Chapter IIIHigh-Risk
Article 26
Obligations of Deployers of High-Risk AI Systems
Plain-Language Summary
Deployers of high-risk AI systems must use systems according to providers' instructions, implement human oversight, inform and train staff, retain logs for at least 6 months, and notify providers of risks. Public bodies must also conduct fundamental rights impact assessments.
Keywords
deployer obligationshuman oversightlog retention6 monthsinstructions for usetrainingfundamental rights
Legal Text
Article 26 — Obligations of Deployers of High-Risk AI Systems 1. Deployers of high-risk AI systems shall take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure they use such systems in accordance with the instructions for use accompanying the systems. 2. Deployers shall assign the task of human oversight of high-risk AI systems to natural persons who have the necessary competence, training and authority and the necessary resources. 3. The obligations set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 are without prejudice to other deployer obligations under Union or national law and to the deployer's freedom to organise its own resources and activities. 4. Deployers shall, to the extent this is within their control, ensure that the input data is relevant and sufficiently representative in view of the intended purpose of the high-risk AI system. 5. Deployers shall monitor the operation of the high-risk AI system on the basis of the instructions for use and, where relevant, inform providers in accordance with Article 72. Where deployers have reason to consider that the use of the AI system in accordance with its instructions may result in that AI system presenting a risk within the meaning of Article 79(1), they shall inform the provider or distributor and the relevant market surveillance authority without undue delay. 6. Deployers of high-risk AI systems shall keep the logs automatically generated by that high-risk AI system to the extent such logs are under their control, for a period of at least six months, unless Union or national law or the instructions for use require a longer retention period.