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Real-time remote biometric identification system

Remote identification where capture, comparison and identification happen without significant delay. The legislator explicitly closed the escape route of an artificial delay.

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-biometrische-identificatie-op-afstand-in-real-time
Payload hash (sha256): 17a55cf94f879698b7063eab7013f6ef08e4daa2a7edf45073ccdb9ab50c46bf

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Praxikon, "Real-time remote biometric identification system", praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-biometrische-identificatie-op-afstand-in-real-time@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 17a55cf94f879698b7063eab7013f6ef08e4daa2a7edf45073ccdb9ab50c46bf

Version: 1.0.0
Legal time (effective_at): 8 August 2026
Knowledge time (known_at): 8 August 2026
Closed on: Not closed
Application date: 1 August 2024
Topics: definitions

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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Source
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- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 3(42)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
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  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:deployer
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  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

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Article 3(42) defines this as a remote biometric identification system whereby the capturing of biometric data, the comparison and the identification all occur without a significant delay, comprising not only instant identification but also limited short delays, in order to avoid circumvention.
- Locator: Article 3(42)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open 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 reference to limited short delays is deliberate. It shuts down the design in which a buffer of seconds or minutes is added so the operator can claim the system is not real-time. The distinction matters enormously: the use of real-time remote identification in publicly accessible spaces for law enforcement has been prohibited in principle since 2 February 2025 under Article 5(1)(h), with narrow exceptions requiring prior authorisation and a national legal basis.
- Locator: Article 3(42)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

Recommended step

A practical step we consider appropriate. Not an obligation following from the Regulation.

Document the processing architecture and the measured latency of the system, including test results. A statement that you "buffer" is not a defence if identification becomes actionable within seconds or minutes in practice.
- Locator: Article 3(42)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

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Reference

Praxikon, "Real-time remote biometric identification system",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-biometrische-identificatie-op-afstand-in-real-time@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 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z,
sha256 17a55cf94f879698b7063eab7013f6ef08e4daa2a7edf45073ccdb9ab50c46bf,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-biometrische-identificatie-op-afstand-in-real-time
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Adefinition%3Adefinitie-biometrische-identificatie-op-afstand-in-real-time&effective_at=2026-08-08&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-23)

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praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-biometrische-identificatie-op-afstand-in-real-time@1.0.0 (sha256 17a55cf9)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-definition-definitie-biometrische-identificatie-op-afstand-in-real-time-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Real-time remote biometric identification system},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-biometrische-identificatie-op-afstand-in-real-time},
  howpublished = {AI Act Change \& Evidence Graph, dataset 2.1.0, schema 1.4.0},
  note         = {effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z; known_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z; sha256 17a55cf94f879698b7063eab7013f6ef08e4daa2a7edf45073ccdb9ab50c46bf},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-biometrische-identificatie-op-afstand-in-real-time},
  urldate      = {2026-08-23},
  language     = {en}
}

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