CHAPTER III

Article 16: Obligations of providers of high-risk AI systems

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What this article does: Sets out the core obligations on providers of high-risk AI systems. Who it applies to: Providers of high-risk AI systems. Key requirements: Para (a)-(m): Providers must: ensure compliance with requirements in Articles 8-15, have a quality management system (Article 17), keep documentation (Article 18), keep logs where under their control (Article 19), ensure conformity assessment before placing on market (Article 43), register in the EU database (Article 49/71), take corrective action for non-conformity (Article 20), inform competent authorities of risks (Article 20), apply CE marking (Article 48), and demonstrate compliance upon request.

Providers of high-risk AI systems shall: (a) ensure that their high-risk AI systems are compliant with the requirements set out in Section 2; (b) indicate on the high-risk AI system or, where that is not possible, on its packaging or its accompanying documentation, as applicable, their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark, the address at which they can be contacted; (c) have a quality management system in place which complies with ; (d) keep the documentation referred to in ; (e) when under their control, keep the logs automatically generated by their high-risk AI systems as referred to in ; (f) ensure that the high-risk AI system undergoes the relevant conformity assessment procedure as referred to in , prior to its being placed on the market or put into service; (g) draw up an EU declaration of conformity in accordance with ; (h) affix the CE marking to the high-risk AI system or, where that is not possible, on its packaging or its accompanying documentation, to indicate conformity with this Regulation, in accordance with ; (i) comply with the registration obligations referred to in (1); (j) take the necessary corrective actions and provide information as required in ; (k) upon a reasoned request of a national competent authority, demonstrate the conformity of the high-risk AI system with the requirements set out in Section 2; (l) ensure that the high-risk AI system complies with accessibility requirements in accordance with Directives (EU) 2016/2102 and (EU) 2019/882.

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