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Transparency and provision of information to deployers

Transparency AI Value Chain Actors and Roles
In force — consolidated2026-07-27 · CELEX 02024R1689-20260727 · ELI ↗
Version history 2
  • 2026-07-27in force CELEX 02024R1689-20260727
  • 2024-07-12 CELEX 02024R1689-20240712
  1. 1.

    High-risk AI systems shall be designed and developed in such a way as to ensure that their operation is sufficiently transparent to enable deployers to interpret a system’s output and use it appropriately. An appropriate type and degree of transparency shall be ensured with a view to achieving compliance with the relevant obligations of the provider and deployer set out in Section 3.

    Annex III Amendments High-Risk AI Classification AI Risk Assessment
  2. 2.

    High-risk AI systems shall be accompanied by instructions for use in an appropriate digital format or otherwise that include concise, complete, correct and clear information that is relevant, accessible and comprehensible to deployers.

    AI Risk Assessment High-Risk AI Classification Annex III Amendments
  3. 3.

    The instructions for use shall contain at least the following information:

    1. a)
      the identity and the contact details of the provider and, where applicable, of its authorised representative;
      Representatives
    2. b)
      the characteristics, capabilities and limitations of performance of the high-risk AI system, including:
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    3. c)
      the changes to the high-risk AI system and its performance which have been pre-determined by the provider at the moment of the initial conformity assessment, if any;
      Provider Obligations for AI Systems High-Risk AI Classification Artificial Intelligence
    4. d)
      the human oversight measures referred to in Article 14, including the technical measures put in place to facilitate the interpretation of the outputs of the high-risk AI systems by the deployers;
      Human Oversight High-Risk AI Classification AI Value Chain Actors and Roles
    5. e)
      the computational and hardware resources needed, the expected lifetime of the high-risk AI system and any necessary maintenance and care measures, including their frequency, to ensure the proper functioning of that AI system, including as regards software updates;
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    6. f)
      where relevant, a description of the mechanisms included within the high-risk AI system that allows deployers to properly collect, store and interpret the logs in accordance with Article 12.
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