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title: "Art. 18 AI Act: Documentation keeping"
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Art. 18 AI Act · Chapter III: HIGH-RISK AI SYSTEMS · Section 3: Obligations of providers and deployers of high-risk AI systems and other parties

# Article 18 AI Act: Documentation keeping

Consolidated text of 27 July 2026. Retrieved 30 October 2026.

## Official text

### Article 18(1)

**1.** The provider shall, for a period ending 10 years after the high-risk AI system has been placed on the market or put into service, keep at the disposal of the national competent authorities:

#### Article 18(1)(a)

**(a)** the technical documentation referred to in Article 11;

#### Article 18(1)(b)

**(b)** the documentation concerning the quality management system referred to in Article 17;

#### Article 18(1)(c)

**(c)** the documentation concerning the changes approved by notified bodies, where applicable;

#### Article 18(1)(d)

**(d)** the decisions and other documents issued by the notified bodies, where applicable;

#### Article 18(1)(e)

**(e)** the EU declaration of conformity referred to in Article 47.

### Article 18(2)

**2.** Each Member State shall determine conditions under which the documentation referred to in paragraph 1 remains at the disposal of the national competent authorities for the period indicated in that paragraph for the cases when a provider or its authorised representative established on its territory goes bankrupt or ceases its activity prior to the end of that period.

### Article 18(3)

**3.** Providers that are financial institutions subject to requirements regarding their internal governance, arrangements or processes under Union financial services law shall maintain the technical documentation as part of the documentation kept under the relevant Union financial services law.

## Source

Source: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, OJ L, 2024/1689, 12.7.2024; articles and annexes from the consolidated text 02024R1689-20260727. Only the text published in the Official Journal is authentic. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu

[Article 18 on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02024R1689-20260727#art_18)

Consolidated text of 27 July 2026. Retrieved 30 October 2026.

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