Article 24 Obligations of distributors

Before making a high-risk AI systemmeans a machine-based system that is designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy and that may exhibit adaptiveness after deployment, and that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments; available on the market, distributorsmeans a natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the provider or the importer, that makes an AI system available on the Union market; shall verify that it bears the required CE markingmeans a marking by which a provider indicates that an AI system is in conformity with the requirements set out in Chapter III, Section 2 and other applicable Union harmonisation legislation providing for its affixing;, that it is accompanied by a copy of the EU declaration of conformity referred to in Article 47 and instructions for usemeans the information provided by the provider to inform the deployer of, in particular, an AI system’s intended purpose and proper use;, and that the providermeans a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body that develops an AI system or a general-purpose AI model or that has an AI system or a general-purpose AI model developed and places it on the market or puts the AI system into service under its own name or trademark, whether for payment or free of charge; and the importermeans a natural or legal person located or established in the Union that places on the market an AI system that bears the name or trademark of a natural or legal person established in a third country; of that system, as applicable, have complied with their respective obligations as laid down in Article 16, points (b) and (c) and Article 23(3).

Where a distributormeans a natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the provider or the importer, that makes an AI system available on the Union market; considers or has reason to consider, on the basis of the information in its possession, that a high-risk AI systemmeans a machine-based system that is designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy and that may exhibit adaptiveness after deployment, and that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments; is not in conformity with the requirements set out in Section 2, it shall not make the high-risk AI systemmeans a machine-based system that is designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy and that may exhibit adaptiveness after deployment, and that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments; available on the market until the system has been brought into conformity with those requirements. Furthermore, where the high-risk AI systemmeans a machine-based system that is designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy and that may exhibit adaptiveness after deployment, and that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments; presents a riskmeans the combination of the probability of an occurrence of harm and the severity of that harm; within the meaning of Article 79(1), the distributormeans a natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the provider or the importer, that makes an AI system available on the Union market; shall inform the providermeans a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body that develops an AI system or a general-purpose AI model or that has an AI system or a general-purpose AI model developed and places it on the market or puts the AI system into service under its own name or trademark, whether for payment or free of charge; or the importermeans a natural or legal person located or established in the Union that places on the market an AI system that bears the name or trademark of a natural or legal person established in a third country; of the system, as applicable, to that effect.

Distributorsmeans a natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the provider or the importer, that makes an AI system available on the Union market; shall ensure that, while a high-risk AI systemmeans a machine-based system that is designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy and that may exhibit adaptiveness after deployment, and that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments; is under their responsibility, storage or transport conditions, where applicable, do not jeopardise the compliance of the system with the requirements set out in Section 2.

A distributormeans a natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the provider or the importer, that makes an AI system available on the Union market; that considers or has reason to consider, on the basis of the information in its possession, a high-risk AI systemmeans a machine-based system that is designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy and that may exhibit adaptiveness after deployment, and that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments; which it has made available on the market not to be in conformity with the requirements set out in Section 2, shall take the corrective actions necessary to bring that system into conformity with those requirements, to withdraw it or recall it, or shall ensure that the providermeans a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body that develops an AI system or a general-purpose AI model or that has an AI system or a general-purpose AI model developed and places it on the market or puts the AI system into service under its own name or trademark, whether for payment or free of charge;, the importermeans a natural or legal person located or established in the Union that places on the market an AI system that bears the name or trademark of a natural or legal person established in a third country; or any relevant operatormeans a provider, product manufacturer, deployer, authorised representative, importer or distributor;, as appropriate, takes those corrective actions. Where the high-risk AI systemmeans a machine-based system that is designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy and that may exhibit adaptiveness after deployment, and that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments; presents a riskmeans the combination of the probability of an occurrence of harm and the severity of that harm; within the meaning of Article 79(1), the distributormeans a natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the provider or the importer, that makes an AI system available on the Union market; shall immediately inform the providermeans a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body that develops an AI system or a general-purpose AI model or that has an AI system or a general-purpose AI model developed and places it on the market or puts the AI system into service under its own name or trademark, whether for payment or free of charge; or importermeans a natural or legal person located or established in the Union that places on the market an AI system that bears the name or trademark of a natural or legal person established in a third country; of the system and the authorities competent for the high-risk AI systemmeans a machine-based system that is designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy and that may exhibit adaptiveness after deployment, and that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments; concerned, giving details, in particular, of the non-compliance and of any corrective actions taken.

Upon a reasoned request from a relevant competent authority, distributorsmeans a natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the provider or the importer, that makes an AI system available on the Union market; of a high-risk AI systemmeans a machine-based system that is designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy and that may exhibit adaptiveness after deployment, and that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments; shall provide that authority with all the information and documentation regarding their actions pursuant to paragraphs 1 to 4 necessary to demonstrate the conformity of that system with the requirements set out in Section 2.

Distributorsmeans a natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the provider or the importer, that makes an AI system available on the Union market; shall cooperate with the relevant competent authorities in any action those authorities take in relation to a high-risk AI systemmeans a machine-based system that is designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy and that may exhibit adaptiveness after deployment, and that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments; made available on the market by the distributorsmeans a natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the provider or the importer, that makes an AI system available on the Union market;, in particular to reduce or mitigate the riskmeans the combination of the probability of an occurrence of harm and the severity of that harm; posed by it.