Law-enforcement deployers must obtain authorisation for post-remote biometric identification and report annually

Practical action

Build the authorisation request, 48-hour clock and deletion step into the investigation workflow and schedule the annual report.

Who does it apply to?

Law enforcement authorities deploying post-remote biometric identification in criminal investigations; real-time use is governed by Article 5.

Actors

Deployer / user organisationPublic authority / government body

Sectors

Law enforcement and justice

Use cases

Biometrics and facial recognitionAI in law enforcement

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.

• supportsTechnical measureEngineering lead · continuous
  Automatic event logging and record retention

  Serves 9 recorded duties · evidence: AI system event logs, Log schema and retention standard, Log integrity and retention check

  Per-use documentation and annual reporting data.

• supportsPolicyExecutive sponsor for AI · annual
  AI governance policy and accountability structure

  Serves 16 recorded duties · evidence: AI policy, Board or executive approval of the AI policy, AI governance forum minutes

  Authorisation workflow ownership.

• supportsProcessAI system owner · once per ai system
  Human oversight design and override procedure

  Serves 12 recorded duties · evidence: Human oversight and override procedure, Human-involvement design rationale, Overseer training completion

  No adverse decision solely on the system's output.

Templates that cover this duty

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• AI System Inventory

  Register · XLSX and DOCX · v6

• EU AI Act Role and Risk Classifier

  Checklist · XLSX · v4

• AI Acceptable Use Policy

  Policy · DOCX · v1

• AI Governance Policy and RACI

  Policy · DOCX and XLSX · v5

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What evidence would a reviewer expect?

Framework mappings

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Frequently asked questions

Cite this record

AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Law-enforcement deployers must obtain authorisation for post-remote biometric identification and report annually (EU AI Act)” [AIPT-OBL-0037, verified 26 September 2026]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0037 (accessed 8 November 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.

Permanent id AIPT-OBL-0037: 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

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