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Withdrawal of an AI system

A measure aimed at preventing an AI system that is in the supply chain from being made available on the market. It stops distribution, not use by existing customers.

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-uit-de-handel-nemen
Payload hash (sha256): 2482d5e315cec62e5648d6abd0385eecdee52a794798bc48f2f6a506ee223348

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Praxikon, "Withdrawal of an AI system", praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-uit-de-handel-nemen@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 2482d5e315cec62e5648d6abd0385eecdee52a794798bc48f2f6a506ee223348

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(17)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
Via
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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

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Article 3(17) defines withdrawal of an AI system as any measure aiming to prevent an AI system in the supply chain being made available on the market.
- Locator: Article 3(17)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 is the lighter counterpart to a recall and is frequently confused with it, including in contracts. Withdrawal only affects units still in the chain at importers and distributors. Anyone already using the system notices nothing until a recall follows. For your own procurement the practical question is whether a supplier that withdraws its product still delivers updates, patches and support, or whether you are left with a system that is commercially dead but operationally live.
- Locator: Article 3(17)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.

Include in procurement contracts that the provider informs you as soon as it withdraws an AI system, even if you already use it, and record which maintenance and security updates you will still receive afterwards and for how long.
- Locator: Article 3(17)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

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Reference

Praxikon, "Withdrawal of an AI system",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-uit-de-handel-nemen@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 2482d5e315cec62e5648d6abd0385eecdee52a794798bc48f2f6a506ee223348,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-uit-de-handel-nemen
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Adefinition%3Adefinitie-uit-de-handel-nemen&effective_at=2026-08-08&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-25)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-uit-de-handel-nemen@1.0.0 (sha256 2482d5e3)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-definition-definitie-uit-de-handel-nemen-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Withdrawal of an AI system},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-uit-de-handel-nemen},
  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 2482d5e315cec62e5648d6abd0385eecdee52a794798bc48f2f6a506ee223348},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-uit-de-handel-nemen},
  urldate      = {2026-08-25},
  language     = {en}
}

CSL JSON

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