EU regulatory register · AI Act
Article 19Automatically generated logs
CELEX 32024R1689 · Read on 2026-08-18 · Chapter III
Short answer
1. Providers of high-risk AI systems shall keep the logs referred to in Article 12(1), automatically generated by their high-risk AI systems, to the extent such logs are under their control.
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Some AI uses are banned, high-risk AI requires risk management and human oversight, and deployers must ensure AI literacy.
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Official text
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1. Providers of high-risk AI systems shall keep the logs referred to in Article 12(1), automatically generated by their high-risk AI systems, to the extent such logs are under their control. Without prejudice to applicable Union or national law, the logs shall be kept for a period appropriate to the intended purpose of the high-risk AI system, of at least six months, unless provided otherwise in the applicable Union or national law, in particular in Union law on the protection of personal data.
2. Providers that are financial institutions subject to requirements regarding their internal governance, arrangements or processes under Union financial services law shall maintain the logs automatically generated by their high-risk AI systems as part of the documentation kept under the relevant financial services law.
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Knowledge card
- Applies
- provider: Keep the logs automatically generated by the high-risk AI system, to the extent they are under the provider's control.
- Risk if ignored
- high
- What to do
- Keep the logs automatically generated by the high-risk AI system, to the extent they are under the provider's control.
- Deadline
- For a period appropriate to the intended purpose, of at least six months. Applies from 2 December 2027 for high-risk systems under Article 6(2) and Annex III, and from 2 August 2028 under Article 6(1) and Annex I (Article 113 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744).
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Obligations, actions and sanctions
Article 19 · Role: provider
Keep the logs automatically generated by the high-risk AI system, to the extent they are under the provider's control.
Deadline: For a period appropriate to the intended purpose, of at least six months. Applies from 2 December 2027 for high-risk systems under Article 6(2) and Annex III, and from 2 August 2028 under Article 6(1) and Annex I (Article 113 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744).
Decision chain (JSON)
Sanction: Administrative fine: prohibited practices up to EUR 35 million or 7 % of worldwide annual turnover; other obligations up to EUR 15 million or 3 %; incorrect information up to EUR 7.5 million or 1 %. For general-purpose AI models the Commission (AI Office) decides, up to EUR 15 million or 3 %.
Summary of the obligation in the register; the official language versions on EUR-Lex are authoritative. Source: NovaCopilot
Risk, sanction and outcome
Art. 19 · provider
Risk: high · Sanction: administrative_fine, högst EUR 15 000 000 · Authority: Market surveillance authority
Decisions applying the provision: none in the register
Full chain (JSON)
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