Source: OJ L, 2024/1689, 12.7.2024Current language: EN
- Artificial intelligence act
Basic legislative acts
- AI act regulation
Article 106 Amendment to Directive (EU) 2016/797
Summary What does Article 106 of the AI act regulation say?
This is a short amendment article that bridges the AI Act with existing EU railway legislation.
Specifically, it inserts a new obligation into Directive (EU) 2016/797 on railway interoperability, ensuring that when the Commission adopts delegated or implementing acts under that Directive concerning AI systems that qualify as safety components, the requirements of Chapter III, Section 2 of the AI Act must be taken into account.
It is one of several similar amendment articles in the AI Act that align sectoral legislation with the AI Act's core requirements for high-risk AI systems.
Important points:
- The Commission is required to take into account the AI Act's Chapter III, Section 2 requirements when adopting delegated and implementing acts under Directive (EU) 2016/797 that concern AI safety components.
- This article applies specifically to AI systems that function as safety components within the meaning of the AI Act, meaning their failure or malfunction could endanger the health and safety of persons or property.
- This article amends Directive (EU) 2016/797 directly, making the AI Act's high-risk AI system requirements part of the railway interoperability regulatory framework.
Springlex's summary of the article, a reading aid, not a substitute for the legal text.
In Article 5 of Directive (EU) 2016/797, the following paragraph is added:
When adopting delegated acts pursuant to paragraph 1 and implementing acts pursuant to paragraph 11 concerning Artificial Intelligence systems which are safety components within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council(62), the requirements set out in Chapter III, Section 2, of that Regulation shall be taken into account.
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Recital 49 Amendments to other acts
As regards high-risk AI systems that are safety components of products or systems, or which are themselves products or systems falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council(24), Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(25), Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(26), Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council(27), Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council(28), Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council(29), Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council(30), and Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council(31), it is appropriate to amend those acts to ensure that the Commission takes into account, on the basis of the technical and regulatory specificities of each sector, and without interfering with existing governance, conformity assessment and enforcement mechanisms and authorities established therein, the mandatory requirements for high-risk AI systems laid down in this Regulation when adopting any relevant delegated or implementing acts on the basis of those acts.
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