EU AI Act / Chapter III / Article 11

EU AI Act · Article 11

Technical documentation

Chapter: III · High-risk AI systems
Applies from: With the high-risk rules: 2 December 2027 (Annex III systems), 2 August 2028 (Annex I products)
Who: Providers

What it means

Technical documentation, containing at least the elements in Annex IV, must be drawn up before the system goes on the market and kept up to date, showing how it meets the requirements. SMEs and start-ups may use a simplified form.

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See also: Provider obligations.

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Plain-English summary by sebbi.pro of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744. The official text is the only authoritative version: EUR-Lex.

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