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  "node_id": "eu-ai-act-2024-1689-article-26-obligations-deployers-high-risk-ai",
  "title": "EU AI Act (EU) 2024/1689 - Article 26: Obligations of Deployers of High-Risk AI Systems",
  "domain": "AI Governance & Law",
  "version": "2.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-05-09",
  "bluf": "Article 26 is the primary compliance article for organisations that use (deploy) high-risk AI systems in their operations. Deployers must: (a) use the system in accordance with the provider's instructions for use; (b) assign qualified human oversight persons with the necessary authority; (c) ensure input data is relevant and sufficiently representative for the intended purpose; (d) monitor operation of the high-risk AI system for anomalies and risks; (e) inform the provider and market surveillance authority of serious incidents under Article 26(4); (f) where the high-risk AI system makes or assists decisions about natural persons, inform those persons under Article 26(11); (g) keep automatically generated logs of the system's operation for at least six months under Article 26(5), where the logs are under the deployer's control; (h) inform workers' representatives and the affected workers before putting a high-risk AI system into service or use in the workplace under Article 26(6). Separately, before deploying a high-risk AI system, public bodies (and private operators providing public services, or operators of credit-scoring or life/health insurance risk-pricing AI under Annex III(5)) must conduct a Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment under Article 27, which is a free-standing obligation distinct from Article 26. Deployers who substantially modify a high-risk AI system or develop one for internal use become providers under Article 25.",
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  "dependencies": [
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    "eu-ai-act-article-9-risk-management-system",
    "eu-ai-act-article-16-provider-obligations",
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}