Section 1: Classification of AI Systems as High-Risk

What this part of the EU AI Act covers

Section 1 decides the question everything else in Chapter III depends on: whether a system is high-risk. Article 6 sets the two independent classification routes (a safety component of a product covered by the Annex I legislation, or a use case listed in Annex III) together with the derogation for Annex III systems that do not pose a significant risk. Article 7 empowers the Commission to amend the Annex III list.

It binds providers, and it is the phase that determines how much of the rest of Chapter III applies. What it produces is a documented classification with the route named, Annex I or Annex III, because the two routes carry different compliance deadlines.