Article 40 — Harmonised standards and standardisation deliverables

Official title, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689

Conformity presumed via harmonised standards — the Commission must now seek unified standards covering the AI Act and sectoral law together

Who it binds: provider
Evidence that discharges it: a assessment record
Usually owned by: CTO
Severity: Minor — a gap here is a housekeeping item, but it still forms part of the file.

Does it apply to you?

Applicability under the Act is risk tier × operator role, not tier alone. This grid is computed by running the same function the assessment uses, so it cannot drift from what the product would tell you.

high riskprovider

Read against Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 as amended, consolidated text 02024R1689-20260727 (consolidation 001.001, incorporating Regulation (EU) 2026/1744). What we work from

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