Annex XII
The transparency information annex specifying what information GPAI providers must make available to downstream providers under Article 53(1)(b). Contains: general description of the model, instructions for use, information on capabilities and limitations, and known or foreseeable risks. Required for non-exempt providers; exempted for qualifying open-source providers who substitute public parameter availability.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 3 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 transparency information annex specifying what information GPAI providers must make available to downstream providers under Article 53(1)(b). Contains: general description of the model, instructions for use, information on capabilities and limitations, and known or foreseeable risks. Required for non-exempt providers; exempted for qualifying open-source providers who substitute public parameter availability.
The list of minimum information a GPAI model provider must give downstream providers so they can understand the model's capabilities and limitations and meet their own obligations. It is a described model, not the training data, and is balanced against the provider's intellectual property.
The transparency information template under Article 53(1)(b) specifying the minimum information GPAI providers must make available proactively to downstream providers of AI systems who intend to integrate the GPAI model.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- GPAI upstream: what your foundation-model vendor owes you and what you must verify yourself · The EU AI Act: The Executive Map, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
- GPAI Transparency and Documentation (Article 53) · General-Purpose AI (GPAI) Models, EU AI Act Implementation Expert
- Open-Source GPAI: Exemptions and Boundaries · General-Purpose AI (GPAI) Models, EU AI Act Implementation Expert
Where it shows up at work
A definition is where Annex XII 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.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Turns controls into enforceable obligations: data use, change notice, audit rights, incident duties, subcontractors, IP, exit and deletion.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Tiers vendors by use and impact, requests evidence instead of promises, tests in the customer's context, and plans monitoring and exit.
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 Regulatory Counselneeds it at depth · 14 open postings this week
- AI Compliance Managerneeds it at depth · 2 open postings this week
- Senior AI Compliance Analystneeds it at depth
- AI Compliance Specialistneeds working knowledge · 1 open posting this week
- AI Vendor Risk Managerneeds it at depth
- Third-Party Cyber Risk Managerneeds it at depth
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; GDPR Article 28; EU AI Act value-chain obligations.
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.
- Legal and paralegal work carries it as work you can show: Contract terms are your product.
- Privacy and data protection carries it as a claim to back up: Processor and vendor review is routine privacy work.
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.