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Inform the test subject and obtain consent to participate

Give every test subject concise, clear, relevant and understandable information beforehand on the five points of Article 61(1), then obtain freely-given informed consent, date and document that consent, and give a copy to the subject or the legal representative.

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:action:article-61-inform-and-obtain-consent
Payload hash (sha256): f165fe13b1466a099d82c952bc1b6f82a49eb480fbbccf2fa6ba036922f812a3

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Praxikon, "Inform the test subject and obtain consent to participate", praxikon:eu:ai-act:action:article-61-inform-and-obtain-consent@1.0.0, dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.2.0 (schema 1.5.0), effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z, sha256 f165fe13b1466a099d82c952bc1b6f82a49eb480fbbccf2fa6ba036922f812a3

Version: 1.0.0
Legal time (effective_at): 2 August 2026
Knowledge time (known_at): 6 September 2026
Closed on: Not closed
Application date: 2 August 2026
Topics: fundamental-rights, innovation

Review status: Editorially reviewed (6 September 2026). Next check due by 5 March 2027. The check date is the knowledge date of this version; no later recheck has been recorded.

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Source
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- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 61(1) and (2)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 60(2); Article 60(4), points (c), (h) and (i); Article 60(5); Article 113, second paragraph
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
Via
- Condition | allArises prior to the participation of every natural person who is a subject of testing in real world conditions under Article 60, and again where the nature, objectives, conditions or expected duration of the test change.
Consequence
- ObligationArticle 61: informed consent of test subjects for testing in real world conditions
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-61-informed-consent

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Source
This object carries no official fact of its own. The source line below sits on the obligation it hangs off; the link itself is recorded editorially.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 61(1) and (2)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 60(2); Article 60(4), points (c), (h) and (i); Article 60(5); Article 113, second paragraph
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
Via
- Condition | allArises prior to the participation of every natural person who is a subject of testing in real world conditions under Article 60, and again where the nature, objectives, conditions or expected duration of the test change.
Consequence
- ActorDeployer
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:deployer
- ActorProvider of an AI system
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

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Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 61(1) and (2)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 60(2); Article 60(4), points (c), (h) and (i); Article 60(5); Article 113, second paragraph
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
Via
- Condition | allApplies for the purpose of testing in real world conditions under Article 60, that is where you are a provider or prospective provider of a high-risk AI system listed in Annex III and you test that system in real world conditions outside an AI regulatory sandbox. Article 60(4), point (i), makes informed consent in accordance with Article 61 one of the cumulative conditions under which such testing is allowed. Consent is obtained per subject prior to their participation. Article 61 sits in Chapter VI, which is named in none of the three exceptions in the third paragraph of Article 113; the general date of application in the second paragraph therefore governs, 2 August 2026.
- Condition | any ofIf under Article 60(2) you test in partnership with one or more deployers or prospective deployers, the condition stays with you as the provider, even where that party is the one in contact with the subject. Article 60(4), point (h), requires you and that party to conclude an agreement specifying your tasks and responsibilities; that is where you record who informs, who obtains the consent and who keeps the file.
- ExceptionThe only exception sits not in Article 61 but in Article 60(4), point (i): in the case of law enforcement, where seeking informed consent would prevent the AI system from being tested in real world conditions, testing may proceed without that consent, provided the testing and its outcome have no negative effect on the subjects and their personal data are deleted after the test is performed. Outside that context there is no exception to consent; Article 61 contains none of its own.
As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.
Relation recorded on: Article 61: informed consent of test subjects for testing in real world conditions
Consequence
- ObligationArticle 61: informed consent of test subjects for testing in real world conditions
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-61-informed-consent

When this applies

1Arises prior to the participation of every natural person who is a subject of testing in real world conditions under Article 60, and again where the nature, objectives, conditions or expected duration of the test change.

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Reference

Praxikon, "Inform the test subject and obtain consent to participate",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:action:article-61-inform-and-obtain-consent@1.0.0,
dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.2.0 (schema 1.5.0),
effective_at 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z,
sha256 f165fe13b1466a099d82c952bc1b6f82a49eb480fbbccf2fa6ba036922f812a3,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/action/article-61-inform-and-obtain-consent
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Aaction%3Aarticle-61-inform-and-obtain-consent&effective_at=2026-08-02&known_at=2026-09-06&lang=en, accessed 2026-09-21)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:action:article-61-inform-and-obtain-consent@1.0.0 (sha256 f165fe13)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-action-article-61-inform-and-obtain-consent-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Inform the test subject and obtain consent to participate},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:action:article-61-inform-and-obtain-consent},
  howpublished = {AI Act Change \& Evidence Graph, dataset 2.2.0, schema 1.5.0},
  note         = {effective_at 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z; known_at 2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z; sha256 f165fe13b1466a099d82c952bc1b6f82a49eb480fbbccf2fa6ba036922f812a3},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/action/article-61-inform-and-obtain-consent},
  urldate      = {2026-09-21},
  language     = {en}
}

CSL JSON

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