EU regulatory register · AI Act
Article 20Corrective actions and duty of information
CELEX 32024R1689 · Read on 2026-08-18 · Chapter III
Short answer
1. Providers of high-risk AI systems which consider or have reason to consider that a high-risk AI system that they have placed on the market or put into service is not in conformity with this Regulation shall immediately take the necessary corrective actions to bring that system into conformity, to withdraw it, to disable it, or to recall it, as …
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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 which consider or have reason to consider that a high-risk AI system that they have placed on the market or put into service is not in conformity with this Regulation shall immediately take the necessary corrective actions to bring that system into conformity, to withdraw it, to disable it, or to recall it, as appropriate. They shall inform the distributors of the high-risk AI system concerned and, where applicable, the deployers, the authorised representative and importers accordingly.
2. Where the high-risk AI system presents a risk within the meaning of Article 79(1) and the provider becomes aware of that risk, it shall immediately investigate the causes, in collaboration with the reporting deployer, where applicable, and inform the market surveillance authorities competent for the high-risk AI system concerned and, where applicable, the notified body that issued a certificate for that high-risk AI system in accordance with Article 44, in particular, of the nature of the non-compliance and of any relevant corrective action taken.
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Knowledge card
- Applies
- provider: Immediately take corrective action to bring a non-conforming high-risk AI system into conformity, withdraw, disable or recall it, and inform distributors, deployers and the authorities of a risk.
- Risk if ignored
- high
- What to do
- Immediately take corrective action to bring a non-conforming high-risk AI system into conformity, withdraw, disable or recall it, and inform distributors, deployers and the authorities of a risk.
- Deadline
- Immediately on considering or having reason to consider non-conformity. 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 20 · Role: provider
Immediately take corrective action to bring a non-conforming high-risk AI system into conformity, withdraw, disable or recall it, and inform distributors, deployers and the authorities of a risk.
Deadline: Immediately on considering or having reason to consider non-conformity. 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 %.
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Risk, sanction and outcome
Art. 20 · 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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