Distributor

The duty rests on this role. A supervisory authority addresses this role when it is not met.

1. Source

   Official fact on this object, with its locator.

   • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

     Locator: Article 24(1)-(6)

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   • Condition | allApplies to distributors of high-risk AI systems. For the standalone Annex III route (Article 6(2)) the date is 2 December 2027; for the embedded Annex I route (Article 6(1)) the date is 2 August 2028.
   • ExceptionIf you put your own name or trade mark on the system, substantially modify it, or change the intended purpose so that it becomes high-risk, Article 25(1) treats you as a provider and the duties of Article 16 apply instead of those of Article 24.

   As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.

   Relation recorded on: Article 24: obligations of distributors

   Consequence

   • ObligationArticle 24: obligations of distributors

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This role is practically affected without being the addressee: it receives the information, has to cooperate, or absorbs the consequences in its own process.

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   Official fact on this object, with its locator.

   • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

     Locator: Amended Article 111(2)

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   • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

     Locator: Amended Article 113 application dates

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   • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

     Locator: New Article 111(4)

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   • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

     Locator: Recital 39 of Regulation (EU) 2026/1744

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   • Condition | allThe transitional rule is without prejudice to the application of Article 5, as referred to in Article 113, third paragraph, point (a). A prohibited practice remains prohibited, regardless of when the system was placed on the market or put into service and regardless of whether the design has changed.
   • Condition | allThe transitional rule concerns the high-risk requirements of Chapter III and is not an exemption from the whole Regulation. Article 4 has applied since 2 February 2025 irrespective of when a system reached the market, and Article 50 has applied to all systems in scope since 2 August 2026. The paragraph 4 added by the Digital Omnibus confirms this: it gives legacy generative systems a short extra period for Article 50(2), which would make no sense if Article 50 did not reach them.
   • Condition | allApplies to operators of high-risk AI systems placed on the market or put into service before the date of application of Chapter III referred to in Article 113, other than the systems referred to in paragraph 1 that are components of the large-scale IT systems listed in Annex X. That date is 2 December 2027 for systems that are high-risk under Article 6(2) and Annex III, and 2 August 2028 for systems that are high-risk under Article 6(1) and Annex I. For that group the high-risk requirements bite only once the systems are subject to significant changes in their designs as from that date.
   • Condition | allThe grace period runs per type and model, not per unit. If at least one individual unit of the type and model was lawfully placed on the market or put into service before the cut off date, other units of the same type and model are covered too and may be offered without additional obligations, requirements or additional certification, as long as the design remains unchanged. The decisive date is the one on which the first unit of that type and model was placed on the market or put into service in the Union.
   • Condition | allApplies independently to providers and deployers of high-risk AI systems intended to be used by public authorities. They must in any case take the necessary steps to comply with the requirements and obligations of the Regulation by 2 August 2030, even where the design remains unchanged.
   • ExceptionSystems that are components of the large-scale IT systems established by the legal acts listed in Annex X fall not under paragraph 2 but under paragraph 1. Paragraph 1 was not amended by the Digital Omnibus and keeps its own cut off: placed on the market or put into service before 2 August 2027, with compliance by 31 December 2030.

   As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.

   Relation recorded on: Article 111(2): legacy high-risk systems and the 2 August 2030 date

   Consequence

   • ObligationArticle 111(2): legacy high-risk systems and the 2 August 2030 date

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2. Source

   Official fact on this object, with its locator.

   • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

     Locator: Article 20(1)-(2)

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   • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

     Locator: Article 1, point (40)(b), of Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, replacing Article 113, third paragraph, point (c), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689

