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Technical documentation must stay current

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Under the EU AI Act, the technical documentation of a high-risk AI system is drawn up before the system is placed on the market or put into service, and is kept up to date.

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The duty

WhenWhat
Before the system is placed on the market or put into serviceThe technical documentation is drawn up
After thatIt is kept up to date

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The evidence

The technical documentation of a high-risk AI system shall be drawn up before that system is placed on the market or put into service and shall be kept up-to date.

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 11(1), first subparagraph, in the consolidated text CELEX 02024R1689 as consolidated on 27 July 2026 (English). Read from the file saved at sources/eu-ai-act/02024R1689-20260727-consolidated-EN.html, downloaded from EUR-Lex on 2026-10-08. In that text this subparagraph carries the base marker, meaning it has not been amended; the second subparagraph of the same paragraph carries the M1 marker and was replaced by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744., read

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