Standard Setting

The EU AI Act requires technical standards to be written by European standardization organizations (CEN and CENELEC) that explain how companies can safely build high-risk AI systems. These standards follow a six-step approval process and, once published and approved by the European Commission, become 'harmonized and cited standards' that legally presume compliance with safety regulations if companies follow them. The drafting process is currently ongoing but behind schedule, with different standards at different completion stages.