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  "node_id": "eu-ai-act-article-8-compliance-with-requirements",
  "title": "Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (EU AI Act) Article 8 - Compliance with the requirements",
  "domain": "AI Governance & Law",
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-06-13",
  "bluf": "Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 is the gateway provision for Chapter III Section 2 of the EU AI Act on high-risk AI systems. Article 8(1) requires that high-risk AI systems shall comply with the requirements laid down in this Section (Articles 9-15), taking into account their intended purpose as well as the generally acknowledged state of the art on AI and AI-related technologies. Article 8(2) addresses overlap with sectoral Union harmonisation legislation: where a product contains an AI system to which both the requirements of the AI Act and the requirements of the Union harmonisation legislation listed in Section A of Annex I apply, providers shall be responsible for ensuring that their product is fully compliant with all applicable requirements under applicable Union harmonisation legislation. Article 8(2) further permits providers to integrate the testing and reporting processes, information and documentation required by the AI Act into existing documentation and procedures already required under the Union harmonisation legislation listed in Section A of Annex I, in order to ensure consistency, avoid duplication and minimise additional burdens. Article 8 therefore acts as the legal hook that triggers the Article 9-15 compliance suite for high-risk AI systems and simultaneously coordinates the AI Act with pre-existing product-safety regimes (machinery, medical devices, in-vitro diagnostics, toys, lifts, radio equipment, etc.).",
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    "_note": "Full crosswalk values included in vault response"
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  "dependencies": [
    "eu-ai-act-2024",
    "eu-ai-act-article-9-risk-management-system",
    "eu-ai-act-article-43-conformity-assessment-procedures-notified-bodies",
    "eu-machinery-regulation-2023-1230-safety-requirements",
    "eu-mdr-2017-745"
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  "primary_citations_count": 6
}