What Is Placing on the Market?
Placing on the Market is under the EU AI Act, the first making available of an AI system or general-purpose AI model on the EU market.
Placing on the Market — under the EU AI Act, the first making available of an AI system or general-purpose AI model on the EU market.
This term, together with "putting into service", fixes the moment from which obligations bite and timelines run. "Making available" means supply for distribution or use in the course of a commercial activity, whether paid or free. Pinpointing this moment matters for determining which version of the rules applies to a given system.
Source: EU AI Act, Article 3(9)
Plain-language explanation
This term, together with "putting into service", fixes the moment from which obligations bite and timelines run. "Making available" means supply for distribution or use in the course of a commercial activity, whether paid or free. Pinpointing this moment matters for determining which version of the rules applies to a given system.
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