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Which paragraphs name providers, and which name deployers

Paragraph 1 names providers. Paragraphs 3 and 4 name deployers. The recitals the Explorer links to the article are 120, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136 and 137. Which word covers a given organisation is settled by the Act's own definitions, not by this page. As of 2026-09-12.

Which paragraphs name which partyArticle 50 does not impose one duty on everyone. Paragraph 1 is addressed to providers; paragraphs 3 and 4 are addressed to deployers. This register records the party each paragraph names and stops there, because which word covers a given organisation depends on facts a page cannot see.Addressed to providersAddressed to deployersInteraction with an AI systemParagraph 1—Deep fakes—Paragraph 4, first subparagraphPublished text—Paragraph 4, second subparagraphEmotion recognition—Paragraph 3Recorded as the article words it
Fig. 1 No row here places any organisation on either side. That is the call the register is not in a position to make.
Which columns the source fillsFilled where the page behind the row names something in that column, hollow where that page is silent. Silence is recorded rather than filled in.Which columns the source fillsWhere it sitsWhat the record holdsWhat the recordholdsProvidersProviders — Where it sits: Named in paragraph 1Providers — What the record holds: Defined in the Act, not on this pageDeployersDeployers — Where it sits: Named in paragraphs 3 and 4Deployers — What the record holds: Defined in the Act, not on this pageRecitalsRecitals — Where it sits: 120 and 132 to 137Recitals — What the record holds: Context the Explorer links to this article
Fig. 2 Filled where the page behind the row names something in that column, hollow where that page is silent. Silence is recorded rather than filled in.
Which party each paragraph names, and where the surrounding context sits. Recorded 2026-09-12.
PointWhere it sitsWhat the record holds
ProvidersNamed in paragraph 1Defined in the Act, not on this page
DeployersNamed in paragraphs 3 and 4Defined in the Act, not on this page
Recitals120 and 132 to 137Context the Explorer links to this article

Inclusion rule. Parties are recorded as the article names them, paragraph by paragraph. This record does not classify any organisation and does not reproduce the definitions, which sit in Article 3. Order. In the order the paragraphs appear.

1The words are about activity, and this register does not apply them

Provider and deployer are defined elsewhere in the Act, and which one covers a given organisation turns on the activity rather than on its size or its industry, and the Act defines both words in Article 3. The same name can sit on either side on different days.

Which is why no row here places a company on either side. A register that assigned organisations to categories would be making the one call that actually requires a lawyer, and it would be making it from a page.

2Recitals are context, not obligations

The numbered recitals sit before the articles and explain what the text is for. They are routinely quoted as though they imposed duties, and they do not; they are the material a reader uses when an article's wording is ambiguous.

They are recorded here as a list of numbers so that a reader can go and read them, which is a more useful service than paraphrasing seven recitals into a sentence.

3Why this record stops where it does

Everything above is quotation and pointing. The interesting questions, which paragraph applies to which activity and what compliance looks like, are the ones that turn on facts outside any document.

This site exists because the quotation and the pointing were hard to find in one place, not because the answers were. Nothing here is legal advice.

  • Article 50(1)
    Providers must design systems so people are told they are dealing with an AI systemunless it is obvious in contextAI Act Explorer, Article 50 / recorded 2026-09-12
  • Article 50(3)
    Deployers of emotion recognition or biometric categorisation must inform the people exposed to itAI Act Explorer, Article 50 / recorded 2026-09-12
  • Article 50(4)
    Deployers must disclose AI-generated text published to inform the public on matters of public interestsecond subparagraphAI Act Explorer, Article 50 / recorded 2026-09-12
  • recitals the Explorer links to Article 50
    Recitals 120, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136 and 137AI Act Explorer, Article 50 / recorded 2026-09-12

4Sources

Article wording from AI Act Explorer, Article 50; vendor statements from the pages listed on each generator entry. Both read 2026-09-12. Related: Still to be written, Inside the file, Numbers without names.