DocumentationArticle 12Article 26(6)
Logging Capabilities
The automatic recording of events by a high-risk AI system during its operation — required under Article 12 to enable monitoring of its operation, post-hoc investigation of incidents, and to support the post-market monitoring obligations of providers and deployers.
Related terms
- Technical DocumentationThe documentation that providers of high-risk AI systems must draw up before placing the system on the market, containing all necessary information to…
- Instructions for UseInformation provided by the provider of a high-risk AI system to inform deployers about the system's intended purpose, performance characteristics,…
- EU Database for High-Risk AI SystemsA publicly accessible EU-wide database established and maintained by the European Commission, in which providers of high-risk AI systems listed in Annex…
- AI SystemA machine-based system designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy and that may exhibit adaptiveness after deployment, and that, for explicit or…
- Risk-Based ApproachThe overarching regulatory framework of the EU AI Act that categorises AI systems by the level of risk they pose — prohibited, high-risk, limited-risk,…
- Placing on MarketThe first making available of an AI system or a general-purpose AI model on the Union market, in the course of a commercial activity, whether for payment…
Related compliance controls
- DG-008Data Versioning and Change ControlProviders must maintain versioned records of training, validation, and testing datasets used in each version of the AI system, enabling reproducibility of results and traceability of data changes that may affect system behaviour.
- DG-010Data Retention and Deletion PolicyProviders must establish and document data retention periods for training and operational data, with deletion procedures that comply with GDPR storage limitation principles and enable data subject rights fulfilment.
- RK-001Automatic Event Logging CapabilityArticle 12(1) requires that high-risk AI systems are designed and developed with automatic logging capabilities, enabling the reconstruction of events relevant to identifying risks and substantial modifications throughout the system's lifetime.
- RK-002Log Integrity and Tamper ProtectionProviders must ensure that logs are protected against tampering, unauthorised deletion, or modification, using cryptographic integrity controls, write-once storage, or equivalent technical measures.
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