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EU AI Act Art. 87: reporting of infringements and protection of reporting persons

Directive (EU) 2019/1937 applies to reports of AI Act infringements and to the protection of the people who make them

By Reviewed

From clause to evidenceThe chain from EU AI Act Art. 87 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. 87Duty holderLegal entitieswith internal…Applies from2026-08-02In forceArtefactInternalreporting…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 EU AI Act Art. 87 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. 87Duty holderLegal entities with internal…Applies from2026-08-02 · In forceArtefactInternal reporting channel 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-EUAIA-ART87. Drawn from chapter 08.
Text alternative
  • Clause: EU AI Act, Art. 87.
  • Duty holder: Legal entities with internal….
  • Applies from: 2026-08-02, In force.
  • Artefact: Internal reporting channel 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-EUAIA-ART87
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. 87
Duty holder
Legal entities with internal reporting channels under Directive (EU) 2019/1937
Authority
Authorities designated under Directive (EU) 2019/1937
Applies from
In force · general application date
System class
All AI systems

The artefact that evidences it

Internal reporting channel run as a case system with the directive's clocks encoded; sealed reporter identity; retaliation monitoring; routing to the incident pipeline.

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 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. 87: reporting of infringements and protection of reporting persons (AIGE-OBL-EUAIA-ART87). 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-art87. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{EU AI Act Art. 87: reporting of infringements and protection of reporting persons (AIGE-OBL-EUAIA-ART87)}},
  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-art87},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}