EU regulatory register · AI Act
Article 16Obligations of providers of high-risk AI systems
CELEX 32024R1689 · Read on 2026-08-18 · Chapter III
Short answer
ensure that their high-risk AI systems are compliant with the requirements set out in Section 2;
Verbatim from the article. Source: NovaCopilot · https://legal.exploreworldai.com/eu/rattsakter/ai-act-2024-1689/artikel-16 · Short answer as data · Official text
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Some AI uses are banned, high-risk AI requires risk management and human oversight, and deployers must ensure AI literacy.
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Official text
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Providers of high-risk AI systems shall:
(a)
ensure that their high-risk AI systems are compliant with the requirements set out in Section 2;
(b)
indicate on the high-risk AI system or, where that is not possible, on its packaging or its accompanying documentation, as applicable, their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark, the address at which they can be contacted;
(c)
have a quality management system in place which complies with Article 17;
(d)
keep the documentation referred to in Article 18;
(e)
when under their control, keep the logs automatically generated by their high-risk AI systems as referred to in Article 19;
(f)
ensure that the high-risk AI system undergoes the relevant conformity assessment procedure as referred to in Article 43, prior to its being placed on the market or put into service;
(g)
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Knowledge card
- Applies
- provider: Meet the provider obligations for high-risk AI systems.
- Risk if ignored
- high
- What to do
- Meet the provider obligations for high-risk AI systems.
- Deadline
- Applies from 2 December 2027 for high-risk systems under Article 6(2) and Annex III, and from 2 August 2028 under Article 6(1) and Annex I (Article 113 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744).
card:eu:article:ai-act--art-16 · sha256 bf5591a36a5a · Source: NovaCopilot
Obligations, actions and sanctions
Article 16 · Role: provider
Meet the provider obligations for high-risk AI systems.
Deadline: Applies from 2 December 2027 for high-risk systems under Article 6(2) and Annex III, and from 2 August 2028 under Article 6(1) and Annex I (Article 113 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744).
Decision chain (JSON)
Sanction: Administrative fine: prohibited practices up to EUR 35 million or 7 % of worldwide annual turnover; other obligations up to EUR 15 million or 3 %; incorrect information up to EUR 7.5 million or 1 %. For general-purpose AI models the Commission (AI Office) decides, up to EUR 15 million or 3 %.
Summary of the obligation in the register; the official language versions on EUR-Lex are authoritative. Source: NovaCopilot
Risk, sanction and outcome
Art. 16 · provider
Risk: high · Sanction: administrative_fine, högst EUR 15 000 000 · Authority: Market surveillance authority
Decisions applying the provision: none in the register
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