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Common specification

Technical specifications the Commission can adopt itself when harmonised standards are missing or fall short. The fallback that prevents the AI Act from stalling because standardisation is delayed.

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-gemeenschappelijke-specificatie
Payload hash (sha256): 421ebb1712528befa2715115a21d98edf0bf2e164e2351f776bfcbbfd3bf3489

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Praxikon, "Common specification", praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-gemeenschappelijke-specificatie@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 421ebb1712528befa2715115a21d98edf0bf2e164e2351f776bfcbbfd3bf3489

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(28)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
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  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

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Article 3(28) defines a common specification as a set of technical specifications as defined in Article 2, point (4), of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012, providing means to comply with certain requirements established under this Regulation.
- Locator: Article 3(28)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.

This definition exists because the legislator anticipated that standardisation would not be ready in time. Article 41 allows the Commission to adopt common specifications through implementing acts, with the same effect: applying them creates a presumption of conformity. The misunderstanding is that a common specification would be optional in practice. It is not: anyone deviating must show that their own technical solution is at least equivalent to the intended level of protection, and that reasoning must sit in the technical documentation. Deviating is allowed, but it costs more documentation than following.
- Locator: Article 3(28)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

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Track the Commission's implementing acts and record which common specifications apply to your system. If you choose your own solution, explicitly document which element you do not follow, which alternative measure you take, and on the basis of which analysis you conclude the level of protection is equivalent.
- Locator: Article 3(28)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

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Praxikon, "Common specification",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-gemeenschappelijke-specificatie@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 421ebb1712528befa2715115a21d98edf0bf2e164e2351f776bfcbbfd3bf3489,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-gemeenschappelijke-specificatie
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Adefinition%3Adefinitie-gemeenschappelijke-specificatie&effective_at=2026-08-08&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-23)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-gemeenschappelijke-specificatie@1.0.0 (sha256 421ebb17)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-definition-definitie-gemeenschappelijke-specificatie-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Common specification},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-gemeenschappelijke-specificatie},
  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 421ebb1712528befa2715115a21d98edf0bf2e164e2351f776bfcbbfd3bf3489},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-gemeenschappelijke-specificatie},
  urldate      = {2026-08-23},
  language     = {en}
}

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