Article 13: Transparency and Provision of Information to Deployers

Official Statutory Text

Article 13 Transparency and pro vision of information to deployers 1. High-r isk AI systems shall be designed and developed in suchawayas to ensure that their operation is sufficiently transparent to enable deployers to interpreta system’s output and use it appropriately . An appropriate typeand degree of transparency shall be ensured witha view to achieving compliance with the relevantobliga tions of the provider and deployer setout in Section 3. 2. High-r isk AI systems shall be accompanied by instructions for use in an appropriate digital for mator other wise that include concise, complet e, correct and clear information that is relevant, accessibleand comprehensible to deployers. 3. The instructions for use shall contain at least the following information: (a) the identity and the contact details of the provider and, where applicable, of its authorised representative; (b) the characteristics, capabilities and limitations of performance of the high-r isk AI system, including: (i) its intended purpose; (ii) the level of accuracy , including its metr ics, robustness and cybersecur ity referred to in Article 15 against which the high-r isk AI system has been tested and validated and which can be expected, and any known and foreseeable circumstances that may havean imp acton that expected level of accuracy , robustness and cybersecur ity ; (iii) any known or foreseeable circumstance, related to the use of the high-r isk AI system in accordance with its intended purpose or under conditions of reasonably foreseeable misuse, which may lead torisks to the healthand safety or fundamental rights refer red to in Article 9(2); (iv) where applicable, thetechnical capabilities and characteristics of the high-r isk AI system to provide information that is relevant to explain its output ; (v) when appropriate, its performance regarding specific persons or groups of persons on which the system is intended to be used; (vi) when appropriate, specifications for the in put data, or any other relevant information interms of the training, validation and testing data sets used, taking into account the intended purpose of the high-r isk AI system; (vii) where applicable, information to enable deployers to interpret the outputof the high-r isk AI system and use it appropriately ; (c) the changes to the high-r isk AI system and its performance which have been pre-dete r mined by the provider at the momentof the initial conformityassessment, if any ; (d) the human oversight measures referred to in Article 14, including thetechnical measures put in place tof acilitate the interpretation of the outputs of the high-r isk AI systems by the deployers; (e) the computational and hardware resources needed, the expected lifetime of the high-r isk AI system and any necessary maintenanceand care measures, including their frequency , to ensure the proper functioning of that AI system, including as regards software update s; (f) where relevant, a description of the mechanisms included within the high-r isk AI system that allows deployers to properly collect, storeand interpret the logs in accordance with Article 12.