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   • Condition | allApplies to providers of high-risk AI systems as soon as they consider, or have reason to consider, that a system they have placed on the market or put into service is not in conformity with this Regulation. For the standalone Annex III route (Article 6(2)) the date is 2 December 2027. For systems embedded as a safety component in products covered by the Annex I harmonisation legislation (Article 6(1)) the date is 2 August 2028.
   • Condition | any ofThe second layer in paragraph 2 is added only where the system presents a risk within the meaning of Article 79(1) and the provider becomes aware of that risk. The investigation of causes and the duty to inform the market surveillance authorities and, where applicable, the notified body that issued a certificate under Article 44, then come on top of the corrective actions under paragraph 1.
   • Condition | any ofThe distributor, the importer and the deployer appear here as affected parties, but that is not their only possible position. Anyone who puts their name or trade mark on a high-risk system already placed on the market, who substantially modifies such a system, or who changes the intended purpose of a system not classified as high-risk so that it becomes high-risk, is considered a provider under Article 25(1) and is subject to the obligations of Article 16. Point (j) of that Article routes straight to Article 20, so this provision then becomes a duty of their own rather than a notification arriving from someone else. In the trade mark case this applies without prejudice to contractual arrangements allocating the obligations otherwise.
   • ExceptionArticle 20 is by definition about systems already placed on the market or put into service, and that is exactly the group covered by the transitional rule of Article 111(2). That provision was replaced by Article 1, point (39)(a), of Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 and now reads: without prejudice to the application of Article 5 as referred to in Article 113, third paragraph, point (a), this Regulation applies to operators of high-risk AI systems, other than the systems referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article, that have been placed on the market or put into service before the date of application of Chapter III referred to in Article 113, only if, as from that date, those systems are subject to significant changes in their designs. The cut-off is therefore no longer a fixed date in paragraph 2: the date of 2 August 2026 that stood there until that amendment has been removed, and the amended paragraph names no date of its own. The carve-out in paragraph 1 covers systems that are components of the large-scale IT systems listed in Annex X; paragraph 1 was not amended and keeps a cut-off of its own. For systems intended to be used by public authorities the reprieve in paragraph 2 does not hold: there, compliance with the requirements and obligations is due by 2 August 2030 in any event. Which date of application of Chapter III is the cut-off is an open point: the object on Article 111 reads it as route dependent, so 2 December 2027 for the Annex III route and 2 August 2028 for the Annex I route, and marks that reading expressly as preliminary. That question is carried there, not here.

   As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.

   Relation recorded on: Article 20: corrective actions and duty of information

   Consequence

   • ObligationArticle 20: corrective actions and duty of information

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3. Source

   Official fact on this object, with its locator.

   • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

     Locator: Article 49(1)-(5)

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   • Condition | any ofParagraph 4 does not except the registration but relocates it: 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, the registration referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 goes into a secure non-public section of the EU database, with a limited list of fields from Annex VIII and Annex IX, and only the Commission and the national authorities referred to in Article 74(8) have access to it.
   • Condition | any ofApplies where a provider or, where applicable, an authorised representative places on the market or puts into service a high-risk AI system listed in Annex III, and where that same party places on the market or puts into service an AI system for which it has concluded that it is not high-risk according to Article 6(3).
   • Condition | any ofApplies where a deployer that is a public authority, Union institution, body, office or agency, or a person acting on their behalf, puts into service or uses a high-risk AI system listed in Annex III.
   • Condition | allRegistration is a precondition and not a notification afterwards: paragraphs 1 and 2 attach to the moment before the system is placed on the market or put into service, paragraph 3 to the moment before it is put into service or used.
   • ExceptionThis is an exception to the route and not to the duty. Paragraphs 1 and 3 except the high-risk AI systems referred to in point 2 of Annex III from registration in the EU database, and paragraph 5 provides that those systems are registered at national level. For critical infrastructure the registration therefore does not fall away: it runs through the national register rather than through the Article 71 EU database.

   As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.

   Relation recorded on: Article 49: registration in the EU database before the system reaches the market

   Consequence

   • ObligationArticle 49: registration in the EU database before the system reaches the market

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4. Source

   Official fact on this object, with its locator.

   • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

     Locator: Article 99(1)-(11)

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   • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

     Locator: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, Article 1, point (38)

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   • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

     Locator: Article 113, third paragraph, point (b)

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   • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

     Locator: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, Article 1, point (40)

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   • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

     Locator: Article 101(1)-(6)

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   • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

     Locator: Article 100(1)-(3)

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   • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

     Locator: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, Article 1, point (32)

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   • Condition | allRelevant as soon as you are an operator within the meaning of the Regulation, that is a provider, product manufacturer, deployer, authorised representative, importer or distributor, and one of the provisions named in Article 99(3), (4) or (5) is engaged. The Article 101 regime is additionally relevant where you are a provider of a general-purpose AI model, because there the Commission fines you itself. If you fall within the competence of the AI Office under Article 75(1), Article 75c is added on top.
   • ExceptionParagraph 6 reverses the calculation for SMEs, including start-ups: for them the lower of the percentage and the amount applies, where for other undertakings it is the higher of the two, and it does so for every fine referred to in Article 99. The inserted paragraph 6a does the same for small mid-cap enterprises, but expressly only for paragraphs 4 and 5, so the Article 5 band is not reversed for them. Paragraph 8 leaves it to each Member State to determine to what extent administrative fines may be imposed on public authorities and bodies established in that Member State, so the ceiling for a public organisation does not follow from the Regulation. Paragraph 9 allows the fine to be imposed by the competent national courts or by other bodies rather than by the authority in some Member States.

   As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.

   Relation recorded on: Article 99, 100 and 101: the penalty structure per obligation

   Consequence

   • ObligationArticle 99, 100 and 101: the penalty structure per obligation

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This duty holder creates, maintains and can produce the evidence.

