Article 86: Right to explanation of individual decision-making
Article 86 gives any affected person the right to a clear and meaningful explanation of the role of the high-risk AI system in a decision that produces legal effects.
Praxikon tracks Article 86 (Right to explanation of individual decision-making) under the EU AI Act, citing the source for every statement.
Official text
Source: EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689. Text reproduced verbatim.
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What Article 86 requires in practice
Connections
What connects to Article 86 AI Act
Themes where this returns
Where this meets the other law
- The right to explanation in Article 86 only supplements the GDPR
applies only in addition to
The counterpart in the other law
- Article 13 GDPR: Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subject
- Article 15 GDPR: Right of access by the data subject
via The right to explanation in Article 86 only supplements the GDPR
- Article 22 GDPR: Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
via The right to explanation in Article 86 only supplements the GDPR
- Article 35 GDPR: Data protection impact assessment
GDPR interpretation that also applies here6 of 10
- SCHUFA: a credit score on which third parties draw strongly is automated decision-making
2023-12-07 · final, Hof van Justitie van de EU (Eerste kamer), OQ tegen Land Hessen, met SCHUFA Holding AG als interveniënt · via Automated decisions and human oversight
- Dun & Bradstreet: right to an intelligible explanation of an automated decision, trade secrets are no absolute ground for refusal
2025-02-27 · final, Hof van Justitie van de EU (Eerste kamer), CK tegen Magistrat der Stadt Wien, met Dun & Bradstreet Austria GmbH als andere partij · via Automated decisions and human oversight
- Brillen Rottler: even a first access request can be abusive if made solely to claim compensation
2026-03-19 · final, Hof van Justitie van de EU (Vierde kamer), Brillen Rottler GmbH & Co. KG tegen TC · via Automated decisions and human oversight
- Consultation on the draft list of processing operations for which no DPIA is required (Dutch DPA)
2026-06-24 · under consultation, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) · via Automated decisions and human oversight
- The Hague District Court cuts DPA fine on police for mobile camera cars without completed DPIA to 30,000 euros
2024-10-08 · status not established, Rechtbank Den Haag · via Automated decisions and human oversight
- EDPB Template for Data Protection Impact Assessment
2026-04-14 · under consultation, European Data Protection Board (EDPB) · via Automated decisions and human oversight