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title: "Downstream provider"
description: "Under the EU AI Act, the provider of an AI system that integrates an AI model, its own or one supplied by another entity."
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/downstream-provider
author: "Jorge García Aibar"
license: "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)"
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197
version: "0.5.0"
updated: 2026-09-25
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# Downstream provider

Under the EU AI Act, the provider of an AI system that integrates an AI model, its own or one supplied by another entity. It relies on the model information that general-purpose AI model providers must hand downstream [1].

- Developed in: [ch. 18, The EU operator roles](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/eu-ai-act#the-eu-operator-roles)
- Chapters: [ch. 18, EU AI Act](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/eu-ai-act)
- Contrast with: [Downstream modifier (GPAI)](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/downstream-modifier-gpai)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-downstream-provider

## Sources

[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)