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Widespread infringement

An act or omission contrary to Union law protecting the interests of individuals that harms the collective interests of persons in at least two other Member States, or that, with common features, occurs concurrently and is committed by the same operator in at least three Member States.

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-wijdverbreide-inbreuk
Payload hash (sha256): bb625a0755e50f4c81ec2042b0840b7bce5cdc560ecfb5dc8348f5234e15ac05

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Praxikon, "Widespread infringement", praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-wijdverbreide-inbreuk@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 bb625a0755e50f4c81ec2042b0840b7bce5cdc560ecfb5dc8348f5234e15ac05

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(61)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
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- ActorAuthorised representative
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:authorised-representative
- ActorDeployer
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:deployer
- ActorProvider of an AI system
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

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Article 3(61) defines a widespread infringement as any act or omission contrary to Union law protecting the interest of individuals which: (a) has harmed or is likely to harm the collective interests of individuals residing in at least two Member States other than the Member State in which (i) the act or omission originated or took place, (ii) the provider concerned or, where applicable, its authorised representative is located or established, or (iii) the deployer is established, where the infringement is committed by the deployer; or (b) has caused, causes or is likely to cause harm to the collective interests of individuals and has common features, including the same unlawful practice or the same interest being infringed, and is occurring concurrently, committed by the same operator, in at least three Member States.
- Locator: Article 3(61)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 concept does not determine what is prohibited but how supervision is organised. Once a shortcoming in your AI system plays out the same way in several Member States, it stops being a series of separate national files and becomes one coordinated enforcement track. That is exactly the exposure of standardised software: one setting, one model or one flaw in the logic hits everywhere at once and therefore almost automatically meets the common features criterion. Note that the second limb expressly refers to the same operator, which brings deployers into scope and not only providers.
- Locator: Article 3(61)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.

Map the Member States in which the same AI system or configuration is used and track which incidents and complaints share the same root cause across borders. Ensure that a correction made in one country is demonstrably rolled out in the others as well.
- Locator: Article 3(61)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

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Praxikon, "Widespread infringement",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-wijdverbreide-inbreuk@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 bb625a0755e50f4c81ec2042b0840b7bce5cdc560ecfb5dc8348f5234e15ac05,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-wijdverbreide-inbreuk
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Adefinition%3Adefinitie-wijdverbreide-inbreuk&effective_at=2026-08-08&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-25)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-wijdverbreide-inbreuk@1.0.0 (sha256 bb625a07)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-definition-definitie-wijdverbreide-inbreuk-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Widespread infringement},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-wijdverbreide-inbreuk},
  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 bb625a0755e50f4c81ec2042b0840b7bce5cdc560ecfb5dc8348f5234e15ac05},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-wijdverbreide-inbreuk},
  urldate      = {2026-08-25},
  language     = {en}
}

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