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Art. 8 AI Act · Chapter III: HIGH-RISK AI SYSTEMS · Section 2: Requirements for high-risk AI systems

# Article 8 AI Act: Compliance with the requirements

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

## Official text

### Article 8(1)

**1.** High-risk AI systems shall comply with the requirements laid down in this Section, taking into account their intended purpose as well as the generally acknowledged state of the art on AI and AI-related technologies. The risk management system referred to in Article 9 shall be taken into account when ensuring compliance with those requirements.

### Article 8(2)

**2.** Where a product contains an AI system, to which the requirements of this Regulation as well as requirements of the Union harmonisation legislation listed in Section A of Annex I apply, providers shall be responsible for ensuring that their product is fully compliant with all applicable requirements under applicable Union harmonisation legislation. In ensuring the compliance of high-risk AI systems referred to in paragraph 1 with the requirements set out in this Section, and in order to ensure consistency, avoid duplication and minimise additional burdens, providers shall have a choice of integrating, as appropriate, the necessary testing and reporting processes, information and documentation they provide with regard to their product into documentation and procedures that already exist and are required under the Union harmonisation legislation listed in Section A of Annex I.

## 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 8 on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02024R1689-20260727#art_8)

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

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