Chapter IIIHigh-Risk
Article 12
Record-keeping
Plain-Language Summary
High-risk AI systems must be designed and developed to automatically record events (logs) relevant to identifying risks and ensuring human oversight. The logging capabilities must be sufficient to trace the system's operation over its lifetime.
Keywords
loggingrecord-keepingtraceabilityaudit traileventsautomatic recordinghuman oversight
Legal Text
Article 12 — Record-keeping 1. High-risk AI systems shall technically allow for the automatic recording of events (logs) over the lifetime of the system. 2. In order to ensure a level of traceability of the AI system's functioning that is appropriate to the intended purpose of the system, logging capabilities shall enable the recording of events relevant for: (a) identifying situations that may result in the high-risk AI system presenting a risk within the meaning of Article 79(1) or in a substantial modification; (b) facilitating the post-market monitoring referred to in Article 72; (c) monitoring the operation of high-risk AI systems referred to in Article 26(5). 3. For high-risk AI systems referred to in point 1(a) of Annex III, the logging capabilities shall provide, at a minimum: (a) recording of the period of each use of the system (start date and time and end date and time of each use); (b) the reference database against which the input data has been checked; (c) the input data for which the search has led to a match; (d) the identification of the natural persons involved in the verification of the results.