# Technical documentation — AI Act — context bundle > Focused context for a single provision, curated from overview.legal on 2026-07-21. Canonical page: https://overview.legal/laws/ai-act/art-11 > Every item cites its source. Verify against the official text (EUR-Lex / wetten.overheid.nl) before relying on it. ## Provision ### Technical documentation — Technical documentation *AI Act, aiact-art-11-en — https://overview.legal/laws/ai-act/art-11* 1. The technical documentation of a high-risk AI system shall be drawn up before that system is placed on the market or put into service and shall be kept up-to date. - The technical documentation shall be drawn up in such a way as to demonstrate that the high-risk AI system complies with the requirements set out in this Section and to provide national competent authorities and notified bodies with the necessary information in a clear and comprehensive form to assess the compliance of the AI system with those requirements. It shall contain, at a minimum, the elements set out in Annex IV. SMEs, including start-ups, may provide the elements of the technical documentation specified in Annex IV in a simplified manner. To that end, the Commission shall establish a simplified technical documentation form targeted at the needs of small and microenterprises. Where an SME, including a start-up, opts to provide the information required in Annex IV in a simplified manner, it shall use the form referred to in this paragraph. Notified bodies shall accept the form for the purposes of the conformity assessment. 2. Where a high-risk AI system related to a product covered by the Union harmonisation legislation listed in Section A of Annex I is placed on the market or put into service, a single set of technical documentation shall be drawn up containing all the information set out in paragraph 1, as well as the information required under those legal acts. 3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 97 in order to amend Annex IV, where necessary, to ensure that, in light of technical progress, the technical documentation provides all the information necessary to assess the compliance of the system with the requirements set out in this Section. ## Guidance ### Report on stakeholder event on processing of personal data to target or deliver political advertisements *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/125684* Report on stakeholder event on processing of personal data to target or deliver political advertisements 27 March 2026 1. Background The EDPB organised an online stakeholder event on 27 March 2026 to collect stakeholders’ input on processing of personal data to target or deliver political advertisements. The objective was to engage with stakeholders at an early stage of drafting the EDPB Guidelines on the processing of personal data to target or deliver political advertisements (Chapter III of… ### EDPB-EDPS Joint opinion 1/2026 on the Proposal for a Regulation as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/53738* EDPB, EDPB-EDPS Joint opinion 1/2026 on the Proposal for a Regulation as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI) ### EDPB- EDPS Joint Opinion 01/2025 on the Proposal for a Regulation on simplification measures for SMEs and SMCs, in particular the record-keeping obligation under Art. 30(5) GDPR *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/50980* De EDPB en EDPS steunen het doel om de administratieve lasten voor SMCs en MKB te verminderen, mits dit de bescherming van fundamentele rechten niet verlaagt. Ze benadrukken de noodzaak van een evenwichtige en proportionele aanpak en vragen om verduidelijking van de nieuwe drempel van 750 werknem... ### Opinion 28/2024 on certain data protection aspects related to the processing of personal data in the context of AI models *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/125697* Adopted 1 Opinion 28/2024 on certain data protection aspects related to the processing of personal data in the context of AI models Adopted on 17 December 2024 Adopted 2 Executive summary AI technologies create many opportunities and benefits across a wide range of sectors and social activities. By protecting the fundamental right to data protection, GDPR supports these opportunities and promotes other EU fundamental rights, including the right to freedom of thought, expression and information,… ### Guidelines 05/2022 on the use of facial recognition technology in the area of law enforcement *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/38075* More and more law enforcement authorities (LEAs) apply or intend to apply facial recognition technology (FRT). It may be used to authenticate or to identify a person and can be applied on videos (e.g. CCTV) or photographs. It may be used for various purposes, including to search for persons in police watch lists or to monitor a person's movements in the public space. FRT is built on the processing of biometric data , therefore, it encompasses the processing of special categories ... ## Related topics - **Documentation Keeping for AI Systems** — https://overview.legal/topics/documentation-keeping-ai ## Legal Framework - **AI Record-Keeping** — https://overview.legal/topics/record-keeping-ai ## Legal Framework - **Provider Obligations for AI Systems** — https://overview.legal/topics/provider-obligations-ai ## Legal Framework --- Generated by overview.legal · https://overview.legal/laws/ai-act/art-11 · 2026-07-21