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Annex III, point 2: critical infrastructure

Annex III, point 2, as that point stands in the Regulation, with its lettered subpoints and the exceptions named in them.

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:annex-iii-area-2-critical-infrastructure
Payload hash (sha256): 66333c35ee0160d73cb5ce61d1610c52db447d25b29983457b79cc555e23b11f

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Praxikon, "Annex III, point 2: critical infrastructure", praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:annex-iii-area-2-critical-infrastructure@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 66333c35ee0160d73cb5ce61d1610c52db447d25b29983457b79cc555e23b11f

Version: 1.0.0
Legal time (effective_at): 27 July 2026
Knowledge time (known_at): 14 August 2026
Closed on: Not closed
Application date: 2 December 2027
Topics: high-risk

Review status: Placed against the official source (14 August 2026). Next check due by 10 February 2027. The check date is the knowledge date of this version; no later recheck has been recorded.

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The obligation this hangs off

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Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Annex III, point 2
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744
  Locator: Amended Article 113, third paragraph, point (c)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744
  Open official source
Via
No condition or exception recorded on this object.
Consequence
- ObligationAnnex III: the eight areas separately
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:annex-iii-eight-areas

What this object is about

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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.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Annex III, point 2
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744
  Locator: Amended Article 113, third paragraph, point (c)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744
  Open official source
Via
No condition or exception recorded on this object.
Consequence
- ActorDeployer
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:deployer
- ActorProvider of an AI system
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

What this object states

Official fact

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Critical infrastructure: AI systems intended to be used as safety components in the management and operation of critical digital infrastructure, road traffic, or in the supply of water, gas, heating or electricity.
- Locator: Annex III, point 2praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source
The core rules of Chapter III, Sections 1 to 3, apply from 2 December 2027 to systems classified as high-risk pursuant to Article 6(2) and Annex III. That date follows from Article 113 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744.
- Locator: Amended Article 113, third paragraph, point (c)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744Open official source

Our interpretation

Our own reading. It can change without the law changing, and it is not the position of a supervisory authority.

The only area without lettered subpoints, and the only one excluded by Article 86 and Article 27: point 2 carries no right to an explanation and no fundamental rights impact assessment. The test sits in the words safety component and management and operation.
- Locator: Annex III, point 2praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

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When this does not apply

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Referring to this object

Citation block

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Reference

Praxikon, "Annex III, point 2: critical infrastructure",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:annex-iii-area-2-critical-infrastructure@1.0.0,
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 2026-08-14T00:00:00.000Z,
sha256 66333c35ee0160d73cb5ce61d1610c52db447d25b29983457b79cc555e23b11f,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/annex-iii-area-2-critical-infrastructure
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Adefinition%3Aannex-iii-area-2-critical-infrastructure&effective_at=2026-07-27&known_at=2026-08-14&lang=en, accessed 2026-09-20)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:annex-iii-area-2-critical-infrastructure@1.0.0 (sha256 66333c35)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-definition-annex-iii-area-2-critical-infrastructure-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Annex III, point 2: critical infrastructure},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:annex-iii-area-2-critical-infrastructure},
  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 2026-08-14T00:00:00.000Z; sha256 66333c35ee0160d73cb5ce61d1610c52db447d25b29983457b79cc555e23b11f},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/annex-iii-area-2-critical-infrastructure},
  urldate      = {2026-09-20},
  language     = {en}
}

CSL JSON

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