# Classification rules for high-risk AI systems 6(3) — AI Act — provision context

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Part of **Classification rules for high-risk AI systems** (AI Act, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/ai-act/art-6).

## Provision text

### 6(3)

By derogation from paragraph 2, an AI system referred to in Annex III shall not be considered to be high-risk where it does not pose a significant risk of harm to the health, safety or fundamental rights of natural persons, including by not materially influencing the outcome of decision making.

a) the AI system is intended to perform a narrow procedural task;
b) the AI system is intended to improve the result of a previously completed human activity;
c) the AI system is intended to detect decision-making patterns or deviations from prior decision-making patterns and is not meant to replace or influence the previously completed human assessment, without proper human review; or
d) the AI system is intended to perform a preparatory task to an assessment relevant for the purposes of the use cases listed in Annex III.
- The first subparagraph shall apply where any of the following conditions is fulfilled:
- Notwithstanding the first subparagraph, an AI system referred to in Annex III shall always be considered to be high-risk where the AI system performs profiling of natural persons.

## Topics on this provision

- **Annex III Amendments** — https://overview.legal/topics/annex-iii-amendments
  This new topic is needed because amendments to Annex III represent specific regulatory changes to the AI Act's classification framework that warrant dedicated t
- **High-Risk AI Classification** — https://overview.legal/topics/high-risk-ai-classification
  The content specifically addresses classification rules for high-risk AI systems under the AI Act, which is a distinct regulatory concept requiring its own dedi
- **Artificial Intelligence** — https://overview.legal/topics/ai
  AI systems and their implications for data protection

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **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** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/53738
- **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** §11 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/53738

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