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Annex III

High-Risk AI Systems (Article 6(2))

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Lists 8 categories of high-risk AI use cases: biometrics, critical infrastructure, education, employment, essential services (credit scoring, healthcare), law enforcement, migration, and justice/democratic processes.

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high-riskbiometricscritical infrastructureeducationemploymentcredit scoringlaw enforcementmigrationjusticeelections

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Annex III — High-Risk AI Systems referred to in Article 6(2)

1. BIOMETRICS: Remote biometric identification; biometric categorisation by sensitive attributes; emotion recognition.

2. CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: Safety components in management of critical digital infrastructure, road traffic, water, gas, heating or electricity supply.

3. EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING: Access/admission decisions; assessment of learning outcomes; level of education assessment; monitoring exam conduct.

4. EMPLOYMENT AND HR: Recruitment and selection; employment conditions, promotion, termination; task allocation; performance monitoring.

5. ESSENTIAL PRIVATE/PUBLIC SERVICES: Eligibility for public benefits/healthcare; credit scoring and creditworthiness (not fraud detection); life and health insurance risk pricing; emergency call classification and dispatch prioritisation.

6. LAW ENFORCEMENT: Victim risk assessment; polygraphs; evidence reliability assessment; recidivism risk assessment; criminal profiling.

7. MIGRATION, ASYLUM AND BORDER CONTROL: Polygraphs; risk assessment of persons entering; travel document verification; asylum/visa application review; detection of persons at borders.

8. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES: AI assisting courts in fact/law determination; AI influencing election outcomes or voting behaviour.