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# provider

*In force · AI Act Article 3, point (3) · Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, OJ L, 2024/1689, 12.7.2024 · Not yet verified against the official text ·* [*Official source*](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj/eng)

### Definition

> (3) provider means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body that develops an AI system or a general-purpose AI model or that has an AI system or a general-purpose AI model developed and places it on the market or puts the AI system into service under its own name or trademark, whether for payment or free of charge;

### Source

[AI Act, Article 3, point (3)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R1689-20240712).