Article 14: human oversight
High-risk AI must be designed so that humans can effectively oversee it and intervene.
The official source remains authoritative. This general interpretation is not legal advice.
- Status
- Upcoming
- Application date
- 2 December 2027
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Last reviewed
- 8 August 2026
Who this is relevant to
When this applies
Deployer
An organisation using an AI system under its authority, excluding personal non-professional use.
Provider of an AI system
A party that develops or has an AI system developed and places it on the market under its own name.
- 1The system is high-risk; the provider builds in oversight measures, the deployer assigns oversight to competent persons.
What the official source establishes
Article 14 requires high-risk systems to be effectively overseeable by natural persons, with measures enabling them to understand the system, correctly interpret output, remain aware of automation bias, and decide not to use, to disregard or to stop the system.
For the Annex III route this requirement applies from 2 December 2027; for high-risk AI in regulated products (Annex I) from 2 August 2028.
Our interpretation
Oversight on paper is not oversight: the law names automation bias explicitly, so a human who may only click through does not count. Effective oversight requires understanding, time and mandate, which ties directly into the Article 4 literacy measures.
What you can do now
Appoint the overseeing persons per (upcoming) high-risk system now, train them specifically and record their mandate to intervene in writing.
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Design and assign effective human oversight
Determine oversight measures per system, appoint competent persons and give them the mandate to intervene or stop.
What to retain
Oversight file per system
Record of oversight measures, appointed persons, their training and the moments of intervention.
Control and reassessment
Oversight test before go-live
Before go-live, test that intervening, stopping and disregarding output actually works and is assigned.
Public tools
Full text of Article 14
The full legal text in the public AI Act Explorer.
Conditions and exceptions
- For remote biometric identification the reinforced requirement of verification by at least two authorised persons applies (Article 14(5)), with the exceptions listed there.
Official sources and locators
EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
European Parliament and Council | original-oj-2024-07-12
Source locator: Article 14(1)-(5)
Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744
European Parliament and Council | official-journal-2026-07-24
Source locator: Amended Article 113 application dates
Version history
v1.0.0
27 July 2026
Article 14: human oversight
High-risk AI must be designed so that humans can effectively oversee it and intervene.
Execution
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