standards. The manufacturers of such products are not required to choose a conformity assessment procedure involving third-party conformity assessment only because the product includes a high-risk AI system as a safety component, if this is not required by the Union harmonisation legislation listed in Section A of Annex I.
Where a high-risk AI system is both covered by the Union harmonisation legislation listed in Section A of Annex I and it falls within one of the categories listed in Annex III, the provider of that system shall follow the relevant conformity assessment procedure as required pursuant to the relevant Union harmonisation legislation listed in Section A of Annex I.
For high-risk AI systems that continue to learn after being placed on the market or put into service, changes to the high-risk AI system and its performance that have been pre-determined by the provider at the moment of the initial conformity assessment and are part of the information contained in the technical documentation referred to in point 2(f) of Annex IV, shall not constitute a substantial modification.
Related Recitals
(122) Compliance with cybersecurity requirements(123) Conformity assessment for high-risk AI systems
(124) Conformity assessment according to relevant EU harmonisation legislation
(125) Limited conformity assessment by third parties
(126) Procedure for third-party conformity assessments
(127) Recognition of conformity results from third countries
(128) Reassessment of conformity in the event of significant system changes
(147) Facilitating access to testing and experimentation facilities for certain entities
