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Council of Europe Convention Art. 16(2)(g): testing before first use and on significant modification

Test systems before first use and when they are significantly modified, where appropriate

By Reviewed

From clause to evidenceThe chain from CoE Convention Art. 16(2)(g) to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseCoE ConventionArt. 16Duty holderPartiesApplies fromNo dateDraft orproposedArtefactEval gate onrelease…LayerLayer 03Evals & RedTeaming asEvidenceEvidence 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 CoE Convention Art. 16(2)(g) to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseCoE Convention · Art. 16Duty holderPartiesApplies fromNo date · Draft or proposedArtefactEval gate on release…LayerLayer 03Evals & Red Teaming as EvidenceEvidence 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-COE-ART16-2G. Drawn from chapter 08.
Text alternative
  • Clause: CoE Convention, Art. 16.
  • Duty holder: Parties.
  • Applies from: No date, Draft or proposed.
  • Artefact: Eval gate on release….
  • Layer: Layer 03 Evals & Red Teaming as Evidence.
  • Evidence record: Evidence record v1.
  • Record schema: Evidence record.
  • No crosswalk topic files this clause yet.
Id
AIGE-OBL-COE-ART16-2G
Instrument
Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI (CETS No. 225) law
Clause
Art. 16(2)(g)
In scope
Parties (states and the EU); private actors through national measures
Applies from
No date Draft or proposed · Not in force as of 2026-09-24; binds Parties once in force, and the EU implements it through the AI Act

The artefact that evidences it

Eval gate on release and on material change.

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 Treaty and international soft law, checked against its sources on the review date above.

Machine-readable

Cite this obligation

García Aibar, J. (2026). Council of Europe Convention Art. 16(2)(g): testing before first use and on significant modification (AIGE-OBL-COE-ART16-2G). 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-coe-art16-2g. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{Council of Europe Convention Art. 16(2)(g): testing before first use and on significant modification (AIGE-OBL-COE-ART16-2G)}},
  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-coe-art16-2g},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}