ChangeIn forcev1.0.0

EN 18286 is the first harmonised AI Act standard

Since 14 October 2026 the reference of EN 18286:2026 is published in the Official Journal; whoever applies the standard is presumed to meet the requirements it covers.

The official source remains authoritative. This is general information about obligations and not legal advice. See this object on the map

Address and citation

This object has an address of its own that is never renamed or reused. Store the identifier in your own file, not the title or the link.

Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:change:2026-10-14-en-18286-harmonised
Payload hash (sha256): 99584fbe3e1f06a07ef028d23b2ce476cfc19ee9fa3e316f5e4ecf57faa297f9

Citation line

Praxikon, "EN 18286 is the first harmonised AI Act standard", praxikon:eu:ai-act:change:2026-10-14-en-18286-harmonised@1.0.0, dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.3.0 (schema 1.5.0), effective_at 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z, sha256 99584fbe3e1f06a07ef028d23b2ce476cfc19ee9fa3e316f5e4ecf57faa297f9

Version: 1.0.0
Legal time (effective_at): 14 October 2026
Knowledge time (known_at): 24 October 2026
Closed on: Not closed
Application date: 14 October 2026
Topics: standards

Review status: Placed against the official source (24 October 2026). Next check due by 22 April 2027. The check date is the knowledge date of this version; no later recheck has been recorded.

What this object links to

Every relation appears below as a path: from the source with its locator, through the conditions and exceptions of the object carrying the relation, to the consequence. A locator belongs to a statement in the data and not to a relation, so the source is the source anchor of the carrying object.

The obligation this hangs off

2 of 2 shown

The object belongs to this obligation. The source line it hangs off sits there.

Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/2274 on the harmonised standards for high-risk AI systems
  Locator: Article 1, Article 2 and Annex, entry 1; recitals (3) and (6)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:dec-impl-eu-2026-2274
  Open official source
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 40(1)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
Via
No condition or exception recorded on this object.
Consequence
- ObligationArticle 17: quality management system
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-17-quality-management
- ObligationArticles 40 to 42: standards, common specifications and presumption of conformity
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-40-42-standards-and-specifications

What this object is about

1 of 1 shown

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

Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/2274 on the harmonised standards for high-risk AI systems
  Locator: Article 1, Article 2 and Annex, entry 1; recitals (3) and (6)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:dec-impl-eu-2026-2274
  Open official source
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 40(1)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
Via
No condition or exception recorded on this object.
Consequence
- ActorProvider of an AI system
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

What this object states

Official fact

Attributable to a named primary source, with a locator. Where they differ, the official source prevails.

By Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/2274 of 12 October 2026 the Commission published the reference of EN 18286:2026 (Artificial intelligence: Quality management system for EU AI Act regulatory purposes) in the Official Journal of the European Union. The decision was published on 14 October 2026 and entered into force that day. From that date, compliance with the standard confers under Article 40(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 a presumption of conformity with the requirements the standard covers. The decision does not list those requirements article by article and attaches no restriction to the reference. According to recital 3 the standard concerns quality management systems for providers of AI systems, including post-market monitoring processes.
- Locator: Article 1, Article 2 and Annex, entry 1; recitals (3) and (6)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:dec-impl-eu-2026-2274Open official source
- Locator: Article 40(1)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

When this applies

No condition recorded on this object.

When this does not apply

No exception recorded on this object.

Referring to this object

Citation block

Copy this reference into your advice, article or file. The identifier, the version and the hash keep the statement findable later, even once the dataset has moved on.

Reference

Praxikon, "EN 18286 is the first harmonised AI Act standard",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:change:2026-10-14-en-18286-harmonised@1.0.0,
dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.3.0 (schema 1.5.0),
effective_at 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z,
sha256 99584fbe3e1f06a07ef028d23b2ce476cfc19ee9fa3e316f5e4ecf57faa297f9,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/change/2026-10-14-en-18286-harmonised
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Achange%3A2026-10-14-en-18286-harmonised&effective_at=2026-10-14&known_at=2026-10-24&lang=en, accessed 2026-10-25)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:change:2026-10-14-en-18286-harmonised@1.0.0 (sha256 99584fbe)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-change-2026-10-14-en-18286-harmonised-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {EN 18286 is the first harmonised AI Act standard},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:change:2026-10-14-en-18286-harmonised},
  howpublished = {AI Act Change \& Evidence Graph, dataset 2.3.0, schema 1.5.0},
  note         = {effective_at 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z; known_at 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z; sha256 99584fbe3e1f06a07ef028d23b2ce476cfc19ee9fa3e316f5e4ecf57faa297f9},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/change/2026-10-14-en-18286-harmonised},
  urldate      = {2026-10-25},
  language     = {en}
}

CSL JSON

[
  {
    "id": "praxikon:eu:ai-act:change:2026-10-14-en-18286-harmonised@1.0.0",
    "type": "dataset",
    "title": "EN 18286 is the first harmonised AI Act standard",
    "container-title": "AI Act Change & Evidence Graph",
    "publisher": "Praxikon",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "number": "praxikon:eu:ai-act:change:2026-10-14-en-18286-harmonised",
    "URL": "https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/change/2026-10-14-en-18286-harmonised",
    "language": "en",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          10,
          24
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          10,
          25
        ]
      ]
    },
    "note": "dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.3.0; schema 1.5.0; effective_at 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z; known_at 2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z; sha256 99584fbe3e1f06a07ef028d23b2ce476cfc19ee9fa3e316f5e4ecf57faa297f9; retrieved_from https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Achange%3A2026-10-14-en-18286-harmonised&effective_at=2026-10-14&known_at=2026-10-24&lang=en; licence https://www.praxikon.com/nl/legal/terms"
  }
]

How to verify a reference later is set out in the methodology. Terms

For agents and integrations

This page and the machine output come from the same object and the same two time axes.

Open as JSON Open as JSON-LD Read the methodology