# Downstream provider

> This definition applies to all entities operating within the European Union or providing AI systems to the EU market as defined by the AI Act.

- Article: Art. 3(68)

## Introduction

Definition of a downstream provider under the EU AI Act.

## Content

a provider of an AI system, including a general-purpose AI system, which integrates an AI model, regardless of whether the AI model is provided by themselves and vertically integrated or provided by another entity based on contractual relations.

## Official source
- [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R1689#art_3)