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CHAPTER III. (Art. 6-49)

Article 6

Classification rules for high-risk AI systems

Article 7

Amendments to Annex III

Article 8

Compliance with the requirements

Article 9

Risk management system

Article 10

Data and data governance

Article 11

Technical documentation

Article 12

Record-keeping

Article 13

Transparency and provision of information to deployers

Article 14

Human oversight

Article 15

Accuracy, robustness and cybersecurity

Article 16

Obligations of providers of high-risk AI systems

Article 17

Quality management system

Article 18

Documentation keeping

Article 19

Automatically generated logs

Article 20

Corrective actions and duty of information

Article 21

Cooperation with competent authorities

Article 22

Authorised representatives of providers of high-risk AI systems

Article 23

Obligations of importers

Article 24

Obligations of distributors

Article 25

Responsibilities along the AI value chain

Article 26

Obligations of deployers of high-risk AI systems

Article 27

Fundamental rights impact assessment for high-risk AI systems

Article 28

Notifying authorities

Article 29

Application of a conformity assessment body for notification

Article 30

Notification procedure

Article 31

Requirements relating to notified bodies

Article 32

Presumption of conformity with requirements relating to notified bodies

Article 33

Subsidiaries of notified bodies and subcontracting

Article 34

Operational obligations of notified bodies

Article 35

Identification numbers and lists of notified bodies

Article 36

Changes to notifications

Article 37

Challenge to the competence of notified bodies

Article 38

Coordination of notified bodies

Article 39

Conformity assessment bodies of third countries

Article 40

Harmonised standards and standardisation deliverables

Article 41

Common specifications

Article 42

Presumption of conformity with certain requirements

Article 43

Conformity assessment

Article 44

Certificates

Article 45

Information obligations of notified bodies

Article 46

Derogation from conformity assessment procedure

Article 47

EU declaration of conformity

Article 48

CE marking

Article 49

Registration

Article 41 AI Act

Article 41 AI Act

In force

❌ Applicable from 2 August 2026, ❌ with the exceptions of Article 6(1) and the corresponding obligations in this Regulation which apply from 2 August 2027 (See Art 113)

CHAPTER III. HIGH-RISK AI SYSTEMS

Section 5. Standards, conformity assessment, certificates, registration

Article 41. Common specifications

  1. The Commission may adopt, implementing acts establishing common specifications for the requirements set out in Section 2 of this Chapter or, as applicable, for the obligations set out in Sections 2 and 3 of Chapter V where the following conditions have been fulfilled:
  1. the Commission has requested, pursuant to Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012, one or more European standardisation organisations to draft a harmonised standard for the requirements set out in Section 2 of this Chapter, or, as applicable, for the obligations set out in Sections 2 and 3 of Chapter V, and:
  1. the request has not been accepted by any of the European standardisation organisations; or
  1. the harmonised standards addressing that request are not delivered within the deadline set in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012; or
  1. the relevant harmonised standards insufficiently address fundamental rights concerns; or
  1. the harmonised standards do not comply with the request; and
  1. no reference to harmonised standards covering the requirements referred to in Section 2 of this Chapter or, as applicable, the obligations referred to in Sections 2 and 3 of Chapter V has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012, and no such reference is expected to be published within a reasonable period.

When drafting the common specifications, the Commission shall consult the advisory forum referred to in Article 67.

The implementing acts referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 98(2).

  1. Before preparing a draft implementing act, the Commission shall inform the committee referred to in Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 that it considers the conditions laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article to be fulfilled.
  1. High-risk AI systems or general-purpose AI models which are in conformity with the common specifications referred to in paragraph 1, or parts of those specifications, shall be presumed to be in conformity with the requirements set out in Section 2of this Chapter or, as applicable, to comply with the obligations referred to in Sections 2 and 3 of Chapter V, to the extent those common specifications cover those requirements or those obligations.
  1. Where a harmonised standard is adopted by a European standardisation organisation and proposed to the Commission for the publication of its reference in the Official Journal of the European Union, the Commission shall assess the harmonised standard in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012. When reference to a harmonised standard is published in the Official Journal of the European Union, the Commission shall repeal the implementing acts referred to in paragraph 1, or parts thereof which cover the same requirements set out in Section 2 of this Chapter or, as applicable, the same obligations set out in Sections 2 and 3 of Chapter V.
  1. Where providers of high-risk AI systems or general-purpose AI models do not comply with the common specifications referred to in paragraph 1, they shall duly justify that they have adopted technical solutions that meet the requirements referred to in Section 2 of this Chapter or, as applicable, comply with the obligations set out in Sections 2 and 3 of Chapter V to a level at least equivalent thereto.
  1. Where a Member State considers that a common specification does not entirely meet the requirements set out in Section 2 or, as applicable, comply with obligations set out in Sections 2 and 3 of Chapter V, it shall inform the Commission thereof with a detailed explanation. The Commission shall assess that information and, if appropriate, amend the implementing act establishing the common specification concerned.

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