# Article 19 – Automatically generated logs

_CHAPTER III – HIGH-RISK AI SYSTEMS_

**1.** Providers of high-risk AI systems shall keep the logs referred to in Article 12(1), automatically generated by their high-risk AI systems, to the extent such logs are under their control. Without prejudice to applicable Union or national law, the logs shall be kept for a period appropriate to the intended purpose of the high-risk AI system, of at least six months, unless provided otherwise in the applicable Union or national law, in particular in Union law on the protection of personal data.

**2.** Providers that are financial institutions subject to requirements regarding their internal governance, arrangements or processes under Union financial services law shall maintain the logs automatically generated by their high-risk AI systems as part of the documentation kept under the relevant financial services law.

Applies from: 2027-12-02 (high-risk via Annex III); 2028-08-02 (high-risk via Annex I)

Source: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act), text in force on 2026-10-28. https://aiact.binary.tools/act/art19