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Harmonised standard

A European standard published in the Official Journal which, if you apply it, produces a presumption of conformity. This is the fastest route to demonstrability, but the AI Act standards are not finished yet.

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-geharmoniseerde-norm
Payload hash (sha256): 70a5ec3eac27ea95162009985906f76819f9368b8019430397847748a6f4fdb7

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Praxikon, "Harmonised standard", praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-geharmoniseerde-norm@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 70a5ec3eac27ea95162009985906f76819f9368b8019430397847748a6f4fdb7

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
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 3(27)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
Via
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Consequence
- ActorProvider of an AI system
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

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Article 3(27) defines a harmonised standard as a harmonised standard as defined in Article 2(1), point (c), of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012.
- Locator: Article 3(27)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.

Textually this is a cross-reference, but the practical weight sits in Article 40: if you apply a harmonised standard whose reference has been published in the Official Journal, you are presumed to comply with the corresponding requirement. That removes a great deal of evidentiary burden. The problem as of the reference date is that the standardisation work at CEN and CENELEC is not yet fully completed and published, so organisations cannot currently lean on a ready-made presumption of conformity. Waiting for the standards is not viable, because the Annex III obligations arrive on 2 December 2027 and the Annex I ones on 2 August 2028. You therefore have to build demonstrability yourself and align later.
- Locator: Article 3(27)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.

Maintain a register recording, per requirement from Chapter III, which standard, framework or internal control you rely on and why that choice covers the requirement. Structure that register so you can replace a row once the harmonised standard is published, without having to rewrite your entire dossier.
- Locator: Article 3(27)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

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Reference

Praxikon, "Harmonised standard",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-geharmoniseerde-norm@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 70a5ec3eac27ea95162009985906f76819f9368b8019430397847748a6f4fdb7,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-geharmoniseerde-norm
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Adefinition%3Adefinitie-geharmoniseerde-norm&effective_at=2026-08-08&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-23)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-geharmoniseerde-norm@1.0.0 (sha256 70a5ec3e)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-definition-definitie-geharmoniseerde-norm-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Harmonised standard},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-geharmoniseerde-norm},
  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 70a5ec3eac27ea95162009985906f76819f9368b8019430397847748a6f4fdb7},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-geharmoniseerde-norm},
  urldate      = {2026-08-23},
  language     = {en}
}

CSL JSON

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