Article 7: Amendments to Annex III

Official Statutory Text

Article 7 Amendments to Annex III 1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 97 to amend Annex III by adding or modifying use-cases of high-risk AI systems where both of the following conditions are fulf illed: (a) the AI systems are intended to be used in any of the areas listed in Annex III; (b) the AI systems pose arisk of harm to health and safety , or an adverse im pacton fundamental rights, and that risk is equivalent to, or greater than, the risk of harmor of adverse impact posed by the high-risk AI systems already referred to in Annex III. 2. When assessing the condition under paragraph 1, point (b), the Commission shall take into account the following cr iteria: (a) the intended purpose of the AI system; (b) the extent to which an AI system has been used or is likely to be used; (c) the nature and amountof the data processed and used by the AI system, in particular whether special categories of personal data are processed; (d) the extent to which the AI system acts autonomously and the possibility for a human to over ride a decision or recommendations that may lead to potential harm; (e) the extent to which the use of an AI system has already caused harm to health and safety , has had an adverse impacton fundamental rights or has given rise to significant concerns in relation to the likelihood of such harmor adverse impact, as demonstrated, for exam ple, by reports or documented allegations submitted to national competent authorities or by other reports, as appropriate; (f) the potential extentof such harmor such adverse impact, in particular interms of its intensity and its ability to affect multiple persons or to disproportionately affect a particular group of persons; (g) the extent to which persons who are potentially harmed or suffer an adverse impact are dependenton the outcome produced with an AI system, in particular because for practical or legal reasons it is not reasonably possible to opt-ou t from thatoutcome; (h) the extent to which there is an imbalance of power , or the persons who are potentially harmed or suffer an adverse impact are in a vulnerable position in relation to the deployer of an AI system, in particular due to status, authority , knowledge, economic or social circumstances, or age; (i) the extent to which the outcome produced involving an AI system is easily corrigible or reversible, taking into account the technical solutions available to corrector reverse it, whereby outcomes having an adverse impacton health, safety or fundamental rights, shall not be considered to be easily corrigible or reversible; (j) the magnitude and likelihood of benefitof the deplo ymentof the AI system for individuals, groups, or society at larg e, including possible improvements in product safety ; (k) the extent to which existing Uni on law provides for: (i) effective measures of redress in relation totherisks posed by an AI system, with the exclusion of claims for damage s; (ii) effective measures to preventor substantially minimise those risks. 3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 97 to amend the list in Annex III by removing high-risk AI systems where both of the following conditions are fulf illed: (a) the high-risk AI system concerned no longer poses any significant risks tofundamental rights, health or safety , taking into account the cr iteria listed in paragraph 2; (b) the deletion does not decrease the overall level of protection of health, safety and fundamental rights under Union law . SECTION 2 Requirements for high-risk AI systems