Comparison

Article 72 versus Article 73: monitoring and incident reporting

Article 72 is continuous and internal: the provider gathers and assesses how the system behaves in practice. Article 73 is an event and external: as soon as a serious incident occurs, a report goes to the market surveillance authority.

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Article 72 versus Article 73: monitoring and incident reporting
Field	Article 72, continuous	Article 73, event
Status	Applicable	Applicable
Applies from	2 August 2026	2 August 2026
Who carries the duty	Provider of an AI system	Provider of an AI system
Who is affected	Deployer	Deployer
Who supervises	Not recorded	Market surveillance authority
When this applies	The provider has a high-risk system on the market; deployers supply the real-world data via monitoring and signals.	A serious incident occurs with a high-risk system: death or serious harm to health, serious and irreversible disruption of critical infrastructure, infringement of fundamental-rights protections or serious damage to property or environment.
Exceptions	The plan may be proportionate to the nature of the system and align with existing sectoral monitoring regimes.	For systems under sectoral reporting regimes with equivalent duties, reporting may run through that regime to avoid duplication.
First actions	Draw up a post-market monitoring plan	Set up an incident process with reporting routes
Evidence that belongs with it	Monitoring plan and reports	Incident register and reports
Control	Signal-to-action loop	Incident drill and deadline watch
Version and review status	v2.0.0, placed against the official source	v2.0.0, placed against the official source

Status

Article 72, continuous: Applicable
Article 73, event: Applicable

Applies from

Article 72, continuous: 2 August 2026
Article 73, event: 2 August 2026

Who carries the duty

Article 72, continuous: Provider of an AI system
Article 73, event: Provider of an AI system

Who is affected

Article 72, continuous: Deployer
Article 73, event: Deployer

Who supervises

Article 72, continuous: Not recorded
Article 73, event: Market surveillance authority

When this applies

Article 72, continuous: The provider has a high-risk system on the market; deployers supply the real-world data via monitoring and signals.
Article 73, event: A serious incident occurs with a high-risk system: death or serious harm to health, serious and irreversible disruption of critical infrastructure, infringement of fundamental-rights protections or serious damage to property or environment.

Exceptions

Article 72, continuous: The plan may be proportionate to the nature of the system and align with existing sectoral monitoring regimes.
Article 73, event: For systems under sectoral reporting regimes with equivalent duties, reporting may run through that regime to avoid duplication.

First actions

Article 72, continuous: Draw up a post-market monitoring plan
Article 73, event: Set up an incident process with reporting routes

Evidence that belongs with it

Article 72, continuous: Monitoring plan and reports
Article 73, event: Incident register and reports

Control

Article 72, continuous: Signal-to-action loop
Article 73, event: Incident drill and deadline watch

Version and review status

Article 72, continuous: v2.0.0, placed against the official source
Article 73, event: v2.0.0, placed against the official source

Article 72: post-market monitoring Article 73: serious incident reporting

Official sources and locators

Per side, the provisions the statements above rest on.

Article 72, continuous

EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
Locator: Article 72(1)-(4)
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EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
Locator: Article 113, second paragraph
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Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744
Locator: Article 1, point (40)(b), replacing Article 113, third paragraph, point (c)
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Article 73, event

EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
Locator: Article 73(1)-(11)
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EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
Locator: Article 113, second paragraph
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Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744
Locator: Article 1, point (40)(b), replacing Article 113, third paragraph, point (c)
Open official source

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Reference

Praxikon, "Article 72: post-market monitoring",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-72-post-market-monitoring@2.0.0,
dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.2.0 (schema 1.5.0),
effective_at 2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z,
sha256 6fe04840ffe25ded5e84488a9486d4fa3f46720b9c66ce47d2244110d9e33098,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verplichtingen/article-72-post-market-monitoring
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/obligations?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Aobligation%3Aarticle-72-post-market-monitoring&effective_at=2026-07-27&known_at=2026-09-06&lang=en, accessed 2026-10-08)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-72-post-market-monitoring@2.0.0 (sha256 6fe04840)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-obligation-article-72-post-market-monitoring-2-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Article 72: post-market monitoring},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {2.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-72-post-market-monitoring},
  howpublished = {AI Act Change \& Evidence Graph, dataset 2.2.0, schema 1.5.0},
  note         = {effective_at 2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z; known_at 2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z; sha256 6fe04840ffe25ded5e84488a9486d4fa3f46720b9c66ce47d2244110d9e33098},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verplichtingen/article-72-post-market-monitoring},
  urldate      = {2026-10-08},
  language     = {en}
}

CSL JSON

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    "type": "dataset",
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    "container-title": "AI Act Change & Evidence Graph",
    "publisher": "Praxikon",
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "number": "praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-72-post-market-monitoring",
    "URL": "https://www.praxikon.com/en/verplichtingen/article-72-post-market-monitoring",
    "language": "en",
    "issued": {
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  }
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Reference

Praxikon, "Article 73: serious incident reporting",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-73-incident-reporting@2.0.0,
dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.2.0 (schema 1.5.0),
effective_at 2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z,
sha256 5133c7de1c1f4ab76d5901cc7ac501afaca878740d840f576cbd3a528e3bd2df,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verplichtingen/article-73-incident-reporting
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/obligations?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Aobligation%3Aarticle-73-incident-reporting&effective_at=2026-07-27&known_at=2026-09-06&lang=en, accessed 2026-10-08)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-73-incident-reporting@2.0.0 (sha256 5133c7de)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-obligation-article-73-incident-reporting-2-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Article 73: serious incident reporting},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {2.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-73-incident-reporting},
  howpublished = {AI Act Change \& Evidence Graph, dataset 2.2.0, schema 1.5.0},
  note         = {effective_at 2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z; known_at 2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z; sha256 5133c7de1c1f4ab76d5901cc7ac501afaca878740d840f576cbd3a528e3bd2df},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verplichtingen/article-73-incident-reporting},
  urldate      = {2026-10-08},
  language     = {en}
}

CSL JSON

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    "type": "dataset",
    "title": "Article 73: serious incident reporting",
    "container-title": "AI Act Change & Evidence Graph",
    "publisher": "Praxikon",
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "number": "praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-73-incident-reporting",
    "URL": "https://www.praxikon.com/en/verplichtingen/article-73-incident-reporting",
    "language": "en",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          9,
          6
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          10,
          8
        ]
      ]
    },
    "note": "dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.2.0; schema 1.5.0; effective_at 2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z; known_at 2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z; sha256 5133c7de1c1f4ab76d5901cc7ac501afaca878740d840f576cbd3a528e3bd2df; retrieved_from https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/obligations?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Aobligation%3Aarticle-73-incident-reporting&effective_at=2026-07-27&known_at=2026-09-06&lang=en; licence https://www.praxikon.com/nl/legal/terms"
  }
]

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Article 72, continuous

Article 73, event

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