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EU AI Act / Chapter IX / Article 86
EU AI Act · Article 86

Right to explanation of individual decision-making

Chapter
IX · Post-market monitoring, information sharing and market surveillance
Applies from
With the high-risk rules: 2 December 2027 (Annex III systems), 2 August 2028 (Annex I products)
Who
Deployers

What it means

A person subject to a decision based on output from an Annex III high-risk system that produces legal effects or similarly significantly affects them has the right to a clear and meaningful explanation of the role of the AI in the decision and its main elements.

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See also: Deployer 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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