# Common specifications — AI Act — context bundle > Focused context for a single provision, curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical page: https://overview.legal/laws/ai-act/art-41 > Every item cites its source. Verify against the official text (EUR-Lex / wetten.overheid.nl) before relying on it. ## Provision ### Common specifications — Common specifications *AI Act, aiact-art-41-en — https://overview.legal/laws/ai-act/art-41* 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: a) 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: b) 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). 2. 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. 3. 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 2 of 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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. ## Guidance ### 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) ### SPE Programma - AI Privacy Risks & Mitigations Large Language Models (LLMs) (Isabel BARBERÁ) *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/50754* "The AI Privacy Risks & Mitigations Large Language Models (LLMs) report puts forward a comprehensive risk management methodology for LLM systems with a number of practical mitigation measures for common privacy risks in LLM systems. In addition, the report provides use cases examples on the appli... ### EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 03/2022 on the Proposal for a Regulation on the European Health Data Space *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/125922* Adopted 1 EDPB - EDPS Joint Opinion 03 /2022 on the Proposal for a Regulation on the European Health Data Space Adopted on 12 July 2022 Adopted 2 Adopted 3 Executive Summary With this Joint Opinion, the EDPB and the EDPS aim to draw attention to a number of overarching concerns on the Proposal on the European Health Data Space and urge the co - legislature to take decisive action. The EDPB and the EDPS note that the Proposal ai ms at supporting individuals to take control of their own health… ### EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 5/2021 on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act) *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/126016* 1 Adopted EDPB - EDPS Joint Opinion 5 /2021 on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmo nised rules on artificial i ntelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act) 18 June 2021 2 Adopted Executive Summary On 2 1 April 2021, the European Commission presented its Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (hereinafter “the Proposal”) . The EDPB and the EDPS welcome… ## Related topics - **AI Standards** — https://overview.legal/topics/harmonised-standards-ai ## Legal Framework --- Generated by overview.legal · https://overview.legal/laws/ai-act/art-41 · 2026-08-22