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Keeping provider documentation

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Under the EU AI Act, a provider of a high-risk AI system must keep at the disposal of national competent authorities, for a period ending ten years after the system was placed on the market or put into service, the technical documentation, the quality management system documentation, the documentation of changes approved by notified bodies where applicable, the decisions and other documents issued by notified bodies where applicable, and the EU declaration of conformity.

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The duty

QuestionAnswer
WhoThe provider of a high-risk AI system
For whomNational competent authorities
Until whenTen years after the system was placed on the market or put into service

What is kept

  • The technical documentation
  • The quality management system documentation
  • The documentation of changes approved by notified bodies, where applicable
  • The decisions and other documents issued by notified bodies, where applicable
  • The EU declaration of conformity

Where the book relies on it

Kind of evidence
documentarySettled by a first-hand source, quoted below with the day it was read.

The evidence

The provider shall, for a period ending 10 years after the high-risk AI system has been placed on the market or put into service, keep at the disposal of the national competent authorities: (a) the technical documentation referred to in Article 11; (b) the documentation concerning the quality management system referred to in Article 17; (c) the documentation concerning the changes approved by notified bodies, where applicable; (d) the decisions and other documents issued by the notified bodies, where applicable; (e) the EU declaration of conformity referred to in Article 47.

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 18(1), in the consolidated text CELEX 02024R1689 as consolidated on 27 July 2026 (English). Read from sources/eu-ai-act/02024R1689-20260727-consolidated-EN.html, downloaded from EUR-Lex on 2026-10-08. The paragraph carries the base marker and was not amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744., read

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