Evidencev1.0.0

Logs and retention regime

Log files with a retention period appropriate to the purpose and at least six months for deployers (Articles 19 and 26).

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:evidence:article-12-logging-record
Payload hash (sha256): 36b14e51199191933a3881aae2888e665d8dab5f41d1dd8b64dfee4f9aef7c13

Citation line

Praxikon, "Logs and retention regime", praxikon:eu:ai-act:evidence:article-12-logging-record@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 36b14e51199191933a3881aae2888e665d8dab5f41d1dd8b64dfee4f9aef7c13

Version: 1.0.0
Legal time (effective_at): 1 August 2024
Knowledge time (known_at): 8 August 2026
Closed on: Not closed
Topics: evidence, high-risk-requirements

Review status: Editorially reviewed (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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The obligation this hangs off

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Source
This object carries no official fact of its own. The source line below sits on the obligation it hangs off; the link itself is recorded editorially.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 12, Article 19 and Article 26(6)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
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- Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744
  Locator: Amended Article 113 application dates
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744
  Open official source
Via
No condition or exception recorded on this object.
Consequence
- ObligationArticle 12: logging and traceability
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-12-logging

What this object is about

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Source
This object carries no official fact of its own. The source line below sits on the obligation it hangs off; the link itself is recorded editorially.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 12, Article 19 and Article 26(6)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744
  Locator: Amended Article 113 application dates
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744
  Open official source
Via
No condition or exception recorded on this object.
Consequence
- ActorDeployer
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:deployer
- ActorProvider of an AI system
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

What points at this object

Where this evidence comes from

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Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 12, Article 19 and Article 26(6)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744
  Locator: Amended Article 113 application dates
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744
  Open official source
Via
- Condition | allThe system is high-risk; the provider designs the logging, provider and deployer retain the logs under their control.
- ExceptionThe retention period may be limited by Union or national law, including data protection.
As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.
Relation recorded on: Article 12: logging and traceability
Consequence
- ObligationArticle 12: logging and traceability
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-12-logging

When this applies

No condition recorded on this object.

When this does not apply

No exception recorded on this object.

Referring to this object

Citation block

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Reference

Praxikon, "Logs and retention regime",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:evidence:article-12-logging-record@1.0.0,
dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.1.0 (schema 1.4.0),
effective_at 2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z,
sha256 36b14e51199191933a3881aae2888e665d8dab5f41d1dd8b64dfee4f9aef7c13,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/evidence/article-12-logging-record
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Aevidence%3Aarticle-12-logging-record&effective_at=2024-08-01&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-25)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:evidence:article-12-logging-record@1.0.0 (sha256 36b14e51)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-evidence-article-12-logging-record-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Logs and retention regime},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:evidence:article-12-logging-record},
  howpublished = {AI Act Change \& Evidence Graph, dataset 2.1.0, schema 1.4.0},
  note         = {effective_at 2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z; known_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z; sha256 36b14e51199191933a3881aae2888e665d8dab5f41d1dd8b64dfee4f9aef7c13},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/evidence/article-12-logging-record},
  urldate      = {2026-08-25},
  language     = {en}
}

CSL JSON

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