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Art. 86 AI Act · Chapter IX: POST-MARKET MONITORING, INFORMATION SHARING AND MARKET SURVEILLANCE · Section 4: Remedies

# Article 86 AI Act: Right to explanation of individual decision-making

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

## Official text

### Article 86(1)

**1.** Any affected person subject to a decision which is taken by the deployer on the basis of the output from a high-risk AI system listed in Annex III, with the exception of systems listed under point 2 thereof, and which produces legal effects or similarly significantly affects that person in a way that they consider to have an adverse impact on their health, safety or fundamental rights shall have the right to obtain from the deployer clear and meaningful explanations of the role of the AI system in the decision-making procedure and the main elements of the decision taken.

### Article 86(2)

**2.** Paragraph 1 shall not apply to the use of AI systems for which exceptions from, or restrictions to, the obligation under that paragraph follow from Union or national law in compliance with Union law.

### Article 86(3)

**3.** This Article shall apply only to the extent that the right referred to in paragraph 1 is not otherwise provided for under Union 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 86 on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02024R1689-20260727#art_86)

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

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