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Recall of an AI system

A measure aimed at returning an AI system to the provider, taking it out of service, or disabling its use, where that system has already been made available to deployers. A recall reaches systems already in use.

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-terugroepen-ai-systeem
Payload hash (sha256): f4d2c87792a00e0b1002f3ada4386e8240f9778baefb9b8461ef4e671bd0cd89

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Praxikon, "Recall of an AI system", praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-terugroepen-ai-systeem@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 f4d2c87792a00e0b1002f3ada4386e8240f9778baefb9b8461ef4e671bd0cd89

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(16)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
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Consequence
- ActorDeployer
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:deployer
- ActorProvider of an AI system
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

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Article 3(16) defines recall of an AI system as any measure aiming to achieve the return to the provider, the taking out of service, or the disabling of the use of an AI system made available to deployers.
- Locator: Article 3(16)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 difference from withdrawal is the point in the chain. A recall reaches the customer already running the system, while withdrawal only stops what has not yet been delivered. For software a recall is rarely physical: it is a disabled feature, a revoked licence key or a blocked API. Organisations underestimate that a provider may be required under Article 20 to recall a system you depend on operationally, so you need to know today what you will do if a core system is switched off tomorrow.
- Locator: Article 3(16)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 each AI system, record who at the provider can announce a recall, through which channel you will receive that notice, and what fallback you have if the system becomes unusable immediately. Put these arrangements in the contract and test at least annually that the notification channel works.
- Locator: Article 3(16)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

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Reference

Praxikon, "Recall of an AI system",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-terugroepen-ai-systeem@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 f4d2c87792a00e0b1002f3ada4386e8240f9778baefb9b8461ef4e671bd0cd89,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-terugroepen-ai-systeem
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Adefinition%3Adefinitie-terugroepen-ai-systeem&effective_at=2026-08-08&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-25)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-terugroepen-ai-systeem@1.0.0 (sha256 f4d2c877)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-definition-definitie-terugroepen-ai-systeem-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Recall of an AI system},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-terugroepen-ai-systeem},
  howpublished = {AI Act Change \& Evidence Graph, dataset 2.1.0, schema 1.4.0},
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  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-terugroepen-ai-systeem},
  urldate      = {2026-08-25},
  language     = {en}
}

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