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Without prejudice to applicable Union or national law, the logs shall be kept for a period appropriate to the intended purpose of the high-risk AI system, of at least six months, unless provided otherwise in the applicable Union or national law, in particular in Union law on the protection of personal data.","marks":[],"revision":1,"text_hash":"e0e7ddc126ef21ed686e01585f9a1a88bdf30c981ea226a51d0fecf35c050d6b","reason":null},{"locator":"aiact/art/19/para/2","kind":"paragraph","status":"in_force","label":"2.","heading":null,"text":"Providers that are financial institutions subject to requirements regarding their internal governance, arrangements or processes under Union financial services law shall maintain the logs automatically generated by their high-risk AI systems as part of the documentation kept under the relevant financial services law.","marks":[],"revision":1,"text_hash":"d3831d955e495ec8df587fb513e275dc448aed5cbcf4be0aa6541113103d9505","reason":null}],"markdown":"---\ntitle: \"Article 19 — Automatically generated logs\"\ntype: regulation\nlegal_status: in_force\nsource: \"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R1689-20260727\"\nsource_retrieved: 2026-09-28\nshortTitle: \"Article 19 — Automatically generated logs\"\ninstrument_type: level1_regulation\nauthority: Commission\nbinding: true\nbinding_character: binding\nmica_level2: false\nlegal_basis: \"Regulation (EU) 2024/1689\"\ninstrument: aiact\ncelex: \"32024R1689\"\nregulation: AI Act\nregulation-full: \"Regulation (EU) 2024/1689\"\narticle: 19\nstatus: in_force\nobject_id: eu.aiact.legal_text.article.19\ntext_version: \"Consolidated version of 27 July 2026\"\nsource_url: \"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R1689-20260727\"\ncheck_status: matched\nverified: true\nlast_checked: 2026-10-26\n---\n\n*In force · 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)*\n\n1. <a id=\"p-1\"></a>Providers of high-risk AI systems shall keep the logs referred to in [Article 12(1)](12.md), automatically generated by their high-risk AI systems, to the extent such logs are under their control. Without prejudice to applicable Union or national law, the logs shall be kept for a period appropriate to the [intended purpose](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/ai-act/intended-purpose) of the high-risk [AI system](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/ai-act/ai-system), of at least six months, unless provided otherwise in the applicable Union or national law, in particular in Union law on the protection of [personal data](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/ai-act/personal-data).\n2. <a id=\"p-2\"></a>Providers that are financial institutions [subject](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/ai-act/subject) to requirements regarding their internal governance, arrangements or processes under Union financial services law shall maintain the logs automatically generated by their high-risk AI systems as part of the documentation kept under the relevant financial services law.\n\n***\n\n[Chapter III — High-risk AI systems](../chapters/iii.md) · [← Article 18](18.md) · [Article 20 →](20.md)\n"}