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Split and agentic architectures are assessed as a whole

You cannot avoid classification by splitting a high-risk function into separate modules. The draft assesses the combined configuration.

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:guidance:guidance-high-risk-complex-and-agentic-systems
Payload hash (sha256): e272b329ca696236a70acdbff8f97585e4b61e1b22565101e8694ca61a7f4a2c

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Praxikon, "Split and agentic architectures are assessed as a whole", praxikon:eu:ai-act:guidance:guidance-high-risk-complex-and-agentic-systems@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 e272b329ca696236a70acdbff8f97585e4b61e1b22565101e8694ca61a7f4a2c

Version: 1.0.0
Legal time (effective_at): 8 August 2026
Knowledge time (known_at): 8 August 2026
Closed on: Not closed
Topics: guidance

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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- Draft guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems
  Locator: Section IV.2.3, paragraphs 75 and 76, and section IV.2.7.1 paragraph 90
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-draft-high-risk-classification-guidelines
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- ObligationAnnex III: high-risk AI
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:annex-iii-high-risk

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- Draft guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems
  Locator: Section IV.2.3, paragraphs 75 and 76, and section IV.2.7.1 paragraph 90
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-draft-high-risk-classification-guidelines
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  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:deployer
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  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

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The non-binding draft guidelines of 19 May 2026 provide in paragraphs 75, 76 and 90 that where several AI systems form part of a more complex whole and their combined intended purpose or joint outputs materially influence an individual decision, that configuration is treated as a single AI system for classification. The draft expressly states that split architectures are assessed as a whole to prevent circumvention by system design, that exemptions for individual modules do not apply where the overall configuration influences key aspects of the decision, and that this also extends to complex interconnected setups such as agentic AI systems whose linked actions jointly serve a high-risk purpose. Under the same draft, strictly procedural or preparatory functions do remain eligible for exemption where they are genuinely separable from the system and do not structure or feed outputs that materially influence the examination of an individual case.
- Locator: Section IV.2.3, paragraphs 75 and 76, and section IV.2.7.1 paragraph 90praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-draft-high-risk-classification-guidelinesOpen official source

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This hits modern architecture head-on: a chain of agents, tools and model calls. Four subsystems that are each neatly preparatory on their own still form a high-risk system once the chain in practice drives the decision.
- Locator: Section IV.2.3, paragraphs 75 and 76, and section IV.2.7.1 paragraph 90praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-draft-high-risk-classification-guidelinesOpen official source

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Assess at chain level, not component level. Record where separability genuinely lies, and show the exempted module can be put into service independently without contributing to the high-risk purpose.
- Locator: Section IV.2.3, paragraphs 75 and 76, and section IV.2.7.1 paragraph 90praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-draft-high-risk-classification-guidelinesOpen official source

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Praxikon, "Split and agentic architectures are assessed as a whole",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:guidance:guidance-high-risk-complex-and-agentic-systems@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 e272b329ca696236a70acdbff8f97585e4b61e1b22565101e8694ca61a7f4a2c,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/guidance/guidance-high-risk-complex-and-agentic-systems
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Aguidance%3Aguidance-high-risk-complex-and-agentic-systems&effective_at=2026-08-08&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-25)

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praxikon:eu:ai-act:guidance:guidance-high-risk-complex-and-agentic-systems@1.0.0 (sha256 e272b329)

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  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:guidance:guidance-high-risk-complex-and-agentic-systems},
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  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/guidance/guidance-high-risk-complex-and-agentic-systems},
  urldate      = {2026-08-25},
  language     = {en}
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