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The Article 6(3) filter: four alternative conditions, to be read narrowly

A system that falls within an Annex III use case can still escape high-risk classification if it meets one of four conditions. The draft guidelines make clear this is not a broad escape route.

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:guidance:guidance-high-risk-filter-four-conditions
Payload hash (sha256): 5ebf775e247fe97fee67dba869fa855a95df9d16f8ec7a817fbf080597a1e753

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Praxikon, "The Article 6(3) filter: four alternative conditions, to be read narrowly", praxikon:eu:ai-act:guidance:guidance-high-risk-filter-four-conditions@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 5ebf775e247fe97fee67dba869fa855a95df9d16f8ec7a817fbf080597a1e753

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: Sections IV.2.7 and 2.7.1, paragraphs 84 to 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: Sections IV.2.7 and 2.7.1, paragraphs 84 to 90
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-draft-high-risk-classification-guidelines
  Open official source
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  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:deployer
- ActorProvider of an AI system
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

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According to the European Commission's draft guidelines of 19 May 2026, which are not binding and were published for stakeholder consultation, the following applies (paragraphs 84 to 90): the filter mechanism only works for systems that would be high-risk under Article 6(2) and Annex III, not for systems that are high-risk under Article 6(1) and Annex I; the four conditions (narrow procedural task, improving the result of a previously completed human activity, detecting decision-making patterns or deviations without replacing or influencing the previously completed human assessment without proper human review, and preparatory task) are exhaustive but alternative; there is no separate, independent risk test alongside those conditions; and because Article 6(3) is an exception to rules that also protect fundamental rights, the conditions must be interpreted narrowly and always read in light of the requirement that the system does not materially influence the outcome of decision-making.
- Locator: Sections IV.2.7 and 2.7.1, paragraphs 84 to 90praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-draft-high-risk-classification-guidelinesOpen 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 practical question is not whether your system feels low risk, but whether it demonstrably fits one of the four described task types. The absence of a separate risk test cuts both ways: you do not need to make a general risk assessment, but you also cannot invoke one when none of the four conditions fits.
- Locator: Sections IV.2.7 and 2.7.1, paragraphs 84 to 90praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-draft-high-risk-classification-guidelinesOpen official source

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For each system, set out which of the four conditions you rely on and why, in the document's own vocabulary. If you rely on more than one, name each separately. If the reasoning feels strained, assume the narrow reading works against you and treat the system as high-risk.
- Locator: Sections IV.2.7 and 2.7.1, paragraphs 84 to 90praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-draft-high-risk-classification-guidelinesOpen official source

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Praxikon, "The Article 6(3) filter: four alternative conditions, to be read narrowly",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:guidance:guidance-high-risk-filter-four-conditions@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 5ebf775e247fe97fee67dba869fa855a95df9d16f8ec7a817fbf080597a1e753,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/guidance/guidance-high-risk-filter-four-conditions
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Aguidance%3Aguidance-high-risk-filter-four-conditions&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-filter-four-conditions@1.0.0 (sha256 5ebf775e)

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  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:guidance:guidance-high-risk-filter-four-conditions},
  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/guidance/guidance-high-risk-filter-four-conditions},
  urldate      = {2026-08-25},
  language     = {en}
}

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