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EU AI Act Art. 17(1)(m): accountability framework within the quality management system

The QMS includes an accountability framework setting out the responsibilities of management and other staff for every aspect of the QMS

By Reviewed

From clause to evidenceThe chain from EU AI Act Art. 17(1)(m) to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseEU AI ActArt. 17Duty holderProviderApplies from2027-12-02DeferredArtefactRACI as codecompiled…LayersLayer 01Layer 02Evidence recordGo/no-godecision+3 moreSame 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 EU AI Act Art. 17(1)(m) to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseEU AI Act · Art. 17Duty holderProviderApplies from2027-12-02 · DeferredArtefactRACI as code compiled…LayersLayer 01Layer 02Evidence recordGo/no-go decision · +3 moreSame 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-EUAIA-ART17-1M. Drawn from chapter 08.
Text alternative
  • Clause: EU AI Act, Art. 17.
  • Duty holder: Provider.
  • Applies from: 2027-12-02, Deferred.
  • Artefact: RACI as code compiled….
  • Layers: Layer 01, Layer 02.
  • Evidence record: Go/no-go decision, +3 more.
  • Record schemas: Go/no-go decision , Policy card , Evidence record , Control observation .
  • No crosswalk topic files this clause yet.
Id
AIGE-OBL-EUAIA-ART17-1M
Instrument
EU AI Act (post-Omnibus) law
Compared side by side
ISO 42001 vs EU AI Act · NIST AI RMF vs EU AI Act
Clause
Art. 17(1)(m)
Duty holder
Provider
Authority
National MSA
Applies from
Deferred · Annex III
Later dates
  • Applies to Annex I embedded (product safety-component) systems
  • Deadline for legacy high-risk systems intended for use by public authorities (Art. 111(2))
System class
High-risk (Annex III) · High-risk (Annex I)

The artefact that evidences it

RACI as code compiled into registry owner fields and code-owner rules; committee decision records.

Patterns that build it

Source

Chapter 08, section EU AI Act, post-Omnibus, checked against its sources on the review date above.

Machine-readable

Cite this obligation

García Aibar, J. (2026). EU AI Act Art. 17(1)(m): accountability framework within the quality management system (AIGE-OBL-EUAIA-ART17-1M). 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-euaia-art17-1m. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{EU AI Act Art. 17(1)(m): accountability framework within the quality management system (AIGE-OBL-EUAIA-ART17-1M)}},
  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-euaia-art17-1m},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}