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Technical documentation (Annex IV)
The mandatory documentation that the provider of a high-risk AI system must draw up before placing it on the market.
What this means in practice
Contents listed in Annex IV include the intended purpose, system design, data used for training and testing, performance metrics, foreseeable risks, and mitigations.
Synonyms
Annex IV documentation , EU AI Act technical file
See also
- High-risk AI system — Under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, an AI system falling under Article 6(1) because it is a safety component of, or is itself, a product covered by Annex I Union harmonization legislation, or under Article 6(2) because its use case falls within Annex III — unless exempted by the Article 6(3) derogation..
- Risk management system (Art. 9) — Under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, a continuous, iterative process running across the entire lifecycle of a high-risk AI system that identifies foreseeable risks, estimates and evaluates risks, adopts risk-management measures, and documents residual risks.
- Provider — Under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body that develops an AI system or a general-purpose AI model — or has it developed — and places it on the market or puts it into service under its own name or trademark, whether for payment or free of charge..