--- title: "Article 12 — Record-keeping" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R1689-20260727" source_retrieved: 2026-09-28 shortTitle: "Article 12 — Record-keeping" instrument_type: level1_regulation authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: "Regulation (EU) 2024/1689" instrument: aiact celex: "32024R1689" regulation: AI Act regulation-full: "Regulation (EU) 2024/1689" article: 12 status: in_force object_id: eu.aiact.legal_text.article.12 text_version: "Consolidated version of 27 July 2026" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R1689-20260727" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-10-26 --- *In force · applies from 2 Dec 2027 · Consolidated version of 27 July 2026 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R1689-20260727)* 1. High-risk AI systems shall technically allow for the automatic recording of events (logs) over the lifetime of the system. 2. In order to ensure a level of traceability of the functioning of a high-risk [AI system](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/ai-act/ai-system) that is appropriate to the [intended purpose](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/ai-act/intended-purpose) of the system, logging capabilities shall enable the recording of events relevant for: **(a)** identifying situations that may result in the high-risk AI system presenting a risk within the meaning of [Article 79(1)](79.md) or in a [substantial modification](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/ai-act/substantial-modification); **(b)** facilitating the post-market monitoring referred to in [Article 72](72.md); and **(c)** monitoring the operation of high-risk AI systems referred to in [Article 26(5)](26.md). 3. For high-risk AI systems referred to in point 1 (a), of Annex III, the logging capabilities shall provide, at a minimum: **(a)** recording of the period of each use of the system (start date and time and end date and time of each use); **(b)** the reference database against which [input data](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/ai-act/input-data) has been checked by the system; **(c)** the input data for which the search has led to a match; **(d)** the identification of the natural persons involved in the verification of the results, as referred to in [Article 14(5)](14.md). *** [Chapter III — High-risk AI systems](../chapters/iii.md) · [← Article 11](11.md) · [Article 13 →](13.md)