Overview of use cases and horizontal issues
19 May 2026 · European Commission (AI Act Service Desk)
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1. Official source details
- Official title
- Overview of use cases and horizontal issues
- Issuing authority
- European Commission (AI Act Service Desk)
- Document type
- Service Desk explanatory page
- Publication date
- 19 May 2026
- Identifier
- URL-based (no official identifier in source)
- Official source
- https://ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en/overview-use-cases-and-horizontal-issues-3 (opens official source in a new tab)
- Collected via
- AI Act Service Desk
2. Executive summary
Source excerpt: Point 7 of Annex III lists four high-risk AI systems intended to be used by or on behalf of competent public authorities, or Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies, in the field of migration, asylum, and border-control management, in so far as such use is permitted under relevant Union or national law. In particular, that provision classifies the following use cases as high-risk: Polygraphs or similar…
Not yet analysed.
3. Legal status and effective date
Explanatory material — not legally binding (Guidance)
Effective / application date: Not stated in the source metadata.
4. Relevant articles
No AI Act article is explicitly referenced in the source metadata.
5. Potentially affected stakeholders
Public-sector organisations
6. Practical implications
Not yet analysed. The legal status above is taken from the official document type.
7. Suggested control considerations
Not yet analysed.
8. References and official links
- AI Act Service Desk (opens official source in a new tab) (first retrieved 13 November 2026, 11:35 UTC)
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act) on EUR-Lex (opens official source in a new tab)
9. Last source verification
13 November 2026, 12:50 UTC · first retrieved 13 November 2026, 11:35 UTC
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