Article 18: Documentation Keeping
provider · high risk · Article 18
Article 18 requires providers of high-risk AI systems to keep specified documentation available for market surveillance authorities for a period of 10 years after the system has been placed on the market or put into service. The documentation includes: (a) the [technical documentation](/en/ai-act-guide/article-11-technical-documentation) (Annex IV); (b) the documentation on the [quality management system](/en/ai-act-guide/article-17); (c) any changes approved by notified bodies (where applicable); (d) the decisions and documents issued by notified bodies; (e) the [EU declaration of conformity](/en/ai-act-guide/article-47). Providers must also keep automatically generated logs within their control, to the extent such logs are generated by the system under [Article 12](/en/ai-act-guide/article-12).
How to satisfy it: Establish a 10-year document retention policy for all Article 18 categories.
Article 18 on EUR-Lex · as of 2026-08-03 · Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744