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What a deployer does on identifying a serious incident

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Under the EU AI Act, where the deployer of a high-risk AI system has identified a serious incident, it must immediately inform first the provider, and then the importer or distributor and the relevant market surveillance authorities of that incident; if it cannot reach the provider, the provider's reporting article, Article 73, applies to it with the necessary changes.

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On identifying a serious incident, the deployer immediately informs

  • first the provider
  • then the importer or distributor and the relevant market surveillance authorities

If the provider cannot be reached

  • Article 73 applies mutatis mutandis

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Where deployers have identified a serious incident, they shall also immediately inform first the provider, and then the importer or distributor and the relevant market surveillance authorities of that incident. If the deployer is not able to reach the provider, Article 73 shall apply mutatis mutandis.

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 26(5), first subparagraph, in the consolidated text CELEX 02024R1689 as consolidated on 27 July 2026 (English). Read on 2026-10-21 from out/legal/consolidated-en.txt, the plain text of sources/eu-ai-act/02024R1689-20260727-consolidated-EN.html, downloaded from EUR-Lex on 2026-10-08. Article 26 carries the base marker., read

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