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title: "ISO/IEC 42005"
description: "ISO/IEC 42005:2025, the AI system impact-assessment standard (a companion to the AI Act's Article 27 FRIA and to ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A.5), giving a structured method for assessing an AI system's…"
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/iso-iec-42005
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: 2026-09-24
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# ISO/IEC 42005

ISO/IEC 42005:2025, the AI system impact-assessment standard (a companion to the AI Act's Article 27 FRIA and to ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A.5), giving a structured method for assessing an AI system's impacts on people and society [1].

- Developed in: [ch. 08, ISO/IEC 42001, 42005 and 42006](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/regulatory-map#isoiec-42001-42005-and-42006); [ch. 14, Impact assessments compared](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/governing-development#impact-assessments-compared)
- Chapters: [ch. 08, Regulatory Map](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/regulatory-map) · [ch. 14, Development](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/governing-development)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-iso-iec-42005

## Sources

[1] ISO/IEC 42005:2025, AI system impact assessment (companion to Art. 27 and ISO 42001 Annex A.5). ISO/IEC. 2025-05. https://www.iso.org/standard/44545.html (verified: secondary)