Article 19
Automatically Generated Logs
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.
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.
Where Article 19 sits in the EU AI Act
Article 19 is provision 14 of 44 in Chapter III: High-Risk AI Systems, within Section 3: Obligations of Providers and Deployers, which covers Articles 6–49 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689.
Provisions referenced in Article 19
The text of Article 19 cites the following provisions. Read them alongside it: cross-references carry binding requirements.
Source and verification
This is the text of Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, unchanged since it was adopted. It has been checked against the consolidated text on EUR-Lex. Where this page and EUR-Lex disagree, EUR-Lex governs.