# Recital 123: Conformity assessment of high-risk systems

> EU AI Act (2024/1689)
> Source: https://en.ai-act.io/recital/conformity-assessment-of-high-risk-systems

In order to ensure a high level of trustworthiness of high-risk AI systems, those systems should be subject to a conformity assessment prior to their placing on the market or putting into service.

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