DepthThe conclusion and your first steps
Direct answer
What technical documentation does the AI Act require (Article 11)?
You describe: You want to know which file a high-risk AI provider must build and what you can request as a customer. Likely role: provider (builds it); deployer (requests it).
This applies now
- For this situation, the preparation phase matters most right now.
Coming up
- Article 11: technical documentationfrom 2 December 2027
- Annex III: high-risk AIfrom 2 December 2027
Article 11 with Annex IV describes the technical documentation: system description, development process, data, human oversight, accuracy, robustness and cybersecurity. The duty follows the high-risk timeline to 2 December 2027. For buying organisations this is the checklist of what you must be able to request contractually from your supplier.
Your first actions
- Build the technical file per Annex IV. Document system description, development process, data, oversight measures, performance and risk management before market placement.
- Justify the Article 6(3) exception against each individual condition. Name which of the four Article 6(3) conditions you invoke, with facts, and separately justify why the system poses no significant risk of harm to health, safety or fundamental rights and does not materially influence the outcome of decision making.
General interpretation, not legal advice. Checked against Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 and the Digital Omnibus (EU) 2026/1744; the official source remains authoritative.
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