This applies to all economic operators within the scope of the EU AI Act who may assume the role of provider following a change in the status of the original provider.
This recital clarifies the transfer of responsibilities between economic operators when the original provider of an AI system is no longer considered the provider under the Regulation.
Where, under the conditions laid down in this Regulation, the provider that initially placed the AI system on the market or put it into service should no longer be considered to be the provider for the purposes of this Regulation, and when that provider has not expressly excluded the change of the AI system into a high-risk AI system, the former provider should nonetheless closely cooperate and make available the necessary information and provide the reasonably expected technical access and other assistance that are required for the fulfilment of the obligations set out in this Regulation, in particular regarding the compliance with the conformity assessment of high-risk AI systems.