Selling AI into EU aerospace checklist

Article 2 applies to providers placing systems or GPAI models on the Union market irrespective of establishment, and to third-country providers or deployers whose output is used in the Union.

Article 2(3) does not apply to AI systems placed on the market, put into service, or used exclusively for military, defence or national security purposes. Dual-use can fall back in.

Article 22: prior to making high-risk AI systems available on the Union market, providers established in third countries shall, by written mandate, appoint an authorised representative established in the Union.

The only EASA Basic Regulation entry in Annex I is limited to unmanned aircraft and their engines, propellers, parts and remotely controlling equipment.

Article 108 requires that when implementing and delegated acts are adopted for AI systems that are safety components, the requirements in Chapter III, Section 2 of the AI Act shall be taken into account.

Issue 02 is preliminary guidance for Level 1 and Level 2 machine-learning applications and does not constitute final detailed guidance.

High-risk Chapter III, Sections 1–3 apply from 2 December 2027 for Annex III systems and from 2 August 2028 for Annex I systems after Regulation (EU) 2026/1744.

EU AI Act Article 11: drawn up before the system is placed on the market and kept up to date.

EU AI Act Article 12: automatic recording of events over the lifetime of the system.