What EU AI Act - Technical Documentation Requirements for High-Risk AI Systems (Article 11 and Annex IV) requires
EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689) Article 11 requires providers of high-risk AI systems to draw up technical documentation before the system is placed on the market or put into service and to keep it up-to-date throughout the AI system's lifecycle; Annex IV specifies the mandatory minimum content of the technical documentation; the technical documentation serves two functions: (1) enabling market surveillance authorities and notified bodies to assess whether the AI system complies with EU AI Act requirements; (2) providing a comprehensive record of the AI system's development, capabilities, limitations, and risk management measures; Annex IV technical documentation minimum content includes: a general description of the AI system including: intended purpose; the persons or groups it is intended to be used by; the contexts of intended use; the known or foreseeable circumstances where the system may be improperly used; the information sheet for the system including a summary for users; a detailed description of the system elements and its development process covering: design specifications; training methodologies; design choices and assumptions; design limitations; training data sources and characteristics; training data labelling and annotation procedures; data pre-processing operations; dataset validation; a description of monitoring, functioning, and control including: the measures for human oversight; the system's capabilities, limitations, and accuracy levels; a description of the risk management measures; a description of the changes made after the conformity assessment for systems that undergo a substantial modification; technical documentation must be retained for 10 years from the date of placing on the market or putting into service under Article 18 or for the period the system remains in service where longer; technical documentation must be provided to national competent authorities and notified bodies upon request.
Pillar: AI Governance & Law · Authority: European Parliament and Council of the EU · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R1689
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