EU AI Act Conformity Assessment & Article 9 Risk Management
Conformity assessment is how you prove EU AI Act compliance. Article 9 risk management is the load-bearing process that conformity assessment verifies. They are tightly coupled — this page covers both.
EU AI Act Conformity Assessment & Article 9 Risk Management
Conformity assessment is how you prove EU AI Act compliance. Article 9 risk management is the load-bearing process that conformity assessment verifies. They are tightly coupled — this page covers both.
Last updated: July 4, 2026
Article 9: Risk Management System
Risk management under Article 9 is a continuous process across the AI system's full lifecycle. Required elements:
- Identification and analysis of known and reasonably foreseeable risks
- Estimation and evaluation of risks under intended-use and reasonably-foreseeable-misuse scenarios
- Evaluation of risks emerging from post-market monitoring
- Adoption of appropriate and targeted risk-management measures
- Testing for residual risks against acceptance criteria
Article 9 explicitly requires that risk-management measures be balanced against the state of the art — what's reasonably achievable today, not theoretical perfection.
Conformity Assessment Routes
Two main routes depending on the AI system type:
- Internal control (Annex VI) — provider self-assessment using harmonized standards. Available for most stand-alone Annex III high-risk systems.
- Notified body (Annex VII) — third-party assessment by an EU-designated notified body. Required for biometric identification systems and AI used as safety components of regulated products.
CE Marking & EU Database Registration
Once conformity is established, complete these final steps before market placement:
- Once conformity is assessed, draw up an EU declaration of conformity
- Affix the CE marking to the AI system (or its packaging/documentation if not physical)
- Register the AI system in the EU AI database before placing on the market
- Maintain technical documentation for at least 10 years after market placement
Ongoing Obligations
Conformity is not a one-off event:
Substantial modifications trigger re-assessment. Post-market monitoring under Article 72 feeds back into Article 9 risk management. Serious incidents must be reported to authorities under Article 73.
How AIAgentree helps
Article 9 risk management and conformity assessment both stand or fall on evidence. AIAgentree captures that evidence as a by-product of how your agents actually operate.
- Tamper-evident decision records document each agent decision with timestamps and context, giving conformity assessors the Article 9 risk-evaluation and residual-risk trail they expect.
- Human-oversight and approval workflows capture intervention and sign-off, evidencing the risk-management measures Article 9 requires you to adopt and test.
- Audit-fit retention (6 months or longer) with export on demand and EU data residency in Germany keeps your conformity evidence available and jurisdiction-appropriate across the full assessment lifecycle.
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