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title: "Art. 19 AI Act: Automatically generated logs"
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Art. 19 AI Act · Chapter III: HIGH-RISK AI SYSTEMS · Section 3: Obligations of providers and deployers of high-risk AI systems and other parties

# Article 19 AI Act: Automatically generated logs

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

## Official text

### Article 19(1)

**1.** Providers of high-risk AI systems shall keep the logs referred to in Article 12(1), automatically generated by their high-risk AI systems, to the extent such logs are under their control. Without prejudice to applicable Union or national law, the logs shall be kept for a period appropriate to the intended purpose of the high-risk AI system, of at least six months, unless provided otherwise in the applicable Union or national law, in particular in Union law on the protection of personal data.

### Article 19(2)

**2.** Providers that are financial institutions subject to requirements regarding their internal governance, arrangements or processes under Union financial services law shall maintain the logs automatically generated by their high-risk AI systems as part of the documentation kept under the relevant 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 19 on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02024R1689-20260727#art_19)

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

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