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Annex III: high-risk AI
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Annex III: high-risk AI
Classification route for standalone high-risk AI systems under Article 6(2) and Annex III.
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carries the duty
is affected
calls for
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controlled by
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in practice
- Candidate recommendation that automatically becomes a decisionexample · editorial reading
- Face comparison at the border gate: verification or identificationexample · editorial reading
- A CV filter that ranks applicantsexample · editorial reading
- Application file handling at an educational institutionexample · editorial reading
- System that checks a human decision or design and provides a substantially different solutionexample · editorial reading
- Money laundering detection by an accounting firm under its own legal dutyexample · editorial reading
- Chatbot answering factual questions from a benefits case handlerexample · editorial reading
- Company creditworthiness based on corporate financialsexample · editorial reading
- Corporate creditworthiness based on balance sheets and financial statementsexample · editorial reading
- Credit score of a business owner based solely on business dataexample · editorial reading
- Customs risk assessment of goods at the external borderexample · editorial reading
- AI helping candidates tailor their CV to a vacancyexample · editorial reading
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Read the map atin force now2 Feb 20252 Aug 202527 Jul 20262 Aug 20262 Dec 20262 Aug 20272 Dec 20272 Aug 2028
Read at 2 Dec 2026. What did not yet apply on that date is not shown here. The transition period for machine-readable marking ends and the new prohibitions apply.