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Article 18: documentation keeping
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Article 18: documentation keeping
The provider of a high-risk AI system keeps the technical documentation, the quality management system documentation, the changes approved by notified bodies and the decisions they issued, and the EU declaration of conformity at the disposal of the national competent authorities for a period ending ten years after the system has been placed on the market or put into service.
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- Article 18 on EUR-Lexguidance
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Read at 2 Aug 2026. What did not yet apply on that date is not shown here. The transparency duties of article 50 apply, and the Commission can enforce against GPAI providers.