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Distributor

Any link in the supply chain that makes an AI system available on the Union market and is neither provider nor importer.

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-distributeur
Payload hash (sha256): 8113722b7f4a5259c937696ebb6364c374c7ec0e0db2f09bc0cab4f8455d442f

Citation line

Praxikon, "Distributor", praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-distributeur@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 8113722b7f4a5259c937696ebb6364c374c7ec0e0db2f09bc0cab4f8455d442f

Version: 1.0.0
Legal time (effective_at): 8 August 2026
Knowledge time (known_at): 8 August 2026
Closed on: Not closed
Application date: 2 February 2025
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.

What this object links to

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What this object is about

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Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 3(7)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
Via
- Condition | allApplies only to a party in the supply chain that is neither the provider nor the importer.
Consequence
- ActorDistributor
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:distributor
- ActorImporter
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:importer
- 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.

Article 3(7) defines a distributor as a natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the provider or the importer, that makes an AI system available on the Union market.
- Locator: Article 3(7)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.

Resellers, systems integrators, marketplaces and staffing firms that ship software along with their service often assume they fall outside the Regulation because they build nothing. The definition is a residual category: if you are neither provider nor importer in the chain, and you make the system available on the Union market, you are a distributor. Note point 10: making available on the market means supply in the course of a commercial activity, whether for payment or free of charge. Passing something on free or offering a trial version is covered too. Put your own name or trademark on it and the role shifts to provider.
- Locator: Article 3(7)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.

Map which AI systems your organisation passes on to third parties, including free of charge and as a by-product of a service, and record per system whose name or trademark it carries. Set out in your resale contracts who holds which role, so that it is not disputed later who the provider was.
- Locator: Article 3(7)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

When this applies

1Applies only to a party in the supply chain that is neither the provider nor the importer.

When this does not apply

No exception recorded on this object.

Referring to this object

Citation block

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Reference

Praxikon, "Distributor",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-distributeur@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 8113722b7f4a5259c937696ebb6364c374c7ec0e0db2f09bc0cab4f8455d442f,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-distributeur
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Adefinition%3Adefinitie-distributeur&effective_at=2026-08-08&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-23)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-distributeur@1.0.0 (sha256 8113722b)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-definition-definitie-distributeur-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Distributor},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-distributeur},
  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 8113722b7f4a5259c937696ebb6364c374c7ec0e0db2f09bc0cab4f8455d442f},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-distributeur},
  urldate      = {2026-08-23},
  language     = {en}
}

CSL JSON

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