Scope

Article 2 — Scope

1. This Regulation applies to:
(a) providers placing on the market or putting into service AI systems or placing on the market general-purpose AI models in the Union, irrespective of whether those providers are established or located within the Union or in a third country;
(b) deployers of AI systems that are established or located within the Union;
(c) providers and deployers of AI systems that are established or located in a third country, where the output produced by the AI system is used in the Union;
(d) importers and distributors of AI systems;
(e) product manufacturers placing on the market or putting into service an AI system together with their product and under their own name or trademark;
(f) authorised representatives of providers that are not established in the Union;
(g) affected persons that are located in the Union.

2. For AI systems classified as high-risk in accordance with Article 6(1), related to products covered by the Union harmonisation legislation listed in Section A of Annex I, this Regulation applies as follows: (a) when those products are placed on the market or put into service, the AI system is considered as placed on the market or put into service; (b) the manufacturer of the product is considered the provider of the AI system.