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Article 25

Responsibilities along the AI Value Chain

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Governs how obligations flow along the AI supply chain. Deployers who substantially modify a high-risk AI system become providers. Third-country providers who make systems available to EU deployers for own use bear provider obligations. Integrators of AI components bear specific responsibilities.

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Article 25 — Responsibilities along the AI Value Chain

1. Any distributor, importer, deployer or other third party shall be considered to be a provider of a high-risk AI system and shall be subject to the obligations of the provider pursuant to Article 16, in any of the following circumstances:
(a) they place on the market or put into service a high-risk AI system under their name or trademark;
(b) they modify the intended purpose of a high-risk AI system already placed on the market or put into service;
(c) they make a substantial modification to the high-risk AI system.

2. Where a provider of a general-purpose AI model integrated into a high-risk AI system is not the provider of the high-risk AI system, the provider of the general-purpose AI model shall cooperate with the provider of the high-risk AI system and provide all the necessary information and technical access to enable the provider of the high-risk AI system to comply with its obligations under this Regulation.

3. Providers who integrate a component AI system into a product shall take adequate measures to identify themselves as providers of the product and ensure compliance with all applicable requirements.