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Real-world testing plan

The document in which you set out in advance how you will test an AI system outside the lab: objective, methodology, scope, who takes part, for how long and how you monitor it. Without this plan, testing in real-world conditions is not permitted.

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-plan-voor-testen-onder-reele-omstandigheden
Payload hash (sha256): 9070268d8aca95a4a3f19619bce98e681a8e5e4a2b3b454824b10249b3b702e5

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Praxikon, "Real-world testing plan", praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-plan-voor-testen-onder-reele-omstandigheden@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 9070268d8aca95a4a3f19619bce98e681a8e5e4a2b3b454824b10249b3b702e5

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(53)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
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  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

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Article 3(53) defines a real-world testing plan as a document that describes the objectives, methodology, geographical, population and temporal scope, monitoring, organisation and conduct of testing in real-world conditions.
- Locator: Article 3(53)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.

In practice this goes wrong because organisations keep calling a pilot with real users a pilot and assume nothing applies. As soon as you trial an AI system with real people in a real environment, you fall under the regime of Article 57 or 60, and that requires a plan drawn up in advance that can be reviewed. A test plan written after the fact to fill a file does not meet the definition, because the essence of the concept is that the design is fixed beforehand.
- Locator: Article 3(53)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.

For every real-world test, record a single document containing the eight elements from the definition: objective, methodology, geographical scope, the population involved, duration, monitoring, organisation and conduct. Link that document to the registration of the test and retain it with the date of approval.
- Locator: Article 3(53)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

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Reference

Praxikon, "Real-world testing plan",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-plan-voor-testen-onder-reele-omstandigheden@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 9070268d8aca95a4a3f19619bce98e681a8e5e4a2b3b454824b10249b3b702e5,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-plan-voor-testen-onder-reele-omstandigheden
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Adefinition%3Adefinitie-plan-voor-testen-onder-reele-omstandigheden&effective_at=2026-08-08&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-23)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-plan-voor-testen-onder-reele-omstandigheden@1.0.0 (sha256 9070268d)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-definition-definitie-plan-voor-testen-onder-reele-omstandigheden-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Real-world testing plan},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-plan-voor-testen-onder-reele-omstandigheden},
  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 9070268d8aca95a4a3f19619bce98e681a8e5e4a2b3b454824b10249b3b702e5},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-plan-voor-testen-onder-reele-omstandigheden},
  urldate      = {2026-08-23},
  language     = {en}
}

CSL JSON

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