Deployers must ensure input data they control is relevant and representative

Practical action

Define input-data quality checks for each high-risk system, including population coverage and field validation, and review them with the provider's instructions.

Who does it apply to?

Deployers of high-risk AI systems that select or supply the operational input data.

Actors

Deployer / user organisationPublic authority / government body

Sectors

Cross-sector / all sectorsEmployment and HRFinancial services and creditPublic services and government

Use cases

AI in hiring and employmentAI in finance, credit and insuranceAI in public services

Applies from: 2 December 2027

Which controls meet this duty?

Satisfies: the control, operated properly, does the work the duty asks for. Supports: it contributes but the duty needs more. Each control page lists every other duty it serves, so work done once can be counted once.

• satisfiesProcessData governance lead · once per ai system
  Data governance and dataset documentation

  Serves 8 recorded duties · evidence: Dataset documentation sheet, Data quality and bias check report, Dataset approval for use

  Applied to operational input data rather than training data.

• supportsTechnical measureAI system owner · continuous
  Post-deployment monitoring and drift detection

  Serves 10 recorded duties · evidence: Post-market monitoring plan, Monitoring dashboard or periodic monitoring report, Monitoring review decision

  Detects input drift away from the intended population.

Templates that cover this duty

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• EU AI Act Role and Risk Classifier

  Checklist · XLSX · v4

• EU AI Act Article 50 Transparency Kit

  Kit · DOCX and XLSX · v44

• ISO/IEC 42001 Gap Assessment and Statement of Applicability

  Assessment · XLSX · v3

• NIST AI RMF ↔ EU AI Act ↔ ISO/IEC 42001 Crosswalk

  Crosswalk · XLSX · v5

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What evidence would a reviewer expect?

Framework mappings

Original editorial crosswalks. They cite clause numbers only and reproduce no standard text; confidence reflects how direct the mapping is.

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Cite this record

AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Deployers must ensure input data they control is relevant and representative (EU AI Act)” [AIPT-OBL-0032, verified 26 September 2026]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0032 (accessed 8 November 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.

Permanent id AIPT-OBL-0032: it never changes or gets reused, and its address keeps working if this page moves.

Cite the official text alongside it: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence, Official Journal of the European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj.

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Change history

Similar obligations in other instruments

• Apply data governance and quality criteria to training, validation and testing data — EU AI Act, European Union
• Manage data quality, model development and monitoring across the lifecycle — Singapore Model AI Governance Framework, Singapore (voluntary)