Recital 51
Classification and product safety
The classification of an AI system as high-risk pursuant to this Regulation should not necessarily mean that the product whose safety component is the AI system, or the AI system itself as a product, is considered to be high-risk under the criteria established in the relevant Union harmonisation legislation that applies to the product. This is, in particular, the case for Regulations (EU) 2017/745 and (EU) 2017/746, where a third-party conformity assessment is provided for medium-risk and high-risk products.
Source and verification
This is the text of Recital 51 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.
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