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Article 13: transparency towards deployers

Comprehensible instructions for use and system information so deployers can operate the system correctly.

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Address and citation

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Identifier
praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-13-instructions
Payload hash (sha256)
818266e8912de0d2c95a38a4a16c67b1aad02d10359b3571710fd757c678819b

Citation line

Praxikon, "Article 13: transparency towards deployers", praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-13-instructions@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 818266e8912de0d2c95a38a4a16c67b1aad02d10359b3571710fd757c678819b
Version
1.0.0
Legal time (effective_at)
27 July 2026
Knowledge time (known_at)
8 August 2026
Closed on
Not closed
Application date
2 December 2027
Topics
high-risk-requirements

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.

Who must act and who is affected

On an obligation the addressee is recorded separately from the party that is merely affected. That difference decides who a supervisory authority addresses and who has work to do without the duty resting on them.

Duty holder

Affected actor

  • Deployerpraxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:deployer

Oversight

Not recorded on this object.

Evidence owner

Not recorded on this object.

What this object links to

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Who carries the duty

1 of 1 shown

The duty rests on this role. A supervisory authority addresses this role when it is not met.

  1. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

      Locator: Article 13(1)-(3)

      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 provider supplies a high-risk system; the deployer uses it according to the instructions.
    • ExceptionThe level of detail may match the intended deployer’s knowledge; trade secrets need not be disclosed.

    As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.

    Consequence

Who is affected without being the addressee

1 of 1 shown

This role is practically affected without being the addressee: it receives the information, has to cooperate, or absorbs the consequences in its own process.

  1. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

      Locator: Article 13(1)-(3)

      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 provider supplies a high-risk system; the deployer uses it according to the instructions.
    • ExceptionThe level of detail may match the intended deployer’s knowledge; trade secrets need not be disclosed.

    As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.

    Consequence

    • ActorDeployer

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:deployer

What has to be done

1 of 1 shown

This is what concretely has to be done under the obligation.

  1. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

      Locator: Article 13(1)-(3)

      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 provider supplies a high-risk system; the deployer uses it according to the instructions.
    • ExceptionThe level of detail may match the intended deployer’s knowledge; trade secrets need not be disclosed.

    As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.

    Consequence

What has to be recorded

1 of 1 shown

This is what has to be in the file to show that the action was carried out.

  1. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

      Locator: Article 13(1)-(3)

      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 provider supplies a high-risk system; the deployer uses it according to the instructions.
    • ExceptionThe level of detail may match the intended deployer’s knowledge; trade secrets need not be disclosed.

    As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.

    Consequence

What keeps it in place

1 of 1 shown

This is what keeps compliance in place over time, periodic or event-driven.

  1. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

      Locator: Article 13(1)-(3)

      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 provider supplies a high-risk system; the deployer uses it according to the instructions.
    • ExceptionThe level of detail may match the intended deployer’s knowledge; trade secrets need not be disclosed.

    As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.

    Consequence

Public tools

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This is the public route a reader can actually use.

  1. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

      Locator: Article 13(1)-(3)

      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 provider supplies a high-risk system; the deployer uses it according to the instructions.
    • ExceptionThe level of detail may match the intended deployer’s knowledge; trade secrets need not be disclosed.

    As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.

    Consequence

What points at this object

Objects hanging off this obligation

5 of 5 shown

The object belongs to this obligation. The source line it hangs off sits there.

  1. 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 13(1)-(3)

      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.

    Relation recorded on: Provide complete instructions for use

    Consequence

  2. 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 13(1)-(3)

      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.

    Relation recorded on: Instructions check at deployment

    Consequence

  3. 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 13(1)-(3)

      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.

    Relation recorded on: Instructions and interpretation file

    Consequence

  4. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42: international standards for artificial intelligence

      Locator: ISO/IEC 12792:2025, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:iso-iec-jtc1-sc42

      Open official source

    • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

      Locator: Article 13

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689

      Open official source

    Via

    No condition or exception recorded on this object.

    Relation recorded on: ISO/IEC 12792: transparency taxonomy of AI systems

    Consequence

  5. 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 13(1)-(3)

      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.

    Relation recorded on: Full text of Article 13

    Consequence

What this object states

Official fact

Attributable to a named primary source, with a locator. Where they differ, the official source prevails.

  • Article 13 requires high-risk systems to be designed transparently enough for deployers to interpret and use the output, with instructions covering purpose, accuracy, limitations, human oversight and maintenance.

  • For the Annex III route this requirement applies from 2 December 2027; for high-risk AI in regulated products (Annex I) from 2 August 2028.

    • Locator: Amended Article 113 application datespraxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744Open 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 instructions are the hinge between provider and deployer duties: what the provider fails to supply here, the deployer cannot deliver under Article 26. Ask for it explicitly at procurement.

Recommended step

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

  • Translate received instructions per system into internal work instructions per role and record who received them.

When this applies

  1. 1The provider supplies a high-risk system; the deployer uses it according to the instructions.

When this does not apply

  • The level of detail may match the intended deployer’s knowledge; trade secrets need not be disclosed.

Referring to this object

Citation block

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Reference

Praxikon, "Article 13: transparency towards deployers",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-13-instructions@1.0.0,
dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.1.0 (schema 1.4.0),
effective_at 2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z,
sha256 818266e8912de0d2c95a38a4a16c67b1aad02d10359b3571710fd757c678819b,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/obligation/article-13-instructions
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/obligations?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Aobligation%3Aarticle-13-instructions&effective_at=2026-07-27&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-25)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-13-instructions@1.0.0 (sha256 818266e8)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-obligation-article-13-instructions-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Article 13: transparency towards deployers},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-13-instructions},
  howpublished = {AI Act Change \& Evidence Graph, dataset 2.1.0, schema 1.4.0},
  note         = {effective_at 2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z; known_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z; sha256 818266e8912de0d2c95a38a4a16c67b1aad02d10359b3571710fd757c678819b},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/obligation/article-13-instructions},
  urldate      = {2026-08-25},
  language     = {en}
}

CSL JSON

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