EU AI ActAnnotated Edition

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Regulation (EU) 2024/1689

Artificial Intelligence Act

Articles 113 Recitals 180 Annexes 13 Drafting History

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Chapter I

General provisions (Art. 1–4)

Art. 1 – Subject matter Art. 2 – Scope Art. 3 – Definitions Art. 4 – AI literacy

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Chapter II

Prohibited ai practices (Art. 5)

Art. 5 – Prohibited AI practices

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Chapter III

High-risk ai systems (Art. 6–49)

Art. 6 – Classification rules for high-risk AI systems Art. 7 – Amendments to Annex III Art. 8 – Compliance with the requirements Art. 9 – Risk management system Art. 10 – Data and data governance Art. 11 – Technical documentation Art. 12 – Record-keeping Art. 13 – Transparency and provision of information to deployers Art. 14 – Human oversight Art. 15 – Accuracy, robustness and cybersecurity Art. 16 – Obligations of providers of high-risk AI systems Art. 17 – Quality management system Art. 18 – Documentation keeping Art. 19 – Automatically generated logs Art. 20 – Corrective actions and duty of information Art. 21 – Cooperation with competent authorities Art. 22 – Authorised representatives of providers of high-risk AI systems Art. 23 – Obligations of importers Art. 24 – Obligations of distributors Art. 25 – Responsibilities along the AI value chain Art. 26 – Obligations of deployers of high-risk AI systems Art. 27 – Fundamental rights impact assessment for high-risk AI systems Art. 28 – Notifying authorities Art. 29 – Application of a conformity assessment body for notification Art. 30 – Notification procedure Art. 31 – Requirements relating to notified bodies Art. 32 – Presumption of conformity with requirements relating to notified bodies Art. 33 – Subsidiaries of notified bodies and subcontracting Art. 34 – Operational obligations of notified bodies Art. 35 – Identification numbers and lists of notified bodies Art. 36 – Changes to notifications Art. 37 – Challenge to the competence of notified bodies Art. 38 – Coordination of notified bodies Art. 39 – Conformity assessment bodies of third countries Art. 40 – Harmonised standards and standardisation deliverables Art. 41 – Common specifications Art. 42 – Presumption of conformity with certain requirements Art. 43 – Conformity assessment Art. 44 – Certificates Art. 45 – Information obligations of notified bodies Art. 46 – Derogation from conformity assessment procedure Art. 47 – EU declaration of conformity Art. 48 – CE marking Art. 49 – Registration

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Chapter IV

Transparency obligations for providers and deployers of certain ai systems (Art. 50)

Art. 50 – Transparency obligations for providers and deployers of certain AI systems

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Chapter V

General-purpose ai models (Art. 51–56)

Art. 51 – Classification of general-purpose AI models as general-purpose AI models with systemic risk Art. 52 – Procedure Art. 53 – Obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models Art. 54 – Authorised representatives of providers of general-purpose AI models Art. 55 – Obligations of providers of general-purpose AI models with systemic risk Art. 56 – Codes of practice

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Chapter VI

Measures in support of innovation (Art. 57–63)

Art. 57 – AI regulatory sandboxes Art. 58 – Detailed arrangements for, and functioning of, AI regulatory sandboxes Art. 59 – Further processing of personal data for developing certain AI systems in the public interest in the AI regulatory sandbox Art. 60 – Testing of high-risk AI systems in real world conditions outside AI regulatory sandboxes Art. 61 – Informed consent to participate in testing in real world conditions outside AI regulatory sandboxes Art. 62 – Measures for providers and deployers, in particular SMEs, including start-ups Art. 63 – Derogations for specific operators

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Chapter VII

Governance (Art. 64–70)

Art. 64 – AI Office Art. 65 – Establishment and structure of the European Artificial Intelligence Board Art. 66 – Tasks of the Board Art. 67 – Advisory forum Art. 68 – Scientific panel of independent experts Art. 69 – Access to the pool of experts by the Member States Art. 70 – Designation of national competent authorities and single points of contact

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Chapter VIII

Eu database for high-risk ai systems (Art. 71)

Art. 71 – EU database for high-risk AI systems listed in Annex III

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Chapter IX

Post-market monitoring, information sharing and market surveillance (Art. 72–94)

Art. 72 – Post-market monitoring by providers and post-market monitoring plan for high-risk AI systems Art. 73 – Reporting of serious incidents Art. 74 – Market surveillance and control of AI systems in the Union market Art. 75 – Mutual assistance, market surveillance and control of general-purpose AI systems Art. 76 – Supervision of testing in real world conditions by market surveillance authorities Art. 77 – Powers of authorities protecting fundamental rights Art. 78 – Confidentiality Art. 79 – Procedure at national level for dealing with AI systems presenting a risk Art. 80 – Procedure for dealing with AI systems classified by the provider as non-high-risk in application of Annex III Art. 81 – Union safeguard procedure Art. 82 – Compliant AI systems which present a risk Art. 83 – Formal non-compliance Art. 84 – Union AI testing support structures Art. 85 – Right to lodge a complaint with a market surveillance authority Art. 86 – Right to explanation of individual decision-making Art. 87 – Reporting of infringements and protection of reporting persons Art. 88 – Enforcement of the obligations of providers of general-purpose AI models Art. 89 – Monitoring actions Art. 90 – Alerts of systemic risks by the scientific panel Art. 91 – Power to request documentation and information Art. 92 – Power to conduct evaluations Art. 93 – Power to request measures Art. 94 – Procedural rights of economic operators of the general-purpose AI model

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Chapter X

Codes of conduct and guidelines (Art. 95–96)

Art. 95 – Codes of conduct for voluntary application of specific requirements Art. 96 – Guidelines from the Commission on the implementation of this Regulation

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Chapter XI

Delegation of power and committee procedure (Art. 97–98)

Art. 97 – Exercise of the delegation Art. 98 – Committee procedure

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Chapter XII

Penalties (Art. 99–101)

Art. 99 – Penalties Art. 100 – Administrative fines on Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies Art. 101 – Fines for providers of general-purpose AI models

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Chapter XIII

Final provisions (Art. 102–113)

Art. 102 – Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 Art. 103 – Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 Art. 104 – Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 Art. 105 – Amendment to Directive 2014/90/EU Art. 106 – Amendment to Directive (EU) 2016/797 Art. 107 – Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2018/858 Art. 108 – Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 Art. 109 – Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 Art. 110 – Amendment to Directive (EU) 2020/1828 Art. 111 – AI systems already placed on the market or put into service and general-purpose AI models already placed on the marked Art. 112 – Evaluation and review Art. 113 – Entry into force and application

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Regulation (EU) 2024/1689

OJ L, 12.7.2024

Entry into force: 1 August 2024

Last updated: April 2026

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Application Dates

2 Feb 2025 — Prohibited practices

2 Aug 2025 — GPAI obligations

2 Aug 2026 — High-risk systems

2 Aug 2027 — Annex I systems

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