Where the circumstances referred to in paragraph 1 occur, the provider that initially placed the AI system on the market or put it into service shall no longer be considered to be a provider of that specific AI system for the purposes of this Regulation. That initial provider shall closely cooperate with new providers and shall make available the necessary information and provide the reasonably expected technical access and other assistance that are required for the fulfilment of the obligations set out in this Regulation, in particular with regard to compliance with the conformity assessment of high-risk AI systems. In particular, the obligation laid down in the second subparagraph shall include, where relevant for the purposes specified therein, the following: (a) making available of technical documentation sufficient to assess compliance with the requirements laid down in Article 16; (b) informing the new providers about known limitations and failure modes; and (c) providing the new providers with targeted technical access, including for testing and validation. ... This paragraph shall not apply in cases where the initial provider has clearly specified that its AI system is not to be changed into a high-risk AI system and therefore does not fall under the obligation to cooperate with the new providers and hand over the documentation.
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Cooperation after the provider role changes
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Under the EU AI Act as amended in 2026, where a deployer or other third party becomes the provider of a high-risk AI system, the provider that initially placed the system on the market stops being its provider and must cooperate closely with the new provider, making available technical documentation sufficient to assess compliance with Article 16, informing the new provider about known limitations and failure modes, and giving targeted technical access including for testing and validation. That duty to cooperate does not apply where the initial provider has clearly specified that its system is not to be changed into a high-risk AI system.
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When it applies
- A deployer or other third party becomes the provider of a high-risk AI system
The provider that first placed it on the market
- stops being its provider
- and must cooperate closely with the new provider
What the cooperation includes
- Technical documentation sufficient to assess compliance with Article 16
- Information about known limitations and failure modes
- Targeted technical access, including for testing and validation
When it does not apply
- Where the initial provider has clearly specified that its system is not to be changed into a high-risk AI system
Where the book relies on it
- The AI Act File, The day the model changes under you. About The AI Act File
- Kind of evidence
- documentarySettled by a first-hand source, quoted below with the day it was read.
The evidence
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