ObligationApplicablev2.0.0

Article 73: serious incident reporting

The duty to report serious incidents with high-risk AI, under strict deadlines.

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Address and citation

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-73-incident-reporting
Payload hash (sha256): 5133c7de1c1f4ab76d5901cc7ac501afaca878740d840f576cbd3a528e3bd2df

Citation line

Praxikon, "Article 73: serious incident reporting", praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-73-incident-reporting@2.0.0, dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.2.0 (schema 1.5.0), effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z, sha256 5133c7de1c1f4ab76d5901cc7ac501afaca878740d840f576cbd3a528e3bd2df

Version: 2.0.0
Legal time (effective_at): 27 July 2026
Knowledge time (known_at): 6 September 2026
Closed on: Not closed
Application date: 2 August 2026
Topics: post-market

Review status: Placed against the official source (6 September 2026). Next check due by 5 March 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

Provider of an AI systempraxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

Affected actor

Deployerpraxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:deployer

Oversight

Market surveillance authoritypraxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:market-surveillance-authority

Evidence owner

Provider of an AI systempraxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

What this object links to

Every relation appears below as a path: from the source with its locator, through the conditions and exceptions of the object carrying the relation, to the consequence. A locator belongs to a statement in the data and not to a relation, so the source is the source anchor of the carrying object.

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.

Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 73(1)-(11)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 113, second paragraph
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744
  Locator: Article 1, point (40)(b), replacing Article 113, third paragraph, point (c)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744
  Open official source
Via
- Condition | allA serious incident occurs with a high-risk system: death or serious harm to health, serious and irreversible disruption of critical infrastructure, infringement of fundamental-rights protections or serious damage to property or environment.
- ExceptionFor systems under sectoral reporting regimes with equivalent duties, reporting may run through that regime to avoid duplication.
As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.
Consequence
- ActorProvider of an AI system
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

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.

Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 73(1)-(11)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 113, second paragraph
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744
  Locator: Article 1, point (40)(b), replacing Article 113, third paragraph, point (c)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744
  Open official source
Via
- Condition | allA serious incident occurs with a high-risk system: death or serious harm to health, serious and irreversible disruption of critical infrastructure, infringement of fundamental-rights protections or serious damage to property or environment.
- ExceptionFor systems under sectoral reporting regimes with equivalent duties, reporting may run through that regime to avoid duplication.
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

Who supervises this

1 of 1 shown

This role supervises and receives the notifications. It is the institutional role, not the national body that fills it.

Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 73(1)-(11)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 113, second paragraph
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744
  Locator: Article 1, point (40)(b), replacing Article 113, third paragraph, point (c)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744
  Open official source
Via
- Condition | allA serious incident occurs with a high-risk system: death or serious harm to health, serious and irreversible disruption of critical infrastructure, infringement of fundamental-rights protections or serious damage to property or environment.
- ExceptionFor systems under sectoral reporting regimes with equivalent duties, reporting may run through that regime to avoid duplication.
As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.
Consequence
- ActorMarket surveillance authority
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:market-surveillance-authority

Who owns the evidence

1 of 1 shown

This duty holder creates, maintains and can produce the evidence.

Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 73(1)-(11)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 113, second paragraph
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744
  Locator: Article 1, point (40)(b), replacing Article 113, third paragraph, point (c)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744
  Open official source
Via
- Condition | allA serious incident occurs with a high-risk system: death or serious harm to health, serious and irreversible disruption of critical infrastructure, infringement of fundamental-rights protections or serious damage to property or environment.
- ExceptionFor systems under sectoral reporting regimes with equivalent duties, reporting may run through that regime to avoid duplication.
As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.
Consequence
- ActorProvider of an AI system
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

What has to be done

1 of 1 shown

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

Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 73(1)-(11)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 113, second paragraph
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744
  Locator: Article 1, point (40)(b), replacing Article 113, third paragraph, point (c)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744
  Open official source
Via
- Condition | allA serious incident occurs with a high-risk system: death or serious harm to health, serious and irreversible disruption of critical infrastructure, infringement of fundamental-rights protections or serious damage to property or environment.
- ExceptionFor systems under sectoral reporting regimes with equivalent duties, reporting may run through that regime to avoid duplication.
As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.
Consequence
- ActionSet up an incident process with reporting routes
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:action:article-73-incident-reporting-act

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.

Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 73(1)-(11)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 113, second paragraph
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744
  Locator: Article 1, point (40)(b), replacing Article 113, third paragraph, point (c)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744
  Open official source
Via
- Condition | allA serious incident occurs with a high-risk system: death or serious harm to health, serious and irreversible disruption of critical infrastructure, infringement of fundamental-rights protections or serious damage to property or environment.
- ExceptionFor systems under sectoral reporting regimes with equivalent duties, reporting may run through that regime to avoid duplication.
As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.
Consequence
- EvidenceIncident register and reports
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:evidence:article-73-incident-reporting-record

What keeps it in place

1 of 1 shown

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

Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 73(1)-(11)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 113, second paragraph
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744
  Locator: Article 1, point (40)(b), replacing Article 113, third paragraph, point (c)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744
  Open official source
Via
- Condition | allA serious incident occurs with a high-risk system: death or serious harm to health, serious and irreversible disruption of critical infrastructure, infringement of fundamental-rights protections or serious damage to property or environment.
- ExceptionFor systems under sectoral reporting regimes with equivalent duties, reporting may run through that regime to avoid duplication.
As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.
Consequence
- ControlIncident drill and deadline watch
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:control:article-73-incident-reporting-control

Public tools

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This is the public route a reader can actually use.

Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 73(1)-(11)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 113, second paragraph
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744
  Locator: Article 1, point (40)(b), replacing Article 113, third paragraph, point (c)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744
  Open official source
Via
- Condition | allA serious incident occurs with a high-risk system: death or serious harm to health, serious and irreversible disruption of critical infrastructure, infringement of fundamental-rights protections or serious damage to property or environment.
- ExceptionFor systems under sectoral reporting regimes with equivalent duties, reporting may run through that regime to avoid duplication.
As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.
Consequence
- TemplateFull text of Article 73
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:template:article-73-incident-reporting-legal-text

What points at this object

Objects hanging off this obligation

7 of 7 shown

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

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 73(1)-(11)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 113, second paragraph
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744
  Locator: Article 1, point (40)(b), replacing Article 113, third paragraph, point (c)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744
  Open official source
Via
No condition or exception recorded on this object.
Relation recorded on: Set up an incident process with reporting routes
Consequence
- ActionSet up an incident process with reporting routes
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:action:article-73-incident-reporting-act
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 73(1)-(11)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 113, second paragraph
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744
  Locator: Article 1, point (40)(b), replacing Article 113, third paragraph, point (c)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744
  Open official source
Via
No condition or exception recorded on this object.
Relation recorded on: Incident drill and deadline watch
Consequence
- ControlIncident drill and deadline watch
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:control:article-73-incident-reporting-control
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 73(1)-(11)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 113, second paragraph
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744
  Locator: Article 1, point (40)(b), replacing Article 113, third paragraph, point (c)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744
  Open official source
Via
No condition or exception recorded on this object.
Relation recorded on: Incident register and reports
Consequence
- EvidenceIncident register and reports
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:evidence:article-73-incident-reporting-record
Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 3(49), Article 26(5) and Article 73(1), (2) and (6)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
Via
No condition or exception recorded on this object.
Relation recorded on: Performance scoring for staff goes wrong: report or not
Consequence
- ExamplePerformance scoring for staff goes wrong: report or not
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:example:example-beoordelingssysteem-personeel-incidentmelding
Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 73(1), (2), (4) and (6), and Article 26(5)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
Via
No condition or exception recorded on this object.
Relation recorded on: Serious incident on the production line: who reports and within what deadline
Consequence
- ExampleSerious incident on the production line: who reports and within what deadline
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:example:example-ernstig-incident-productielijn-meldtermijn
Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 3(49), Article 26(5) and Article 73(1), (2), (5) and (7)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
Via
No condition or exception recorded on this object.
Relation recorded on: Proctoring during an exam overshoots: from signal to reporting duty
Consequence
- ExampleProctoring during an exam overshoots: from signal to reporting duty
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:example:example-proctoring-tentamen-incidentmelding
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 73(1)-(11)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 113, second paragraph
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
- Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744
  Locator: Article 1, point (40)(b), replacing Article 113, third paragraph, point (c)
  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 73
Consequence
- TemplateFull text of Article 73
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:template:article-73-incident-reporting-legal-text

