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Art. 49 AI Act · Chapter III: HIGH-RISK AI SYSTEMS · Section 5: Standards, conformity assessment, certificates, registration

# Article 49 AI Act: Registration

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

## Official text

### Article 49(1)

**1.** Before placing on the market or putting into service a high-risk AI system listed in Annex III, with the exception of high-risk AI systems referred to in point 2 of Annex III, the provider or, where applicable, the authorised representative shall register themselves and their system in the EU database referred to in Article 71.

### Article 49(2)

**2.** Before placing on the market or putting into service an AI system for which the provider has concluded that it is not high-risk according to Article 6(3), that provider or, where applicable, the authorised representative shall register themselves and that system in the EU database referred to in Article 71.

### Article 49(3)

**3.** Before putting into service or using a high-risk AI system listed in Annex III, with the exception of high-risk AI systems listed in point 2 of Annex III, deployers that are public authorities, Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies or persons acting on their behalf shall register themselves, select the system and register its use in the EU database referred to in Article 71.

### Article 49(4)

**4.** For high-risk AI systems referred to in points 1, 6 and 7 of Annex III, in the areas of law enforcement, migration, asylum and border control management, the registration referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article shall be in a secure non-public section of the EU database referred to in Article 71 and shall include only the following information, as applicable, referred to in:

#### Article 49(4)(a)

**(a)** Section A, points 1 to 10, of Annex VIII, with the exception of points 6, 8 and 9;

#### Article 49(4)(b)

**(b)** Section B, points 1 to 5, and points 8 and 9 of Annex VIII;

#### Article 49(4)(c)

**(c)** Section C, points 1 to 3, of Annex VIII;

#### Article 49(4)(d)

**(d)** points 1, 2, 3 and 5, of Annex IX.

Only the Commission and national authorities referred to in Article 74(8) shall have access to the respective restricted sections of the EU database listed in the first subparagraph of this paragraph.

### Article 49(5)

**5.** High-risk AI systems referred to in point 2 of Annex III shall be registered at national level.

## 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 49 on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02024R1689-20260727#art_49)

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

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