Annex I
The list of Union harmonisation legislation attached to Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, structured in Section A (New Legislative Framework legislation including medical devices, machinery, toys) and Section B (other harmonisation legislation including aviation, motor vehicles). An AI system that is a safety component of a product covered by Annex I legislation, where that product requires third-party conformity assessment, is high-risk under Article 6(1).
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 4 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in EU AI Act Implementation Expert.
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
The list of Union harmonisation legislation attached to Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, structured in Section A (New Legislative Framework legislation including medical devices, machinery, toys) and Section B (other harmonisation legislation including aviation, motor vehicles). An AI system that is a safety component of a product covered by Annex I legislation, where that product requires third-party conformity assessment, is high-risk under Article 6(1).
the EU AI Act's list of already-regulated product categories (medical devices, machinery, and similar) into which AI can be embedded, with obligations postponed by the Digital Omnibus to August 2, 2028.
The list of Union harmonisation legislation (machinery, medical devices, in-vitro diagnostics, radio equipment, and others) that, when an AI system is a safety component of a product covered by it AND that product requires third-party conformity assessment, triggers high-risk classification under Article 6(1).
The list of Union harmonisation legislation (medical devices, machinery, aviation, motor vehicles, etc.); AI safety components of Annex I products trigger the Phase 5 high-risk path under Article 6(1). Under the agreed Omnibus, the date shifts to 2 August 2028 upon entry into force.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- EU AI Act Operational Reality: The Timeline After the Digital Omnibus · AI Law in Practice: The Compliance-to-Persuasion Toolkit, The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist
- The Risk Pyramid and Key Principles · Act Foundations and Current Timeline, EU AI Act Implementation Expert
- The Full Phased Implementation Timeline · Act Foundations and Current Timeline, EU AI Act Implementation Expert
- High-Risk Classification: Annex III and Annex I · AI System Inventory and Classification, EU AI Act Implementation Expert
Where it shows up at work
A definition is where Annex I starts. The lessons above teach it inside the competencies below, which are what job descriptions ask for and what the GAGE credential records. Every link here is drawn from the same careers map that builds a role's readiness check.
Classifies a system by role and risk tier, knows which obligations bind on which date after the Digital Omnibus, and what evidence conformity needs.
3 lessons on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Designs decision rights, committees, intake, approval tiers and escalation so routine uses move and consequential uses get reviewed.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Reviews purpose, data, affected people, accuracy, bias, security, oversight, vendors and law for a use case, scores likelihood and impact, and documents residual risk.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Roles that hire for it
Each role page shows the full competency set, what the seat decides, and a readiness check against your own evidence.
- AI Governance Managerneeds it at depth
- Autonomous Systems Governance Lead, robotics and physical AI editionneeds it at depth
- Chief Compliance Officer, AI compliance editionneeds it at depth
- VP of AI Governance and Ethicsneeds it at depth
- Chief AI Officerneeds it at depth
- AI Regulatory Counselneeds it at depth · 14 open postings this week
How job descriptions say it
Postings rarely use the textbook word. These are the phrases the careers map reads as asking for the competencies above.
Where the frameworks place it: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689; Regulation (EU) 2026/1744; NIST AI RMF GOVERN; ISO/IEC 42001 Clause 5.
One interview question about it
Classify a specific AI system under the EU AI Act and name the obligations that follow, including what applies now and what is deferred.
Asked of candidates for eu ai act obligations and timelines. Answering it in your own words is exactly how a GAGE topic is passed, and the credential records the pass where an employer can check it.
If you come from another field
Some backgrounds already carry this competency, and the readiness check gives credit for it.
- A law degree (JD, LLB or LLM), no AI work yet carries it as a claim to back up: The EU AI Act reads like the statutes you were trained on; the content is new, the method is not.
- Privacy and data protection carries it as work you can show: A DPIA is an impact assessment; the AI version adds accuracy, bias and oversight.
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.