What this object states

Official fact

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

Article 73 obliges providers to report serious incidents to the market surveillance authority: immediately after establishing the causal link and at the latest within 15 days, shortened to 10 days in the event of death and to 2 days for widespread infringement or serious disruption of critical infrastructure. Deployers inform the provider without delay.
- Locator: Article 73(1)-(11)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source
This provision is named in none of the three points of Article 113, third paragraph, and therefore falls under the general application date in the second paragraph: 2 August 2026. The move to 2 December 2027 and 2 August 2028 in point (c) concerns only Chapter III, Sections 1, 2 and 3, with the exception of Article 6(5). When a high-risk AI system that this provision addresses can practically exist is a second question: through Article 6(2) and Annex III that is 2 December 2027, and through Article 6(1) and Annex I 2 August 2028. That practical date sits in high_risk_regime_from and not in deadline_at. This is how decision D1 of 6 September 2026 is recorded; see data/ai-act/review/decision-d1-application-dates.json.
- Locator: Article 113, second paragraphpraxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source
- Locator: Article 1, point (40)(b), replacing Article 113, third paragraph, point (c)praxikon: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 deadlines are too short to design the process during the incident: those who decide who reports at the first incident will not make 15 days, let alone 2. This is the GDPR breach playbook, but for AI.
- Locator: Article 73(1)-(11)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

Recommended step

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

Connect the AI incident process to the existing breach and security process and add the AI-specific definitions and deadlines.
- Locator: Article 73(1)-(11)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

When this applies

1A serious incident occurs with a high-risk system: death or serious harm to health, serious and irreversible disruption of critical infrastructure, infringement of fundamental-rights protections or serious damage to property or environment.

When this does not apply

For systems under sectoral reporting regimes with equivalent duties, reporting may run through that regime to avoid duplication.

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v1.0.0
27 July 2026
Article 73: serious incident reporting
The duty to report serious incidents with high-risk AI, under strict deadlines.
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Reference

Praxikon, "Article 73: serious incident reporting",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-73-incident-reporting@2.0.0,
dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.2.0 (schema 1.5.0),
effective_at 2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z,
sha256 5133c7de1c1f4ab76d5901cc7ac501afaca878740d840f576cbd3a528e3bd2df,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/obligation/article-73-incident-reporting
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/obligations?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Aobligation%3Aarticle-73-incident-reporting&effective_at=2026-07-27&known_at=2026-09-06&lang=en, accessed 2026-10-09)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-73-incident-reporting@2.0.0 (sha256 5133c7de)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-obligation-article-73-incident-reporting-2-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Article 73: serious incident reporting},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {2.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-73-incident-reporting},
  howpublished = {AI Act Change \& Evidence Graph, dataset 2.2.0, schema 1.5.0},
  note         = {effective_at 2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z; known_at 2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z; sha256 5133c7de1c1f4ab76d5901cc7ac501afaca878740d840f576cbd3a528e3bd2df},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/obligation/article-73-incident-reporting},
  urldate      = {2026-10-09},
  language     = {en}
}

CSL JSON

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