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title: "Putting into service"
description: "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."
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/putting-into-service
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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# 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 [1]. Own use counts: an organisation that builds a system and runs it itself is its provider and its deployer, with no sale involved.

- Developed in: [ch. 18, Roles name tasks, not organisations](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/eu-ai-act#roles-name-tasks-not-organisations); [Toolkit: EU AI Act role and risk-class triage](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/toolkit/ai-act-triage)
- Chapters: [ch. 15, Deployment](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/governing-deployment) · [ch. 18, EU AI Act](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/eu-ai-act)
- Contrast with: [Placing on the market](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/placing-on-the-market)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-putting-into-service

## 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)