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EN 18286:2026: quality management system for EU AI Act purposes

Quality-management-system requirements supporting Art. 17; published but not cited in the Official Journal, so it carries no presumption of conformity

By Reviewed

From clause to evidenceThe chain from EN 18286:2026 to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseEN 18286EN 18286:2026Duty holderNot statedApplies fromNo dateVoluntaryArtefactQMS processesrun…LayersLayer 01Layer 05Evidence recordEvidence recordv1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topic files this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24 · illustrative, not a claim of conformity From clause to evidenceThe chain from EN 18286:2026 to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseEN 18286 · EN 18286:2026Duty holderNot statedApplies fromNo date · VoluntaryArtefactQMS processes run…LayersLayer 01Layer 05Evidence recordEvidence record v1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topicfiles this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24illustrative, not a claim of conformity
From clause to evidence Build the artefact, then file every output it produces as a record that names AIGE-OBL-CEN-EN18286. Drawn from chapter 08.
Text alternative
  • Clause: EN 18286, EN 18286:2026.
  • Duty holder: Not stated.
  • Applies from: No date, Voluntary.
  • Artefact: QMS processes run….
  • Layers: Layer 01, Layer 05.
  • Evidence record: Evidence record v1.
  • Record schema: Evidence record.
  • No crosswalk topic files this clause yet.
Id
AIGE-OBL-CEN-EN18286
Instrument
EN 18286:2026 standard
Clause
EN 18286:2026
Applies from
No date Voluntary · Published July 2026; not cited in the Official Journal as of 2026-09-24

The artefact that evidences it

QMS processes run as pipeline stages; design and change-control evidence.

Patterns that build it

No pattern in the catalogue names this clause on its "Maps to" line yet; the artefact above is the engineering answer.

Source

Chapter 08, section What is NOT harmonised yet, checked against its sources on the review date above.

Machine-readable

Cite this obligation

García Aibar, J. (2026). EN 18286:2026: quality management system for EU AI Act purposes (AIGE-OBL-CEN-EN18286). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-cen-en18286. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{EN 18286:2026: quality management system for EU AI Act purposes (AIGE-OBL-CEN-EN18286)}},
  howpublished = {In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {0.5.0},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url          = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-cen-en18286},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}