# Derivation — eu-2026-1744/art_001/pt_026

> COMPOSED TEXT - NOT AUTHENTIC. This is the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) with the Digital Omnibus on AI (Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, in force 27 July 2026) applied by a deterministic, gated parser. Only the Official Journal publications are authentic law; no official consolidated version existed when this was generated. Corrigenda R(01)-R(04) do not correct the English text (verified against CELLAR). Every fragment's derivation chain is available in the source graphs (vault: data/graph/). Not legal advice.

- Page: https://eu-ai-act.standards.riskmandate.ai/derivations/art_001__pt_026.html
- Structured: https://eu-ai-act.standards.riskmandate.ai/derivations/art_001__pt_026.llm.json
- Text version: 2026-07-27 (generated 2026-07-31)
- Site version: v0.1.4
- Provisions root hash: `77c4ca7c208d73adc24b9a41eb29724bee29a41df98b786b85c57852fa3ae6bd`
- Instruction id: `eu-2026-1744/art_001/pt_026`
- Operation: replace · level: paragraph
- In force: 2026-07-27
- Payload sha256: `f2fd9935cf73a2c1d5a2a0b92983b40c37faca119ff508b83811eae4e794e4eb`
- OJ Formex member: `L_202601744EN.000101.fmx.xml` (CELEX 32026R1744)

## Instruction (quoted official text)

> in Article 63, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

## Quoted payload (official replacement/inserted text)

1.SMEs, including start-ups, may comply with certain elements of the quality management system required by Article 17 in a simplified manner, provided that they do not have partner enterprises or linked enterprises within the meaning of Recommendation 2003/361/EC. For that purpose, the Commission shall develop guidelines on the elements of the quality management system which may be complied with in a simplified manner considering the needs of SMEs, without affecting the level of protection or the need for compliance with the requirements in respect of high-risk AI systems.;

## Affected provisions

### `eu-2024-1689/art_063/par_001` — amended

**Before (as published):**

1. Microenterprises within the meaning of Recommendation 2003/361/EC may comply with certain elements of the quality management system required by Article 17 of this Regulation in a simplified manner, provided that they do not have partner enterprises or linked enterprises within the meaning of that Recommendation. For that purpose, the Commission shall develop guidelines on the elements of the quality management system which may be complied with in a simplified manner considering the needs of microenterprises, without affecting the level of protection or the need for compliance with the requirements in respect of high-risk AI systems.

**After (composed current text):**

1. SMEs, including start-ups, may comply with certain elements of the quality management system required by Article 17 in a simplified manner, provided that they do not have partner enterprises or linked enterprises within the meaning of Recommendation 2003/361/EC. For that purpose, the Commission shall develop guidelines on the elements of the quality management system which may be complied with in a simplified manner considering the needs of SMEs, without affecting the level of protection or the need for compliance with the requirements in respect of high-risk AI systems.

- sha256 of composed text: `db4ba5c995128fe9b8edfc2b3d57e732daaee8db87536fe013bdd6d3cd41118a`
- derivation.json: https://eu-ai-act.standards.riskmandate.ai/provisions/eu-2024-1689/art_063/par_001/derivation.json

## How to check this

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