Annex III

High-Risk AI Systems Referred to in Article 6(2)

Standalone classification of high-risk AI systems by area of use

Overview

Provides the standalone classification of high-risk AI systems, independent of product safety legislation. These are systems whose use in these eight areas poses significant risks to fundamental rights, health, or safety.

Insofar as their use is permitted under relevant Union or national law:

(a) AI systems intended to be used for remote biometric identification systems, excluding AI systems intended to be used for biometric verification the sole purpose of which is to confirm that a specific natural person is the person he or she claims to be.
(b) AI systems intended to be used for biometric categorisation, according to sensitive or protected attributes or characteristics based on the inference of those attributes or characteristics.
(c) AI systems intended to be used for emotion recognition.

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