EU AI Act Article 9 — Risk Management
What EU AI Act Article 9 requires: establishing a risk management system, risk identification, risk evaluation, mitigation measures, and lifecycle maintenance.
EU AI Act Article 9 requires providers of high-risk AI systems to establish, implement, document, and maintain a risk management system throughout the entire AI system lifecycle.
The risk management system is ongoing — it is not a one-time pre-deployment exercise. It must be updated as the system evolves and as new information about risks emerges from post-market monitoring.
Key Article 9 Requirements
Article 9 requires: (1) identification and analysis of known and foreseeable risks, (2) risk estimation and evaluation under intended and reasonably foreseeable use conditions, (3) evaluation of risks arising from post-market data, (4) adoption of risk management measures, and (5) testing to verify that residual risks are acceptable.
Integration with AI Governance
The risk management system required by Article 9 should be integrated with broader AI governance controls — decision logging, audit trails, human oversight, and post-market monitoring — to create a coherent compliance architecture.