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Article 24: obligations of distributors

Before making a system available on the market the distributor verifies the marking, the declaration and the instructions for use plus compliance by provider and importer, and must afterwards be able to correct, withdraw or recall.

Praxikon tracks Article 24: obligations of distributors under the EU AI Act, checked against the official source on 8 August 2026, citing the source for every statement.

Status: Upcoming
Application date: 2 December 2027
Version: 1.0.0
Last reviewed: 8 August 2026

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.

From source to evidence

Why this obligation applies, what it asks of you, and what you show for it.

Applies

Upcoming · 2 December 2027

For whom

Distributor

What you do

Perform the Article 24(1) check before making available

What you record

Distributor log of checks and corrective actions

Official source

Article 24(1)-(6)

Who this is relevant to

When this applies

Distributor
You are a distributor if you make an AI system available on the Union market without being the provider or the importer. This catches resellers, systems integrators and managed service providers that pass on someone else's AI.

1Applies to distributors of high-risk AI systems. For the standalone Annex III route (Article 6(2)) the date is 2 December 2027; for the embedded Annex I route (Article 6(1)) the date is 2 August 2028.

What the official source establishes

Article 24(1) requires distributors, before making a high-risk AI system available on the market, to verify that it bears the required CE marking, that it is accompanied by a copy of the EU declaration of conformity referred to in Article 47 and instructions for use, and that the provider and the importer of that system, as applicable, have complied with their obligations laid down in Article 16, points (b) and (c), and Article 23(3). Paragraph 2 prohibits making the system available while the distributor considers or has reason to consider, on the basis of the information in its possession, that it does not comply with the requirements of Section 2, and requires notification of the provider or the importer where the system presents a risk within the meaning of Article 79(1). Paragraph 3 requires storage and transport conditions that do not jeopardise compliance. Paragraph 4 requires a distributor that considers or has reason to consider that a system already made available does not comply with Section 2 to take the corrective actions necessary to bring it into conformity, to withdraw it or recall it, or to ensure that the provider, the importer or any relevant operator takes those actions; where the system presents a risk within the meaning of Article 79(1) it shall immediately inform the provider or importer and the competent authorities, giving details of the non-compliance and of any corrective actions taken. Paragraph 5 requires providing, upon a reasoned request, all information and documentation regarding actions taken under paragraphs 1 to 4. Paragraph 6 requires cooperation with the competent authorities.

Our interpretation

The official source remains authoritative. This general interpretation is not legal advice.

The check in paragraph 1 looks light but contains an awkward element: you must also verify that the provider has complied with Article 16, point (c), which is having a quality management system in place under Article 17. You cannot see that on the packaging. In practice you anchor it in supplier terms with a statement from the provider and record what you checked. The centre of gravity of Article 24 sits in paragraph 4 though: many resellers assume recall is the manufacturer's business, while the provision also places that action on you, with the option of ensuring another party carries it out. That ensuring requires contractual grip arranged in advance, not during an incident.

What you can do now

Include the three checks of paragraph 1 in your resell or delivery process and keep a record per contract of what you saw. Also make sure you can tell within a day which customer uses which system in which version, because without that overview you cannot execute paragraph 4.

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Perform the Article 24(1) check before making available
Verify the CE marking, the presence of the EU declaration of conformity and the instructions for use, and whether the provider and importer complied with Article 16, points (b) and (c), and Article 23(3).

What to retain

Distributor log of checks and corrective actions

A running record of what you checked, when, with what outcome and which action followed, because the supervisor asks about your conduct rather than about the system.

Control and reassessment

Distributor corrective action, withdrawal and recall control
A pre-arranged capability to bring an already supplied system into conformity, withdraw it or recall it, and to immediately notify the provider or importer and the competent authorities.

Public tools

Full text of Article 24
The full legal text in the public AI Act Explorer.
Read Article 24 in the AI Act Explorer

Conditions and exceptions

If you put your own name or trade mark on the system, substantially modify it, or change the intended purpose so that it becomes high-risk, Article 25(1) treats you as a provider and the duties of Article 16 apply instead of those of Article 24.

Official sources and locators

EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
European Parliament and Council | original-oj-2024-07-12
Source locator: Article 24(1)-(6)
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Referring to this object

Citation block

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Reference

Praxikon, "Article 24: obligations of distributors",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-24-distributor-obligations@1.0.0,
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 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z,
sha256 97f76fe79b4762a462b986a893ed4abc4685865bbfe1eae0a28589d4f3564419,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verplichtingen/article-24-distributor-obligations
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/obligations?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Aobligation%3Aarticle-24-distributor-obligations&effective_at=2026-08-08&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-09-07)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-24-distributor-obligations@1.0.0 (sha256 97f76fe7)

BibTeX

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  title        = {Article 24: obligations of distributors},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
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  howpublished = {AI Act Change \& Evidence Graph, dataset 2.2.0, schema 1.5.0},
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  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verplichtingen/article-24-distributor-obligations},
  urldate      = {2026-09-07},
  language     = {en}
}

CSL JSON

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v1.0.0
8 August 2026
Article 24: obligations of distributors
Before making a system available on the market the distributor verifies the marking, the declaration and the instructions for use plus compliance by provider and importer, and must afterwards be able to correct, withdraw or recall.

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