--- title: "Article 19 — Automatically generated logs" 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 19 — Automatically generated logs" 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: 19 status: in_force object_id: eu.aiact.legal_text.article.19 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. 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). 2. 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. *** [Chapter III — High-risk AI systems](../chapters/iii.md) · [← Article 18](18.md) · [Article 20 →](20.md)