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When a customer or distributor itself becomes the provider

Distributors, importers, deployers and other third parties can take on provider obligations. That happens when you put your own name or trademark on a system, when you make a substantial modification to a high-risk system, and when you change the intended purpose of a non high-risk system so that it becomes high-risk.

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:guidance:guidance-high-risk-substantial-modification-article-25
Payload hash (sha256): cf761dadbb93aa15f6b1773ef8ac6d7a5dec66037327356ff1634cabdd7ee54d

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Praxikon, "When a customer or distributor itself becomes the provider", praxikon:eu:ai-act:guidance:guidance-high-risk-substantial-modification-article-25@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 cf761dadbb93aa15f6b1773ef8ac6d7a5dec66037327356ff1634cabdd7ee54d

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: Draft guidelines on high-risk AI classification (19 May 2026), General principles chapter, section II.2, paragraph (14) and its footnote 6
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-draft-high-risk-classification-guidelines
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- ObligationArticles 43-49: conformity assessment, CE and registration
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:conformity-ce-registration

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- Draft guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems
  Locator: Draft guidelines on high-risk AI classification (19 May 2026), General principles chapter, section II.2, paragraph (14) and its footnote 6
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-draft-high-risk-classification-guidelines
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- ActorDeployer
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:deployer
- ActorProvider of an AI system
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

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The draft guidelines of 19 May 2026 on the classification of high-risk AI, which are not binding, note in paragraph (14) that distributors, importers, deployers or other third parties may become subject to provider obligations under Article 25(1) where they, first, put their name or trademark on a high-risk AI system already placed on the market or put into service; second, make a substantial modification to a high-risk AI system already placed on the market or put into service in such a way that it remains a high-risk AI system; or third, modify the intended purpose of an AI system, including a general-purpose AI system, which had not been classified as high-risk, in such a way that the system becomes a high-risk AI system under Article 6. A footnote to that paragraph announces that the Commission is preparing separate guidelines on responsibilities along the AI value chain under Article 25.
- Locator: Draft guidelines on high-risk AI classification (19 May 2026), General principles chapter, section II.2, paragraph (14) and its footnote 6praxikon: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 third situation is the most underestimated. An organisation that buys a broadly deployable model or assistant and then aims it at recruitment, employee evaluation or access to services changes the intended purpose and can thereby become the provider of a high-risk system, with the full set of obligations. White labelling under your own brand is also enough, without changing a single line of code.
- Locator: Draft guidelines on high-risk AI classification (19 May 2026), General principles chapter, section II.2, paragraph (14) and its footnote 6praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-draft-high-risk-classification-guidelinesOpen official source

Recommended step

A practical step we consider appropriate. Not an obligation following from the Regulation.

Introduce a standing check before you rebrand, modify or repurpose a procured AI system. Assess for each change whether you land in one of the three Article 25(1) situations and record that assessment. Make this part of your procurement and change process, not a one-off project check.
- Locator: Draft guidelines on high-risk AI classification (19 May 2026), General principles chapter, section II.2, paragraph (14) and its footnote 6praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-draft-high-risk-classification-guidelinesOpen official source

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Praxikon, "When a customer or distributor itself becomes the provider",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:guidance:guidance-high-risk-substantial-modification-article-25@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 cf761dadbb93aa15f6b1773ef8ac6d7a5dec66037327356ff1634cabdd7ee54d,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/guidance/guidance-high-risk-substantial-modification-article-25
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Aguidance%3Aguidance-high-risk-substantial-modification-article-25&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-substantial-modification-article-25@1.0.0 (sha256 cf761dad)

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  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:guidance:guidance-high-risk-substantial-modification-article-25},
  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-substantial-modification-article-25},
  urldate      = {2026-08-25},
  language     = {en}
}

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