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Article 71: EU database for high-risk AI systems listed in Annex III

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Article 71: EU database for high-risk AI systems listed in Annex III

The provider or, where applicable, the authorised representative enters the data listed in Sections A and B of Annex VIII into the EU database; the deployer who is, or who acts on behalf of, a public authority, agency or body enters the data listed in Section C. Information registered in accordance with Article 49 is publicly available in a user-friendly manner and machine-readable, except for the secure section covering law enforcement, migration, asylum and border control management and the registration of testing in real world conditions. Setting up and maintaining the database itself is a task of the Commission and not a duty of yours.

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Article 71: EU database for high-risk AI systems listed in Annex III

Applies since 2027-12-02

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Source ·: Article 71 on EUR-Lex
Condition ·: Applies where a provider or authorised representative places an Annex III high-risk AI system on the market or puts it into service and registers itself and that system in accordance with Article 49, where that same party registers a system considered not to be high-risk pursuant to Article 6(3), or where a deployer that is, or that acts on behalf of, a public authority, agency or body registers itself, selects the system and registers its use.
Exception ·: Article 49(5) provides that high-risk AI systems referred to in point 2 of Annex III are registered at national level. For those systems the registration therefore does not run through the Article 71 EU database.
Exception ·: Paragraph 4 excludes the section referred to in Article 49(4) from public availability. For the systems referred to in points 1, 6 and 7 of Annex III in the areas of law enforcement, migration, asylum and border control management, registration takes place in a secure non-public section of the database, with fewer fields than the full Sections: Section A, points 1 to 10 with the exception of points 6, 8 and 9; Section B, points 1 to 5 and points 8 and 9; Section C, points 1, 2 and 3; and points 1, 2, 3 and 5 of Annex IX. Only the Commission and the national authorities referred to in Article 74(8) have access to those sections. Mind the cross-reference: Article 49(4) was not amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 and therefore still names point 9 of Section B, while Article 1, point (42), of that same Regulation deleted that point. There is nothing left to fill in there.

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Checked on 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z · praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-71-eu-database

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Read at 2 Dec 2027. What did not yet apply on that date is not shown here. The requirements for high-risk systems under Annex III apply, together with the FRIA.

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