1. Source

   Official fact on this object, with its locator.

   • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

     Locator: Article 24(1)-(6)

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   • Condition | allApplies to distributors of high-risk AI systems. For the standalone Annex III route (Article 6(2)) the date is 2 December 2027; for the embedded Annex I route (Article 6(1)) the date is 2 August 2028.
   • ExceptionIf you put your own name or trade mark on the system, substantially modify it, or change the intended purpose so that it becomes high-risk, Article 25(1) treats you as a provider and the duties of Article 16 apply instead of those of Article 24.

   As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.

   Relation recorded on: Article 24: obligations of distributors

   Consequence

   • ObligationArticle 24: obligations of distributors

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The object is about this role. Undifferentiated: it does not follow that the duty rests on this role.

1. Source

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   • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

     Locator: Article 99(1)-(11)

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   • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

     Locator: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, Article 1, point (38)

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   • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

     Locator: Article 113, third paragraph, point (b)

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   • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

     Locator: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, Article 1, point (40)

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   • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

     Locator: Article 101(1)-(6)

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   • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

     Locator: Article 100(1)-(3)

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   • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

     Locator: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, Article 1, point (32)

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   • Condition | allTo be done as soon as your obligations register exists, and to be revisited on every amendment of the Regulation and on every change to the national penalty regime of a Member State in which you operate. No deadline attaches to it: this is an editorial recommendation.

   Relation recorded on: Assign to each obligation the penalty ceiling that belongs to it

   Consequence

   • ActionAssign to each obligation the penalty ceiling that belongs to it

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2. Source

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   • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

     Locator: Article 49(1)-(5)

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   • Condition | allArises on every release of an Annex III system, on every application of Article 6(3) to such a system, and on every putting into service by a public authority or by a party acting on its behalf.

   Relation recorded on: Register yourself and the system before it reaches the market or is put into service

   Consequence

   • ActionRegister yourself and the system before it reaches the market or is put into service

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   • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

     Locator: Article 24(1)-(6)

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   • Condition | allTo be carried out before every making available on the market, including where you supply the system free of charge or as part of a service bundle (Article 3(10)).

   Relation recorded on: Perform the Article 24(1) check before making available

   Consequence

   • ActionPerform the Article 24(1) check before making available

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   • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

     Locator: Article 49(1)-(5)

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   No condition or exception recorded on this object.

   Relation recorded on: Release gate: no market entry without registration

   Consequence

   • ControlRelease gate: no market entry without registration

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5. 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 99(1)-(11)

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   • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

     Locator: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, Article 1, point (38)

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   • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

     Locator: Article 113, third paragraph, point (b)

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   • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

     Locator: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, Article 1, point (40)

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   • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

     Locator: Article 101(1)-(6)

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   • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

     Locator: Article 100(1)-(3)

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   • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

     Locator: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, Article 1, point (32)

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   No condition or exception recorded on this object.

   Relation recorded on: Recording of the factors in Article 99(7)

   Consequence

   • ControlRecording of the factors in Article 99(7)

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6. Source

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   • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

     Locator: Article 24(1)-(6)

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   • Condition | allTriggered as soon as, on the basis of the information in your possession, you have reason to consider that the system does not comply with Section 2, including where that information comes from a customer rather than the provider.

   Relation recorded on: Distributor corrective action, withdrawal and recall control

   Consequence

   • ControlDistributor corrective action, withdrawal and recall control

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7. Source

   Official fact on this object, with its locator.

   • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

     Locator: Article 3(24)

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   No condition or exception recorded on this object.

   Relation recorded on: CE marking

   Consequence

   • DefinitionCE marking

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8. Source

   Official fact on this object, with its locator.

   • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

     Locator: Article 3(7)

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   • Condition | allApplies only to a party in the supply chain that is neither the provider nor the importer.

   Relation recorded on: Distributor

   Consequence

   • DefinitionDistributor

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9. Source

   Official fact on this object, with its locator.

   • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

     Locator: Article 3(9)-(10)

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   No condition or exception recorded on this object.

   Relation recorded on: Placing on the market

   Consequence

   • DefinitionPlacing on the market

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10. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

      Locator: Article 3(8)

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    No condition or exception recorded on this object.

    Relation recorded on: Operator

    Consequence

    • DefinitionOperator

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11. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

      Locator: Article 3(17)

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    No condition or exception recorded on this object.

    Relation recorded on: Withdrawal of an AI system

    Consequence

    • DefinitionWithdrawal of an AI system

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12. 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 49(1)-(5)

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    No condition or exception recorded on this object.

    Relation recorded on: Article 49 registration dossier

    Consequence

    • EvidenceArticle 49 registration dossier

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