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Article 6(3) filter

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The derogation under which an Annex III system is not high-risk when it poses no significant risk of harm and meets one of four conditions (narrow procedural task, improving completed human work, detecting patterns, preparatory task). Profiling of natural persons always defeats it; the provider documents and registers the assessment 1.

Developed in
ch. 18, The Annex III filter and the profiling override
Toolkit: EU AI Act role and risk-class triage
Chapters
ch. 18, EU AI Act
Contrast with
Profiling override
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

One chapter of the Body of Knowledge uses the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

  • Classification decision record

    A versioned registry record of why a system sits on a given rung of the AI Act risk ladder: the Annex III point, any Article 6(3) condition relied on, an…

  • Placing on the market

    Under the EU AI Act, the first making available of an AI system or general-purpose AI model on the Union market; later supplies in the course of a commercial…

  • Putting into service

    Under the EU AI Act, the supply of an AI system for first use directly to the deployer, or for the provider's own use, in the Union for its intended purpose.

  • High-risk AI system

    Under the EU AI Act, an AI system that is a safety component of, or itself, a product under Annex I legislation needing third-party conformity assessment, or…

  • Annex III

    The AI Act annex listing high-risk use cases (biometrics, critical infrastructure, education, employment, essential services, law enforcement, migration…

  • Provider

    Under the EU AI Act, whoever develops an AI system or general-purpose AI model, or has one developed, and places it on the market or puts it into service…

Sources

  1. [1] Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act), consolidated text as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI, in force 27 Jul 2026; definitions in Art. 3, incl. 3(1), 3(3) to 3(14), 3(14b), 3(20), 3(22), 3(23), 3(29) to 3(32), 3(49), 3(55) to 3(57), 3(60), 3(61), 3(63), 3(68); Arts. 4, 5, 6 (incl. 6(3) third subparagraph, profiling), 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 22 to 27 (incl. 26(11)), 40, 41, 43, 47, 48, 50, 53 (incl. 53(1)(c)), 55, 57, 60, 72, 73, 86; Annexes I, III, IV). Publications Office of the EU (EUR-Lex). 2026-07-27. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/2026-07-27/eng (verified: primary)

Definitions of legal terms paraphrase the cited text, which governs. Dated statements are as of .

Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Article 6(3) filter. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/article-6-3-filter. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026article63filter,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Article 6(3) filter}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/article-6-3-filter}
}