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Draft guidelines on high-risk classification

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:change:2026-05-19-draft-high-risk-guidelines
Payload hash (sha256): f8996eb1bc4fd2bb4496f27f0be4b686f56122564b91e488e733ad0a50128c31

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Praxikon, "Draft guidelines on high-risk classification", praxikon:eu:ai-act:change:2026-05-19-draft-high-risk-guidelines@1.0.0, dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.1.0 (schema 1.4.0), effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-08-14T00:00:00.000Z, sha256 f8996eb1bc4fd2bb4496f27f0be4b686f56122564b91e488e733ad0a50128c31

Version: 1.0.0
Legal time (effective_at): 19 May 2026
Knowledge time (known_at): 8 August 2026
Closed on: Not closed
Application date: 19 May 2026
Topics: high-risk

Review status: Placed against the official source (8 August 2026). Next check due by 4 February 2027. The check date is the knowledge date of this version; no later recheck has been recorded.

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- Draft guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems
  Locator: Draft guidelines of 19 May 2026, annexes on Annex I and Annex III
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-draft-high-risk-classification-guidelines
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- ObligationAnnex III: high-risk AI
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:annex-iii-high-risk
- ObligationArticles 43-49: conformity assessment, CE and registration
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- Draft guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems
  Locator: Draft guidelines of 19 May 2026, annexes on Annex I and Annex III
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-draft-high-risk-classification-guidelines
  Open official source
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On 19 May 2026 the Commission published draft guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems for stakeholder consultation, with separate annexes on Annex I and Annex III. The text is non-binding and not yet final.
- Locator: Draft guidelines of 19 May 2026, annexes on Annex I and Annex IIIpraxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-draft-high-risk-classification-guidelinesOpen official source

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Praxikon, "Draft guidelines on high-risk classification",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:change:2026-05-19-draft-high-risk-guidelines@1.0.0,
dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.1.0 (schema 1.4.0),
effective_at 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z,
sha256 f8996eb1bc4fd2bb4496f27f0be4b686f56122564b91e488e733ad0a50128c31,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/change/2026-05-19-draft-high-risk-guidelines
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Achange%3A2026-05-19-draft-high-risk-guidelines&effective_at=2026-05-19&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-23)

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praxikon:eu:ai-act:change:2026-05-19-draft-high-risk-guidelines@1.0.0 (sha256 f8996eb1)

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@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-change-2026-05-19-draft-high-risk-guidelines-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Draft guidelines on high-risk classification},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:change:2026-05-19-draft-high-risk-guidelines},
  howpublished = {AI Act Change \& Evidence Graph, dataset 2.1.0, schema 1.4.0},
  note         = {effective_at 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z; known_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z; sha256 f8996eb1bc4fd2bb4496f27f0be4b686f56122564b91e488e733ad0a50128c31},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/change/2026-05-19-draft-high-risk-guidelines},
  urldate      = {2026-08-23},
  language     = {en}
}

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